Open Era Grand Slam TennisSven Davidson
This page provides a comprehensive overview of Sven Davidson’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of his tournament results, showing how far he progressed in each Grand Slam event across his career.
Insights
Peak came in 1957, with a title and two semifinals
Davidson’s strongest Grand Slam season in the data is 1957: he won the French Open, reached the Wimbledon semifinal, and also made the US Open semifinal. That is the only year in which he appears in three separate Slam results.
French Open was his most productive major
Across four French Open appearances, he produced his best overall run: quarterfinal in 1954, finalist in 1955, finalist in 1956, and champion in 1957. No other tournament shows a comparable sequence of repeated deep finishes.
Wimbledon shows a clear late-career rise and then a drop
At Wimbledon, Davidson went from quarterfinals in 1953, 1955, and 1958 to a semifinal in 1957. The pattern suggests his best Wimbledon result came in the middle of the span, not at the start or end.
His Grand Slam peak age was 28
Born on 13 July 1928, Davidson was 28 during both his 1957 French Open title and his 1957 Wimbledon semifinal. His other deep runs came at 25, 26, 27, and 29, so the title year aligns with his best age in the record.
He finished with a 1958 Wimbledon quarterfinal after a 1957 high point
The final row in the data is a Wimbledon quarterfinal in 1958 at age 29. That result follows his 1957 title-and-semifinal season, showing that his Grand Slam record ended with a solid but lower finish than the previous year.
Basics
| Born | 13 July 1928 |
| Gender | Male |
| Nation | Sweden |
| Era | Amateur Era |
| Grand Slam careerCareer | 1953-1958 |
Grand Slam statistics
| Best results Amateur Era | 1 x champion 2 x finalist 2 x semifinalist |
| Total matches | 58 |
During the Amateur Era, only top results (quarterfinals or better) from 1945 onwards are listed on this site. Therefore, the list below may not include all Amateur Era results.
| Year | Tournament | Era | Result | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Wimbledon | Amateur Era | Q | 29 |
| 1957 | US Open | Amateur Era | S | 29 |
| 1957 | Wimbledon | Amateur Era | S | 28 |
| 1957 | French Open | Amateur Era | W | 28 |
| 1956 | French Open | Amateur Era | F | 27 |
| 1955 | Wimbledon | Amateur Era | Q | 26 |
| 1955 | French Open | Amateur Era | F | 26 |
| 1954 | French Open | Amateur Era | Q | 25 |
| 1953 | US Open | Amateur Era | Q | 25 |
| 1953 | Wimbledon | Amateur Era | Q | 24 |