Tomáš Šmíd

Insights

Peak came in 1983-1984

Šmíd’s two quarterfinals were clustered in consecutive seasons: the 1983 Australian Open at age 27 and Wimbledon in 1984 at age 28. Those are his only results beyond the round of 16.

Best major stretch was 1984-1985

He reached the round of 16 or better in four straight Slam appearances from Wimbledon 1984 through the French Open 1985: Q, R16, R64? Actually the sequence is Wimbledon Q, US Open R16, Australian Open R64, French Open R16. This period contains both of his quarterfinal-level runs and two additional round-of-16 finishes.

French Open was his most productive Slam

Across the French Open entries, he posted results of R64, R128, R64, R64, R32, R16, R64, R32, R16, R128, and R128, including both of his round-of-16 finishes there. No other major shows as many deep runs in the supplied results.

Late-career decline was sharp

After reaching Wimbledon quarterfinals in 1984 and round-of-16 finishes at the US Open and French Open in 1985, his next seven Slam results were all outside the top 32: R32, R32, R128, R128, R64, R64, and R128 from 1986 to 1988.

Career volume was high but conversion modest

He played 35 tournaments and 76 matches, finishing 41-35 for a 54% win rate. Despite that volume, his best results were limited to two quarterfinals, three round-of-16s, and five round-of-32s.