Zsuzsa Körmöczy

Insights

Peak run came late, with a title at 33 and a final at 34

Körmöczy’s strongest Grand Slam stretch was in her mid-30s: she won the 1958 French Open at age 33 and reached the 1959 French Open final at 34. Those are her only champion and finalist results in the data.

French Open was clearly her main stage

Eight of her nine listed Grand Slam results came at the French Open, including her title, runner-up finish, and three semifinal appearances. Wimbledon appears only three times, and never beyond the quarterfinal stage.

Semifinal ceiling was reached three times, all after age 30

She made three semifinals in total: the 1956 French Open at 31, the 1958 Wimbledon at 33, and the 1961 French Open at 36. That means every semifinal run in the record came after she had turned 30.

Her Grand Slam career was highly intermittent

The results span 1947, then 1953, 1955-1959, and 1961, with no listed appearances in the intervening years. The gaps show a career that was not continuous in the Grand Slam record, despite a strong late peak.

Early results were modest before the late breakthrough

Her first listed Grand Slam result is a 1947 French Open quarterfinal at age 22, followed by quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1953 and 1955 and a 1957 French Open quarterfinal. The breakthrough to deeper rounds only begins with the 1956 semifinal.