Bob Giltinan

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Bob Giltinan’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 1977 at age 27

Giltinan’s deepest Grand Slam run was the 1977 Australian Open (December), where he reached the semifinals at age 27. That is his only semifinal, and it stands above his lone quarterfinal in 1974.

Australian Open was clearly his strongest major

Across 11 Australian Open appearances, he produced his best results: one semifinal, one quarterfinal, three round-of-16 finishes, and multiple additional wins. His Australian Open record includes 18 of his 35 total Grand Slam match wins.

Wimbledon was his weakest regular stop

He played Wimbledon six times and never advanced beyond the round of 64, with results of R128, R64, R64, R64, R64, and R128. That contrasts sharply with his Australian Open progress over the same career span.

His best stretch was concentrated from 1973 to 1977

From 1973 through 1977, he reached at least the round of 16 in four straight Australian Opens, culminating in the 1977 semifinal. Before that run, his best was only R64 in 1968-1972; after it, his results dropped to R32 or worse.

Career ended with a sharp decline after the 1977 peak

After the semifinal in December 1977, his next four Grand Slam results were R32, R64, R64, and R128 in 1978-1979. That late sequence shows a clear step down from his peak level.

Basics

Born	4 July 1949
Gender	Male
Nation	Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1968-1979

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	22
Best results Open Era	1 x semifinalist 1 x quarterfinalist 3 x R16
Best results Amateur Era	1 x R64
Total matches	57
W/L-record	35-22 (61% won)

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.

Bob Giltinan – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1979	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	29
1978	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	29
1978	US Open	Open Era	R128	29
1978	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	28
1978	French Open	Open Era	R64	28
1977	Australian Open (Jan)	Open Era	R64	28
1977	Australian Open (Dec)	Open Era	S	27
1976	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	26
1975	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	25
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	24
1974	Australian Open	Open Era	Q	24
1973	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	23
1973	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	23
1972	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	22
1971	French Open	Open Era	R128	21
1971	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	21
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	20
1970	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	20
1969	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	19
1969	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	19
1968	French Open	Open Era	R64	18
1968	Australian Open	Amateur Era	R64	18