Helena Suková

Insights

Four Grand Slam finals, but no title

Helena Suková reached 4 Grand Slam finals in 61 tournaments. Those runner-up finishes came at the Australian Open in 1984 and 1989, and at the US Open in 1986 and 1993.

Her peak came in a three-year stretch

From 1986 to 1988, she produced her strongest cluster of results: a semifinal at the French Open in 1986, a semifinal at the US Open in 1987, and quarterfinals at all three majors in 1988. That run also includes three of her four semifinal-or-better finishes.

Best major was Wimbledon by volume of deep runs

Wimbledon is the only Slam where she reached every stage from the round of 128 to the final, including 1 final, 1 semifinal, 3 quarterfinals, and 4 round-of-16 finishes. No other major shows that many deep runs in the supplied results.

Late-career resurgence after a dip

After a weaker 1991-1992 stretch that included a Wimbledon first-round exit and no result better than the round of 16, she rebounded in 1993 with a Wimbledon quarterfinal and a US Open final at age 28. That was her last final-level result in the data.

Longevity across two national labels

Her Grand Slam career spans 1981-1998, with results listed under Czechoslovakia through 1992 and Czech Republic from 1993 onward. Across that span she played 212 matches and won 151, a 71% win rate.