Meredith McGrath
This page provides a comprehensive overview of Meredith McGrath’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of her tournament results, showing how far she progressed in each Grand Slam event across her career.
Insights
Wimbledon was her clear peak
Her best Grand Slam result was a semifinal at Wimbledon in 1996, and Wimbledon also produced her next-best showing, a round of 16 in 1993. Across the rest of her Slam record, she never advanced beyond the round of 32.
1996 was her strongest season by far
In 1996 she reached the Wimbledon semifinal at age 25, while her other two Slam appearances that year ended in the first round at the French Open and Australian Open. That makes 1996 the only season in the data with both a deep run and multiple early exits.
Her best stretch came in 1993-1994
From 1993 through 1994 she posted her most consistent results: Wimbledon R16 and US Open R64 in 1993, then Australian Open R64, Wimbledon R32, and US Open R64 in 1994. That five-event span contains all of her results better than R64 outside the 1996 Wimbledon run.
She was most productive at Wimbledon overall
Wimbledon accounts for her two best results and four of her 15 match wins: semifinal in 1996, R16 in 1993, R32 in 1994, and R64 in 1990 and 1995. By contrast, her Australian Open and French Open records never got past R64.
Her Slam career was intermittent, not continuous
Her Grand Slam career spans 1989-1991, 1993-1996, and 1998, with no results listed for 1992 or 1997. The 20 tournaments and 35 matches in the table are spread across those three separate blocks rather than a single uninterrupted run.
Basics
| Born | 28 April 1971 |
| Gender | Female |
| Nation | United States |
| Era | Open Era |
| Grand Slam careerCareer | 1989-1991, 1993-1996, 1998 |
Grand Slam statistics
| Tournaments | 20 |
| Best results | 1 x semifinalist 1 x R16 1 x R32 |
| Total matches | 35 |
| W/L-record | 15-20 (43% won) |
Compared with other women
| In the Open Era | #186 of 1961 |
| With overlapping career | #53 of 400 |
| From United States | #37 of 449 |
| Born in 1971 | #5 of 35 |
| Year | Tournament | Result | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Australian Open | R128 | 26 |
| 1996 | Wimbledon | S | 25 |
| 1996 | French Open | R128 | 25 |
| 1996 | Australian Open | R128 | 24 |
| 1995 | US Open | R128 | 24 |
| 1995 | Wimbledon | R128 | 24 |
| 1995 | French Open | R64 | 24 |
| 1995 | Australian Open | R128 | 23 |
| 1994 | US Open | R64 | 23 |
| 1994 | Wimbledon | R32 | 23 |
| 1994 | French Open | R128 | 23 |
| 1994 | Australian Open | R64 | 22 |
| 1993 | US Open | R64 | 22 |
| 1993 | Wimbledon | R16 | 22 |
| 1991 | French Open | R128 | 20 |
| 1990 | US Open | R128 | 19 |
| 1990 | Wimbledon | R64 | 19 |
| 1989 | US Open | R128 | 18 |
| 1989 | Wimbledon | R128 | 18 |
| 1989 | French Open | R128 | 18 |
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