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Owen Davidson

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Owen Davidson’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

Amateur-era peak came in 1966

His best Grand Slam result in the Amateur Era was a Wimbledon semifinal in 1966 at age 22. That same era also produced eight quarterfinal finishes, showing a long stretch of deep runs before the Open Era began.

Open-era results were much shallower

Across the Open Era, his best result was only the round of 16, reached once. He also had four round-of-32 finishes and six round-of-64 finishes, a clear drop from the Amateur Era’s quarterfinal-and-better pattern.

Australian Open appearances were concentrated early

Every Australian Open result in the data came before 1973: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, and 1971-1972. His best Australian Open showing was quarterfinalist in the Amateur Era, with later Open-era appearances ending at R32.

Wimbledon produced both his highest and lowest outcomes

Wimbledon contains his top result, the 1966 semifinal, but also his weakest listed finish, R128 in 1968 and again in 1974. That spread from semifinal to first-round exit is the widest range among his tournaments.

His Grand Slam record stayed strong over a long span

From 1962 to 1974, he played 23 Grand Slam tournaments and won 54 of 77 matches, a 70% win rate. The results show sustained competitiveness across both eras rather than a short peak.

Basics

Born 4 October 1943
GenderMale
NationAustralia
EraAmateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer1962-1974

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments23
Best results
Open Era
1 x R16
4 x R32
6 x R64
Best results
Amateur Era
1 x semifinalist
8 x quarterfinalist
Total matches77
W/L-record54-23 (70% won)

Grand Slam results

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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.

Owen Davidson – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
YearTournamentEraResultAge
1974US OpenOpen EraR6430
1974WimbledonOpen EraR12830
1973US OpenOpen EraR6429
1973WimbledonOpen EraR1629
1972US OpenOpen EraR6428
1972Australian OpenOpen EraR3228
1971US OpenOpen EraR6427
1971WimbledonOpen EraR3227
1971Australian OpenOpen EraR3227
1970US OpenOpen EraR12826
1970WimbledonOpen EraR3226
1969US OpenOpen EraR6425
1969WimbledonOpen EraR6425
1968WimbledonOpen EraR12824
1967US OpenAmateur EraQ23
1967French OpenAmateur EraQ23
1967Australian OpenAmateur EraQ23
1966US OpenAmateur EraQ22
1966WimbledonAmateur EraS22
1965Australian OpenAmateur EraQ21
1964Australian OpenAmateur EraQ20
1963Australian OpenAmateur EraQ19
1962Australian OpenAmateur EraQ18