Phil Dent

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Phil Dent’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, with a French Open semifinal

His deepest Grand Slam run was the 1977 French Open semifinal at age 27. That same season also included quarterfinals at the Australian Open (January) and Wimbledon, making 1977 his clear high-water mark.

Australian Open was his most productive major

Across the results list, the Australian Open produced his best mix of depth and volume: a finalist in 1974, a quarterfinal in 1979, and four round-of-16 finishes from 1980 to 1982. No other Slam shows that many deep runs.

Late-career Australian Open consistency stood out

From age 29 to 33, he kept reaching the Australian Open’s later rounds: quarterfinal in 1979, round of 16 in 1980, 1981, and 1982, then round of 64 in 1983. That is a five-year stretch of repeated main-draw progress.

Wimbledon was his second-best stage, but never beyond the fourth round

Wimbledon yielded a round-of-16 finish in 1975 and again in 1980, plus round-of-32 or round-of-64 results in several other years. He never advanced past the round of 16 there, despite appearing across multiple seasons.

His career spans both eras, with a long Open Era run after one Amateur-Era appearance

The data shows one Amateur Era result in 1968, then a continuous Open Era Grand Slam career from 1969 through 1983. Over 47 tournaments and 127 matches, he compiled an 80-47 record, winning 63% of his matches.

Basics

Born	14 February 1950
Gender	Male
Nation	Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1968-1983

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	47
Best results Open Era	1 x finalist 1 x semifinalist 3 x quarterfinalist
Best results Amateur Era	1 x quarterfinalist
Total matches	127
W/L-record	80-47 (63% 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.

Phil Dent – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1983	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	33
1982	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	32
1982	US Open	Open Era	R128	32
1981	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	31
1981	US Open	Open Era	R128	31
1981	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	31
1980	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	30
1980	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	30
1979	Australian Open	Open Era	Q	29
1979	US Open	Open Era	R128	29
1979	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	29
1979	French Open	Open Era	R128	29
1978	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	28
1978	US Open	Open Era	R128	28
1978	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	28
1978	French Open	Open Era	R128	28
1977	Australian Open (Jan)	Open Era	Q	27
1977	US Open	Open Era	R64	27
1977	Wimbledon	Open Era	Q	27
1977	French Open	Open Era	S	27
1977	Australian Open (Dec)	Open Era	R32	26
1976	US Open	Open Era	R128	26
1976	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	26
1976	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	25
1975	US Open	Open Era	R64	25
1975	Wimbledon	Open Era	R16	25
1975	French Open	Open Era	R128	25
1975	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	24
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	24
1974	Australian Open	Open Era	F	23
1973	US Open	Open Era	R32	23
1973	French Open	Open Era	R32	23
1973	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	22
1972	US Open	Open Era	R128	22
1971	US Open	Open Era	R64	21
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	21
1971	French Open	Open Era	R128	21
1971	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	21
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	20
1970	French Open	Open Era	R32	20
1970	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	19
1969	US Open	Open Era	R128	19
1969	Wimbledon	Open Era	R32	19
1969	French Open	Open Era	R64	19
1969	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	18
1968	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	18
1968	Australian Open	Amateur Era	Q	17