Rod Frawley

Insights

Peak came at Wimbledon in 1981

Frawley’s best Grand Slam result was a semifinal at Wimbledon in 1981, when he was 28. That stands above his other listed peaks: a quarterfinal at the 1979 Australian Open and a round-of-16 at the 1981 Australian Open.

Australian Open was his most productive major

He appeared in the Australian Open nine times across the data and reached his best results there: one quarterfinal, one round of 16, and five round-of-64 finishes. His only other Australian Open result shown is the 1977 December edition, also a round of 64.

His Grand Slam career was heavily concentrated in 1977-1983

Although the career span is listed as 1972 and 1977-1983, 14 of his 15 Grand Slam appearances came from 1977 onward. The lone earlier entry is the 1972 Australian Open, where he lost in the round of 64 at age 19.

Wimbledon produced both his highest highs and his sharpest drop

At Wimbledon he went from a semifinal in 1981 to a round-of-64 loss in 1982 and a round-of-128 loss in 1983. That three-year sequence shows the widest spread in outcomes among his listed majors.

His results were strongest in his late 20s

Most of his deeper runs came between ages 25 and 29: round of 32 at Wimbledon in 1978 and 1980, quarterfinal at the 1979 Australian Open, round of 16 at the 1981 Australian Open, and semifinal at Wimbledon in 1981. After age 29, his listed finishes were all round-of-64 or worse.