Susan Sloane

Insights

Career built on steady second-week proximity, not deep runs

Susan Sloane’s best Grand Slam result was four Round-of-32 finishes, with no appearance beyond that stage. Across 20 tournaments and 36 matches, her record settled at 16-20, showing repeated progress into the early rounds but no breakthrough past the last 32.

US Open was her most frequent stage and her best source of results

She played the US Open 8 times, more than any other Slam listed, and reached the Round of 32 there twice, in 1988 and 1989. Her other US Open results were four Round-of-128 exits and one more in 1990 and 1991, making it her clearest venue for higher finishes.

French Open and Wimbledon peaked at the Round of 32 only once each

Her French Open best was Round of 32 in 1988 and 1989, while Wimbledon’s best was Round of 64, reached in every appearance from 1986 through 1990 except 1991. That contrast shows a stronger clay-court ceiling than grass-court ceiling in the supplied results.

Her results improved sharply from 1985 to 1989 before slipping in 1990-1992

She opened with a Round-of-128 exit at age 14 in 1985, then moved to repeated Round-of-64 results in 1986-1987 and Round-of-32 finishes in 1988-1989. The final three seasons reversed that trend, with only Round-of-64 or Round-of-128 exits from 1990 to 1992.

She was unusually young throughout her Grand Slam career

Every listed Grand Slam result came between ages 14 and 21, and her entire Grand Slam career ran from 1985 to 1992. In the comparison table, she is also listed as born in 1970, ranked #13 of 38 women born that year.