Sylvia Plischke
This page provides a comprehensive overview of Sylvia Plischke’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
Peak came at Roland Garros in 1999
Her best Grand Slam result was a quarterfinal at the 1999 French Open, reached at age 21. That stands out as her only result beyond the round of 32 across 15 tournaments.
Strongest stretch was 1998-1999
In her first two Grand Slam seasons, she produced her best concentration of results: a round of 32 at Wimbledon in 1998, then a quarterfinal and a round of 32 in 1999. Those two years account for her deepest runs.
She never lost in the opening round after 1998
Her 1998 debut season included three round-of-64 exits, but from 1999 onward every Slam result was at least a round of 64 or better. The only round-of-128 finishes in the data came in 2000 Wimbledon and 2001 Australian Open.
French Open was her most productive major
Across four French Open appearances, she posted a quarterfinal in 1999, a round of 32 in 2000, and round-of-64 results in 1998 and 2001. That is her clearest pattern of repeated success at one Slam.
Career totals show a narrow winning margin
She played 34 Grand Slam matches and finished 19-15, a 56% win rate. The totals align with 15 tournaments and suggest a career built on frequent early-round wins rather than long runs every year.
Basics
| Born | 20 July 1977 |
| Gender | Female |
| Nation | Austria |
| Era | Open Era |
| Grand Slam careerCareer | 1998-2001 |
Grand Slam statistics
| Tournaments | 15 |
| Best results | 1 x quarterfinalist 3 x R32 9 x R64 |
| Total matches | 34 |
| W/L-record | 19-15 (56% won) |
Compared with other women
| In the Open Era | #331 of 1961 |
| With overlapping career | #79 of 286 |
| From Austria | #6 of 23 |
| Born in 1977 | #3 of 31 |
| Year | Tournament | Result | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Wimbledon | R64 | 23 |
| 2001 | French Open | R64 | 23 |
| 2001 | Australian Open | R128 | 23 |
| 2000 | US Open | R64 | 23 |
| 2000 | Wimbledon | R128 | 22 |
| 2000 | French Open | R32 | 22 |
| 2000 | Australian Open | R64 | 22 |
| 1999 | US Open | R64 | 22 |
| 1999 | Wimbledon | R64 | 21 |
| 1999 | French Open | Q | 21 |
| 1999 | Australian Open | R32 | 21 |
| 1998 | US Open | R64 | 21 |
| 1998 | Wimbledon | R32 | 20 |
| 1998 | French Open | R64 | 20 |
| 1998 | Australian Open | R64 | 20 |
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