I’ve put together a few reports showing how age distributions and US presence have changed over the years at Grand Slams. Let’s start with player age.
The average age of players in the Wimbledon men’s singles draw is 27.7 years, which is just short of the all-time record, 27.8, set at Roland Garros last month, and equal to last year’s figure at Wimbledon. There are two teens in the draw (up one from last year), and 34 thirty-somethings, which is tied for third-most since 1982.
This report shows the complete year-by-year breakdown for the last 30 years’ worth of men’s slam draws.
The average age in the Wimbledon women’s draw is also very high by historical standards. At 25.2 years, it’s tied with this year’s French Open and 2012 Wimbledon for the highest ever. 43-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm moves the needle all by herself; without her, the average would be 25.0, still considerably higher than any other pre-2010 slam.
There are ten teenagers in the draw, which is very low for the WTA, but safely above the all-time low of 7, set at Wimbledon two years ago. The total of 16 players aged 30 or over is good for third-most of all time, behind this year’s and last year’s French Opens.
Here’s the WTA report showing these numbers for each slam in the last 30 years.
(All of the figures above for 2014 Wimbledon could change slightly if more lucky losers are added to the draw.)
I also put together a couple of reports showing the number of Americans in each slam draw, broken down by direct entrants, qualifiers, lucky losers, and wild cards, along with the top seed, the number of seeds (and top 16 seeds), plus the number of Americans in each round:
Enjoy!