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Jack Nicklaus, three-time Open Champion in 1966, 1970, and 1978 Seve Ballesteros, three-time Open Champion in 1979, 1984, and 1988 Nick Faldo, three-time Open Champion in 1987, 1990, and 1992 Tiger Woods, three-time Open Champion in 2000, 2005, and 2006. He is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire after 72-holes played with his victory in 2005.
The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland .
The first open tournament was the 1968 British Hard Court Championships held in April, [1] followed by the inaugural open Grand Slam tournament, the 1968 French Open, a month later. [2] Unless otherwise sourced, all records are based on data from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), [ 3 ] the International Tennis Federation (ITF), [ 4 ...
Despite being the founders of the sport of tennis, Britain has not enjoyed much success in the four Grand Slams; namely the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The most recent British winner was Emma Raducanu, who won the 2021 US Open Women's Singles, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final.
Serena Williams is the winner of 23 major singles titles, most in the Open Era. Steffi Graf – winner of 22 major singles titles, and the only person to win the Golden Slam (1988). Helen Wills Moody – winner of 19 major titles, the first woman to win more than 10 titles.
Roger Federer completed a career Grand Slam at the 2009 French Open. Rafael Nadal completed a career Grand Slam at the 2010 US Open and a double career Grand Slam at the 2022 Australian Open . Novak Djokovic completed a non-calendar year Grand Slam at the 2016 French Open and a triple career Grand Slam at the 2023 French Open .
New singles champions are traditionally elected honorary members of the AELTC by the club's committee. [c] [13] In 2012, the ladies' singles winner received prize money of £1,150,000. [14] In the Amateur–challenge round era, Dorothea Lambert Chambers (1903–1904, 1906, 1910–1911, 1913–1914) holds the record for most titles, with seven ...
This is a list of all Open Era tennis Grand Slam singles champions and how old they were when they won their first title. [1] Players who won a title before the Open Era are designated with an asterisk (*), but those results do not factor into these lists.