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3.1.1 Men. 3.1.2 Women. 4 References. ... 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]
The Grand Slam tournaments are the annual four major tennis events played in the Open Era, which began in 1968, superseding the Amateur Era. The Australian and U.S. tournaments were officially recognized by the ILTF in 1924, and the French Championships followed a year later in 1925 when it became open to all international players.
Chang's most significant "youngest-ever" record came in 1989 when he won the French Open at the age of 17 years, 110 days, to become the youngest male player ever to win a Grand Slam title. [10] He defeated Stefan Edberg in a five-set final, 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2. [ 15 ]
After winning the Australian Open at 22, Sinner is still one of the youngest grand slam champions ever, but his rise to the top has been fuelled by incremental improvements and learning from past ...
He was the youngest ever male Grand Slam singles champion at 17 years, 227 days (a record later broken by Michael Chang in 1989, who won the French Open when he was 17 years, 110 days). Two months after his triumph, Becker became the youngest winner of the Cincinnati Open. Becker has since said that "the plan from my parents for me was to ...
Don Budge completed a Grand Slam at the 1938 U.S. Championships. Rod Laver completed a Grand Slam at the 1962 U.S. Championships and the 1969 US Open. Roy Emerson completed a career Grand Slam at the 1964 Wimbledon and the 1967 French Championships. Andre Agassi completed a career Grand Slam at the 1999 French Open.
Alcaraz, meanwhile, could become the youngest player to achieve a career grand slam – needing only the Australian Open to complete a sweep of the majors four months before his 22nd birthday ...
It was the 93rd staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1989. For the first time in French Open history the Singles championships were won by two teenagers – Michael Chang (17 years, 3 months) and Arantxa Sánchez (17 years, 6 months). Chang still holds the record for youngest ever male Grand Slam singles title ...