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Today, the ultimate pursuit in tennis is to win the Grand Slam; winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year. [13] In 1982, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) broadened the definition of the Grand Slam as meaning any four straight major victories, including the ones spanning two calendar years that became known as the non-calendar year Grand Slam, though it later ...
All-time tennis records – Men's singles; Open Era tennis records – Men's singles; Tennis male players statistics; World number 1 ranked male tennis players; Top ten ranked male tennis players; Top ten ranked male tennis players (1912–1972) Tennis Masters Series singles records and statistics; Tennis Masters Series doubles records and ...
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the ...
Jannik Sinner defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 7–6 (7–4), 6–3 to win the singles title at the 2024 Shanghai Masters.It was his fourth ATP Masters 1000 singles title, seventh title of the season, and 17th career title.
Ricardo Alonso "Pancho" González (May 9, 1928 – July 3, 1995), known sometimes as Richard Gonzales, was an American tennis player. He won 15 major singles titles, including two U.S. National Singles Championships in 1948 and 1949, and 13 Professional Grand Slam titles.
The race, initially called the "ATP Champions Race", was introduced by the ATP for the 2000 season as part of their "21st Century Tennis" strategy announced in 1999. [14] All players and teams start the year with zero points, and accumulate points from tournament to tournament based on their performances. [ 15 ]
Alexis Kerry Ohanian (Armenian: Ալեքսիս Քերի Օհանյան; born April 24, 1983) [1] is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is best known as the co-founder and former [2] executive chairman of the social media site Reddit along with Steve Huffman and Aaron Swartz.
This article lists the tennis players who have won the most tour-level professional tournament titles since the Open Era began in 1968. The current top-level events are on the ATP Tour for men and the WTA Tour for women.