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Throughout its history, many changes in the Grand Slam tennis tournaments have affected the number of titles won by various players. These have included the opening of the French national championships to international players in 1925, the elimination of the challenge round in 1922, and the admission of professional players in 1968 (the start of the Open Era).
These are records for Grand Slam tournaments, also known as majors, which are the four most prestigious annual tennis events: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. All records are based on official data from the majors. In the case of ties, players are listed in chronological order of reaching the record.
In the history of men's tennis, only two players have won the calendar Grand Slam, Don Budge (1938) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969). [13] Budge remains the sole player to have won six majors in a row (1937–1938). In the Open Era, only one player has achieved the non-calendar year Grand Slam, Novak Djokovic (2015–2016). This is followed by a ...
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.
Roger Federer, won the most men's singles titles on grass in the Open Era (19). Monica Seles , won the most major titles as a teenager in the Open Era (8). Bryan brothers , together they won more doubles titles than any other team (119).
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 ...
#10. Jimmy Connors (1978) Winning streak length: 30 wins. Grand Slam championships won: U.S. Open. Time duration: Three months. Starting off the charts from tenth to first place is American tennis ...
1974 Australian Open: 2 September 1952: 1 January 1974: 1st of 8 18 years, 10 days Björn Borg: 1974 French Open: 6 June 1956: 16 June 1974: 1st of 11 26 years, 214 days Manuel Orantes: 1975 US Open: 5 February 1949: 7 September 1975: 21 years, 195 days Mark Edmondson: 1976 Australian Open: 24 June 1954: 5 January 1976: 25 years, 340 days ...