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Updated September 8, 2024 at 3:18 PM. Jannik Sinner, the No. 1-ranked player in men's tennis, cruised to the US Open title on Sunday, defeating No. 12 seed Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. By getting ...
Nottingham Open. · 2022 →. Johanna Konta defeated Zhang Shuai in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2021 Nottingham Open. The win earned Konta her fourth career singles title, her first since 2017, and made her the first British player to win a WTA Tour singles title on home soil since Sue Barker in 1981.
I feel very different – Jack Draper ready to go beyond US Open fourth round. Jack Draper 1-1 Tomas Machac* 17:52, Mike Jones. Jack Draper has established himself as a top-30 player over the ...
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 ...
Rafael Nadal holds an all-time record of 14 French Open titles, the most at any slam in tennis history. He is the second man in the Open Era to complete a double Career Grand Slam (2022). Roger Federer holds an all-time record of eight Wimbledon titles. He also held the most major titles in singles between 2009 and 2022.
In men's tennis, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters tournaments, and the year-end championships are considered the top-tier events of the annual ATP Tour calendar, in addition to the quadrennial Olympics. They are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. [a][1] The ATP defined the mandatory events (majors, Masters and YEC) as follows.
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.
During the US Open, since the inclusion of the professional tennis players, Jimmy Connors (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982–1983), Pete Sampras (1990, 1993, 1995–1996, 2002), and Roger Federer (2004–2008) have won the most championships, with five titles. Federer has had the most consecutive wins, with five (2004–2008). [3]