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Bill Tilden won 10 major singles titles in the 1920s, including an all-time record of seven U.S. Championships titles. Don Budge is the only man to have won six consecutive major singles titles, from Wimbledon 1937 to U.S. Championships 1938 , and the first player ever to complete a Grand Slam (1938).
This list excludes the 1909 Triple Crown of Jeanne Matthey at the French Championships and the 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923 Triple Crown wins of Suzanne Lenglen at the French Championships. [citation needed] The French Championship tennis tournament at the time was a domestic competition not recognized as an international major.
Winning all four majors, an Olympic gold, and the year-end championships at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Super Slam". [2] [3] [4] Winning the four majors in all three disciplines a player is eligible for–singles, doubles and mixed doubles–is considered winning a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles.
153 different players have won a men's singles Grand Slam championship; they are listed here in order of their first win. Players in bold are still active. Fred Perry completed a career Grand Slam at the 1935 French Championships .
[13] [72] The French championships was first held as an International Lawn Tennis Federation–sanctioned major championship in 1925. [ 73 ] Today, it has draws that host 256 singles players, 128 doubles teams and 32 mixed doubles teams, with the total prize money for the 2024 tournament being € 53,478,000. [ 45 ]
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 (Slams, Masters and YEC) as follows
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 ...
In tennis, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters Series tournaments and the Year-end Championship are considered the top-tier events of the men's professional tour annual calendar, in addition to the Olympics. They are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. [1] The ATP defined the mandatory events (Slams, Masters and YEC) as follows