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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). Ken Rosewall holds a record 15 Pro Major titles, and 23 major titles overall , counting both amateur and professional circuits.
In 1965, Margaret Court won a record nine titles out of twelve available to a player in the same year: the singles, doubles and mixed doubles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. [ citation needed ] In 1985, Martina Navratilova reached the final in all Grand Slam events held that year, equaling the record of eleven final appearances set by Court ...
487 men's singles Grand Slam championships have been played since 1877. 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.
List of Grand Slam mixed doubles champions; List of quad wheelchair tennis champions; List of Open Era Grand Slam champions by country; List of Grand Slam singles champions by country; List of Grand Slam singles champions in Open Era with age of first title
As it is, Djokovic has won the most Grand Slam singles titles of any man, 24, ahead of Rafael Nadal's 22 and Federer's 20 (those other two members of the Big Three are now retired). The 37-year-old Serb has spent more weeks at No. 1 in the rankings than any other player. He's played in 37 Slam finals, six more than Federer's old record.
Novak Djokovic won his 24th Grand Slam title by beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Sunday. Like Djokovic, Margaret Court won a total of 24, but some of hers were ...
BBC Sport looks at the statistics behind Rafael Nadal's success as the 22-time Grand Slam champion prepares for his final tournament.
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 ...