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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).
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 ...
As of the 2024 US Open; 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.
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.
The US Open men's singles championship is an annual tennis tournament that is part of the US Open [c] [d] and was established in 1881.It is played on outdoor hard courts [e] at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, New York City, United States.
ITF World Champions; List of tennis players career achievements; Tennis players with most titles in the Open Era; List of highest ranked tennis players per country; List of Olympic medalists in tennis; List of tennis rivalries; Longest tennis match records & Shortest tennis match records; Longest tiebreaker in tennis; Fastest recorded tennis serves
Unless otherwise sourced, all records are based on data from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), [3] the International Tennis Federation (ITF), [4] and the official websites of the four Grand Slam tournaments. All rankings-related records are based on ATP rankings, which began in 1973. The names of active players appear in boldface.
This is a list of all the men's Grand Slam singles finals in tennis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] From the 1877 Wimbledon Championship up to and including the 2023 US Open, there have been 483 finals contested between 273 different men, with 152 champions emerging.