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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.
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.
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 ...
Men Women Quad Men Women Quad 2005: Robin Ammerlaan (x2) Esther Vergeer (x3) No competition: Robin Ammerlaan Michaël Jérémiasz (x2) Korie Homan Esther Vergeer: No competition: 2006: Jiske Griffioen Esther Vergeer (x2) 2007: Shingo Kunieda: Peter Norfolk: Satoshi Saida Shingo Kunieda: Nick Taylor David Wagner: 2008 No competition (2008 ...
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).
The following is a list of Wimbledon champions in tennis: Champions. Senior. Year Singles ... 1940 No tournament due to World War II [1] 1941 ... Men Women Quad Men ...
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 ...
The British and American championships continued into the Open Era but soon devolved to the status of minor tournaments. However these three tournaments were considered retrospectively by some tennis experts [18] [19] [20] as the three tournaments of the professional Grand Slam (until 1967). Some years as in 1948, only one of them was held, the ...