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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).
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.
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 ...
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 ATP Tour is the modern top-level men's professional tennis circuit. It was introduced in 1990 and it's administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). All the records listed here are only for the players who played most of their careers on the ATP Tour and they're based on official ATP data. [1]
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.
This article lists the respective singles champions of those events since the inception of the ATP Tour in 1990. Note: By setting 1990 as the cut-off point, this list excludes many notable champions in top level tournaments from previous years. The Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships have been held since 1877 and 1970 ...
In 1982, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) began offering a $1 million bonus to any singles player to win the four majors consecutively regardless the tournaments order of winning them while the Men's International Professional Tennis Council, which was the governing body of men's professional tennis at the time, stated that 'Grand Slam ...