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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).
Roger Federer completed a career Grand Slam at the 2009 French Open. Rafael Nadal completed a career Grand Slam at the 2010 US Open and a double career Grand Slam at the 2022 Australian Open. Novak Djokovic completed a non-calendar year Grand Slam at the 2016 French Open and a triple career Grand Slam at the 2023 French Open.
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.
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 ...
[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 in 1963 and repeated a year later. [citation needed] Twelve unique players (nine women and three men) have won at least six major championships in one calendar year. [citation needed]
Pages in category "Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles" The following 156 pages are in this category, out of 156 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Lists of Grand Slam (tennis) men's champions" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The term Grand Slam is also attributed to the Grand Slam tournaments, usually referred to as Majors, and they are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of the field and, in recent years, the longest ...