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U.S. Open winners earn more than Wimbledon champions, who each took home £2.7 million, or just over $3.4 million, a substantial bump of nearly 15% from 2023, according to official prize money ...
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 ...
The Grand Slam tournaments are the annual four major tennis events played in the Open Era, which began in 1968, superseding the Amateur Era. The Australian and U.S. tournaments were officially recognized by the ILTF in 1924, and the French Championships followed a year later in 1925 when it became open to all international players.
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 ...
No disrespect to Nakashima, who played a solid enough match, but Rune was simply horrendous with just 19 winners to 30 unforced errors, a mere 39 percent of first serves in play and 0-of-6 on ...
Sinner also became the first male player since Lleyton Hewitt, in 2001, to win his debut event as Grand Slam champion. [14] At the 2024 BNP Paribas Open , with a victory over 25th seed Jan-Lennard Struff to reach the fourth round, he recorded his 17th consecutive match win, the longest ATP level streak for an Italian player in the Open Era. [ 15 ]
Nadal, 38, owns 22 Grand Slam titles; Djokovic, 37, has won 24, a record for the Open era. Sinner won his first two Grand Slam trophies in 2024, and Alcaraz collected the two other men's majors ...
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 Championship have been held since 1877 and 1970 respectively.