This article compares the
Grand Slam and
Olympic tournament results of male
tennis players who reached at least one
Grand Slam final. The Grand Slam tournaments are the
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
, the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
,
Wimbledon, and the
U.S. Open. All data is from the
International Tennis Federation men's circui
database
Legend
Less frequent qualifiers are explained in the notes below the table.
Athletes in bold are considered to be still in championship tennis.
1967–1972
:''Winner of most titles:
Rod Laver
Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player. Laver was the world number 1 ranked professional in some sources in 1964, in all sources from 1965 to 1969 and in some sources in 1970, spanning four years befor ...
, with 5.''
1973–1978
:''Winner of most titles:
Björn Borg
Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. Between 1974 and 1981, he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles with six at the French Open and five consecutively at Wimb ...
, with 6.''
1979–1984
:''Winner of most titles:
John McEnroe, with 7.''
1985–1990
:''Winner of most titles:
Ivan Lendl, with 7.''
1991–1996
:''Winner of most titles:
Pete Sampras
Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre ...
, with 7.''
1997–2002
:''Winner of most titles:
Pete Sampras
Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre ...
, with 6.''
2003–2008
:''Winner of most titles:
Roger Federer, with 13.''
2009–2014
''Winner of most titles:
Rafael Nadal, with 9.''
2015–2020
''Winner of most titles:
Novak Djokovic, with 10.''
2021–2026
''Winner of most titles: Novak Djokovic, with 6.''
See also
*
Tennis performance timeline comparison (women)
*
Tennis performance timeline comparison (women) (1884–1977)
This article presents in a tabular form the career tennis Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships and Olympic singles results of every woman who has reached the singles final of at least one Grand Slam, World Hard Court Championships or Olymp ...
References
SourcesInternational Tennis Federation website
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