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Novak Djokovic holds the all-time record of 24 major singles titles, including a record 10 Australian Open titles. He is the only singles player to hold all four majors simultaneously across three different surfaces (2016), and the only one to complete a triple Career Grand Slam (2023).
It was held as the Australasian Championships until 1927 and thereafter as the Australian Championships until the onset of the Open Era in 1969, [48] passing through various venues in Australia and New Zealand before settling at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne between 1972 and 1987. [49]
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.
- What Are The Four Grand Slam Tournaments?
- Who Has Won The Most Grand Slam Titles?
- Who Has Won All Four Grand Slams in The Same Year?
- What Is A Golden Slam and Who Has Completed It?
In running order, the four grand slam events held each year are: 1. Australian Open 2. French Open 3. Wimbledon 4. US Open The French Open is played on clay, Wimbledon on grass and the remaining two are held on hard courts. Wimbledon is the oldest grand slam event, founded in 1877, followed by the US Open four years later, the French Open in 1891, ...
Novak Djokovic and Margaret Court currently hold the record for most grand slam singles titles – 24. Djokovic took the lead outright in the men's game by winning his third Roland-Garros title at the 2023 French Open when Rafael Nadal was ruled out through injury. Nadal had taken sole ownership of the men's singles record after edging past Roger Fed...
The term 'Grand Slam' actually refers to the achievement of winning all four tournaments in the same year. Winning one title is hard enough, but winning all four straight is extremely difficult. American Don Budge was the first to achieve a Grand Slam in 1938, with Australian Rod Laver the only other men's singles player to repeat the feat. Maureen...
If a Grand Slam wasn't rare enough, a Golden Slam requires players to also win Olympic gold on top of the four grand slam events in the same year. Steffi Graf was the first to complete a Golden Slam in 1988, with only wheelchair players Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott managing to replicate the feat since.
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Find out every men's tennis Grand Slam winner throughout history, here at ESPN.com.
1938 - Donald BUDGE, USA - the first person who won four major tennis tournaments in one year. 1962 - Rodney LAVER, Australia - won his first Grand Slam as an amateur tennis player. 1969 - Rodney LAVER, Australia - took his second Grand Slam as a professional.
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In tennis, the term Grand Slam refers to the accomplishment of winning all four major championships-the championships of Australia, France, Britain (Wimbledon), and the United States-in the same calendar season. The feat has been achieved six times (by five different players).
