Tennis, ranking of players with the most Grand Slam titles in their career – Svsport.it

Over the past 20 years, we have witnessed the exploits of three of the greatest players in tennis history. Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are now considered true living legends of the sport and the simply sensational numbers prove it, especially ones that will take a long time before they are counted, even if it is not said that anyone will reach them. .

After all, there are inaccessible records that they could not even scratch. Just think about the primacy of consecutive appearances that belongs, somewhat surprisingly, to the Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who collected 79, while Federer, for example, collected “only” 65 before retiring for good. The only ones currently considering impacting an Iberian tennis player’s record would be Djokovic and Wawrinka, but given their age and recent tendency to sip attendance to protect their physical form, they won’t be able to do so. .

Another hard-to-beat record is that of Jimmy Connors, another great player in world tennis, who played six consecutive Grand Slam finals as Bjorn Borg. To date, none of the players still active have come close to this record, but compared to López it is already possible to surpass it since there are many capable young players such as Alcaraz and kafirtalents who are rewriting the modern history of the sport with their early victories and who will likely be the main champions on the men’s circuit when the era of the Big Three finally ends.

With Federer’s retirement, the magic trio has lost a piece, but in the meantime Djokovic and Nadal are still trying to fight to win as many tournaments as possible. For them, it is not yet time to leave the scene, and we see that especially from the titles they have won recently.

2022 was the year of Rafa, who returned home to the Australian Open and Roland Garros, while 2023 began under the guidance of Noll, who won the Melbourne Slam to return to the top of the ATP rankings after nearly a year of “absence.” The return to first place also meant that the Serb set the new absolute record for most weeks as number one in the ranking, surpassing the previous record, which had been held for almost thirty years, by Steffi Graf, which stopped at 377. Not even the sports forecasters and Tennis odds It was not expected at the beginning of his career.

However, this is only one of Djokovic’s many records, which count many others, including the record for the most Grand Slam titles won in his career. immediately, arranged One of the most successful players at a major level in the Open Era.

Ranking of the tennis players with the most Grand Slam wins in the Open Era

Active players who have won at least one Grand Slam title include Juan Martin del Potro, Marin Cilic and Dominic Thiem, Daniel Medvedev And Carlos Alcaraz, all winners of the US Open: the Argentine in 2009, the Croatian in 2014, the Austrian in 2020, the Russian in 2021 and the Spaniard in 2022.

In front of them we find Stan Wawrinka, one of the strongest Swiss players of all time with three major titles on his billboard (Australian Open 2014, Roland Garros 2015, US Open 2016). Also three is Sir Andy Murray, winner of the 2012 US Open and Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016.

Then there is Boris Becker who has six Grand Slam titles and one of the greatest players to have won the Australian Open twice (1991, 1996), Wimbledon three times (1985, 1986, 1989) and the US Open once (1989). Like him stopped at six, we find one of his main rivals in those years, Stefan Edberg, who in his career won two Australian Opens (1985, 1987), two Championships (1988, 1990) and two US Opens (1991, 1992).

Then we find another Swede, Mats Wilander, winner three times in Australia (1983, 1984, 1988) and in Paris (1982, 1985, 1988), while in New York the company succeeded only once (in 1988). Like him, the American John McEnroe also stops seven Grand Slam titles, who was victorious only at Wimbledon (1981, 1983, 1984) and in the Big Apple (1979, 1980, 1981, 1984). Before the United States, it was under John Newcomb, who won twice in Melbourne (1973, 1975), three times in London (1967, 1970, 1971) and twice in the United States (1967, 1973).

Brackets aside for Ken Rosewall, who has gone through the transition in the open era After winning four Grand Slams (two Australian Opens in ’53 and ’55, Roland Garros in 1953 and the US Open in ’56), four more were added (Australian Open ’71 and ’72, Roland Garros ’68 and the US Open’ 70).

Evan Lendl is also eight years old, Great champion Czechoslovakia who has three French Opens (1984, 1986, 1987), three US Opens (1985, 1986, 1987) and one Australian (1989, 1990). Also Jimmy Connors (Australian Open 1974, Wimbledon 1974 and 1982, US Open 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983) and Andre Agassi (Wimbledon 1992, US Open 1994, 1999, Australian Open 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, Roland Jarrus 1999).

Then we find another champion, the only one who can complete the Grand Slam twice, Rod Laver. For him, who played like Rosewall between the old format and the open era, his victories speak for themselves: Australian Open 1959, 1960, 1961, 1969; the 1960 US Open; Roland Garros 1961 and Wimbledon 1971.

Bjorn Borg is also only eleven winners in Paris (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981) and in London (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980). Then there’s Pete Sampras, 14-time Grand Slam champion (US Open 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002; Wimbledon 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000; Australian Open 1994, 1997).

And then there: the Big Three. Roger has collected 20 (eight Wimbledon, five US Open, six Australian Open and one Roland Garros). Nadal and Djokovic, on the other hand, have 22 successes and also have potential improve this record Already started from the next Roland Garros.