Male tennis players with the most Grand Slam tournament titles won as of September 2021
Characteristic | Number of Grand Slam victories |
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Roger Federer (SUI) | 20 |
Rafael Nadal (ESP) | 20 |
Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 20 |
Pete Sampras (USA) | 14 |
Similarly one may ask, what is the biggest tennis award?
Subsequently, what is the most notable tennis match called?
John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68, Wimbledon first round, 2010: The 11-hour, 5-minute match that covered three days was by far the longest match in history. The 138 games and 8 hours and 11 minutes consumed in the fifth set alone easily broke the records for the longest match in history.
Who has been number 1 in tennis the longest?
Characteristic | Number of weeks at No. 1 |
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Roger Federer (SUI) | 310 |
Pete Sampras (USA) | 286 |
Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 275 |
Ivan Lendl (CZE) | 270 |
Who has more titles Federer or Nadal?
Considered one of the greatest-ever tennis rivalries, Federer and Nadal have played each other 40 times, with Nadal leading the overall head-to-head 24–16 and in finals 14–10.
Has anyone won all 4 Grand Slams a year?
Past Winners
In order to find a player in the men’s category, we have to go way back in 1969 when Australian Rod Laver won all the four majors in a single year. The player who started it all was an American tennis player John Budge who won the honour of being the first Grand Slam winner in 1938.
Who has won a Golden Slam?
What is the Golden Slam? Steffi Graf is the only player to win the Golden Slam. She did so in 1988 when she added gold at the Seoul Olympics to her trophy case, alongside the four tennis majors that year.
Has anyone ever won all 4 tennis majors in one year?
Only six people have ever won all four tournaments in a single year, and the last man to do so was Australia’s Rod Laver in 1969.
Who has beaten Djokovic the most?
These 17 Grand Slam matches are the most ever contested between two players along with Nadal-Djokovic. Five of them were finals plus a record 11 semifinals. To date, Djokovic is the only man to have beaten Federer in all four majors and likewise Federer is the only player to defeat Djokovic in all four of them.
Who is better Nadal or Djokovic?
Djokovic leads 15–
Tournament | Djokovic | Nadal |
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US Open | 3 | 4 |
Total Count | 20 | 20 |
Who is better Novak or Federer?
Djokovic has fared better than Federer on Nadal’s favorite surface, going 8-19 against him on clay and using Friday’s match to avenge his loss in the 2020 French Open final. On other surfaces, Djokovic has a 22-9 lead.