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The Grand Slam tennis tournaments are the four biggest events in tennis each year: the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Winning all four of these tournaments in the same year is called a "Grand Slam."

Over time, the rules and how these tournaments were played have changed. For example, in 1925, the French championships allowed players from all over the world to compete. Also, in 1968, professional players were finally allowed to join, marking the start of the "Open Era" in tennis. Before 1968, only amateur players (who didn't earn money from tennis) could compete in these major events.

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).
Rafael Nadal holds an all-time record of 14 French Open titles, the most at any slam in tennis history. He is the second man in the Open Era to complete a double Career Grand Slam (2022).
Roger Federer holds an all-time record of eight Wimbledon titles.
Bill Tilden won 10 major singles titles in the 1920s, including an all-time record of seven U.S. Championships titles.
Don Budge is the only man to have won six consecutive major singles titles, from Wimbledon 1937 to U.S. Championships 1938, and the first player ever to complete a Grand Slam (1938).
Ken Rosewall holds a record 15 Pro Major titles, and 23 major titles overall, counting both amateur and professional circuits.
Roy Emerson was the first man in history to win each major title twice (1967), and the only man to have completed a Career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles.
Rod Laver is the only man to complete a Grand Slam more than once in his career, in 1962 as an amateur and in 1969 as a professional.
Pete Sampras won 14 major singles titles in his career, including seven titles at Wimbledon.
Andre Agassi was the first man to complete a Career Grand Slam across three different surfaces (1999), and the first to win a Career Golden Slam (winning the four majors and an Olympic singles gold medal).

Grand Slam Champions

This list shows the tennis players who have won three or more Grand Slam singles titles.

Players who are still actively playing are shown in bold.


Titles Player AE OE Australian Open French Open Wimb­ledon US Open Years
24 Serbia Novak Djokovic N/A 24 10 3 7 4 2008–2023
22 Spain Rafael Nadal N/A 22 2 14 2 4 2005–2022
20 Switzerland Roger Federer N/A 20 6 1 8 5 2003–2018
14 United States Pete Sampras N/A 14 2 0 7 5 1990–2002
12 Australia Roy Emerson 12 N/A 6 2 2 2 1961–1967
11 Australia Rod Laver 6 5 3 2 4 2 1960–1969
Sweden Björn Borg N/A 11 0 6 5 0 1974–1981
10 United States Bill Tilden 10 N/A 0 0 3 7 1920–1930
8 United Kingdom Fred Perry 8 N/A 1 1 3 3 1933–1936
Australia Ken Rosewall 4 4 4 2 0 2 1953–1972
United States Jimmy Connors N/A 8 1 0 2 5 1974–1983
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl N/A 8 2 3 0 3 1984–1990
United States Andre Agassi N/A 8 4 1 1 2 1992–2003
7 United States Richard Sears 7 N/A 0 0 0 7 1881–1887
United Kingdom William Renshaw 7 N/A 0 0 7 0 1881–1889
United States William Larned 7 N/A 0 0 0 7 1901–1911
France René Lacoste 7 N/A 0 3 2 2 1925–1929
France Henri Cochet 7 N/A 0 4 2 1 1926–1932
Australia John Newcombe 2 5 2 0 3 2 1967–1975
United States John McEnroe N/A 7 0 0 3 4 1979–1984
Sweden Mats Wilander N/A 7 3 3 0 1 1982–1988
6 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 6 N/A 0 0 5 1 1902–1906
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 6 N/A 2 0 4 0 1906–1913
Australia Jack Crawford 6 N/A 4 1 1 0 1931–1935
United States Don Budge 6 N/A 1 1 2 2 1937–1938
Sweden Stefan Edberg N/A 6 2 0 2 2 1985–1992
Germany Boris Becker N/A 6 2 0 3 1 1985–1996
5 Australia Frank Sedgman 5 N/A 2 0 1 2 1949–1952
United States Tony Trabert 5 N/A 0 2 1 2 1953–1955
4 United States Robert Wrenn 4 N/A 0 0 0 4 1893–1897
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty 4 N/A 0 0 4 0 1897–1900
France Jean Borotra 4 N/A 1 1 2 0 1924–1931
United States Frank Parker 4 N/A 0 2 0 2 1944–1949
Australia Lew Hoad 4 N/A 1 1 2 0 1956–1957
Australia Ashley Cooper 4 N/A 2 0 1 1 1957–1958
Spain Manuel Santana 4 N/A 0 2 1 1 1961–1966
Argentina Guillermo Vilas N/A 4 2 1 0 1 1977–1979
United States Jim Courier N/A 4 2 2 0 0 1991–1993
Spain Carlos Alcaraz N/A 4 0 1 2 1 2022–2024
3 United States Oliver Campbell 3 N/A 0 0 0 3 1890–1892
United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley 3 N/A 0 0 3 0 1891–1895
United States Malcolm Whitman 3 N/A 0 0 0 3 1898–1900
United Kingdom Arthur Gore 3 N/A 0 0 3 0 1901–1909
Australia Norman Brookes 3 N/A 1 0 2 0 1907–1914
United States Bill Johnston 3 N/A 0 0 1 2 1915–1923
Australia Gerald Patterson 3 N/A 1 0 2 0 1919–1927
Australia James Anderson 3 N/A 3 0 0 0 1922–1925
United States Ellsworth Vines 3 N/A 0 0 1 2 1931–1932
Australia Adrian Quist 3 N/A 3 0 0 0 1936–1948
United States Bobby Riggs 3 N/A 0 0 1 2 1939–1941
United States Jack Kramer 3 N/A 0 0 1 2 1946–1947
Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 3 N/A 0 2 1 0 1951–1954
Australia Neale Fraser 3 N/A 0 0 1 2 1959–1960
United States Arthur Ashe N/A 3 1 0 1 1 1968–1975
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš N/A 3 0 2 1 0 1970–1973
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten N/A 3 0 3 0 0 1997–2001
United Kingdom Andy Murray N/A 3 0 0 2 1 2012–2016
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka N/A 3 1 1 0 1 2014–2016
  • There have been 153 Grand Slam champions in men's singles.
    • 58 champions have won titles in the Open Era (since 1968).
    • 98 champions won titles in the Amateur Era (before 1968).
    • Only three players, Ken Rosewall, Rod Laver, and John Newcombe, have won Grand Slam titles in both the Amateur and Open Eras.
  • The youngest champion was Michael Chang, who won the French Open in 1989 when he was 17 years and 3 months old.
  • The oldest champion in the Open Era was Ken Rosewall, who won the Australian Open in 1972 at 37 years and 2 months old.

Grand Slam Achievements

A "Grand Slam" means winning all four major tennis tournaments. There are different ways to achieve this:

H Hard court C Clay court G Grass court Cp Carpet court

Grand Slam (Calendar Year)

This is when a player wins all four major titles in the same year.


Player Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
United States Don Budge 1938G 1938C 1938G 1938G
Australia Rod Laver 1962G 1962C 1962G 1962G
Australia Rod Laver (2) 1969G 1969C 1969G 1969G

Non-calendar Year Grand Slam

This is when a player wins all four major titles in a row, but not necessarily in the same calendar year. For example, winning the US Open in 2015, then the Australian, French, and Wimbledon in 2016.

  • The tournament where the non-calendar year Grand Slam was completed is shown in bold.


Player Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2016H 2016C 2015G 2015H

Career Grand Slam

This means a player has won all four major titles at some point during their career, even if it wasn't in the same year.

  • The tournament where the Career Grand Slam was completed is shown in bold.


Player Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
United Kingdom Fred Perry 1934G 1935C 1934G 1933G
United States Don Budge 1938G 1938C 1937G 1937G
Australia Rod Laver 1960G 1962C 1961G 1962G
Australia Roy Emerson 1961G 1963C 1964G 1961G
Australia Roy Emerson (2) 1963G 1967C 1965G 1964G
Australia Rod Laver (2) 1962G 1969C 1962G 1969G
United States Andre Agassi 1995H 1999C 1992G 1994H
Switzerland Roger Federer 2004H 2009C 2003G 2004H
Spain Rafael Nadal 2009H 2005C 2008G 2010H
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2008H 2016C 2011G 2011H
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 2011H 2021C 2014G 2015H
Spain Rafael Nadal (2) 2022H 2006C 2010G 2013H
Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) 2012H 2023C 2015G 2018H

Career Golden Slam

This is when a player wins all four major titles and an Olympic singles gold medal during their career.

  • The event where the Career Golden Slam was completed is shown in bold.


Player Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Olympics
United States Andre Agassi 1995H 1999C 1992G 1994H 1996H
Spain Rafael Nadal 2009H 2005C 2008G 2010H 2008H
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2008H 2016C 2011G 2011H 2024C

Career Super Slam

This is the hardest achievement! It means a player has won all four major titles, an Olympic gold medal, and the ATP Tour Finals (a big year-end tournament) during their career.

  • The event where the Career Super Slam was completed is shown in bold.


Player Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Olympics Year-end
United States Andre Agassi 1995H 1999C 1992G 1994H 1996H 1990Cp
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2008H 2016C 2011G 2011H 2024C 2008H

Most Titles at Each Tournament

Some players are especially good at certain Grand Slams. Here are the players with the most wins at each major tournament:

Tournament Titles Player(s)
Australian Open 10 Serbia Novak Djokovic
French Open 14 Spain Rafael Nadal
Wimbledon 8 Switzerland Roger Federer
US Open 7
(All-time)
United States Richard Sears
United States William Larned
United States Bill Tilden
5
(Open Era)
United States Jimmy Connors
United States Pete Sampras
Switzerland Roger Federer

Consecutive Titles

This section shows players who won many titles in a row, either overall or at a single tournament.

AO Australian Open WIM Wimbledon
FO French Open USO US Open

Grand Slam Titles by Decade

This shows how many Grand Slam titles were won in each decade. as of 2024 Wimbledon.

  • Ken Rosewall, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal are the only male players to win Grand Slam singles titles in three different decades. Nadal is the only player to do so with multiple titles in each decade.

Grand Slam Titles by Country

This shows which countries have produced the most Grand Slam champions.

All-time

as of 2024 Wimbledon.

147 
 United States (49 players)
100 
 Australia (34 players)
48 
 Great Britain (19 players)
37 
 Spain (9 players)
26 
 Sweden (5 players)
24 
 Serbia (1 player)
23 
  Switzerland (2 players)
21 
 France (6 players)
12 
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic (3 players)
10 
Germany Germany / West Germany (4 players)
 Argentina (3 players),  New Zealand (1 player)
 Russia (3 players)
 Italy (3 players)
 Brazil (1 player),  Egypt (1 player)
 Austria (2 players),  Croatia (2 players),  Romania (1 player)
 Ecuador,  Hungary,  Mexico,  Netherlands,  South Africa

Open Era

as of 2024 Wimbledon.

52 
 United States (13 players)
33 
 Spain (8 players)
25 
 Sweden (4 players)
24 
 Serbia (1 player)
23 
  Switzerland (2 players)
20 
 Australia (7 players)
12 
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic (3 players)
Germany West Germany / Germany (2 players)
 Argentina (3 players)
 Russia (3 players)
 Brazil (1 player),  Great Britain (1 player)
 Austria (2 players),  Croatia (2 players),  Italy (2 players),  Romania (1 player)
 Ecuador,  France,  Netherlands,  South Africa

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Anexo:Campeones de torneos de Grand Slam (individual masculino) para niños

More Grand Slam Lists

  • Chronological list of men's Grand Slam tennis champions
  • List of Grand Slam men's singles finals
  • List of Grand Slam–related tennis records
  • Lists of tennis records and statistics

Other Grand Slam Champions

  • List of Grand Slam men's doubles champions
  • List of Grand Slam women's singles champions
  • List of Grand Slam women's doubles champions
  • List of Grand Slam mixed doubles champions
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