All Time Men's Grand Slam Leaders

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SI Staff
Publish date:
Jul 8, 2012

All Time Men's Grand Slam Leaders

Roger Federer

Australian Open (2004, '06, '07, '10) French Open (2009) Wimbledon (2003, '04, '05, '06, '07 '09, '12) US Open (2004, '05, '06, '07, '08) Federer surpassed Pete Sampras for all-time Grand Slam titles with a 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14 victory against Andy Roddick at Wimbledon in 2009, his sixth title at the All England Club. The historic win came just a few weeks after the 27-year-old Federer broke through for his first French Open crown. He added No. 17 at Wimbledon in 2012.

Pete Sampras

Australian Open (1994, '97) Wimbledon (1993, '94, '95, '97 '98, '99, 2000) US Open (1990, '93, '95, '96, 2002) Sampras, the year-end world No. 1 for six consecutive seasons during the 1990s, won seven Wimbledon, five U.S. Open and two Australian Open championships. He won his 14th and last Grand Slam title at the '02 U.S. Open -- his last appearance at a top-flight event -- with a four-set victory over longtime foil Andre Agassi.

Roy Emerson

Australian Open (1961, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67) Wimbledon (1964, '65) French Open (1963, '67) US Open (1961, '64) The Australian-born Emerson remains the lone men's player to have won singles and doubles titles at each of the four Grand Slam tournaments. His last major singles title came against Tony Roche at the '67 French Championships.

Rafael Nadal

Australian Open (2009) French Open (2005, '06, '07 '08, '10, '11, '12) Wimbledon (2008, '10) US Open (2010) Seven of Nadal's 11 Grand Slam titles have come from the French Open. He completed his career Grand Slam at the 2010 US Open. Nadal is just the seventh man in history with at least one title from each of tennis' four most important tournaments.

Bj&#246;rn Borg

French Open (1974, '75, '78, '79, '80, '81) Wimbledon (1976, '77, '78, '79, '80) The Swede won six French Open and five Wimbledon titles from 1974 through '81, cementing his place among the sport's all-time greats. He won the French and Wimbledon in the same year three consecutive times.

Rod Laver

Australian Open (1960, '62, '69) French Open (1962, '69) Wimbledon (1961, '62, '68, '69) US Open (1962, '69) Considered by many the greatest player of all-time, the diminutive Aussie remains the lone men's player to achieve two Grand Slams in the same calendar year -- once as an amateur (in 1962) and again as a professional (in 1969).

Bill Tilden

Wimbledon (1920, '21, '30) US Open (1920, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25, '29) Tilden dominated tennis in the '20s like few players have ruled their respective eras in any sport. In addition to his three Wimbledon championships, the native Philadelphian won the U.S. Championships in 1920, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25 and '29.

Andre Agassi

Australian Open (1995, 2000, '01, '03) French Open (1999) Wimbledon (1992) US Open (1994, '99) Agassi became the fifth player to complete a career Grand Slam at the 1999 French Open, where he came from two sets down to defeat Andrei Medvedev for the fourth of his eight major championships.

Ivan Lendl

Australian Open (1989, '90) French Open (1984, '86, '87) US Open (1985, '86, '87) Lendl advanced to 19 Grand Slam finals, a record only recently eclipsed by Roger Federer. His won three French Opens, three U.S. Opens and two Australian Opens.

Jimmy Connors

Australian Open (1974) Wimbledon (1974, '82) US Open (1974, '76, '78, '82, '83) Connors, who spent 160 weeks at No. 1, is the only player to win the U.S. Open title on grass, clay and hard courts. He never managed to win the French Open, though he made the semifinals at Roland Garros on four occasions.

Ken Rosewall

Australian Open (1953, '55, '71, '72) French Open (1953, '68) US Open (1956, '70) Rosewall won four Australian Open, two French Open and two U.S. Open titles during a career spanning three decades. He never managed to complete the career Grand Slam at Wimbledon, though he was a four-time finalist at the All England Club.

Fred Perry

Australian Open (1934) French Open (1935) Wimbledon (1934, '35, '36) US Open (1933, '34, '36) Perry, who won three titles apiece at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, remains the last player from Great Britain to win at each of the four Grand Slam events.

All Time Men's Grand Slam Leaders