Open Era tennis records – men's singles

The Open Era is the current era of professional tennis. It began in 1968 when the Grand Slam tournaments allowed professional players to compete with amateurs, ending the division that had persisted since the dawn of the sport in the 19th century. The first open event was the 1968 British Hard Court Championships held in April,[1] followed by the inaugural open Grand Slam event, the French Open, a month later.[2]

Note the following:

  • Unless otherwise sourced, all records are based on data from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP),[3] the International Tennis Federation (ITF),[4] and the official websites of the four Grand Slam tournaments.
  • All rankings-related records are based on ATP Rankings, which began in 1973.
  • The names of active players appear in boldface for their career totals, currently active streaks, and in-progress season totals.

Grand Slam tournaments

Career totals

Consecutive records

Spanning consecutive events

Spanning non-consecutive events

Consecutive per year totals

Per event career totals

Won at least 3 titles

Reached at least 5 finals

Match wins

Match record (minimum 20 wins)

Per event consecutive records

Titles

Matches won

Sets won

Per court type career totals

Match wins

Match record (minimum 20 wins)

Agassi and Nadal also achieved a Career Golden Slam, and Agassi a Career Super Slam.

#Won the tournament without losing a set
3Sweden Björn Borg1976 Wimbledon, 1978 French Open, 1980 French Open
Spain Rafael Nadal2008 French Open, 2010 French Open, 2017 French Open
2Switzerland Roger Federer2007 Australian Open, 2017 Wimbledon
1Australia Ken Rosewall1971 Australian Open
Romania Ilie Năstase1973 French Open

Calendar year achievements

All 4 quarterfinalsYear
Australia Rod Laver1969
Australia Tony Roche
Australia John Newcombe
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl1983
United States John McEnroe1985
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (2)1987
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (3)1988
Sweden Mats Wilander
Sweden Stefan Edberg1991
United States Pete Sampras1993
United States Andre Agassi1995
United States Andre Agassi (2) 2001
All 4 quarterfinalsYear
Switzerland Roger Federer2005
Switzerland Roger Federer (2)2006
Switzerland Roger Federer (3) 2007
Switzerland Roger Federer (4) 2008
Spain Rafael Nadal
Switzerland Roger Federer (5) 2009
Switzerland Roger Federer (6)2010
Spain Rafael Nadal (2)
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Switzerland Roger Federer (7) 2011
Spain Rafael Nadal (3)
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2)
United Kingdom Andy Murray
All 4 quarterfinalsYear
Switzerland Roger Federer (8)2012
Serbia Novak Djokovic (3)
United Kingdom Andy Murray (2)
Spain David Ferrer
Serbia Novak Djokovic (4)2013
Spain David Ferrer (2)
Serbia Novak Djokovic (5)2014
United Kingdom Andy Murray (3)
Serbia Novak Djokovic (6)2015
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka
United Kingdom Andy Murray (4)2016
Spain Rafael Nadal (4)2018

All tournaments

Career totals

Matches played, won, win rate

Playing top 10 ranked opponents

Per court type career totals

Titles

Matches won

Match win rate

Per event career totals

Note that Grand Slams are in boldface, and ties are listed chronologically.

Per year cumulative records

Note: M/Y is average number of matches per year during the streak

Single season records

Win streaks

Consecutive matches won on each court type

Consecutive sets won on each court type

Titles won and finals reached across consecutive tournaments played

Consecutive wins in tournament finals and against top 10 opponents

Year-end championships

The year-end championships (YECs) listed here are the most prestigious tournaments after the Grand Slams. There have been three prominent YECs in the Open Era, each involving only top performers for the given year.

(1970–present) This is a combination of the YECs for two separate tours: the ITF Grand Prix that ran until 1989 and the ATP Tour that replaced it. For record-keeping purposes, the ATP has incorporated the entire history of the ITF Masters Grand Prix alongside its ATP Finals tournament; thus they are both listed as "ATP" here. In total, these YECs have been held at numerous venues around the globe and played on several surfaces (indoor hard courts since 2006).

(1971–89) The WCT Finals, as the YEC for the World Championship Tennis tour, was held in Dallas, Texas and played on indoor carpet courts.

(1990–99) The Grand Slam Cup (GSC) was an ITF event for the top performers in the year's Grand Slam events. It was held in Munich, Germany and played on indoor carpet courts.

Note that WCT and GSC events are specifically indicated in the Overall titles table.

Overall totals

ATP totals

WCT totals

Masters tournaments

(1970–present)

These are a collection of 9 annual tournaments that are the most important after the Grand Slams and the year-end championships. They have existed in two phases, first as the Super Series of ITF's Grand Prix tour. When the ATP Tour began in 1990 they became the Super 9 and then the Masters; their official name is now the ATP World Tour Masters 1000.

Career totals

Titles per court type

Achievements per the 9 event slots

Consecutive records

These streaks span consecutive events.

Single season records

Olympic tournaments

Tennis became an official Olympic sport in 1988, so there have been eight events in the Open Era. Andy Murray has won two titles,[11] while Fernando González and Juan Martín del Potro, with one silver and bronze medal each, are the only other players to have won more than one singles medal.

ATP Rankings achievements

ATP Rankings began in August 1973. These weekly rankings determine tournament eligibility and seedings. At the end of each year they also become the official ATP season rankings.

Total weeks as of 15 October 2018 with currently-ranked players in boldface[12]

Top 4#
1.Switzerland Roger Federer 726
2.United States Jimmy Connors669
3.Spain Rafael Nadal 585
4.Serbia Novak Djokovic 532
5.Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl510

Cons. top 4#
1.United States Jimmy Connors651
2.Serbia Novak Djokovic525
3.Switzerland Roger Federer522
4.Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl501
5.United States Pete Sampras403

Top 5#
1.Switzerland Roger Federer762
2.United States Jimmy Connors706
3.Spain Rafael Nadal651
4.Serbia Novak Djokovic543
5.Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl524

Cons. top 5#
1.United States Jimmy Connors659
2.Switzerland Roger Federer548
3.Serbia Novak Djokovic535
4.Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl524
5.Spain Rafael Nadal522

Year-end totals through 2017

Other achievementsPlayerRecord
Earliest to clinch year-end No. 1Switzerland Roger FedererSeptember 2004
Switzerland Roger FedererSeptember 2006
Spain Rafael NadalSeptember 2010
Serbia Novak DjokovicSeptember 2015
Youngest No. 1Australia Lleyton Hewitt20y 9m (2001)
Youngest year-end No. 1Australia Lleyton Hewitt20y 10m (2001)
Youngest top 10United States Aaron Krickstein17y 0m (1984)
Youngest year-end top 10United States Michael Chang17y 9m (1989)
Oldest No. 1Switzerland Roger Federer36y 10m (2018)
Oldest year-end No. 1Spain Rafael Nadal31y 6m (2017)
Oldest top 10Australia Ken Rosewall42y 1m (1976)
Oldest year-end top 10Australia Ken Rosewall41y 1m (1975)

Prize money

Note the following:

  • Prize money has increased throughout the era, in some cases greatly in a short time span. For example, the Australian Open winner received $916,000 in 2004 and $3,164,000 in 2018.
  • Career totals include doubles prize money, which is negligible for all of the listed players.
CareerPrize moneyEnding
1.Serbia Novak Djokovic$119,110,8902018
2.Switzerland Roger Federer$117,773,8122018
3.Spain Rafael Nadal$103,251,9752018
4.United Kingdom Andy Murray$61,046,2552018
5.United States Pete Sampras$43,280,4892002
6.Switzerland Stan Wawrinka$31,619,1322018
7.Spain David Ferrer$31,306,8362018
8.United States Andre Agassi$31,152,9752006
9.Czechoslovakia Tomáš Berdych$28,931,9992018
10.Germany Boris Becker$25,080,9561999

Single seasonPrize moneyYear
1.Serbia Novak Djokovic$21,146,1452015
2.United Kingdom Andy Murray$16,349,7012016
3.Spain Rafael Nadal$15,864,0002017
4.Spain Rafael Nadal$14,570,9352013
5.Serbia Novak Djokovic$14,250,5272014
6.Serbia Novak Djokovic$14,130,4642016
7.Switzerland Roger Federer$13,054,8562017
8.Serbia Novak Djokovic$12,803,7372012
9.Serbia Novak Djokovic$12,619,8032011
10.Serbia Novak Djokovic$12,447,9472013

Miscellaneous

Youngest and oldest title winners

Instances of winning titles on 3 surfaces across consecutive events played

#PlayerYears
5United States Jimmy Connors1972, 74 (2), 75, 76
3United States John McEnroe1981, 83, 84
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl1985 (2), 89
1Sweden Björn Borg1979
Switzerland Roger Federer2004
Spain Rafael Nadal2008

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rod Laver career statistics lists all of his titles
  2. 1 2 Ken Rosewall career statistics lists all of his titles
  3. 1 2 Borg withdrew prior to a scheduled match in the midst of both streaks,[7][8] which the ITF does not consider as ending the streak. Likewise, a 1980 news article considered them valid streaks,[9] but Sports Illustrated lists Borg's win streaks at 35 and 41.[10]

References

  1. Henderson, Jon (15 June 2008). "Now I'd choose tennis". The Observer. 'Yes, "open" tennis has come at last and Bournemouth has been entrusted with the task of a world shaking launching,' said the programme notes for the 1968 Hard Court Championships of Great Britain, which brought an end to the sport's segregation of amateur and professional players.
  2. "Event Guide / History: Roland-Garros, a never-ending story". Roland Garros Official Website. IBM Corporation and Fédération Française de Tennis. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Another significant turning point came in 1968 when the French Internationals became the first Grand Slam tournament to join the "Open" era.
  3. "Performance Zone - ATP World Tour - Tennis".
  4. ITF website
  5. 1 2 "1969: Rod Laver wins his second Grand Slam". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. Douglas, Perry. "Can Roger Federer top the great major-free seasons of Andre Agassi and Rod Laver?". www.oregonlive.com. Oregonian Media Group. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  7. "Bjorn Borg ATP player activity 1978".
  8. "Bjorn Borg ATP player activity 1979".
  9. "Argentina winst trophy cup by whipping Italy in final" (PDF). The Times-News. May 13, 1980. p. B7. Retrieved 2018-03-03. The left-handed Vilas, who beat four-time Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg Sunday to break the Swede's 49-match victory streak [...]
  10. "Longest ATP Win Streaks (Open Era)". Sports Illustrated. 4 July 2011.
  11. Clarey, Christopher (14 August 2016). "Andy Murray's Big Year Now Has Olympic Gold". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  12. "ATP World Tour – Singles Rankings". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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