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 | |
---|---|---|
3 | 1976 Wimbledon, 1978 French Open, 1980 French Open | |
2008 French Open, 2010 French Open, 2017 French Open | ||
2 | 2007 Australian Open, 2017 Wimbledon | |
1 | 1971 Australian Open | |
1973 French Open |
Calendar year achievements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year-end totals through 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other achievements | Player | Record |
---|---|---|
Earliest to clinch year-end No. 1 | September 2004 | |
September 2006 | ||
September 2010 | ||
September 2015 | ||
Youngest No. 1 | 20y 9m (2001) | |
Youngest year-end No. 1 | 20y 10m (2001) | |
Youngest top 10 | 17y 0m (1984) | |
Youngest year-end top 10 | 17y 9m (1989) | |
Oldest No. 1 | 36y 10m (2018) | |
Oldest year-end No. 1 | 31y 6m (2017) | |
Oldest top 10 | 42y 1m (1976) | |
Oldest year-end top 10 | 41y 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.
|
|
Miscellaneous
Youngest and oldest title winners
|
|
Instances of winning titles on 3 surfaces across consecutive events played
# | Player | Years |
---|---|---|
5 | 1972, 74 (2), 75, 76 | |
3 | 1981, 83, 84 | |
1985 (2), 89 | ||
1 | 1979 | |
2004 | ||
2008 |
See also
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rod Laver career statistics lists all of his titles
- 1 2 Ken Rosewall career statistics lists all of his titles
- 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Performance Zone - ATP World Tour - Tennis".
- ↑ ITF website
- 1 2 "1969: Rod Laver wins his second Grand Slam". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Bjorn Borg ATP player activity 1978".
- ↑ "Bjorn Borg ATP player activity 1979".
- ↑ "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 [...]
- ↑ "Longest ATP Win Streaks (Open Era)". Sports Illustrated. 4 July 2011.
- ↑ Clarey, Christopher (14 August 2016). "Andy Murray's Big Year Now Has Olympic Gold". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "ATP World Tour – Singles Rankings". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 21 July 2016.