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 tournament was the 1968 British Hard Court Championships held in April,[1] followed by the inaugural open Grand Slam tournament, the 1968 French Open, a month later.[2] 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.
Grand Slam tournaments
Career totals
- Updated as of 2024 US Open. Where there are multiple entries for the same record, entrants are ranked on the basis of who achieved the record in chronological order.
Matches
Grand Slam tournament achievements
Grand Slam
Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam
Career Grand Slam
Minimum at each Grand Slam tournament totals
Season totals
Most seasons with at least one major title or final
Consecutive seasons with at least one major title or final
Per Grand Slam tournament
Titles per tournament
Finals per tournament
Match record per tournament
Match wins per tournament
Events won with no sets dropped
- ^ Fewest games (32) lost winning a tournament.
- Most sets dropped en route to the title were 8: Borg in 1974, Becker in 1985 and Kuerten in 1997.
Consecutive totals
- ▲ indicates an active streak
Spanning consecutive tournaments
Winning streaks
Spanning non-consecutive tournaments
Consecutive titles per tournament
Consecutive match wins per tournament
Court type totals
Match record
Match wins
Year-end championships
There have been three prominent Year-end Championships in the Open Era, each involving only the top performers for the given year. Those championships have been the most coveted titles after the four Grand Slams during the Open Era.
(1970–present) This is a combination of the YECs (Year-end Championships) 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 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 tournament for the top performers in the year's Grand Slam tournaments. It was held in Munich, Germany and played on indoor carpet courts.
Overall totals
- Ordered by most titles won at one year-end championship (correct as of 2023 ATP Finals).
ATP totals
WCT totals
Masters tournaments
(1970–1989)Before the ATP took control of the men's professional tour in 1990, the Grand Prix Super Series was the highest class of events after the Grand Slams and the Year-end Championships but unlike the Masters series, the participation of the top players was not mandatory.
(1990–present)The Masters is an annual series of nine top-level tournaments featuring the top professional men players. The Masters events along with the Grand Slam tournaments and Year-end Championships constitute the most coveted titles on the annual ATP Tour calendar.
ATP Tour totals
- Correct as of 2024 Cincinnati Open.
Career Golden Masters
All tournaments
Career totals
- Match stats correct (as of 2024 Summer Olympics).
Titles & finals
Matches
vs. Top 10
Season totals
Tournament totals
- Grand Slam tournaments in bold.
Winning streaks
- ▲ indicates an active streak
Winning streaks per court type
Court type totals
- Match stats correct (as of 2024 US Open).
Titles
Match record
Match wins
Titles per season
Per consecutive seasons
Big Titles
(1990–present) The Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters events and the ATP Finals are the Big Titles of the annual ATP Tour calendar, in addition to the quadrennial Summer Olympics. Between 1970 and 1989, the biggest titles were the four majors and the Year-end Championships (ATP Finals, WCT Finals and Grand Slam Cup), in addition to the Grand Prix Super Series events.
ATP Tour totals
- Top 10 leaders with active players and records in bold
Big Titles Sweep
Olympic tournaments
Tennis was reinstated as an official Olympic sport in 1988. There have been ten tournaments in the Open Era.
ATP rankings achievements
ATP rankings began in 1973. These weekly rankings determine tournament eligibility and seedings. At the end of each year they also become the official ATP season rankings.
Rankings weeks
Correct as of 23 September 2024[update] with (▲) indicating active streaks.[14]
- Consecutive weeks
Year-end rankings
- Consecutive years
Prize money
Prize money has increased throughout the Open Era, in some cases greatly in a short time span. For example, the Australian Open winner received A$916,000 in 2004 and received A$3,150,000 in 2024.[16][17]
- Career totals include doubles prize money and are not inflation-adjusted.[18]
- Correct as of 16 September 2024[update].
Miscellaneous
Youngest and oldest
All tournaments
Grand Slam tournaments
No. 1 & Top 10
Win percentage
- minimum 25 matches (M/Y is average number of matches per year during the streak)
Consecutive
Sets statistics
Set and game winning percentages
- Correct as of 2024 Summer Olympics.
Consecutive sets won
Consecutive sets won per court type
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Borg withdrew prior to a scheduled match in the midst of both streaks,[9][10] which the ITF does not consider as ending the streak. Likewise, a 1980 news article considered them valid streaks,[11] but Sports Illustrated lists Borg's win streaks at 35 and 41.[12]
- ^ a b c d e Carpet courts are no longer in use on the professional tour since 2009.
- ^ 5 of Becker's 14 Big Titles were won before the ATP Tour era.
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 Tour".
- ^ ITF website
- ^ "Novak Completes Career Golden Masters". ATP. 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Win–loss Björn Borg". atptour.com. ATP. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "1969: Rod Laver wins his second Grand Slam". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ Douglas, Perry (21 July 2014). "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. 13 May 1980. p. B7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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.
- ^ "Novak Djokovic Stands Alone With Big Titles Sweep". ATP. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "ATP Singles Rankings".
- ^ "ATP No. 1s".
- ^ "Career Prize Money" (PDF). ATP.
- ^ "Australian Open Prize Money 2024". Perfect Tennis. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Adjusted for inflation, the ATP's current elite are the best paid ever". ubitennis.net. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "1972 Kingston – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ Nadal stats
- ^ Djokovic stats
- ^ Federer stats
- ^ Connors stats
- ^ McEnroe stats
- ^ Borg stats
- ^ Lendl stats
- ^ Laver stats
- ^ Agassi stats
- ^ Sampras stats
- ^ Vilas stats
