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 British Hard Court Championships, held in Bournemouth, England,[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
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Consecutive records
These streaks span consecutive events unless noted.
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Consecutive per year totals
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Per event career totals
3+ titles
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5+ finals
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Match wins
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Match record (minimum 20 wins)
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Per event consecutive records
Titles
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Matches won
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Sets won
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Per court type career totals
Match wins
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Match record (minimum 20 wins)
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Career achievements
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Note that Agassi and Nadal had won an Olympic gold medal prior to completing their Career Grand Slams. Some consider this a "Career Golden Grand Slam".
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1976 Wimbledon, 1978 French Open, 1980 French Open |
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2008 French Open, 2010 French Open |
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1971 Australian Open |
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Calendar year achievements
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All tournaments
Career totals
Titles, finals, semifinals
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Matches played, won, win rate
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Playing top 10 ranked opponents
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Per court type career totals
Titles
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Matches won
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Match win rate
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Win streaks
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- * Note: Sources are not in agreement as to the length of Borg's winning streaks. News articles of the time in question clearly tell of the Borg streaks[8] as does counting the ITF results, yet more sources use the Vilas streak as the record.
Consecutive matches won on each court type
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Titles won and finals reached across consecutive tournaments played
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Consecutive wins in tournament finals and against top 10 opponents
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Individual tournament totals
Note that Grand Slams are in boldface, and ties are grouped by player in chronological order.
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Single season records
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Per year cumulative records
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Note: M/Y is average number of matches per year during the streak
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Year-end championships
There have been three prominent men's tours during the Open Era, each with a year-end championship involving only its top players for that year.
(1970–present) This is a combination of the year-end championship 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 World Tour Finals; thus they are both listed as "ATP" here. In total, these year-end events have been held at numerous venues around the globe and played on several surfaces (indoor hard courts since 2006).
(1971–1989) The WCT Finals, as the season-ending championship for the World Championship Tennis tour, was held in Dallas, Texas and played on indoor carpet courts.
Overall totals
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ATP totals
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WCT totals
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Masters tournaments
(1970–present)
These are a collection of 9 annual tournaments[12] 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
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Titles per court type
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Achievements per the 9 event slots[12]
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Consecutive records
These streaks span consecutive events.
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Single season records
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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,[13] 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.
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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 2 January 2017[update] with currently-ranked names in boldface[14]
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Year-end totals through 2016
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Other achievements | Player | Record |
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Earliest to clinch year-end No. 1 | ![]() |
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20y 9m (2001) |
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17y 9m (1989) |
Youngest year-end top 100 | ![]() |
16y 4m (1983) |
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33y 4m (2003) |
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41y 1m (1975) |
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44y 1m (1978) |
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 $3,400,000 in 2016.
- Career totals include doubles prize money, which is negligible for all of the listed players.
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Miscellaneous
Youngest and oldest title winners
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Instances of winning titles on 3 surfaces across consecutive tournaments played
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Other
- Most career aces: 11,572 by Ivo Karlović[15]
- Longest match: John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon 2010 in an 11-hour-5-minute first round match played over three days. (Isner also set the record for aces in a match with 113 and Mahut became second with 103.)
- Fastest completed match: 28 minutes and 20 seconds – Jarkko Nieminen defeated Bernard Tomic at the 2014 Miami Masters[16]
- Fastest serve: 263 km/h (163.4 mph) – Samuel Groth[17]
- Won a Masters tournament without having serve broken or losing a set: Roger Federer twice in Cincinnati – 2012[18] and 2015[19]
See also
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 2008-07-04.
Another significant turning point came in 1968 when the French Internationals became the first Grand Slam tournament to join the "Open" era.
- ^ ATP statistics
- ^ ITF website
- ^ "Borg still seeking US Open title". Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h listed at Rod Laver career statistics
- ^ a b listed at Ken Rosewall career statistics
- ^ "Vilas snaps Borg's 49 match win streak at Nations Cup" (PDF). Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "Barcays ATP World Tour Finals – Historical Stats". ATP Tour. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ a b c refer to Tennis Masters Series records and statistics for a complete list of Masters events and champions
- ^ Clarey, Christopher (August 14, 2016). "Andy Murray's Big Year Now Has Olympic Gold". The New York Times. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
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(help) - ^ "ATP World Tour – Singles Rankings". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Career aces on all surfaces from all countries". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "Jarkko Nieminen breaks Greg Rusedski's fastest win record in Miami". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ <http://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Groth-flashe-a-263-km-h/283347>
- ^ Roger Federer. "Roger Federer hails 'perfect reaction' to Andy Murray London Olympics defeat with Cincinnati Masters triumph". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
- ^ "Federer wins 7th Cincinnati title; Djokovic denied again". tennis.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.