TennisDB

107 entries on legendary tennis players and Grand Slam tournaments. From Tilden and Lenglen through the Open Era, the Big Three and the new generation of Alcaraz and Swiatek, a factual record of tennis history.

Legendary Entries

Roger Federer

PlayerGlobal 2000sSwitzerland

The Swiss maestro won 103 titles and 20 majors, including eight Wimbledons, with a game of liquid grace that made him the most adm...

Serena Williams

PlayerGlobal 2000sUSA

Serena won 73 titles and 23 majors, most in the Open Era for either sex, including the 2017 Australian while pregnant. She held al...

Novak Djokovic

PlayerGlobal 2000sSerbia

The Serbian wall won 24 major titles, the men record, including 10 Australian Opens, and held number one over 400 weeks across 12 ...

Rafael Nadal

PlayerGlobal 2000sSpain

The Mallorcan lefty with the violent forehand topspin won 14 French Opens among 22 majors, plus an 81 match clay court win streak....

Wimbledon

TournamentAmateur Era to 1967United Kingdom

Played on outdoor grass at the All England Club in London, Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, founded in 1877...

Rod Laver

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967Australia

The redhead from Rockhampton won all four majors in 1962 as an amateur, then spent five pro years barred from them. When the Open ...

Martina Navratilova

PlayerGolden 1980sUSA

Navratilova defected from Czechoslovakia in 1975 and became the most complete athlete in women tennis. She won 18 major singles cr...

Bjorn Borg

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979Sweden

The Swede with the two handed backhand and heavy topspin changed tennis physically and stylistically. He won the French Open six t...

US Open

TournamentAmateur Era to 1967USA

First played in 1881, the US Open became the first major to offer equal prize money in 1973. It moved to the USTA Billie Jean King...

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