Tennis also known as Lawn-Tennis is one of the most popular sports in world. In the world of tennis greatness of a player is measured in terms of the number of Grand Slams won by the him. Grand Slams are the major tennis championship organized for the professional tennis players. There are number of tennis tournaments played throughout the year but Grand slams are the special ones. There are only four grand slams in a tennis calendar year and they are also the oldest tennis tournaments. These four tennis grand slams are Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open and they are held every year in Australia, France, England and USA respectively. In this post we are going to see the list of top 10 tennis grand slam winners in men circuit of all time.
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Player Name
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AUS Open
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French
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Wimbledon
|
US Open
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Total
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Roger Federer
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4
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
17
|
Pete Sampras
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
5
|
14
|
Rafael Nadal
|
1
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
13
|
Roy Emerson
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
12
|
Rod Laver
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
11
|
Bjorn Borg
|
0
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
11
|
Bill Tilden
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0
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
10
|
Fred Perry
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
08
|
Andre Agassi
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
08
|
Ken Rosewall
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4
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
08
|
Jimmy Connors
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1
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
08
|
Ivan Lendl
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
08
|
Roger Federer : Highest Tennis Grand Slam Winner |
Roger Federer the Swiss great is highest tennis grand slam winners with 17 grand slams in his glorious career. He is also considered as classic tennis player for the way of ease with which he plays his tennis. He ruled the tennis arena for around 10 long years and remains at the rank 1 for record 302 weeks. Grass court is favorite court of Swiss player Federer and it is quite visible through his 7 grand slam win at Wimbledon.
Rafael Nadal with US Open Trophy |
Apart from Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal all tennis players in this list are already retired. Roger Federer getting old as well as inching closer to retirement. Rafael Nadal is only player at present who looks to top this list of highest tennis grand slam winners in near future. He is only 27 and already won 13 grand slams and he is also only player to win a grand slam for 8 or more times. Nadal has won French Open for 8 times in his sizzling career which is more than anyone in the tennis history.
Can Rafael Nadal win highest number of grand slams in Tennis history ? Can Rafael Nadal cross the mark of Roger Federer's 17 career grand slams ? What do you think ? Feel free to speak your mind in comment-box !
Can Rafael Nadal win highest number of grand slams in Tennis history ? Can Rafael Nadal cross the mark of Roger Federer's 17 career grand slams ? What do you think ? Feel free to speak your mind in comment-box !