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 held in Bournemouth, England,[1] followed by the inaugural open Grand Slam event a month later.[2]
Unless otherwise sourced, all records are based on data from the ATP,[3] the ITF,[4] and the official websites of the four Grand Slam tournaments.
The names of active players appear in boldface for their career totals and currently active streaks.
Grand Slam tournaments
Career totals
Consecutive records
Consecutive per year totals
Per event career totals
3+ titles
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US Open | # |
Jimmy Connors | 5 |
Pete Sampras |
Roger Federer |
John McEnroe | 4 |
Ivan Lendl | 3 |
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5+ finals
Match wins
Match record
Per event consecutive records
Titles
Matches won
Sets won
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# | US Open | Years |
26 | Ivan Lendl | 1985–86 |
25 | Ivan Lendl | 1986–87 |
24 | Stefan Edberg | 1991–92 |
21 | Roger Federer | 2007–08 |
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Per court type career totals
Match wins
Match record
Career achievements
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Career golden Grand Slam * | Event of completion |
Andre Agassi | 1999 French Open |
Rafael Nadal | 2010 US Open |
* Career Grand Slam + Olympic gold (since 1988) |
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Won a title without losing a set
Calendar year achievements
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All 4 quarterfinals | Year |
Roger Federer | 2005 |
Roger Federer (2) | 2006 |
Roger Federer (3) | 2007 |
Roger Federer (4) | 2008 |
Rafael Nadal |
Roger Federer (5) | 2009 |
Roger Federer (6) | 2010 |
Rafael Nadal (2) |
Novak Djokovic |
Roger Federer (7) | 2011 |
Rafael Nadal (3) |
Novak Djokovic (2) |
Andy Murray |
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All 4 quarterfinals | Year |
Roger Federer (8) | 2012 |
Novak Djokovic (3) |
Andy Murray (2) |
David Ferrer |
Novak Djokovic (4) | 2013 |
David Ferrer (2) |
Novak Djokovic (5) | 2014 |
Andy Murray (3) |
Novak Djokovic (6) | 2015 |
Stan Wawrinka |
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All tournaments
Career totals
Titles, finals, semifinals
Matches played, won, win rate
Playing top 10 ranked opponents
Per court type career totals
Titles
Matches won
Match win rate
Win streaks
† 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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# | Grass | Years |
65 | Roger Federer | 2003–08 |
41 | Björn Borg | 1976–81 |
23 | John McEnroe | 1980–82 |
Pete Sampras | 1994–96 |
Pete Sampras | 1998–00 |
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Titles won and finals reached across consecutive tournaments played
Consecutive wins in tournament finals and against top 10 opponents
Individual tournament totals
Note: Grand Slams are in boldface
# | Titles | Tournament | Years |
9 |
Rafael Nadal | French Open | 2005–08, 10–14 |
8 |
Guillermo Vilas | Buenos Aires | 1973–76, 77 (2), 79, 82 |
Rafael Nadal | Monte-Carlo | 2005–12 |
Rafael Nadal | Barcelona | 2005–09, 11–13 |
Roger Federer | Halle | 2003–06, 08, 13–15 |
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Pete Sampras | Wimbledon | 1993–95, 97–00 |
Roger Federer | Wimbledon | 2003–07, 09, 12 |
Rafael Nadal | Rome | 2005–07, 09–10, 12–13 |
Roger Federer | Dubai | 2003–05, 07, 12, 14–15 |
Roger Federer | Cincinnati | 2005, 07, 09–10, 12, 14–15 |
Roger Federer | Basel | 2006–08, 10–11, 14–15 |
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Jimmy Connors | Birmingham | 1974–77, 79–80 |
Björn Borg | French Open | 1974–75, 78–81 |
Balázs Taróczy | Amersfoort | 1976, 78–82 |
Ivan Lendl | Canada | 1980–81, 83, 87–89 |
Andre Agassi | Miami | 1990, 95–96, 01–03 |
Roger Federer | Tour Finals | 2003–04, 06–07, 10–11 |
Novak Djokovic | Beijing | 2009–10, 12–15 |
Novak Djokovic | Australian Open | 2008, 11–13, 15–16 |
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# | Finals | Tournament | Years |
12 | Roger Federer | Basel | 2000–01, 06–15 |
10 |
Guillermo Vilas | Buenos Aires | 1972–76, 77 (2), 79, 81–82 |
Roger Federer | Halle | 2003–06, 08, 10, 12–15 |
Roger Federer | Wimbledon | 2003–09, 12, 14–15 |
Roger Federer | Tour Finals | 2003–07, 10–12, 14–15 |
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Ivan Lendl | Tour Finals | 1980–88 |
Rafael Nadal | Monte-Carlo | 2005–13 |
Rafael Nadal | Rome | 2005–07, 09–14 |
Rafael Nadal | French Open | 2005–08, 10–14 |
Roger Federer | Dubai | 2003–07, 11–12, 14–15 |
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John McEnroe | WCT Finals | 1979–84, 87, 89 |
Ivan Lendl | Canada | 1980–83, 85, 87–89 |
Ivan Lendl | US Open | 1982–89 |
Boris Becker | Tour Finals | 1985–86, 88–89, 92, 94–96 |
Pete Sampras | US Open | 1990, 92–93, 95–96, 00–02 |
Andre Agassi | Miami | 1990, 94–96, 98, 01–03 |
Rafael Nadal | Barcelona | 2005–09, 11–13 |
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Single season records
Per year cumulative records
Note: M/Y is average number of matches per year during the streak
Year-end championships
There have been two prominent men's tours during the Open Era, each with a year-end championship involving only its top players for that year.
(1970–present) Originally called the Masters Grand Prix and organised by the ILTF, the ATP World Tour Finals became the premier year-end tournament in 1990 when the ATP started running the fully consolidated men's tour. It has 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
# | Titles | Years |
8 | John McEnroe | 1978, 1979 (WCT), 1981 (WCT), 1983, 1983 (WCT), 1984, 1984 (WCT), 1989 (WCT) |
7 | Ivan Lendl | 1981, 1982, 1982 (WCT), 1985, 1985 (WCT), 1986, 1987 |
6 | Roger Federer | 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 |
5 | Pete Sampras | 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999 |
Novak Djokovic | 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
4 | Ilie Năstase | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 |
Boris Becker | 1988, 1988 (WCT), 1992, 1995 |
3 | Jimmy Connors | 1977, 1977 (WCT), 1980 (WCT) |
Björn Borg | 1976 (WCT), 1979, 1980 |
2 | Ken Rosewall | 1971 (WCT), 1972 (WCT) |
Stan Smith | 1970, 1973 (WCT) |
Lleyton Hewitt | 2001, 2002 |
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| Finals | # |
1. | Ivan Lendl | 12 |
John McEnroe |
3. | Boris Becker | 10 |
Roger Federer |
5. | Björn Borg | 8 |
6. | Pete Sampras | 6 |
7. | Novak Djokovic | 5 |
8. | Ilie Năstase | 4 |
Jimmy Connors |
Andre Agassi |
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| Semifinals | # |
1. | Ivan Lendl | 17 |
2. | John McEnroe | 15 |
3. | Roger Federer | 13 |
4. | Jimmy Connors | 12 |
5. | Boris Becker | 11 |
6. | Pete Sampras | 10 |
7. | Björn Borg | 9 |
8. | Andre Agassi | 6 |
Novak Djokovic |
10. | Stefan Edberg | 5 |
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ATP totals
WCT totals
Masters tournaments
(1970–present)
This collection of 9 annual tournaments 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 took over the men's tour 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 annual tournaments
Consecutive totals
- Titles: 4 – Rafael Nadal in 2013, and Novak Djokovic in 2013–14 and 2014–15
- Finals: 5 – Rafael Nadal in 2011 and 2013, and Novak Djokovic in 2015
- Titles in non-consecutive events: 5 – Novak Djokovic in 2011 and 2014–15
- Finals in non-consecutive events: 9 – Novak Djokovic in 2014–15
Single season totals
Olympic tournaments
Tennis became an official Olympic sport in 1988.
ATP rankings (since 1973)
The ATP computes weekly rankings used to determine tournament eligibility and seedings. At the end of each year they also become the official ATP season rankings.
Total Weeks as of February 15, 2016 with currently-ranked names in boldface[12]
Year-end totals through 2015
Other ranking achievements | Player | Record |
Earliest to clinch year-end No. 1 | Roger Federer | September 2004 |
Roger Federer | September 2006 |
Rafael Nadal | September 2010 |
Novak Djokovic | September 2015 |
Youngest No. 1 player | Lleyton Hewitt | 20y 9m (2001) |
Youngest player to end a year in the top 10 | Michael Chang | 17y 9m (1989) |
Youngest player to end a year in the top 100 | Aaron Krickstein | 16y 4m (1983) |
Oldest No. 1 player | Andre Agassi | 33y 4m (2003) |
Oldest player to end a year in the top 10 | Ken Rosewall | 41y 1m (1975) |
Oldest player to end a year in the top 100 | Ken Rosewall | 44y 1m (1978) |
Prize money
Note that 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 $2,650,000 in 2014.
The amounts shown are as of February 1, 2016.
| Career | Prize money | Ending |
1. | Roger Federer | $97,855,881 | 2016 |
2. | Novak Djokovic | $96,583,278 | 2016 |
3. | Rafael Nadal | $76,023,547 | 2016 |
4. | Andy Murray | $43,601,346 | 2016 |
5. | Pete Sampras | $43,280,489 | 2003 |
6. | Andre Agassi | $31,152,975 | 2006 |
7. | David Ferrer | $28,648,017 | 2016 |
8. | Boris Becker | $25,080,956 | 1999 |
9. | Tomas Berdych | $24,119,144 | 2016 |
10. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | $23,883,797 | 2003 |
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| Single season | Prize money | Year |
1. | Novak Djokovic | $21,646,145 | 2015 |
2. | Rafael Nadal | $14,570,935 | 2013 |
3. | Novak Djokovic | $14,250,527 | 2014 |
4. | Novak Djokovic | $12,803,737 | 2012 |
5. | Novak Djokovic | $12,619,803 | 2011 |
6. | Novak Djokovic | $12,447,947 | 2013 |
7. | Rafael Nadal | $10,171,998 | 2010 |
8. | Roger Federer | $10,130,620 | 2007 |
9. | Roger Federer | $9,343,988 | 2014 |
10. | Roger Federer | $8,768,110 | 2009 |
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Miscellaneous
Instances of winning titles on 3 surfaces across consecutive tournaments played
Other
See also
References
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| Men's |
- Singles
- ATP Tour
- No. 1 rankings
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| Women's |
- Singles
- WTA Tour
- No. 1 rankings
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