Grand Slam aka majors are the world’s four most important annual professional tennis tournaments, and they are The Australian Open, The French Open, Wimbledon, and The US Open. There are players who have set many records in Grand Slam history and have also played Grand Slam finals multiple times. Here is the list of the top 5 players in men’s tennis who have played maximum Grand Slam singles finals:
1 Novak Djokovic- 32 finals
He overtakes Roger Federar’s 31 Grand Slam finals by winning the Wimbledon 2022. Now he has reached 32 finals overall and set a record for most grand slam finals. He has won 90 ATP titles including 21 Grand Slam titles. He is the first and only male Serbian player to win Grand Slam and attain the number 1 ranking.
Winning percentage- 65.62%
2 Roger Federer-31 finals
He made his ATP debut at the 1998 Swiss Open. Since then Federer has made many records and impressed everyone with his tennis skills. He has won 103 ATP singles titles which is the second most of all time by Jimmy Connors. He has appeared in 31 Grand Slam finals and has won 20 times. He is the first male player to win more than 14 Grand Slams. He holds eight men’s singles Wimbledon titles.
Winning percentage- 64.5%
3 Rafael Nadal-30 finals
He had to quit Wimbledon 2022 Semi final as he was suffering from a major injury and abdominal pain. He is one of the most successful players in tennis history with 14 French Open titles. 4 US Open titles, 2 Wimbledon, and 2 Australian Open titles. From the 30 Grand Slam finals in which he appeared, he has won 22 titles, which is a record to date.
Winning percentage-73.3%
4 Ivan Lendl- 19 finals
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time as well as the most dominating force in the second part of the 1980s. He holds eight grand slam singles titles. He has the longest indoor winning streak of 66 games and the most grand slam runner-up finishes of 11 matches. He is the first man to play in 19 Grand Slam finals with a record eight consecutive US Open finals. %
Winning percentage 42.1
5 Pete Sampras-18 finals
He had the most precise and powerful serve, for those skills he earned the nickname “Pistol Pete”. It is considered to be the finest in tennis history. At the time of retirement, he has 14 Grand Slam singles titles during his career which was an all-time record at his time. The American legend has a then-record seven Wimbledon titles, this record was broken by Roger Federer. He has won 64 ATP singles titles in total.
Winning percentage-77.77%
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Anil Malik
Mumbai, India
12th November 2022s