This post is dedicated to all tennis fans who are crazy like me who can never forget the records created by these legends. Whenever people talk about records in tennis it is always stuck to Men. One game where women has created more records than men in both all time and open era. This clearly shows that women are better in the court than men and many women players have had long career time than men.
As requested by one of my friends here comes some of the record details, Facts and Trivia in both Men and Women grand slams both in all time and open era. I have not covered everything. For more details please refer my source.
Source : www.wikipedia.org
RECORDS:List of top five players who holds the most grand slams in combined (Singles,Doubles and Mixed Doubles) titles:
List of top five players who holds the most grand slams in singles during all time.
List of top five players who holds the most grand slams in singles during open era.
List of top five players who holds the most grand slams in doubles.
FACTS:Men:Guillermo Vilas - The only player to win ATP Tour singles titles in five different continents in the same year: 5 (Europe, South America, North America, Africa, and Asia) in 1977.
Lleyton Hewitt - Youngest male player to be the World No. 1 at 20 years and 8 months old (2001).
Michael Chang - Youngest man ever to win a Grand Slam singles title, winning the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17 years and 3 months. It was the only grand slam tournament he would ever win.
Ken Rosewall - Oldest man ever to win a Grand Slam singles title, winning the Australian Open in 1972 at the age of 37 years and 2 months.
Roy EmersonHe is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Roy Emerson and Rod Laver are the only male players to win each Grand Slam title at least twice in their career.
He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Rod LaverHe is the only tennis player to have twice won all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year — first as an amateur in 1962 and second as a professional in 1969.
He is the only male player during the open era to have won a calendar year Grand Slam.
Björn BorgShares with Roger Federer the record for most consecutive singles match winning streak at Wimbledon: 41.
Shares with Roger Federer the record for most consecutive times reaching French Open and Wimbledon finals: 4.
Shares with Roger Federer the record for most consecutive Wimbledon singles titles: 5.
Shares with Rafael Nadal the record for most consecutive French Open singles titles: 4.
Shares with Pete Sampras and Roger Federer the record for most consecutive years winning at least one Grand Slam title: 8.
Shares with Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Ivan Lendl the record for most consecutive French Open singles finals in Open Era: 4.
Pete SamprasShares with Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer the record for the most US Open singles titles in the open era: 5.
Shares with Björn Borg and Roger Federer the record for the most consecutive years winning at least one Grand Slam singles title: 8.
Shares with Ivan Lendl the record for the most singles finals reached at one Grand Slam tournament (US Open): 8.
Shares with Ivan Lendl the record for the most consecutive years appearing in at least one Grand Slam singles final: 11.
Shares with Ivan Lendl the record for the most Tennis Masters Cup singles titles: 5.
Andre AgassiOnly male player to have won all Grand Slam titles, Davis Cup title, Olympic singles gold medal and Tennis Masters Cup (singles) title.
Shares with Jimmy Connors the record of most years finishing in the top ten: 16.
Shares the record of most Australian Open singles titles in Open era with Roger Federer: 4.
The first player to complete the career grand slam on three different surfaces.
Roger FedererFederer has won 16 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other male player.
Federer and Nadal are the only male players to hold (or have held) three Grand Slam singles titles on three different surfaces at the same time.
Shares with Björn Borg and Pete Sampras the record for the most consecutive years winning at least one Grand Slam singles title: 8.
He and Andre Agassi have won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments on three different surfaces.
Women:Martina Hingis - In 1998 at the Australian Open, Hingis became the youngest player to successfully defend a Grand Slam singles title in the open era (17 years old).
Matina Hingis - In 1999 at the Australian Open, Hingis became the only player in history to win the same Grand Slam tournament in singles and doubles three consecutive years with three different doubles partners.
Lindsay Davenport - In 2005, Davenport became the first female player to have won 50 singles matches at the Australian Open.
Margaret CourtIn 1970, she became the first woman during the open era and the second woman in
history to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same calendar year.
Court won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, a feat no other player has achieved.
She also had a successful doubles career, winning 24 women's and 19 mixed doubles titles, taking Court's overall Grand Slam titles to a record 62.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame states, "For sheer strength of performance and accomplishment there has never been a tennis player to match (her).”
Chris Evert
She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open.
Evert's career win–loss record in singles matches of 1,309–146 (.900) is the best of any professional player in tennis history.
Evert never lost in the first or second rounds of a Grand Slam singles tournament.
Martina NavrátilováShe and King each won 20 Wimbledon titles, an all-time record.
She holds the open era record for most singles titles (167) and doubles titles (177).
Steffi Graff In 1988, Graf became the first and only tennis player (male or female) to achieve the Calendar Year Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the
Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year.
Won more singles titles at Wimbledon and the French Open (13) than any other player (man or woman).
Only player to have four times won three of the four Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year (1989, 1993, 1995, 1996).
Only player to have won every Grand Slam singles title twice in two decades (1980s and 1990s).
Only player in history, man or woman, to have defended all the 4 Grand Slam singles title at least once.
Monica SelesBy winning the 1990 French Open, became the youngest woman ever to win the tournament.
Monica Seles is the only player to win the first 6 grand slams final she entered without a loss.
Seles is the only teen to hold 8 grand slams titles before turning 20.
Venus WilliamsIn 1997, Williams became the first unseeded singles finalist at the US Open.
Venus WIlliamsHolds fastest serve recorded by a woman in all four Grand Slam tournaments:
* Australian Open: 125 mph in 2003 quarterfinal against Daniela Hantuchová.
* French Open: 128 mph in 2007 second round against Ashley Harkleroad, and again in 2010 against Dominika Cibulková.
* Wimbledon: 129 mph in 2008 final against Serena Williams.
* US Open: 129 mph in 2007 first round against Kira Nagy.
The only female tennis player to have won three career gold medals at the Olympic Games.
