The Open Era is the current era of professional

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. 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 tournament was the 1968 British Hard Court Championships held in April, followed by the inaugural open Grand Slam tournament, the

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, a month later. Unless otherwise sourced, all records are based on data from the

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(ATP), the

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(ITF), and the official websites of the four Grand Slam tournaments. All rankings-related records are based on

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, which began in 1973. The names of active players appear in boldface.

Grand Slam tournaments

Career totals

:''Updated as of 2025 French Open. For equal records, entrants are ranked on the basis of who achieved the record in chronological order.''

Matches

Grand Slam tournament achievements

Grand Slam

Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam

Career Grand Slam

Minimum at each Grand Slam tournament totals

Season totals

Most seasons with at least one major title or final

Consecutive seasons with at least one major title or final

Per Grand Slam tournament

Titles per tournament

Finals per tournament

Match record per tournament

*Minimum 30 wins (''correct as of 2025 French Open'')

Match wins per tournament

* Top 10 leaders

Events won with no sets dropped

* Most sets dropped en route to the title were 8:

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in 1974, Becker in

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and Kuerten in

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Consecutive totals

:▲ indicates an active streak

Spanning consecutive tournaments

= Winning streaks

Spanning non-consecutive tournaments

Consecutive titles per tournament

= Consecutive match wins per tournament

Court type totals

Match record

*Minimum 30 wins (''correct as of 2025 French Open'')

Match wins

Year-end championships

There have been three prominent Year-end Championships in the Open Era, each involving only the top performers for the given year. Those championships have been the most coveted titles after the four majors during the Open Era.
(1970–present) This is a combination of the YECs (Year-end Championships) for two separate tours: the ITF Grand Prix that ran until 1989 and the

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that replaced it. For record-keeping purposes, the ATP has incorporated the entire history of the ITF "Masters Grand Prix" alongside its

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tournament; thus they are both listed as "ATP" here. In total, these YECs have been held at numerous venues around the globe and played on several surfaces (indoor hard since 2006).
(1971–89) The WCT Finals, as the YEC for the

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tour, was held in

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and played on indoor carpet courts.
(1990–99) The Grand Slam Cup (GSC) was an ITF tournament for the top performers in the year's Grand Slam tournaments. It was held in

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and played on indoor carpet courts.

Overall totals

:''Ordered by most titles won at one year-end championship'' (correct as of 2024 ATP Finals).

ATP totals

WCT totals

ATP Masters 1000 tournaments

(1970–1989) Before the ATP took control of the men's professional tour in 1990, the

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was the highest class of events after the four majors and the Year-end Championships but unlike the Masters series, the participation of the top players was not mandatory. (1990–present) The ATP 1000 events are an annual series of nine top-level tournaments featuring the top professional men players. The ATP 1000 events along with the Grand Slam tournaments and Year-end Championships constitute the most coveted titles on the annual

calendar.

ATP Tour totals

:''Correct as of 2025 Italian Open''

Career Golden Masters

All tournaments

Career totals

:''Match stats correct (as of 2025 French Open).''

Titles & finals

Matches

vs. Top 10

Season totals

Tournament totals

*''Grand Slam tournaments in bold.''

Winning streaks

:▲ indicates an active streak Winning streaks per court type

Court type totals

:''Match stats correct (as of 2025 French Open).''

Titles

Match record

= Match wins

Titles per season

Per consecutive seasons

Big Titles

(1990–present) The Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters events and the

are the Big Titles of the annual

calendar, in addition to the quadrennial

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. Between 1970 and 1989, the biggest titles were the four majors, Davis Cup, and the Year-end Championships (ATP Finals, WCT Finals and Grand Slam Cup), in addition to the

events.

ATP Tour totals

* Players with minimum 10 big titles. Active players and records in bold.

Big Titles Sweep

Olympic tournaments

Tennis was reinstated as an official

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in 1988. There have been ten tournaments in the Open Era.

ATP rankings achievements

ATP rankings began in 1973. These weekly rankings determine tournament eligibility and seedings. At the end of each year they also become the official ATP season rankings.

Rankings weeks

* The ATP ranking was frozen for 22 weeks from 23 March to 23 August 2020. ''Correct with'' (▲) ''indicating active streaks.'' ;Consecutive weeks

Year-end rankings

;Consecutive years

Prize money

Prize money has increased throughout the Open Era, in some cases greatly in a short time span. For example, the

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winner received A$916,000 in

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and A$3,500,000 in

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. * Career totals include doubles prize money and are not inflation-adjusted. *

Miscellaneous

Youngest and oldest

All tournaments