(CNN Spanish) – Tennis legend Rafael Nadal announced his retirement this Thursday after the Davis Cup final in November. The 38-year-old Spaniard is regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, competing with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, but who is the greatest men's Grand Slam winner in history?
Tennis players who have won the most Grand Slam titles
Serbian Novak Djokovic is the male tennis player with the most Grand Slam awards, amassing 24 titles in his career.According to Ultimate Tennis Stats.
In 2023, Djokovic won the Australian Open in January, and a few months later, in June, he won the Roland Garros title. With these two championships, he reached 23 Grand Slam titles in his career, surpassing Rafael Nadal.
In September, after winning the US Open, Djokovic tied the record with 24 on-court Grand Slam championships. Until then only tennis player Margaret Court held 24 titles.
The Serbian tennis player titles They are divided into: Australian Open (10); Roland Garros (3); Wimbledon (7) and US Open (4).
The Spanish tennis player won his first Grand Slam at Roland Garros in 2005, when he was 19 years old. In 2022, Nadal added 22 runs after winning again at Roland Garros, beating Djokovic and Federer to win the title.
However, with Djokovic's two championships in 2023, Nadal is the second-best Grand Slam winner. In addition, he is only the second man in the Open era to win each of the four Grand Slams twice (Djokovic was the first to achieve that feat).
The Titles of the Spanish tennis player They are divided into: Australian Open (2); Roland Garros (14); US Open (4) and Wimbledon (2).
Roger Federer has ended his successful tennis career
Behind Djokovic and Nadal is Swiss Roger Federer with 20 Grand Slam titles.
Although she finished third and will not be able to move up the list due to her retirement from tennis in September 2022, the Swiss is considered by many to be the greatest tennis player in history for her aesthetic, high-precision game. At times it seemed magical.
Federer's titles are split: Australian Open (6); Roland Garros (1); Wimbledon (8) and US Open (5).
Americans are behind the three leaders of world men's tennis Pete Sampras14 titles and Swedish Jorn Borg with 11, According to Ultimate Tennis Stats. Americans follow them Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi And Ivan Lenl with eight.
And they close the list of 10 tennis players with most Grand Slam titles John McEnroeFrom America, and Mats Wilanderfrom Sweden, with seven recognitions each.
Women who have won the most Grand Slam titles
Counting women's matches, Djokovic holds the women's record. Australian Margaret Court set a record, with 24 degrees. Now Djokovic breaks it.
The American follows Serena Williams with 23 runsSo it is equivalent to Knoll in this category.
The German closes the final list of women with the most Grand Slam victories Steffi Graf with 22 titles.
