The appropriately named player is Australian tennis legend Margaret Court.
With 71 mens doubles titles, including an Olympic gold medal, the Tennis Masters Cup (3x), and six Grand Slam doubles titles, the answer could only be Daniel Nestor. No matter who his partner is, Nestor continues to win.
With 71 mens doubles titles, including an Olympic gold medal, the Tennis Masters Cup (3x), and six Grand Slam doubles titles, the answer could only be Daniel Nestor. No matter who his partner is, Nestor continues to win.
Margaret Court with 62 Grand Slam titles from 24 Grand singles titles, 19 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 19 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
Margaret Court
Arthur Ashe was the first African American tennis player who won 3 grand slam titles.
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According to Wikipedia (refer to the links, below), as of January 2009, Steffi Graf held the #1 ranking for women for 377 weeks, non-consecutively, and 186 weeks, consecutively. As of June 2009, Pete Sampras held the #1 men's singles player for the longest total period of time at 286 weeks, non-consecutively, and Roger Federer had held the #1 ranking for the most consecutive weeks: 237.
depends on if you only mean singles play or singles/doubles in toto A female holds the record for both, considering the "open era" and excluding junior titles Singles titles -Margaret Court (24 titles) singles/doubles - Margaret Court (62 titles)
All must be in the same category.
Roger Federer (SUI) 17 Grand Slam Titles
Margaret [nee Smith] Court holds the incredible record in Mixed Doubles titles of winning 12 out of 13 consecutive Grand Slam titles. She won 7 titles in a row. Had she not lost the final of the Wimbledon Mixed doubles title in 1964, she would have achieved 3 consecutive Calendar Grand Slams in Mixed Doubles. Further, she actually won 13 out of 14 Grand Slam tournaments that she entered, having been absent from 3 consecutive tournaments in 1962 after the first of those Grand Slam titles. As history stands, she has achieved one singles Calendar Grand Slam and two mixed doubles Calendar Grand Slams - more Grand Slam achievements than any other player in history.