Nadal eliminates Djokovic from Roland Garros 0:52
(CNN Spanish) --
This weekend, all eyes of the sport will be on France, where the men's and women's finals of Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam of the year, will be played.
What are the tennis players of these titles have won?
The Spanish
Rafael Nadal
is the male tennis player with the most Grand Slam titles.
In January 2022 he got his 21st recognition at the Australian Open and thus surpassed
Roger Federer
and
Novak Djokovic
, who have 20 each.
The 35-year-old has won 13 Roland Garros titles, four US Open titles, two Wimbledon titles and two Australian Open titles in his career, making him only the second man in the Open Era to win each of all four Grand Slams twice.
The first to achieve that feat was Djokovic by achieving his second Roland Garros.
The most recent meeting between the Grand Slam leaders was this week, when Nadal beat Djokovic to advance to the French Open semifinals.
That was the 59th game played by the two great tennis players of all time, who face a historic rivalry.
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(The tournament has featured a star who is not ranked but has had meteoric growth: Carlos Alcaraz, who entered the top 10 players at 18 and is the youngest man since Nadal to enter that listed and win an ATP 1000 title).
Behind the three heads of world men's tennis are the American
Pete Sampras
, with 14 titles, and the Swedish
Bjorn Borg
with 11, according to Ultimate Tennis Statistics.
They are followed by Americans
Jimmy Connors
,
André Agassi
and
Ivan Lenl
with eight.
And they close the list of the 10 tennis players with the most Grand Slam titles
John McEnroe
, from the United States, and
Mats Wilander
, from Sweden, with seven recognitions each.
The count changes if other statistics are taken, for example the ATP ranking table, which is led by Djokovic with 8,660 points, according to Ultimate Tennis Statistics, and in which Rafael Nadal is in fifth place with 5,525 according to the 23 update. of May.
Three women have won more Grand Slam titles than Nadal
If we take into account women's competitions, the ranking is different and Nadal is not in first place.
Australia's Margaret Court holds the record, with 24 titles to her name.
She is followed by the American Serena Williams with 23 and, to close the list, is the German Steffi Graf with 22 titles.
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