Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Winners of Grand Slams without dropping a set

Here are tables showing people who have won Grand Slams without dropping a set. At the bottom is a table of the top 10 in the amount of times this has been done. This is all in the Open era.

Winners of Grand Slams without dropping a set in open era, men
Chronological Order 
Player
Year
Grand Slam
1
Ken Rosewall 
1971 
Australian Open 
2
Ilie Nastase
1973
French Open
3
Bjorn Borg
1976
Wimbledon
4
Bjorn Borg
1978
French Open
5
Bjorn Borg
1980
French Open
6
Roger Federer
2007
Australian Open
7
Rafael Nadal
2008
French Open
8
Rafael Nadal
2010
French Open

Winners of Grand Slams without dropping a set in open era, women
Chronological Order
Player
Year
Grand Slam
1   
Evonne Goolagong
1971  
French Open  
2
Billie Jean King
1971
US Open
3
Billie Jean King
1972
French Open
4
Chris Evert
1974
French Open
5
Chris Evert
1981
Wimbledon
6
Steffi Graf
1988
Australian Open
7
Steffi Graf
1988
French Open
8
Steffi Graf
1989
Australian Open
9
Martina Navratilova
1990
Wimbledon
10
Monica Seles
1992
US Open
11
Steffi Graf
1994
Australian Open
12
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1994
French Open
13
Mary Pierce
1995
Australian Open
14
Steffi Graf
1996
US Open
15
Martina Hingis
1997
Australian Open
16
Martina Hingis
1997
US Open
17
Lindsay Davenport
1998
US Open
18
Lindsay Davenport
1999
Wimbledon
19
Lindsay Davenport
2000
Australian Open
20
Venus Williams
2001
US Open
21
Serena Williams
2002
Wimbledon
22
Serena Williams
2002
US Open
23
Justin Henin 
2006
French Open
24
Justin Henin
2007
French Open
25
Justin Henin
2007
US Open
26
Maria Sharpova
2008
Australian Open
27
Venus Williams
2008
Wimbledon
28
Serena Williams
2008
US Open
29
Serena Williams
2010
Wimbledon


Table showing the men/women who have won the most Grand Slams without dropping a set
rank
Player
Times
Gender
1
 Steffi Graf 
5
Female
2
Serena Williams
4
Female
3
Bjorn Borg
3
Male
4
Lindsay Davenport
3
Female
5
Justin Henin
3
Female
6
Venus Williams
3
Female
7
Billie Jean King
2
Female
8
Chris Evert 
2
Female
9
Martina Hingis
2
Female
10
Rafael Nadal
2
Male


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