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Editor's Note: World No. 1 Rafael Nadal defeated the third seed Roger Federer in four sets to win the French Open title for the sixth time on June 5 of 2011. Let's retrospect the leading winners of Grand Slam tennis tournaments (including Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open) in the history.
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Roger Federer
Switzerland
Birth Date: August 8, 1981
16 Grand Slam singles titles (4 Australian, 6 Wimbledon, 1 French, 5 U.S.)
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Pete Sampras
the United States
Birth Date: August 12, 1971
14 Grand Slam singles titles (2 Australian, 7 Wimbledon, 5 U.S.)
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Roy Emerson
Australia
Birth Date: November 3, 1936
12 Grand Slam singles titles (6 Australian, 2 French, 2 Wimbledon, 2 U.S.)
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Bjorn Borg
Sweden
Birth Date: June 6, 1956
11 Grand Slam singles titles (6 French, 5 Wimbledon)
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Rod Laver
Australia
Birth Date: August 9, 1938
11 Grand Slam singles titles (3 Australian, 2 French, 4 Wimbledon, 2 U.S.)
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Bill Tilden
the United States
February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953
10 Grand Slam singles titles (3 Wimbledon, 7 U.S.)
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Rafael Nadal
Spain
Birth Date: June 3, 1986
10 Grand Slam singles titles (1 Australian 6 French 2 Wimbledon, 1 U.S.)
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Andre Agassi
the United States
Birth Date: April 29, 1970
8 Grand Slam singles titles (4 Australian, 1 French, 1 Wimbledon, 2 U.S.)
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Ivan Lendl
Czech Republic
Birth Date: March 7, 1960
8 Grand Slam singles titles (2 Australian, 3 French, 3 U.S.)
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Fred Perry
UK
May 18, 1909 – February 2, 1995
8 Grand Slam singles titles (1 Australian, 1 French, 3 Wimbledon, 3 U.S.)
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Ken Rosewall
Australia
Birth Date: November 2, 1934
8 Grand Slam singles titles (4 Australian, 2 French, 2 U.S.)
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Introduction of Grand Slam tennis tournaments
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The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Grand Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open, played in that order.
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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne
Venue: Melbourne Park
Time: last fortnight of the month of January
Court: hard court
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French Open
Location: Paris
Venue: Stade Roland Garros (1928–present)
Time: two weeks between late May and early June
Court: clay court
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The Championships, Wimbledon
Location: Wimbledon, London Borough of Mertons
Venue: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Time: two weeks in late June and early July
Court: grass court
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U.S. Open
Location: New York City
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Time: two weeks between August and September
Court: hard court
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Editor: Tang Danlu
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