The 2026 Grand Slam season has concluded with Alexander Zverev and Elena Rybakina emerging as the final major champions of the year at the US Open.
Next up: Australian Open 2027
Melbourne Park · Melbourne · January 17–31, 2027
The tournament is the next major event on the calendar following the conclusion of the 2026 season.
Latest singles finals
| Slam | Draw | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Open 2026 | Men's Singles | Alexander Zverev(Germany) | Ben Shelton | 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 2-6, 6-2 |
| US Open 2026 | Women's Singles | Elena Rybakina(Kazakhstan) | Aryna Sabalenka | 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 |
| Wimbledon 2026 | Men's Singles | Carlos Alcaraz(Spain) | Jannik Sinner | 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 |
| Wimbledon 2026 | Women's Singles | Iga Swiatek(Poland) | Coco Gauff | 6-3, 6-4 |
| French Open 2026 | Men's Singles | Alexander Zverev(Germany) | Flavio Cobolli | 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 |
| French Open 2026 | Women's Singles | Mirra Andreeva(Russia) | Iga Swiatek | 7-5, 6-4 |
| Australian Open 2026 | Men's Singles | Carlos Alcaraz(Spain) | Novak Djokovic | 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 |
| Australian Open 2026 | Women's Singles | Elena Rybakina(Kazakhstan) | Aryna Sabalenka | 6-4, 6-3 |
The four majors
Australian Open
Melbourne Park
Melbourne, Australia
HardJanuary
French Open
Stade Roland Garros
Paris, France
ClayMay – June
Wimbledon
All England Lawn Tennis Club
London, England
GrassJune – July
US Open
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
New York, USA
HardAugust – September
All-time singles champions
Men
🇷🇸 Serbia Novak Djokovic
Most men's Slams — 2003 to 2023
🇪🇸 Spain Rafael Nadal
Record 14 French Open titles
🇨🇭 Switzerland Roger Federer
8 Wimbledon crowns — a record
🇺🇸 United States Pete Sampras
Six straight year-end No. 1s
🇦🇺 Australia Roy Emerson
All won before the Open Era
🇸🇪 Sweden Björn Borg
Retired at just 25
Women
🇦🇺 Australia Margaret Court
11 of them in the Open Era
🇺🇸 United States Serena Williams
Most in the Open Era
🇩🇪 Germany Steffi Graf
Only Golden Slam, 1988
🇺🇸 United States Helen Wills
Dominated the 1920s–30s
🇺🇸 United States Martina Navratilova
A record 9 Wimbledons
🇺🇸 United States Chris Evert
Record 90% career win rate
Then comes
Australian Open 2027
Melbourne Park · Melbourne · January 17–31, 2027
The Australian Open will serve as the opening Grand Slam tournament of the 2027 season.
How it's played
Players (or doubles pairs) hit the ball over the net, with each game running 15, 30, 40 then game — you must win by two clear points. Six games with a two-game margin takes a set, and the match goes to whoever wins more sets, best of three (five for the men's majors).
A brief history of tennis
The All England Club hosts the first lawn tennis championship in London — the world's oldest tennis tournament, won by Spencer Gore before a few hundred spectators.
The U.S. Championships begin in 1881, the French in 1891 and the Australasian (later Australian) in 1905, forming the four tournaments that became the Grand Slams.
Dwight Davis donates the cup that becomes men's tennis's premier team competition, spreading the sport across Europe, Australasia and the Americas.
Professionals are finally admitted to the Grand Slams, ending the decades-long split between amateur and pro circuits. Rod Laver completes the calendar Grand Slam in the first Open season, repeating his 1962 amateur feat.
The ATP is founded by players in 1972, and Billie Jean King founds the WTA in 1973 — the same year the U.S. Open becomes the first major to pay men and women equal prize money.
The Borg–McEnroe rivalry, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf's dominance, and Pete Sampras' 14 majors carry tennis into a global television era.
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic win a combined 60+ Grand Slam singles titles and lift every major record, while the sport expands into Asia and the Middle East.
2026 world top-ranked players
Jannik Sinner currently leads the ATP men's singles world rankings with 10,950 points, maintaining a significant lead over Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz.
Jannik Sinner
Alexander Zverev
Carlos Alcaraz
Daniil Medvedev
Casper RuudAndrey Rublev
Grigor Dimitrov
Arthur Fils
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Holger Rune
Hubert Hurkacz
Alex de MinaurUgo Humbert
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Alejandro Tabilo
Sebastian BaezFrancisco CerundoloKaren Khachanov
Jiri LeheckaTomas Martin EtcheverryMatteo ArnaldiMariano NavoneLuciano DarderiJordan Thompson
Tallon GriekspoorFlavio CobolliAlexei Popyrin
Nuno BorgesGael MonfilsJan-Lennard StruffTomas Machac
Fabian MarozsanPedro MartinezGiovanni Mpetshi Perricard
Zhizhen Zhang
Miomir KecmanovicJakub MensikRoberto Carballes Baena
Yoshihito NishiokaLorenzo SonegoArthur RinderknechPavel KotovDusan Lajovic
Alexander ShevchenkoHugo Gaston
Zizou Bergs
Thiago Seyboth WildChristopher O'ConnellBotic van de ZandschulpJames Duckworth
Chak Lam Coleman WongBenjamin BonziJesper De JongZsombor PirosLuca Nardi
Sumit NagalMaximilian MartererDavid GoffinJaume Munar
Borna CoricYannick HanfmannDominik KoepferThiago MonteiroAleksandar VukicConstant LestienneHamad Medjedovic
Otto Virtanen
Jurij RodionovHarold Mayot
Valentin VacherotQuentin HalysMattia BellucciGabriel DialloAdam Walton
Leandro RiediFrancesco PassaroStefano NapolitanoAndrea VavassoriDenis Shapovalov
Radu Albot
Damir Dzumhur
Lloyd Harris
Benjamin HassanRankings as of Oct 25, 2026 · refreshed weekly
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