Rafa Nadal won his 21st Grand Slam this Sunday after beating Medvedev at the Australian Open and has become the tennis player in male category with the most Grand Slam titles breaking ties with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer (20 each). But he was not the first: before him three other women They have accomplished this feat.
In all history there three representatives of this sport who have achieved more Grand Slam that Rafael Nadal. Australian tennis player Margaret Court, with 24 of them She is the player with the most titles in this category. The North American follows her Serena Williams who has achieved 23 in total and also the German tennis player, Steffani Graff, con 22 Grand Slam.
11 times in your country
Court won the Australian Open a total of 11 times. Williams has achieved it 7 times and Graff has 4 under his belt. The other three Grand Slams, which are the Roland Garros, the US Open and Wimbledon, also left great titles in the three most successful tennis players in the history of the Grand Slam.
At Roland Garros, Court has 5 while Williams has achieved 3 and Graff 6. In the US Open the North American is the one that has more prizes with a total of 6 titles while Graff and Court got 5. In the last of the Grand Slams, Wimbledon, Williams and Graff tie at 7 and Court got 3.
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On Sunday, Nadal had to come back against the Russian after losing 2 sets to 0. In the end, the man from Manaco won in a last set very competitive (2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5).
In the women’s category, the world number 1, Asleigh Barty, won the tournament and ended a 44-year drought without winning Australian tennis. He won in two sets with a clear victory (6-3, 7-6).