In contrast, Novak Djokovic is the oldest champion of the Open Era, who won 2023 French Open at 36 years, twenty days. [8] French players have won the most French Open men's singles titles, with 38 victories, followed by players from Spain (20) and Australia (11). The current champion is Novak Djokovic who beat Casper Ruud in the 2023 final. A player who won all three in a calendar year was considered retrospectively to have achieved a "Professional Grand Slam", or "Pro Slam". [165] [166] The feat was accomplished by Ken Rosewall in 1963 [167] and Rod Laver in 1967, [168] while Ellsworth Vines , Hans Nüsslein and Don Budge have won the three major trophies during their careers. [169] Sep 9, 2023 · This time, Djokovic was quite close to again bidding for a true Grand Slam: He is 26-1 in major matches in 2023, after winning the the Australian Open and French Open, but losing to Carlos Alcaraz Jul 30, 2021 · Djokovic was trying to win all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal in a calendar year. He had won the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon and came to Tokyo looking Sep 11, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic won his 24th Grand Slam title by beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Sunday.. That added to Djokovic's record for the most major singles tennis championships won by a man — Rafael Nadal is next with 22; Roger Federer, who announced his retirement last year, has 20 — and broke a tie with Serena Williams for the most in the Sep 11, 2021 · Novak Djokovic is knocking on the door of destiny and it might soon give way. With his semifinal victory against Alexander Zverev, the Serb is on course to the US Open final against Daniil Medvedev, which would mean he is in touching distance of completing an elusive feat of winning 4 Grand Slam tournaments in a single calendar year. Sep 2, 2023 · The 36-year-old made an uncharacteristically poor start against Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals. Leading 4-1 and with a break point for a double break, he dropped the first set 7-5. Djokovic Jul 12, 2021 · With his latest victory, Djokovic has now won the first three grand slam titles of this year and is one title away from completing the grand slam. Above all Djokovic has finally caught up with his Jun 10, 2023 · Novak Djokovic has defeated a cramping Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in the French Open semifinals to move one win away from a record 23rd Grand Slam title. The No. 1-ranked Alcaraz produced one particularly brilliant shot on Friday en route to claiming the second set of what, at the time, was a closely contested and thrilling showdown. But in the end, this highly anticipated matchup was Jun 5, 2016 · Novak Djokovic won the French Open on possibly the biggest moment in my career," the 29-year-old said after the match. who has been the beaten finalist in five of Djokovic's Grand Slam aa6hGH.