List of Grand Slam men's doubles champions
The list of winners of the Grand Slam tournaments in the men's doubles first lists all the winners in the four Grand Slam tournaments in tennis - Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open - since 1881. In another list of the players are sorted by the number of their victories. It also specify the period during which the athlete has won and the number of victories in the individual tournaments. Since the concept of the Grand Slam tournament was only coined in the 1930s, the term is ahistorical " victory in a Grand Slam tournament " for the title reached before this time. They are nevertheless included in the enumeration.
John Newcombe of Australia with 17 Grand Slam titles 1965-1976 the most successful player. Bob and Mike Bryan are with their 15 wins since 2003, the most successful active tennis players, they are also the best team in history. 23 tennis players succeeded so far to win in each of the four tournaments. John Newcombe and Roy Emerson won the only every tournament at least three times. All four tournaments together to win in a year, the so-called Grand Slam, so far only succeeded Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman 1951.
With the approval of professional tennis players began in 1968, the Open Era. The French Open were reserved until 1925 for French and a very limited number of foreign players. The Australian Open was held until 1977 in January and then changed into December. This year the tournament was held twice. 1986, the date was moved again, back in January, so that this year there has been no tournament.
Competitions
List of winners
- Place: are the order of the athletes again. This is determined by the number of wins.
- Name: gives the name of the athlete.
- Country: calls the country for which the athlete started.
- From: the year in which the athlete has won for the first time.
- To: the year in which the athlete has won for the last time.
- Total time: is the number of won Grand Slam tournaments.
- Australian Open: lists the number of wins at the Australian Open since 1905.
- French Open: lists the number of wins at the French Open since 1925.
- Wimbledon: called the number of wins in the tournament of Wimbledon since 1884.
- U.S. Open: lists the number of wins at the U.S. Open since 1881.
Note: Still active athletes are highlighted in bold. The list is sortable: the list by clicking on a column header sorts by that column, double clicking reverses the sorting order.