Before the Open Era, the tennis players as professional, skilled, and amateur were differentiated. And when the Open Era starts many players become professional like Hoad won the tennis final at Wimbledon and became professional.

He won only 2 matches out of 11 professional matches. Because of the lack of finance, before the open era, it was difficult to arrange the tournaments at any time.

There ware many problems before the open era, that the professional and armatures were being faced like in 1937, another tennis player Gottfried von cannot enter in the singles of French Championships and also he played the single without his will. He also cannot play matches any Grand Tennis Tournament which was held in 1938 and 1939 championship of U.S and French.

Most Single (Major):

Players of Tennis before Open Era are as followed:

CountryTotalPlayersGrand Slam Before Open EraProfessional Slam Tournaments
AUS TournamentU.S TournamentWimbledon Tourna-mentFrance TournamentU.SWimbledonFrench
USA14Bill Tilden
1929 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 19201930 1921 1920
1935 1931
1934
Switzerland17Roger Federer2010 2007 2006 20042008 2007 2006 2005 20042012 2009 2007 2006 2005 2004 20032009


Australia23Ken Rosewall1972 1971 1953 19551970 1956
1968 19531965 19631963 1962 1961 1960 19571966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1960 1959
USA14Pete Sampras1997 19941990 1993 1995 1996 20021993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000



USA14Pancho Gonzales
1948 1949

1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 19611950 1951 1952 1956
Australia12Roy Emerson1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 19611964 19611965 19641967 1963


UK10Fred Perry19341936 1934 19331936 1935 193419351941 1938

Australia19Rod Laver1969 1962 19601969 19611969 1968 1962 19611969 19611967 1966 19641967 1966 1965 19641967
Spain11Rafael Nadal200920102010 20082012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005


USA10Don Budge19381938 19371938 193719381942 194019391939
Sweden11Bjorn Borg

1980 1979 1978 1977 19761981 1980 1979 1978 1975 1974


France9Henri Cochet
19281929 19271932 1930 1928 1926

1936

Most Singles Titles:

TitlesCountryPlayer
149USAJimmy Connors
139CzechRepublicJaroslav Drobný
200AustraliaRod Laver
133AustraliaKen Rosewall
146Czech Republic/USA/ Ivan Lendl
130USABill Tilden
101SwedenBjörn Borg
113USAPancho Gonzales
110AustraliaRoy Emerson
104USAJohn McEnroe
112AustraliaTony Wilding
87RomaniaIlie Năstase
80USAGardnar Mulloy
78USABudge Patty
70AustraliaJohn Newcombe
95USABobby Riggs
73USAArthur Ashe
80SwitzerlandRoger Federer
74SpainManuel Santana
72AustraliaMartin Mulligan
68ArgentinaGuillermo Vilas
65USAAndre Agassi
64USAPete Sampras
60USAStan Smith
56USAVic Seixas
54ItalyNicola Pietrangeli
57USATony Trabert
51NetherlandsTom Okker
54SpainRafael Nadal
49GermanyBoris Becker

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