Q. How does it feel to beat the No. 1 seed?
RAFAEL NADAL: Yes, I'm very happy because I played one of the best matches in my life. Obviously, he didn't play his best tennis and that's the reason why I could win. I mean, if he had played his best tennis, I would have had no chance. But that's what happens in tennis. If a player like me plays at a very, very good level and a top player like Roger doesn't play his best tennis, I can win. But, sure, I'm really, really happy.
Miami, Florida. March 28, 2004.

Chronological list

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Year Championship Champion Runner-up Score in the final
1st 2nd 3rd
1968
French Open   Phil Dent   John Alexander 6–3 3–6 7–5
Wimbledon   John Alexander   Jacques Thamin 6–1 6–2
US Open Not held
1969 Australian Open   John Alexander
French Open   Antonio Muñoz   Jacques Thamin 6–2 4–6 6–4
Wimbledon   Byron Bertram   John Alexander 7–5 5–7 6–4
US Open Not held
1970 Australian Open   Allan McDonald
French Open   Juan Herrera   Jacques Thamin 4–6 6–2 6–4
Wimbledon   Byron Bertram   Frank Gebert 6–0 6–3
US Open Not held
1971 Australian Open   Cliff Letcher
French Open   Corrado Barazzutti   Stephen Warboys 2–6 6–3 6–1
Wimbledon   Robert Kreiss   Stephen Warboys 2–6 6–4 6–3
US Open Not held
1972 Australian Open   Paul Kronk
French Open   Buster Mottram   Uli Pinner 6–2 2–6 7–5
Wimbledon   Björn Borg   Buster Mottram 6–3 4–6 7–5
US Open Not held
1973 Australian Open   Paul McNamee
French Open   Víctor Pecci   Pavel Složil 6–4 6–4
Wimbledon   Billy Martin   Colin Dowdeswell 6–2 6–4
US Open   Billy Martin   Colin Dowdeswell 4–6 6–3 6–3
1974 Australian Open   Harry Brittain
French Open   Christophe Casa   Ulrich Marten 1–6 6–4 6–1
Wimbledon   Billy Martin   Ashok Amritraj 6–2 6–1
US Open   Billy Martin   Ferdi Taygan 6–4 6–2
1975 Australian Open   Brad Drewett
French Open   Christophe Roger-Vasselin   Peter Elter 6–1 6–2
Wimbledon   Chris Lewis   Ricardo Ycaza 6–1 6–4
US Open   Howard Schoenfield   Chris Lewis 6–4 6–3
1976 Australian Open   Ray Kelly   Jai DiLouie 6–2 6–4
French Open   Heinz Gunthardt   José Luis Clerc 4–6 7–6 6–4
Wimbledon   Heinz Günthardt   Peter Elter 6–4 7–5
US Open   Ricardo Ycaza   José Luis Clerc 6–4 5–7 6–0
1977 Australian Open (January)   Brad Drewett   Tim Wilkison 6–4 7–6
French Open   John McEnroe   Ray Kelly 6–1 6–1
Wimbledon   Van Winitsky   Eliot Teltscher 6–1 1–6 8–6
US Open   Van Winitsky   Eliot Teltscher 6–4 6–4
Australian Open (December)   Ray Kelly
1978 French Open   Ivan Lendl   Per Hjertquist 7–6 6–4
Wimbledon   Ivan Lendl   Jeff Turpin 6–3 6–4
US Open   Per Hjertquist   Stefan Simonsson 7–6 1–6 7–6
Australian Open   Pat Serret   Chris Johnstone 6–4 6–3
1979 French Open   Ramesh Krishnan   Ben Testerman 2–6 6–1 6–0
Wimbledon   Ramesh Krishnan   David Siegler 6–0 6–2
US Open   Scott Davis   Jan Gunnarson 6–3 6–1
Australian Open   Greg Whitecross   Craig A. Miller 6–4 6–3
1980 French Open   Henri Leconte   Alberto Tous 7–6 6–3 6–2
Wimbledon   Thierry Tulasne   Hans-Dieter Beutel 6–4 3–6 6–4
US Open   Mike Falberg   Eric Wilborts 6–7 6–3 6–3
Australian Open   Craig A. Miller   Wally Masur 7–6 6–2
1981 French Open   Mats Wilander   James Brown 7–5 6–1
Wimbledon   Matt Anger   Pat Cash 7–6 7–5
US Open   Thomas Högstedt   Hans Schwaier 7–5 6–3
Australian Open   Jorgen Windahl   Pat Cash 6–4 6–4
1982 French Open   Tarik Benhabiles   Loïc Courteau 7–6 6–2
Wimbledon   Pat Cash   Henrik Sundström 6–4 6–7 6–3
US Open   Pat Cash   Guy Forget 6–3 6–3
Australian Open   Mark Kratzmann   Simon Youl 6–3 7–5
1983 French Open   Stefan Edberg   Franck Février 2–6 6–2 6–1
Wimbledon   Stefan Edberg   John Frawley 6–3 7–6
US Open   Stefan Edberg   Simon Youl 6–2 6–4
Australian Open   Stefan Edberg   Simon Youl 6–4 6–4
1984 French Open   Kent Carlsson   Mark Kratzmann 6–3 6–3
Wimbledon   Mark Kratzmann   Stefan Kruger 6–4 4–6 6–3
US Open   Mark Kratzmann   Boris Becker 6–3 7–6
Australian Open   Mark Kratzmann   Patrick Flynn 6–4 6–1
1985 French Open   Jaime Yzaga   Thomas Muster 2–6 6–3 6–0
Wimbledon   Leonardo Lavalle   Eduardo Vélez 6–4 6–4
US Open   Tim Trigueiro   Joey Blake 6–2 6–3
Australian Open   Shane Barr   Steve Furlong 7–6 6–7 6–3
1986 Australian Open Not held
French Open   Guillermo Pérez Roldán   Stéphane Grenier 4–6 6–3 6–2
Wimbledon   Eduardo Vélez   Javier Sánchez 6–3 7–5
US Open   Javier Sánchez   Franco Davín 6–2 6–2
1987 Australian Open   Jason Stoltenberg   Todd Woodbridge 6–2 7–6
French Open   Guillermo Pérez Roldán   Jason Stoltenberg 6–3 3–6 6–1
Wimbledon   Diego Nargiso   Jason Stoltenberg 7–6 6–4
US Open   David Wheaton   Andrei Cherkasov 7–6 6–0
1988 Australian Open   Johan Anderson   Andrew Florent 7-5 7–6
French Open   Nicolás Pereira   Magnus Larsson 7–6 6–3
Wimbledon   Nicolás Pereira   Guillaume Raoux 7–6 6–2
US Open   Nicolás Pereira   Nicklas Kulti 6–1 6–2
1989 Australian Open   Nicklas Kulti   Todd Woodbridge 6–2 6–0
French Open   Fabrice Santoro   Jared Palmer 6–3 3–6 9–7
Wimbledon   Nicklas Kulti   Todd Woodbridge 6–4 6–3
US Open   Jonathan Stark   Nicklas Kulti 6–4 6–1
1990 Australian Open   Dirk Dier   Leander Paes 6–4 7–6
French Open   Andrea Gaudenzi   Thomas Enqvist 2–6 7–6 6–4
Wimbledon   Leander Paes   Marcos Ondruska 7–5 2–6 6–4
US Open   Andrea Gaudenzi   Mikael Tillström 6–2 4–6 7–6
1991 Australian Open   Thomas Enqvist   Stephen Gleeson 7–6 6–7 6–1
French Open   Andrei Medvedev   Thomas Enqvist 6–4 7–6
Wimbledon   Thomas Enqvist   Michael Joyce 6–4 6–3
US Open   Leander Paes   Karim Alami 6–4 6–4
1992 Australian Open   Grant Doyle   Brian Dunn 6–2 6–0
French Open   Andrei Pavel   Mosé Navarra 6–1 3–6 6–3
Wimbledon   David Škoch   Brian Dunn 6–4 6–3
US Open   Brian Dunn   Noam Behr 7–5 6–2
1993 Australian Open   James Baily   Steven Downs 6–3 6–2
French Open   Roberto Carretero   Albert Costa 6–0 7–6
Wimbledon   Răzvan Sabău   Jimy Szymanski 6–1 6–3
US Open   Marcelo Ríos   Steven Downs 7–6 6–3
1994 Australian Open   Ben Ellwood   Andrew Ilie 5–7 6–3 6–3
French Open   Jacobo Díaz   Giorgio Galimberti 6–3 7–6
Wimbledon   Scott Humphries   Mark Philippoussis 7–6 3–6 6–4
US Open   Sjeng Schalken   Mehdi Tahiri 6–2 7–6
1995 Australian Open   Nicolas Kiefer   Lee Jong-min 6–4 6–4
French Open   Mariano Zabaleta   Mariano Puerta 6–2 6–3
Wimbledon   Olivier Mutis   Nicolas Kiefer 6–2 6–2
US Open   Nicolas Kiefer   Ulrich Jasper Seetzen 6–3 6–4
1996 Australian Open   Björn Rehnquist   Mathias Hellström 2–6 6–2 7–5
French Open   Alberto Martín   Björn Rehnquist 6–3 7–6
Wimbledon   Vladimir Voltchkov   Ivan Ljubičić 3–6 6–2 6–3
US Open   Daniel Elsner   Markus Hipfl 6–3 6–2
1997 Australian Open   Daniel Elsner   Wesley Whitehouse 7–6 6–2
French Open   Daniel Elsner   Luis Horna 6–4 6–4
Wimbledon   Wesley Whitehouse   Daniel Elsner 6–3 7–6
US Open   Arnaud Di Pasquale   Wesley Whitehouse 6–7 6–4 6–1
1998 Australian Open   Julien Jeanpierre   Andreas Vinciguerra 4–6 6–4 6–3
French Open   Fernando González   Juan Carlos Ferrero 4–6 6–4 6–3
Wimbledon   Roger Federer   Irakli Labadze 6–4 6–4
US Open   David Nalbandian   Roger Federer 6–3 7–5
1999 Australian Open   Kristian Pless   Mikhail Youzhny 6–4 6–3
French Open   Guillermo Coria   David Nalbandian 6–4 6–3
Wimbledon   Jürgen Melzer   Kristian Pless 7–6 6–3
US Open   Jarkko Nieminen   Kristian Pless 6–7 6–3 6–4
2000 Australian Open   Andy Roddick   Mario Ančić 7–6 6–3
French Open   Paul-Henri Mathieu   Tommy Robredo 3–6 7–6 6–2
Wimbledon   Nicolas Mahut   Mario Ančić 3–6 6–3 7–5
US Open   Andy Roddick   Robby Ginepri 6–1 6–3
2001 Australian Open   Janko Tipsarević   Wang Yeu-tzuoo 3–6 7–5 6–0
French Open   Carlos Cuadrado   Brian Dabul 6–1 6–0
Wimbledon   Roman Valent   Gilles Müller 3–6 7–5 6–3
US Open   Gilles Müller   Wang Yeu-tzuoo 7–6 6–2
2002 Australian Open   Clément Morel   Todd Reid 6–4 6–4
French Open   Richard Gasquet   Laurent Recouderc 6–0 6–1
Wimbledon   Todd Reid   Lamine Ouahab 7–6 6–4
US Open   Richard Gasquet   Marcos Baghdatis 7–5 6–2
2003 Australian Open   Marcos Baghdatis   Florin Mergea 6–4 6–4
French Open   Stanislas Wawrinka   Brian Baker 7–5 4–6 6–3
Wimbledon   Florin Mergea   Chris Guccione 6–2 7–6
US Open   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga   Marcos Baghdatis 7–6 6–3
2004 Australian Open   Gaël Monfils   Josselin Ouanna 6–0 6–3
French Open   Gaël Monfils   Alex Kuznetsov 6–2 6–2
Wimbledon   Gaël Monfils   Miles Kasiri 7–5 7–6
US Open   Andy Murray   Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–4 6–2
2005 Australian Open   Donald Young   Kim Sun-yong 6–2 6–4
French Open   Marin Čilić   Antal van der Duim 6–3 6–1
Wimbledon   Jérémy Chardy   Robin Haase 6–4 6–3
US Open   Ryan Sweeting   Jérémy Chardy 6–4 6–4
2006 Australian Open   Alexandre Sidorenko   Nick Lindahl 6–3 7–6
French Open   Martin Kližan   Philip Bester 6–3 6–1
Wimbledon   Thiemo de Bakker   Marcin Gawron 6–2 7–6
US Open   Dušan Lojda   Peter Polansky 7–6 6–3
2007 Australian Open   Brydan Klein   Jonathan Eysseric 6–2 4–6 6–1
French Open   Uladzimir Ignatik   Greg Jones 6–3 6–4
Wimbledon   Donald Young   Uladzimir Ignatik 7–5 6–1
US Open   Ričardas Berankis   Jerzy Janowicz 6–3 6–4
2008 Australian Open   Bernard Tomic   Yang Tsung-hua 4–6 7–6 6–0
French Open   Yang Tsung-hua   Jerzy Janowicz 6–3 7–6
Wimbledon   Grigor Dimitrov   Henri Kontinen 7–5 6–3
US Open   Grigor Dimitrov   Devin Britton 6–4 6–3
2009 Australian Open   Yuki Bhambri   Alexandros Georgoudas 6–3 6–1
French Open   Daniel Berta   Gianni Mina 6–1 3–6 6–3
Wimbledon   Andrey Kuznetsov   Jordan Cox 4–6 6–2 6–2
US Open   Bernard Tomic   Chase Buchanan 6–1 6–3
2010 Australian Open   Tiago Fernandes   Sean Berman 7–5 6–3
French Open   Agustín Velotti   Andrea Collarini 6–4 7–5
Wimbledon   Márton Fucsovics   Benjamin Mitchell 6–4 6–4
US Open   Jack Sock   Denis Kudla 3–6 6–2 6–2
2011 Australian Open   Jiří Veselý   Luke Saville 6–0 6–3
French Open   Bjorn Fratangelo   Dominic Thiem 3–6 6–3 8–6
Wimbledon   Luke Saville   Liam Broady 2–6 6–4 6–2
US Open   Oliver Golding   Jiří Veselý 5–7 6–3 6–4
2012 Australian Open   Luke Saville   Filip Peliwo 6–3 5–7 6–4
French Open   Kimmer Coppejans   Filip Peliwo 6–1 6–4
Wimbledon   Filip Peliwo   Luke Saville 7–5 6–4
US Open   Filip Peliwo   Liam Broady 6–2 2–6 7–5
2013 Australian Open   Nick Kyrgios   Thanasi Kokkinakis 7–6 6–3
French Open   Cristian Garín   Alexander Zverev 6–4 6–1
Wimbledon   Gianluigi Quinzi   Hyeon Chung 7–5 7–6
US Open   Borna Ćorić   Thanasi Kokkinakis 3–6 6–3 6–1
2014 Australian Open   Alexander Zverev   Stefan Kozlov 6–3 6–0
French Open   Andrey Rublev   Jaume Munar 6–2 7–5
Wimbledon   Noah Rubin   Stefan Kozlov 6–4 4–6 6–3
US Open   Omar Jasika   Quentin Halys 2–6 7–5 6–1
2015 Australian Open   Roman Safiullin   Hong Seong-chan 7–5 7–6
French Open   Tommy Paul   Taylor Fritz 7–6 2–6 6–2
Wimbledon   Reilly Opelka   Mikael Ymer 7–6 6–4
US Open   Taylor Fritz   Tommy Paul 6–2 6–7 6–2
2016 Australian Open   Oliver Anderson   Jurabek Karimov 6–2 1–6 6–1
French Open   Geoffrey Blancaneaux   Félix Auger-Aliassime 1–6 6–3 8–6
Wimbledon   Denis Shapovalov   Alex de Minaur 4–6 6–1 6–3
US Open   Félix Auger-Aliassime   Miomir Kecmanović 6–3 6–0
2017 Australian Open   Zsombor Piros   Yshai Oliel 4–6 6–4 6–3
French Open   Alexei Popyrin   Nicola Kuhn 7–6 6–3
Wimbledon   Alejandro Davidovich Fokina   Axel Geller 7–6 6–3
US Open   Wu Yibing   Axel Geller 6–4 6–4
2018 Australian Open   Sebastian Korda   Tseng Chun-hsin 7–6 6–4
French Open   Tseng Chun-hsin   Sebastián Báez 7–6 6–2
Wimbledon   Tseng Chun-hsin   Jack Draper 6–1 6–7 6–4
US Open   Thiago Seyboth Wild   Lorenzo Musetti 6–1 2–6 6–2
2019 Australian Open   Lorenzo Musetti   Emilio Nava 4–6 6–2 7–6
French Open   Holger Rune   Toby Kodat 6–3 6–7 6–0
Wimbledon   Shintaro Mochizuki   Carlos Gimeno Valero 6–3 6–2
US Open   Jonáš Forejtek   Emilio Nava 6–7 6–0 6–2
2020 Australian Open   Harold Mayot   Arthur Cazaux 6–4 6–1
Wimbledon Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
US Open Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
French Open   Dominic Stricker   Leandro Riedi 6–2 6–4
2021 Australian Open Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
French Open   Luca Van Assche   Arthur Fils 6–4 6–2
Wimbledon   Samir Banerjee   Victor Lilov 7–5 6–3
US Open   Daniel Rincón   Shang Juncheng 6–2 7–6
2022 Australian Open   Bruno Kuzuhara   Jakub Menšík 7–6 6–7 7–5
French Open   Gabriel Debru   Gilles-Arnaud Bailly 7–6 6–3
Wimbledon   Mili Poljičak   Michael Zheng 7–6 7–6
US Open   Martín Landaluce   Gilles-Arnaud Bailly 7–6 5–7 6–2
2023 Australian Open   Alexander Blockx   Learner Tien 6–1 2–6 7–6
French Open   Dino Prižmić   Juan Carlos Prado 6–1 6–4
Wimbledon   Henry Searle   Yaroslav Demin 6–4 6–4
US Open   João Fonseca   Learner Tien 4–6 6–4 6–3