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Australia In A Pairing Has Not Won An French Men’s Doubles Tournament Since 2000
Victor P Taffa
There are 4 Tennis Major Championships. Should a player win all 4 Major Championships in a calendar year then that player will have won the Tennis Grand Slam.
Grand Slam itinerary consists of
- Australian Open in mid January,
- French Open in May and June,
- Wimbledon in July,
- US Open in August and September.
Each Major Championship is played over a 2 week period.
Major Championships Surfaces played on
- Australian Open played on hard court,
- French Open played on clay,
- Wimbledon is played on grass,
- US Opens are played on hard court.
Years That Each Major Championships began:
- Australian Open in 1905,
- French Open in 1891,
- Wimbledon in 1877,
- US Open in 1881.
Term Grand Slam, without qualification, and also originally, refers to the achievement of winning all 4 major championships within a single calendar year within one of the 5 events:
- Men’s singles;
- Women’s singles;
- Men’s doubles;
- Women’s doubles;
- Mixed doubles.
In doubles, one team may accomplish a Grand Slam playing together or one player may achieve it with different partners.
However the Doubles Winners listed contains Australian Doubles Pairings only.
Australia’s Recent Tennis Major Championship Winners
Recent Australian Tennis Major Championship Male Singles Winners include:
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1976 Mark Edmondson 1969 Rod Laver 2002 Lleyton Hewitt 2001 Lleyton Hewitt
1975 John Newcombe 1968 Ken Rosewall 1987 Pat Cash 1998 Patrick Rafter
Recent Australian Tennis Major Championship Female Singles Winners include:
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1978 Chris O’Neill 1973 Margaret Court 1980 Evonne Goolagong 2011 Samantha Stosur
1977 Kerry Melville Reid 1971 Evonne Goolagong 1971 Evonne Goolagong 1973 Margaret Court
Recent Australian Tennis Major Championship Male Doubles Winners include:
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1997 Todd Woodbridge 2000 Todd Woodbridge 2000 Todd Woodbridge 1996 Todd Woodbridge
1997 Mark Woodforde 2000 Mark Woodforde 2000 Mark Woodforde 1996 Mark Woodforde
1992 Todd Woodbridge 1985 Mark Edmondson 1997 Todd Woodbridge 1995 Todd Woodbridge
1992 Mark Woodforde 1985 Kim Warwick 1997 Mark Woodforde 1995 Mark Woodforde
Recent Australian Tennis Major Championship Female Doubles Winners include:
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1979 Judy Chaloner 1966 Margaret Court 1978 Kerry Melville Reid 1970 Margaret Court
1979 Dianne Evers 1966 Judy Tegart Dalton 1978 Wendy Turnbull 1970 Judy Tegart Dalton
1977 Evonne Cawley 1965 Margaret Court 1969 Margaret Court 1963 Robyn Ebbern
1977 Helen Cawley 1965 Lesley Turner Bowrey 1969 Judy Tegart Dalton 1963 Margaret Court
Recent Australian Tennis Major Championship Mixed Doubles Winners include:
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2013 Jarmila Gajdosova 1972 Evonne Goolagong-Cawley 1991 Elizabeth Sayers Smylie 2001 Rennae Stubbs
2013 Matthew Ebden 1972 Kim Warwick 1991 John Fitzgerald 2001 Todd Woodbridge
2005 Samantha Stosur 1965 Margaret Court 1968 Margaret Court 1992 Nicole Provis
2005 Scott Draper 1965 Ken Fletcher 1968 Ken Fletcher 1992 Mark Woodforde
Champions By Year
Year French Open
Men’s Doubles Started in 1925
2017 Ryan Harrison (USA)
Michael Venus (AUS)
2016 Feliciano Lopez (SPA)
Marc Lopez (SPA)
2015 Ivan Dodig (CRO)
Marcelo Melo (BRA)
2014 Julien Benneteau (FRA)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
2013 Bob Bryan (USA)
Mike Bryan (USA)
2012 Max Mirnyi (BEL)
Daniel Nestor (CAN)
2011 Max Mirnyi (BEL)
Daniel Nestor (CAN)
2010 Daniel Nestor (CAN)
Nenad Zimonjie (SER)
2009 Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)
Leander Paes (IND)
2008 Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Luis Horna (PER)
2007 Mark Knowles (BAH)
Daniel Nestor (CAN)
2006 Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
Max Mirnyi (BEL)
2005 Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)
Max Mirnyi (BEL)
2004 Xavier Malisse (BE)
Olivier Rochus (BE)
2003 Bob Bryan (USA)
Mike Bryan (USA)
2002 Paul Haarhuis (NET)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)
2001 Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)
Leander Paes (IND)
2000 Todd Woodbridge (AUS)
Mark Woodforde (AUS)
1999 Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)
Leander Paes (IND)
1998 Jacco Eltingh (NET)
Paul Haarhuis (NET)
1997 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)
Daniel Vacek (CZE)
1996 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)
Daniel Vacek (CZE)
1995 Jacco Eltingh (NET)
Paul Haarhuis (NET)
1994 Byron Black (ZIM)
Jonathan Stark (USA)
1993 Luke Jensen (USA)
Murphy Jensen (USA)
1992 Jakob Hlasek (SWI)
Marc Rosset (SWI)
1991 John Fitzgerald (AUS)
Anders Jarryd (SWE)
1990 Sergio Casal (SPA)
Emilio Sanchez (SPA)
1989 Jim Grabb (USA)
Patrick McEnroe (USA)
1988 Andres Gomez (ECU)
Emilio Sanchez (SPA)
1987 Anders Jarryd (SWE)
Robert Seguso (USA)
1986 John Fitzgerald (AUS)
Tomas Smid (CZE)
1985 Mark Edmondson (AUS)
Kim Warwick (AUS)
1984 Henri Leconte (FRA)
Yannick Noah (FRA)
1983 Anders Jarryd (SWE)
Hans Simonsson (SWE)
1982 Sherwood Stewart (USA)
Ferdi Taygan (USA)
1981 Heinz Gunthardt (SWI)
Balazs Taroczy (HUN)
1980 Victor Amaya (USA)
Hank Pfister (USA)
1979 Gene Mayer (USA)
Sandy Mayer (USA)
1978 Gene Mayer (USA)
Hank Pfister (USA)
1977 Brian Gottfried (USA)
Raul Ramirez (MEX)
1976 Fred McNair (USA)
Sherwood Stewart (USA)
1975 Brian Gottfried (USA)
Raul Ramirez (MEX)
1974 Dick Crealy (AUS)
Onny Parun (AUS)
1973 John Newcombe (AUS)
Tom Okker (NET)
1972 Bob Hewitt (SA)
Frew McMillan (SA)
1971 Arthur Ashe (USA)
Marty Riessen (USA)
1970 Ilie Nastase (ROM)
Ion Tiriac (ROM)
1969 John Newcombe (AUS)
Tony Roche (AUS)
1968 Ken Rosewall (AUS)
Fred Stolle (AUS)
Open Era Tennis Begins May 1968
1967 John Newcombe (AUS)
Tony Roche (AUS)
1966 Clark Graebner (USA)
Dennis Ralston (USA)
1965 Roy Emerson (AUS)
Fred Stolle (AUS) `
1964 Roy Emerson (AUS)
Ken Fletcher (AUS)
1963 Roy Emerson (AUS)
Manuel Santana (SPA)
1962 Roy Emerson (AUS)
Neale Fraser (AUS)
1961 Roy Emerson (AUS)
Rod Laver (AUS)
1960 Roy Emerson (AUS)
Neale Fraser (AUS)
1959 Orlando Sirola (ITA)
Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)
1958 Ashley Cooper (AUS)
Neale Fraser (AUS)
1957 Malcolm Anderson (AUS)
Ashley Cooper (AUS)
1956 Dom Candy (AUS)
Robert Perry (USA)
1955 Vic Seixas (USA)
Tony Trabert (USA)
1954 Vic Seixas (USA)
Tony Trabert (USA)
1953 Lew Hoad (AUS)
Ken Rosewall (AUS)
1952 Ken McGregor (AUS)
Frank Sedgman (AUS)
1951 Ken McGregor (AUS)
Frank Sedgman (AUS)
1950 William Talbert (USA)
Tony Trabert (USA)
1949 Pancho Gonzales (USA)
Frank Parker (USA)
1948 Lennart Bergelin (SWE)
Jaroslav Drobny (CZE)
1947 Eustace Fannin (SA)
Eric Sturgess (SA)
1946 Marcel Bernard (FRA)
Yvon Petra (FRA)
1945 No competition
1944 No competition
1943 No competition
1942 No competition
1941 No competition
1940 No competition
1939 Don McNeill (USA)
Charles Harris (USA)
1938 Bernard Destremau (FRA)
Yvon Petra (FRA)
1937 Gottfried von Cramm (NAZ)
Henner Henkel (NAZ)
1936 Jean Borotra (FRA)
Marcel Bernard (FRA)
1935 Jack Crawford (AUS)
Adrian Quist (AUS)
1934 Jean Borotra (FRA)
Jacques Brugnon (FRA)
1933 Pat Hughes (UK)
Fred Perry (UK)
1932 Henri Cochet (FRA)
Jacques Brugnon (FRA)
1931 George Lott (USA)
John Van Ryn (USA)
1930 Henri Cochet (FRA)
Jacques Brugnon (FRA)
1929 Rene Lacoste (FRA)
Jean Borotra (FRA)
1928 Jean Borotra (FRA)
Jacques Brugnon (FRA)
1927 Henri Cochet (FRA)
Jacques Brugnon (FRA)
1926 Vincent Richards (USA)
Howard Kinsey (USA)
1925 Jean Borotra (FRA)
Rene Lacoste (FRA)
Most Grand Slam Men’s Doubles Titles (all-time)
Titles Players
17 John Newcombe (AUS),
16 Roy Emerson (AUS), Todd Woodbridge (AUS), Bob Bryan (USA), Mike Bryan (USA),
14 Adrian Quist (AUS),
13 John Bromwich (AUS), Tony Roche (AUS),
12 Mark Woodforde (AUS),
11 Neale Fraser (AUS),
10 Fred Stolle (AUS), Jacques Brugnon (FRA), Laurence Doherty (UK), Reginald Doherty (UK),
9 Bob Hewitt (SA), Frank Sedgman (AUS), Jean Borotra (FRA), Ken Rosewall (AUS), John McEnroe (USA), Jonas Bjorkman (SWE),
8 Anders Jarryd (SWE), George Lott (USA), Lew Hoad (AUS), Daniel Nestor (CAN), Leander Paes (IND),
7 Ken McGregor (AUS), John Fitzgerald (AUS), Peter Fleming, (USA) Vincent Richards (USA),
6 Bill Tilden (USA), Fred Alexander (USA), Gerald Patterson (AUS), Holcombe Ward (USA), Jacco Eltingh (NET), Jack Crawford (AUS), Jack Kramer (USA), John Van Ryn (USA), Paul Haarhuis (NET), Richard Sears (USA), Rod Laver (AUS), Max Mirnyi (BEL),
Abbreviations
AUS Australia
AU Austria
BAH Bahamas
BEL Belarus
BE Belgium
BRA Brazil
CAN Canada
CRO Croatia
CZE Czech Republic
CZE Czechoslovakia
DEN Denmark
ECU Ecuador
FIN Finland
FRA France
GER Germany
HUN Hungary
IND India
ISR Israel
ITA Italy
JAP Japan
MEX Mexico
NAZ Nazi Germany
NET The Netherlands
PER Peru
POL Poland
ROM Romania
RUS Russia
SA South Africa
SER Serbia
SPA Spain
SWE Sweden
SWI Switzerland
UK United Kingdom
URU Uruguay
USA United States of America
YUG Yugoslavia
ZIM Zimbabwe