Well, Coco Gauff just went out in the first round at Wimbledon. And that after winning it all at the French Open.
And that got me thinking …
How long since an American last won a slam before her? What country is
best on clay? How about grass? How do the host countries fare? What country’s
won the most slams overall?
Methodology
- Look at both men and womens champions
- For the grand slams (Wimbledon, US, French, Australian)
- Since the beginning of the Open Era (1968)
- Then divide up number of titles per country
Wimbledon
Notes
- Williams = both Venus (5) & Serena (7)
- Switzerland = Federer (8), Serbia = Djokovic (7), Sweden = Bjorg (5)
- Top country is the US, with 44
- The host country, the UK, managed only 4 titles
- Most interesting 1-off is Kazakhstan (Elena Rybakina, 2022)
US Open
Notes
- Williams = both Serena (6) & Venus (2)
- Australia (10) = 5 different players
- Switzerland = mostly Federer (5)
- The host country, the US, has a plurality of titles (45) though not a majority
- Most interesting 1-off is Canada (Bianca Andreescu, 2019)
French Open
Notes
- Sweden = mostly Bjorg (6), Germany = Graf (6)
- The host country, France, has only 2 titles
- Most interesting 1-off is Ecuador (Andres Gomez, 1990) & Latvia (Jelena Ostapenko, 2017)
Australian Open
Notes
- Serbia = mostly Djokovic (10), Switzerland = mostly Federer (6)
- The host country, Australia, has 11 titles, split over 6 players
- Most interesting 1-offs are South Africa (Johan Kriek, 1981) & China (Li Na, 2014)
