Martina Hingis currently holds the record for the youngest woman or man to win a singles title at a grand slam tournament after she won the 1997 Australian Open at the age of 16 years and 117 days .
Hingis is one of three women to win a major singles title before the age of 17 (the others being Monica Seles and Tracy Austin ).
The youngest male player to win a grand slam singles title is Michael Chang who won the 1989 French Open when he was 17 years and 110 days old .
Youngest Grand Slam Champions (Male) Michael Chang (1989 Roland Garros), Boris Becker (1985 Wimbledon), and Mats Wilander (1982 Roland Garros) all won major titles before they turned eighteen.
More recently, Carlos Alcaraz became the 10th youngest male player to win a major singles title and the 2nd youngest male player to win the US Open singles title , when he won the 2022 US Open .
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Australian Open # Player’s Name Year Won Years Days 1 Mats Wilander 1983 19 112 2 Stefan Edberg 1985 19 324 3 Mats Wilander 1984 20 109 4 Novak Djokovic 2008 20 251 5 Stefan Edberg 1987 21 14 6 Jimmy Connors 1974 21 121 7 Jim Courier 1992 21 163 8 Mark Edmondson 1976 21 195
French Open (Roland Garros) # Player’s Name Year Won Years Days 1 Michael Chang 1989 17 110 2 Mats Wilander 1982 17 293 3 Bjorn Borg 1974 18 10 4 Rafael Nadal 2005 19 3 5 Björn Borg 1975 19 10 6 Rafael Nadal 2006 20 9 7 Gustavo Kuerten 1997 20 272 8 Mats Wilander 1985 20 292 9 Jim Courier 1991 20 297 10 Rafael Nadal 2007 21 8 11 Carlos Moyá 1998 21 285 12 Jim Courier 1992 21 296
Wimbledon # Player’s Name Year Won Years Days 1 Boris Becker 1985 17 228 2 Boris Becker 1986 18 198 3 Bjorn Borg 1976 20 28 4 Carlos Alcaraz 2023 20 73 5 Boris Becker 1989 20 201 6 Björn Borg 1977 21 7 7 Lleyton Hewitt 2002 21 134 8 Jimmy Connors 1974 21 308 9 Pete Sampras 1993 21 327 10 Roger Federer 2003 21 333
US Open # Player’s Name Year Won Years Days 1 Pete Sampras 1990 19 29 2 Carlos Alcaraz 2022 19 129 3 Lleyton Hewitt 2001 20 198 4 John McEnroe 1979 20 205 5 Marat Safin 2000 20 228 6 Boris Becker 1989 20 264 7 Juan Martín del Potro 2009 20 356 8 Andy Roddick 2003 21 8 9 John McEnroe 1980 21 205
Youngest Grand Slam Winners (Female) The youngest female player to win a grand slam singles title is Martina Hingis who won the 1997 Australian Open when she was just 16 years and 117 days old.
In more recent years, Coco Gauff , Emma Raducanu , Bianca Andreescu , and Iga Swiatek have all claimed major singles titles before the age of 20.
Australian Open # Player’s Name Winning Year Years Day(s) 1 Martina Hingis 1997 16 117 2 Monica Seles 1991 17 56 3 Martina Hingis 1998 17 124 4 Monica Seles 1992 18 55 5 Martina Hingis 1999 18 123 6 Steffi Graf 1988 18 224 7 Hana Mandlikova 1980 18 329 8 M.Seles 1993 19 60 9 Steffi Graf 1989 19 229
French Open (Roland Garros) # Player’s Name Winning Year Years Day(s) 1 Monica Seles 1990 16 189 2 Arantxa S. Vicario 1989 17 174 3 Monica Seles 1991 17 189 4 Steffi Graf 1987 17 357 5 Monica Seles 1992 18 188 6 Steffi Graf 1988 18 357 7 Iga Swiatek 2020 19 132 8 Chris Evert 1974 19 176 9 Iva Majoli 1997 19 299 10 Evonne Goolagong 1971 19 309
Wimbledon # Player’s Name Winning Year Years Day(s) 1 Martina Hingis 1997 16 278 2 Maria Sharapova 2004 17 75 3 Steffi Graf 1988 19 19 4 Chris Evert 1974 19 197
US Open # Player’s Name Winning Year Years Day(s) 1 Tracy Austin 1979 16 270 2 Martina Hingis 1997 16 342 3 Monica Seles 1991 17 280 4 Serena Williams 1999 17 350 5 Tracy Austin 1981 18 275 6 M.Seles 1992 18 286 7 Emma Raducanu 2021 18 302 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2004 19 76 9 Bianca Andreescu 2019 19 83 10 Steffi Graf 1988 19 89 11 Coco Gauff 2023 19 181 12 Maria Sharapova 2006 19 275
