Zverev and his firm candidacy to be the best tennis player in history without a Grand Slam title

Diego Jiménez Rubio | 4 Nov 2024 | 08.18

Alexander Zverev, possible best player in history without a Grand Slam title. Photo: Getty Images.

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Alexander Zverev continues to add successes to his record and demonstrate a worth as a player that does not align with the absence of Grand Slam titles he maintains. His big goal is to triumph in one of those tournaments after watching two finals slip through his fingers. In the meantime, he vies to be one of the greatest of all time without being a champion in a major, if he ultimately doesn't achieve it.

He burst onto the scene very young and with unusual strength, having to deal with a Big 3 that curbed his meteoric rise. He fought with determination against contemporaries and players who had already spent time in the elite, like Thiem. Now he witnesses the emergence of two new stars that threaten to overshadow his mature phase. Even so, Alexander Zverev has managed to secure two Masters 1000 titles this year and finish as the world number 2.

📊 Tennis Players with the Most 🏆 without ever winning a Grand Slam (Open Era/Men’s Singles)

🇳🇱 Tom Okker | 32

🇪🇸 David Ferrer | 27
🇦🇷 José Luis Clerc | 25
🇺🇸 Brian Gottfried | 25
🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev | 23 https://t.co/7rqF45mrXT
— MisterOnly.Tennis (@OnlyRogerCanFly) November 3, 2024

Tennis is unfair, often only iconic moments in Grand Slams are remembered, where Zverev comes out on the losing end due to the two finals he lost when he had everything in his favor to become a champion. However, it is essential to acknowledge the permanence of a player in the elite who fervently pursues his dream while maintaining the consistency and regularity that offer great rewards. Evidence of this is his 23 titles (with 13 lost finals), 10 of them being at Big Titles, that is, Masters 1000, ATP Finals, and Olympic Games.

📊 Tennis Players with the Most 🏆 in “Big Tournaments” without ever winning a Grand Slam (1990-2024/Men’s Singles):

🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev | 10
🇨🇱 Marcelo Ríos | 5
🇺🇦 Andrei Medvedev | 4
🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko | 4
🇬🇷 Stefanos Tsitsipas | 4 https://t.co/UX5wK1rBZI
— MisterOnly.Tennis (@OnlyRogerCanFly) November 3, 2024

He is now the fifth player of all time with the most titles won without a Grand Slam win and has become the first player to accumulate a dozen Big Titles without a major, surpassing Marcelo Ríos' 5 by a wide margin. All this is irrefutable proof of his status as a tennis player, which he reinforced in 2024 with a staggering 28 victories in Masters 1000 tournaments, matching Sinner's, placing both in fifth for records never seen in this category of events.

- Zverev also aspires to become the world number 1

Alexander Zverev still has time to achieve his great dream of winning a Grand Slam and giving his career a special shine, but it won't be easy amidst the strong current competition. What is clear is that he has already earned more than enough merit to lift one of the four titles that give greater meaning to this sport, which can become more of an obsession than a healthy goal for him. In 2025, he will have four new opportunities.

📊 Tennis Players with the Most wins in Masters 1000 during a season (1990-2024/Men’s Singles):

🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic | 39, 2015
🇪🇸 Rafa Nadal | 35, 2013
🇨🇭 Roger Federer | 34, 2006
🇬🇧 Andy Murray | 30, 2015
🇮🇹 Jannik Sinner | 28, 2024
🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev | 28, 2024

📝 Best Season pic.twitter.com/OSq4EeAjci
— MisterOnly.Tennis (@OnlyRogerCanFly) November 3, 2024

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