Pancho Gonzales

Novak Djokovic, fourth oldest tennis player in Grand Slam semifinals. Photo: gettyimages

These are the 3 tennis players who reached a Grand Slam semifinal at an older age than Djokovic

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Novak Djokovic has become the fourth oldest tennis player in history to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam in this 2026 Australian Open. The question that crosses the mind of any fan who knows this fact is which other men managed to reach the penultimate round of a Grand Slam being older than the Serbian, who is currently 38 years and 255 days old.

Oldest Tennis Players to Reach Grand Slam Semifinals

  1. Ken Rosewall: 42 years and 68 days
  2. Pancho Gonzales: 40 years and 29 days
  3. Jimmy Connors: 39 years and 6 days
  4. Novak Djokovic: 38 years and 255 days
  5. Roger Federer: 38 years and 178 days

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Estos son los 3 tenistas que llegaron a semifinales de Grand Slam con más edad que Djokovic

Novak Djokovic, veteran tennis players in Grand Slam semifinal. Photo: gettyimages

This is how the historical top-5 of the oldest tennis players to reach a Grand Slam semifinal looks

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Novak Djokovic's feat at Roland Garros 2025 will be remembered for a long time, regardless of the outcome of his semifinal duel against Sinner. Accessing a Grand Slam tournament's semifinals at the age of 38 is quite unusual. Proof of this is that he has become the fifth oldest tennis player in the Open Era to do so.

- Top 5 oldest tennis players to reach a Grand Slam semifinal

  1. Ken Rosewall: 42 years and 68 days, at the 1975 Australian Open. Lost to Edmondson
  2. Pancho Gonzales: 40 years and 29 days, at the 1968 Roland Garros. Lost to Laver
  3. Jimmy Connors: 39 years and 6 days, at the 1991 US Open. Lost to Courier
  4. Roger Federer: 38 years and 178 days, at the 2020 Australian Open. Lost to Djokovic
  5. Novak Djokovic: 38 years and 17 days, at Roland Garros 2025

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Así queda el top-5 histórico de tenistas más veteranos en llegar a una semifinal de Grand Slam

Novak Djokovic, fourth oldest tennis player in Grand Slam semifinals. Photo: gettyimages

These are the 3 tennis players who reached a Grand Slam semifinal at an older age than Djokovic

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Novak Djokovic has become the fourth oldest tennis player in history to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam in this 2026 Australian Open. The question that crosses the mind of any fan who knows this fact is which other men managed to reach the penultimate round of a Grand Slam being older than the Serbian, who is currently 38 years and 255 days old.

Oldest Tennis Players to Reach Grand Slam Semifinals

  1. Ken Rosewall: 42 years and 68 days
  2. Pancho Gonzales: 40 years and 29 days
  3. Jimmy Connors: 39 years and 6 days
  4. Novak Djokovic: 38 years and 255 days
  5. Roger Federer: 38 years and 178 days

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Estos son los 3 tenistas que llegaron a semifinales de Grand Slam con más edad que Djokovic

Novak Djokovic, veteran tennis players in Grand Slam semifinal. Photo: gettyimages

This is how the historical top-5 of the oldest tennis players to reach a Grand Slam semifinal looks

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Novak Djokovic's feat at Roland Garros 2025 will be remembered for a long time, regardless of the outcome of his semifinal duel against Sinner. Accessing a Grand Slam tournament's semifinals at the age of 38 is quite unusual. Proof of this is that he has become the fifth oldest tennis player in the Open Era to do so.

- Top 5 oldest tennis players to reach a Grand Slam semifinal

  1. Ken Rosewall: 42 years and 68 days, at the 1975 Australian Open. Lost to Edmondson
  2. Pancho Gonzales: 40 years and 29 days, at the 1968 Roland Garros. Lost to Laver
  3. Jimmy Connors: 39 years and 6 days, at the 1991 US Open. Lost to Courier
  4. Roger Federer: 38 years and 178 days, at the 2020 Australian Open. Lost to Djokovic
  5. Novak Djokovic: 38 years and 17 days, at Roland Garros 2025

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Así queda el top-5 histórico de tenistas más veteranos en llegar a una semifinal de Grand Slam