The ages here are our own count. We took every singles champion at the four majors since 2000 from the official records of the ATP Tour and the WTA, their dates of birth from the ATP and WTA player profiles, and worked out how old each one was on the day of the final. With no Wimbledon in 2020, that makes 107 finals per tour, 214 in all.
Average age of Grand Slam champions since 2000
The median champion was 26.1 years old in the men's draw and 24.8 in the women's. Both tours followed the same arc: younger champions in the 2000s, older ones in the 2010s and younger again since 2020, sharply so for women. The men's average since 2020, 28.2, includes 11 titles that Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal won between the ages of 32 and 36, all from 2020 to 2023.
| Seasons | Men: average age | Men: titles at 30 or older | Women: average age | Women: titles at 30 or older |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2009 | 24.6 | 3 of 40 | 23.3 | 0 of 40 |
| 2010-2019 | 28.7 | 15 of 40 | 27.8 | 13 of 40 |
| 2020-2026 | 28.2 | 11 of 27 | 23.7 | 0 of 27 |
| 2000-2026 | 27.1 | 29 of 107 | 25.1 | 13 of 107 |
Age of Grand Slam winners over time: the men's decade swing
The men's average climbed through the 2010s because the same players kept winning as they got older. Since 2000, 29 men's majors have gone to a player aged 30 or older, and Roger Federer, Nadal and Djokovic won 24 of them: Djokovic 12, Nadal 8 and Federer 4. In 2017 Federer won the Australian Open and Wimbledon at 35 and Nadal the French Open and US Open at 31, and that season's champions averaged 33.4 years, the oldest men's season since 2000.
From 2017 to 2023 the men's champions averaged more than 31 in every season, 32.1 in the last of them. Then the average fell by more than 10 years in one season: in 2024 Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open and the US Open at 22 and 23, and Carlos Alcaraz the French Open and Wimbledon at 21. No man aged 30 or older has won a major since Djokovic at the 2023 US Open, 12 majors ago.
Nadal is at both ends of the men's list, both times in Paris. The first French Open title came two days after turning 19, in 2005, the youngest men's champion since 2000, and the last two days after turning 36, in 2022, the third-oldest.
Age of women's Grand Slam winners over time
The women's average peaked a few seasons earlier. In 2015 all four champions were at least 33: Serena Williams won the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon at 33, and Flavia Pennetta the US Open at 33. Their average, 33.6, is the oldest season on either tour since 2000. Williams won 10 of the 13 women's majors that went to a player aged 30 or older; the others went to Li Na at the 2014 Australian Open, Pennetta, and Angelique Kerber at Wimbledon in 2018, the last woman aged 30 or older to win a major.
Since then the women's titles have gone to younger players. Teenagers have won eight women's majors since 2000, against two men's, and five of the eight came from 2019 on, by Bianca Andreescu, Iga Swiatek, Emma Raducanu, Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva. The youngest women's season was 2004, at 20.2, when Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon at 17 and Svetlana Kuznetsova the US Open at 19.
Average age of first-time Grand Slam winners
Since 2000, 20 men and 36 women have won a first major; Andre Agassi, Gustavo Kuerten and Pete Sampras among the men, and Lindsay Davenport, Mary Pierce and Williams among the women, had won one before 2000 and are not counted. The first-time men's champions were 24.0 years old on average and the women 23.5.
For men, the number of first-time champions changed more than their age. Twelve men won a first major in the 2000s, at 23.1 on average; only three did in the 2010s, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic, at 26.7; five more have since 2020, at 24.7. The women's count went from 9 in the 2000s, at 21.6 on average, to 16 in the 2010s, at 25.3, and 11 since 2020, at 22.4.
- Pennetta was 33 years and 199 days old at the 2015 US Open, the oldest first-time major champion of the Open Era according to the WTA.
- Francesca Schiavone (29 years and 347 days, 2010 French Open) and Madison Keys (29 years and 343 days, 2025 Australian Open) are the next-oldest women since 2000.
- Among men since 2000, Goran Ivanisevic was the oldest first-time champion, 29 years and 299 days at Wimbledon in 2001, followed by Alexander Zverev, 29 years and 48 days at this year's French Open.
- The youngest first-time champions were Sharapova at 17 and Nadal at 19.
Youngest and oldest Grand Slam champions
Since 2000 the youngest champion is Sharapova, 17 years and 75 days old at Wimbledon in 2004, and the youngest man is Nadal, 19 years and 2 days at the 2005 French Open. The oldest is Federer, 36 years and 173 days at the 2018 Australian Open, 62 days older than Djokovic at the 2023 US Open; the oldest woman is Williams, 35 years and 124 days at the 2017 Australian Open.
| Men | Age | Women | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest | Rafael Nadal, 2005 French Open | 19 years, 2 days | Maria Sharapova, 2004 Wimbledon | 17 years, 75 days |
| 2nd youngest | Carlos Alcaraz, 2022 US Open | 19 years, 129 days | Emma Raducanu, 2021 US Open | 18 years, 302 days |
| 3rd youngest | Lleyton Hewitt, 2001 US Open | 20 years, 197 days | Mirra Andreeva, 2026 French Open | 19 years, 38 days |
| Oldest | Roger Federer, 2018 Australian Open | 36 years, 173 days | Serena Williams, 2017 Australian Open | 35 years, 124 days |
| 2nd oldest | Novak Djokovic, 2023 US Open | 36 years, 111 days | Flavia Pennetta, 2015 US Open | 33 years, 199 days |
| 3rd oldest | Rafael Nadal, 2022 French Open | 36 years, 2 days | Li Na, 2014 Australian Open | 31 years, 333 days |
None of them holds the Open Era record for youth. Martina Hingis was 16 years and three months old when she won the 1997 Australian Open, the youngest major singles champion of the Open Era, and Michael Chang, 17 years and three months at the 1989 French Open, is the youngest man. The 2017 Australian Open made Williams the oldest woman to win a major in the Open Era, and the oldest champion of either sex in that time is Ken Rosewall, 37 at the 1972 Australian Open.
The 2026 Grand Slam champions and their ages
Six players won the eight majors of 2026, aged 19 to 29 on the day of their finals. Two of them won twice, Zverev and Elena Rybakina.
| Major | Men's champion | Age at the final | Women's champion | Age at the final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | Carlos Alcaraz | 22 years, 272 days | Elena Rybakina | 26 years, 228 days |
| French Open | Alexander Zverev | 29 years, 48 days | Mirra Andreeva | 19 years, 38 days |
| Wimbledon | Jannik Sinner | 24 years, 330 days | Linda Noskova | 21 years, 236 days |
| US Open | Alexander Zverev | 29 years, 146 days | Elena Rybakina | 27 years, 87 days |
Zverev won a first major at the French Open, beating Flavio Cobolli, and a second at the US Open, beating Ben Shelton. Alcaraz won the Australian Open at 22, beating Djokovic, for a seventh major, and Sinner won Wimbledon at 24, beating Zverev. The men's champions averaged 26.5, older than in 2024 or 2025, though none was 30 or older.
In the women's draw Rybakina won the Australian Open at 26 and the US Open at 27, beating Aryna Sabalenka in both finals. Andreeva beat the qualifier Maja Chwalinska for the French Open title at 19, the youngest woman to win in Paris since Monica Seles in 1992, and Linda Noskova won a first major at Wimbledon at 21, beating Karolina Muchova. The women's champions averaged 23.7.
Draws and results from the tournaments in play are on the Vertize tennis scores page, and the rest of the tour is in the tennis section. Two other pieces look at the same draws from different angles: how often the No. 1 seed wins a major and how often men come back from two sets down.
Grand Slam champions' ages: frequently asked questions
What is the average age of a Grand Slam champion? Since 2000, 27.1 years for men and 25.1 for women on the day of the final, across 107 finals on each tour.
Who is the youngest Grand Slam champion? In the Open Era, Martina Hingis, 16 years and three months old at the 1997 Australian Open; the youngest man is Michael Chang, 17 at the 1989 French Open. Since 2000, Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon at 17 and Rafael Nadal the French Open at 19.
Who is the oldest Grand Slam champion? In the Open Era, Ken Rosewall, 37 at the 1972 Australian Open. Since 2000, Roger Federer won the 2018 Australian Open at 36, and Serena Williams the 2017 Australian Open at 35, the oldest woman to win a major in the Open Era.
How old are first-time Grand Slam winners? Since 2000, 24.0 years on average for men and 23.5 for women. The oldest was Flavia Pennetta, 33 at the 2015 US Open.
How old were the 2026 Grand Slam champions? Between 19, Mirra Andreeva at the French Open, and 29, Alexander Zverev at the French Open and the US Open.
How this was built: every singles champion at the four majors from the 2000 Australian Open to the 2026 US Open, 107 per tour (Wimbledon was not played in 2020). Men's champions come from the official draws in the ATP Tour results archive, women's from the WTA's tournament records, and dates of birth from the ATP and WTA player profiles. Age is counted on the day each final was played, from the tournament dates published by the ATP and WTA, checked against Wikipedia's tournament pages where a final moved to a later day. Averages use years of 365.2425 days. A first-time champion is one whose first major came in 2000 or later. Every champion and date of birth was checked against Wikipedia, and all matched. The Open Era records come from the Australian Open and the WTA; see also our methodology. Data collected September 30, 2026.