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Originally Posted by Voo de Mar
* From the years 1946-1967 I know scores only from the semi-finals and (obviously) the finals. Before 1946 I know only the finals.
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Thanks, Voo de Mar. Searching for those missing results, I found
this great site, which has the results of almost GS game ever played, starting from 1877! Only some AO scores from pre-1940 are missing. The only minor blemish is that they still don't post any tie-break scores.
Anyway, I've compiled a new GS list, adding some missing entries and fixing a few inaccuracies:
GRAND SLAM TITLES WON FROM MATCH POINT DOWN
Australian Open
2005 - Marat Safin d. Roger Federer 5-7 6-4 5-7 7-6(6) 9-7 - Saved 1 MP (SF)
1985 - Stefan Edberg d. Wally Masur 6-7 2-6 7-6 6-4 6-2 - Saved 2 MP's (4R)
1982 - Johan Kriek d. Paul McNamee 7-6 7-6 4-6 3-6 7-5 - Saved 1 MP (SF)
1975 - John Newcombe d. Tony Roche 6-4 4-6 6-4 2-6 11-9 - Saved 3 MP's (SF)
1960 - Rod Laver d. Neale Fraser 5-7 3-6 6-3 8-6 8-6 - Saved 1 MP (F)
1947 - Dinny Pails d. John Bromwich 4-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 8-6 - Saved 1 MP (F)
1927 - Gerald Patterson d. John Hawkes 3-6 6-4 3-6 18-16 6-3 - Saved 3 MP's (F)
Roland Garros
2004 - Gaston Gaudio d. Guillermo Coria 0-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 8-6 - Saved 2 MP's (F)
2001 - Gustavo Kuerten d. Michael Russell 3-6 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3 6-1 - Saved 1 MP (4R)
1976 - Adriano Panatta d. Pavel Hutka 2-6 6-2 6-2 0-6 12-10 - Saved 1 MP (1R)
1962 - Rod Laver d. Marty Mulligan 6-4 3-6 2-6 10-8 6-2 - Saved 1 MP (QF)
1934 - Gottfried von Cramm d. Jack Crawford 6-4 7-9 3-6 7-5 6-3 - Saved 1 MP (F)
1927 - Rene Lacoste d. Bill Tilden 6-4 4-6 5-7 6-3 11-9 - Saved 2 MP's (F)
Wimbledon
1960 - Neale Fraser d. Earl Buchholz 4-6 6-3 4-6 15-15 ret. - Saved 6 MP's (QF)
1949 - Ted Schroeder d. Frank Sedgman 3-6 6-8 6-3 6-2 9-7 - Saved 2 MP's (QF)
1948 - Bob Falkenburg d. John Bromwich 7-5 0-6 6-2 3-6 7-5 - Saved 3 MP's (F)
1927 - Henri Cochet d. Jean Borotra 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5 - Saved 6 MP's (F)
1921 - Bill Tilden d. Brian Norton 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-0 7-5 - Saved 2 MP's (F) *
1901 - Arthur Gore d. George Hillyard 6-1 2-6 4-6 8-6 6-2 - Saved 1 MP (QF) *
1895 - Wilfred Baddeley d. Wilberforce Eaves 4-6 2-6 8-6 6-2 6-3 - Saved 1 MP (A-F) *
1889 - William Renshaw d. Harry Barlow 3-6 5-7 8-6 10-8 8-6 - Saved 6 MP's (A-F) *
US Open
2003 - Andy Roddick d. David Nalbandian 6-7(4) 3-6 7-6(7) 6-1 6-3 - Saved 1 MP (SF)
1996 - Pete Sampras d. Alex Corretja 7-6(5) 5-7 5-7 6-4 7-6(7) - Saved 1 MP (QF)
1989 - Boris Becker d. Derrick Rostagno 1-6 6-7(1) 6-3 7-6(6) 6-3 - Saved 1 MP (2R)
1975 - Manuel Orantes d. Guillermo Vilas 4-6 1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4 - Saved 5 MP's (SF)
1936 - Fred Perry d. Don Budge 2-6 6-2 8-6 1-6 10-8 - Saved 2 MP's (F)
1932 - Ellsworth Vines d. Cliff Sutter 4-6 8-10 12-10 10-8 6-1 - Saved 4 MP's (SF)
1906 - William Clothier d. Fred Alexander 8-6 6-2 4-6 1-6 7-5 - Saved 3 MP's (QF) *
* A-F = All-comers Final. Up until 1921, the defending Wimbledon champion automatically qualified for the next year's final (then known as the challenge round).
A similar system was used in the US Open between 1884 and 1911.
Odds and Ends:
- Wilfred Baddeley had to play only two matches in Wimbledon 1895 en route to the title (he had one bye and three walkovers) – I believe it’s some kind of a GS record, excluding title defenders having to play only the “Challenge Round”.
- In Wimbledon 1927, Henri Cochet came back from two sets down in each of his last three matches.
- Guillermo Coria and Brian Norton are the only two men to have had match points in a Grand Slam final that had never won a Grand Slam title.