"Not even Tiger Woods did that": $40M-worth tennis player defeats 15X Major Champion’s record

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$40M-worth tennis player defeats 15X major champion’s record (Image via Imagn)

Tiger Woods is one of the most successful athletes of all time. Even though he has achieved massive success in golf, overshining other golfers, tennis is a sport that can have a one-to-one comparison with golf.

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Just like in golf, it's an individual sport with four "Major tournaments" a year. In tennis, they're the Grand Slam tournaments, and one tennis star just eclipsed Woods' impressive start to a career.

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With a thrilling victory over Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz notched his fifth Major win at the French Open. At just 22, Alcaraz now has more Major titles than Woods did at 22. The PGA Tour paid homage on social media to the $40 million star (via Celebrity Net Worth).

Alcaraz had to bounce back from three consecutive championship points to earn the win over Sinner, who'd been 20-0 in those situations leading into this match. It's akin to Woods having to match three consecutive birdies on a playoff hole at the PGA Championship, so it was impressive and gave Alcaraz a historic start to his career.

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Whether Alcaraz has the longevity to eclipse Woods' total of 15 Majors remains to be seen. In tennis, Novak Djokovic holds the record with 24 Grand Slam wins, so that may be another record Alcaraz has his eyes on.


What Majors did Tiger Woods win?

Tiger Woods' last Major win was in 2019. It was a stunning victory at the Masters Tournament in which he truly turned back the clock, defying age, poor health, and a lack of titles in the last several years.

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Tiger Woods has 15 Majors (Image via Imagn)
Tiger Woods has 15 Majors (Image via Imagn)

Before that win, Woods hadn't won a single tournament since the 2018 Tour Championship. That is far from his only title, though. Aside from 2019, Woods also won the 1997, 2001, 2002, and 2005 Masters. It's the event he's won the most.

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At the PGA Championship, Woods has won in 1999, 2000, 2006, and 2007. This is the tournament he's been the second most successful in. At the US Open and the Open Championship, Tiger Woods has three titles.

Tiger Woods won the US Open, which is next on the Major schedule in golf this weekend, in 2000, 2002, and 2008. He won the British Open in 2000, 2005, and 2006. Will he win another? That remains to be seen, but he has been unable to compete since the 2024 Open, where he missed the cut, due to a surgery he had prior to the Masters in 2025. He is also turning 50 this year.

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Edited by Hitesh Nigam
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