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Is American men’s tennis in a good or bad state?

July 9, 2025

Is American men’s tennis in a good or bad state? Taylor Fritz (Keith Allison, Wikimedia Commons)

The state of American tennis has been completely different over the last two decades when you analyze major champions by gender. On the women’s side, Serena Williams of Saginaw, Michigan won 16 of her 23 major titles since 2005. Serena Williams is joined by a list of five other American women with a grand slam championship in the last 20 years. The others have been Venus Williams of Lynwood, California (Serena’s older sister), Sloane Stephens of Plantation, Florida, Sofia Kenin of Pembroke Pines, Florida, Coco Gauff of Atlanta, Georgia, and Madison Keys of Rock Island, Illinois. On the men’s side however, the last American grand slam champion was actually Andy Roddick of Omaha, Nebraska, who won the 2003 United States Open.

In men’s tennis, we all know about the incredible success of the Big Four (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray) and the recent success of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. One needs to ask, is a player only successful when they win a tournament? Can success be measured differently? This is the grey area when it comes to tennis.

Today during ESPN’s Wimbledon’s coverage, it was noted that this was the fifth straight major that there were two American men in the men’s singles quarterfinals. Taylor Fritz of Rancho Santa Fe, California is in the semifinals after beating Karen Khachanov of Russia 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 on Tuesday. He is joined at Wimbledon this year by Ben Shelton of Atlanta, who is facing Jannik Sinner of Italy in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

At last year’s Wimbledon, Fritz and Tommy Paul of Voorhees Township, New Jersey were in the quarterfinals. They were followed by Fritz and Frances Tiafoe of Hyattsville, Maryland at the 2024 United States Open, Shelton and Paul at the 2025 Australian Open, and Paul and Tiafoe at the 2025 French Open. None of the American tennis players mentioned in this paragraph won the title. The question is can you be successful when you just reach a quarterfinals, or are you only successful if you win a title? That is where the uncertainty lies, and the word “successful” becomes very subjective rather than objective. Is American tennis in a good or bad state? Well that is up for debate, and there is no right or wrong answer.


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