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Grand Slam Defending Champions - Open Era |
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| Year | Event | Defending Champion | Result | Final Opponent |
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| 1969 | Roland Garros | Ken Rosewall | F | Rod Laver |
| 1969 | Wimbledon | Rod Laver | WON | John Newcombe |
| 1969 | US Open | Arthur Ashe | SF | Rod Laver |
| 1970 | Australian | Rod Laver | DNP | N/A |
| 1970 | Roland Garros | Rod Laver | DNP | N/A |
| 1970 | Wimbledon | Rod Laver | R16 | Roger Taylor |
| 1970 | US Open | Rod Laver | R16 | Dennis Ralston |
| 1971 | Australian | Arthur Ashe | F | Ken Rosewall |
| 1971 | Roland Garros | Jan Kodes | WON | Ilie Nastase |
| 1971 | Wimbledon | John Newcombe | WON | Stan Smith |
| 1971 | US Open | Ken Rosewall | DNP | N/A |
| 1972 | Australian | Ken Rosewall | WON | Mal Anderson |
| 1972 | Roland Garros | Jan Kodes | QF | Patrick Proisy |
| 1972 | Wimbledon | John Newcombe | DNP | N/A |
| 1972 | US Open | Stan Smith | QF | Arthur Ashe |
| 1973 | Australian | Ken Rosewall | R32 | Karl Meiler |
| 1973 | Roland Garros | Andres Gimeno | R64 | Guillermo Vilas |
| 1973 | Wimbledon | Stan Smith | DNP | N/A |
| 1973 | US Open | Ilie Nastase | R64 | Andrew Pattison |
| 1974 | Australian | John Newcombe | QF | Ross Case |
| 1974 | Roland Garros | Ilie Nastase | QF | Harold Solomon |
| 1974 | Wimbledon | Jan Kodes | QF | Jimmy Connors |
| 1974 | US Open | John Newcombe | SF | Ken Rosewall |
| 1975 | Australian | Jimmy Connors | F | John Newcombe |
| 1975 | Roland Garros | Bjorn Borg | WON | Guillermo Vilas |
| 1975 | Wimbledon | Jimmy Connors | F | Arthur Ashe |
| 1975 | US Open | Jimmy Connors | F | Manuel Orantes |
| 1976 | Australian | John Newcombe | F | Mark Edmondson |
| 1976 | Roland Garros | Bjorn Borg | QF | Adriano Panatta |
| 1976 | Wimbledon | Arthur Ashe | R16 | Vitas Gerulaitis |
| 1976 | US Open | Manuel Orantes | QF | Bjorn Borg |
| 1977 | Australian (J) | Mark Edmondson | QF | Ken Rosewall |
| 1977 | Roland Garros | Adriano Panatta | QF | Raul Ramirez |
| 1977 | Wimbledon | Bjorn Borg | WON | Jimmy Connors |
| 1977 | US Open | Jimmy Connors | F | Guillermo Vilas |
| 1977 | Australian (D) | Roscoe Tanner | R64 | Chris Lewis |
| 1978 | Roland Garros | Guillermo Vilas | F | Bjorn Borg |
| 1978 | Wimbledon | Bjorn Borg | WON | Jimmy Connors |
| 1978 | US Open | Guillermo Vilas | R16 | Butch Walts |
| 1978 | Australian | Vitas Gerulaitis | DNP | N/A |
| 1979 | Roland Garros | Bjorn Borg | WON | Victor Pecci |
| 1979 | Wimbledon | Bjorn Borg | WON | Roscoe Tanner |
| 1979 | US Open | Jimmy Connors | SF | John McEnroe |
| 1979 | Australian | Guillermo Vilas | WON | John Sadri |
| 1980 | Roland Garros | Bjorn Borg | WON | Vitas Gerulaitis |
| 1980 | Wimbledon | Bjorn Borg | WON | John McEnroe |
| 1980 | US Open | John McEnroe | WON | Bjorn Borg |
| 1980 | Australian | Guillermo Vilas | SF | Kim Warwick |
| 1981 | Roland Garros | Bjorn Borg | WON | Ivan Lendl |
| 1981 | Wimbledon | Bjorn Borg | F | John McEnroe |
| 1981 | US Open | John McEnroe | WON | Bjorn Borg |
| 1981 | Australian | Brian Teacher | DNP | N/A |
| 1982 | Roland Garros | Bjorn Borg | DNP | N/A |
| 1982 | Wimbledon | John McEnroe | F | Jimmy Connors |
| 1982 | US Open | John McEnroe | SF | Ivan Lendl |
| 1982 | Australian | Johan Kriek | WON | Steve Denton |
| 1983 | Roland Garros | Mats Wilander | F | Yannick Noah |
| 1983 | Wimbledon | Jimmy Connors | R16 | Kevin Curren |
| 1983 | US Open | Jimmy Connors | WON | Ivan Lendl |
| 1983 | Australian | Johan Kriek | QF | Mats Wilander |
| 1984 | Roland Garros | Yannick Noah | QF | Mats Wilander |
| 1984 | Wimbledon | John McEnroe | WON | Jimmy Connors |
| 1984 | US Open | Jimmy Connors | SF | John McEnroe |
| 1984 | Australian | Mats Wilander | WON | Kevin Curren |
| 1985 | Roland Garros | Ivan Lendl | F | Mats Wilander |
| 1985 | Wimbledon | John McEnroe | QF | Kevin Curren |
| 1985 | US Open | John McEnroe | F | Ivan Lendl |
| 1985 | Australian | Mats Wilander | F | Stefan Edberg |
| 1986 | Roland Garros | Mats Wilander | R32 | Andrei Chesnokov |
| 1986 | Wimbledon | Boris Becker | WON | Ivan Lendl |
| 1986 | US Open | Ivan Lendl | WON | Miloslav Mecir |
| 1987 | Australian | Stefan Edberg | WON | Pat Cash |
| 1987 | Roland Garros | Ivan Lendl | WON | Mats Wilander |
| 1987 | Wimbledon | Boris Becker | R64 | Peter Doohan |
| 1987 | US Open | Ivan Lendl | WON | Mats Wilander |
| 1988 | Australian | Stefan Edberg | SF | Mats Wilander |
| 1988 | Roland Garros | Ivan Lendl | QF | Jonas Svensson |
| 1988 | Wimbledon | Pat Cash | QF | Boris Becker |
| 1988 | US Open | Ivan Lendl | F | Mats Wilander |
| 1989 | Australian | Mats Wilander | R64 | Ramesh Krishnan |
| 1989 | Roland Garros | Mats Wilander | QF | Andrei Chesnokov |
| 1989 | Wimbledon | Stefan Edberg | F | Boris Becker |
| 1989 | US Open | Mats Wilander | R64 | Pete Sampras |
| 1990 | Australian | Ivan Lendl | WON | Stefan Edberg |
| 1990 | Roland Garros | Michael Chang | QF | Andre Agassi |
| 1990 | Wimbledon | Boris Becker | F | Stefan Edberg |
| 1990 | US Open | Boris Becker | SF | Andre Agassi |
| 1991 | Australian | Ivan Lendl | F | Boris Becker |
| 1991 | Roland Garros | Andres Gomez | DNP | N/A |
| 1991 | Wimbledon | Stefan Edberg | SF | Michael Stich |
| 1991 | US Open | Pete Sampras | QF | Jim Courier |
| 1992 | Australian | Boris Becker | R32 | John McEnroe |
| 1992 | Roland Garros | Jim Courier | WON | Petr Korda |
| 1992 | Wimbledon | Michael Stich | QF | Pete Sampras |
| 1992 | US Open | Stefan Edberg | WON | Pete Sampras |
| 1993 | Australian | Jim Courier | WON | Stefan Edberg |
| 1993 | Roland Garros | Jim Courier | F | Sergi Bruguera |
| 1993 | Wimbledon | Andre Agassi | QF | Pete Sampras |
| 1993 | US Open | Stefan Edberg | R64 | Karel Novacek |
| 1994 | Australian | Jim Courier | SF | Pete Sampras |
| 1994 | Roland Garros | Sergi Bruguera | WON | Alberto Berasategui |
| 1994 | Wimbledon | Pete Sampras | WON | Goran Ivanisevic |
| 1994 | US Open | Pete Sampras | R16 | Jaime Yzaga |
| 1995 | Australian | Pete Sampras | F | Andre Agassi |
| 1995 | Roland Garros | Sergi Bruguera | SF | Michael Chang |
| 1995 | Wimbledon | Pete Sampras | WON | Boris Becker |
| 1995 | US Open | Andre Agassi | F | Pete Sampras |
| 1996 | Australian | Andre Agassi | SF | Michael Chang |
| 1996 | Roland Garros | Thomas Muster | R16 | Michael Stich |
| 1996 | Wimbledon | Pete Sampras | QF | Richard Krajicek |
| 1996 | US Open | Pete Sampras | WON | Michael Chang |
| 1997 | Australian | Boris Becker | R128 | Carlos Moya |
| 1997 | Roland Garros | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | QF | Gustavo Kuerten |
| 1997 | Wimbledon | Richard Krajicek | R16 | Tim Henman |
| 1997 | US Open | Pete Sampras | R16 | Petr Korda |
| 1998 | Australian | Pete Sampras | QF | Karol Kucera |
| 1998 | Roland Garros | Gustavo Kuerten | R64 | Marat Safin |
| 1998 | Wimbledon | Pete Sampras | WON | Goran Ivanisevic |
| 1998 | US Open | Patrick Rafter | WON | Mark Philippoussis |
| 1999 | Australian | Petr Korda | R32 | Todd Martin |
| 1999 | Roland Garros | Carlos Moya | R16 | Andre Agassi |
| 1999 | Wimbledon | Pete Sampras | WON | Andre Agassi |
| 1999 | US Open | Patrick Rafter | R128 | Cedric Pioline |
| 2000 | Australian | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | F | Andre Agassi |
| 2000 | Roland Garros | Andre Agassi | R64 | Karol Kucera |
| 2000 | Wimbledon | Pete Sampras | WON | Patrick Rafter |
| 2000 | US Open | Andre Agassi | R64 | Arnaud Clement |
| 2001 | Australian | Andre Agassi | WON | Arnaud Clement |
| 2001 | Roland Garros | Gustavo Kuerten | WON | Alex Corretja |
| 2001 | Wimbledon | Pete Sampras | R16 | Roger Federer |
| 2001 | US Open | Marat Safin | SF | Pete Sampras |
| 2002 | Australian | Andre Agassi | DNP | N/A |
| 2002 | Roland Garros | Gustavo Kuerten | R16 | Albert Costa |
| 2002 | Wimbledon | Goran Ivanisevic | DNP | N/A |
| 2002 | US Open | Lleyton Hewitt | SF | Andre Agassi |
| 2003 | Australian | Thomas Johansson | DNP | N/A |
| 2003 | Roland Garros | Albert Costa | SF | Juan Carlos Ferrero |
| 2003 | Wimbledon | Lleyton Hewitt | R128 | Ivo Karlovic |
| 2003 | US Open | Pete Sampras | DNP | N/A |
| 2004 | Australian | Andre Agassi | SF | Marat Safin |
| 2004 | Roland Garros | Juan Carlos Ferrero | R64 | Igor Andreev |
| 2004 | Wimbledon | Roger Federer | WON | Andy Roddick |
| 2004 | US Open | Andy Roddick | QF | Joachim Johansson |
| 2005 | Australian | Roger Federer | SF | Marat Safin |
| 2005 | Roland Garros | Gaston Gaudio | R16 | David Ferrer |
| 2005 | Wimbledon | Roger Federer | WON | Andy Roddick |
| 2005 | US Open | Roger Federer | WON | Andre Agassi |
| 2006 | Australian | Marat Safin | DNP | N/A |
| 2006 | Roland Garros | Rafael Nadal | WON | Roger Federer |
| 2006 | Wimbledon | Roger Federer | WON | Rafael Nadal |
| 2006 | US Open | Roger Federer | WON | Andy Roddick |
| 2007 | Australian | Roger Federer | WON | Fernando Gonzalez |
| 2007 | Roland Garros | Rafael Nadal | WON | Roger Federer |
| 2007 | Wimbledon | Roger Federer | WON | Rafael Nadal |
| 2007 | US Open | Roger Federer | WON | Novak Djokovic |
| 2008 | Australian | Roger Federer | SF | Novak Djokovic |
| 2008 | Roland Garros | Rafael Nadal | WON | Roger Federer |
| 2008 | Wimbledon | Roger Federer | F | Rafael Nadal |
| 2008 | US Open | Roger Federer | WON | Andy Murray |
| 2009 | Australian | Novak Djokovic | QF | Andy Roddick |
| 2009 | Roland Garros | Rafael Nadal | R16 | Robin Soderling |
| 2009 | Wimbledon | Rafael Nadal | DNP | N/A |
| 2009 | US Open | Roger Federer | F | Juan Martin Del Potro |
| 2010 | Australian | Rafael Nadal | QF | Andy Murray |
| 2010 | Roland Garros | Roger Federer | QF | Robin Soderling |
| 2010 | Wimbledon | Roger Federer | QF | Tomas Berdych |
| 2010 | US Open | Juan Martin Del Potro | DNP | N/A |
| 2011 | Australian | Roger Federer | SF | Novak Djokovic |
| 2011 | Roland Garros | Rafael Nadal | WON | Roger Federer |
| 2011 | Wimbledon | Rafael Nadal | F | Novak Djokovic |
| 2011 | US Open | Rafael Nadal | F | Novak Djokovic |
| 2012 | Australian | Novak Djokovic | WON | Rafael Nadal |
| 2012 | Roland Garros | Rafael Nadal | WON | Novak Djokovic |
| 2012 | Wimbledon | Novak Djokovic | SF | Roger Federer |
| 2012 | US Open | Novak Djokovic | F | Andy Murray |
| 2013 | Australian | Novak Djokovic | WON | Andy Murray |
| 2013 | Roland Garros | Rafael Nadal | WON | David Ferrer |
| 2013 | Wimbledon | Roger Federer | R64 | Sergiy Stakhovsky |
| 2013 | US Open | Andy Murray | QF | Stanislas Wawrinka |
| 2014 | Australian | Novak Djokovic | QF | Stanislas Wawrinka |
| 2014 | Roland Garros | Rafael Nadal | ||
| 2014 | Wimbledon | Andy Murray | ||
| 2014 | US Open | Rafael Nadal | ||
| 2015 | Australian | Stanislas Wawrinka |