5 Men's Tennis Players Most Likely to Break Up Big Four's Run on Grand Slams

Merlisa Lawrence Corbett — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:01:33 -0400

The ATP's Big Four—Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray—have 35 Grand Slam titles among them.

Only four other players, other than those four, have won a slam since Federer won his first in 2003.

As Federer enters the waning stages of his career, now is the best chance for a fresh face to break the run the Big Four have on Grand Slams.

Will it be one of the young guns like Grigor Dimitrov or Milos Raonic? Or perhaps a hungry, slam-less veteran like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Tomas Berydch?

Winning a Grand Slam takes skills, persistence, mental toughness and sometimes a little luck.

Sometimes it takes a few failures in finals before the big breakthrough.

Rarely does a player burst onto the scene like then-unseeded 17-year-old Boris Becker and grab a Slam. If it happens again, fans will be stunned and delighted. However, most likely, the players who have the best chance of pushing past the Big Four are in the mix right now.

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5 Men's Tennis Players Most Likely to Break Up Big Four's Run on Grand Slams