Generational Rivalry: Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner evenly split four majors in back-to-back seasons

All week we’ve been highlighting stats from Serena Williams’ unparalleled career that will in all likelihood never be broken, including winning three majors from match point down, beating No. 1 and No. 2 at the same event eight times and—perhaps the most untouchable one—completing a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.

Our last one might be the most talked about one of all:

The women's Open Era Grand Slam record

Serena has won 23 Grand Slam titles in her career, which at the moment is more than any other woman or man in the Open Era—but with active men's players Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer currently right behind her at 22, 21 and 20, it’s possible she may not hang onto the “woman or man” part of that record.

MOST CAREER GRAND SLAM TITLES, MEN AND WOMEN, OPEN ERA:

23: Serena Williams
22: Steffi Graf
22: Rafael Nadal
21: Novak Djokovic
20: Roger Federer
18: Martina Navratilova
18: Chris Evert
14: Pete Sampras
11: Bjorn Borg
11: Margaret Court

But Serena may hang onto the Open Era women’s record for a long, long time, if not forever, given how far ahead she is of any other active women’s player:

MOST CAREER GRAND SLAM TITLES, ACTIVE WOMEN’S PLAYERS:

23: Serena Williams
7: Venus Williams
4: Naomi Osaka
3: Angelique Kerber
2: Svetlana Kuznetsova
2: Petra Kvitova
2: Victoria Azarenka
2: Garbine Muguruza
2: Simona Halep
2: Iga Swiatek

Serena will kick off what could be her final Grand Slam tournament on Monday night as she takes on Montenegro's Danka Kovinic at the US Open.

And here are some more Serena records that may never be broken:

Serena captured her Open Era record 23rd career Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2017.

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