Tennis is one of the most popular sports in Germany with more than five million active players.
[1] All statistics below are based on the data from the ATP and the WTA in the Open Era (since 1968).
Germany won the 5th most Single Grand Slam titles and is among the 10 most successful nations regarding all Grand Slam titles combined (singles, doubles and mixed).
German female tennis players won the 2nd most single titles on the WTA Tour while German male tennis players have won the 7nd most singles titles on the ATP Tour.
[2][3] Single Grand Slam champions from Germany before the Open Era were Gottfried von Cramm, who became the first non American, British, Australian or French player to win a singles slam title at the 1934 French Open,[4] Henner Henkel, Cilly Aussem and Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, with von Cramm and Krahwinkel Sperling becoming world number 1.