10 oldest male players to win a Grand Slam

#9 John Newcombe (Australia)

Australian John Newcombe beat World No. 1 Jimmy Connors in the Australian Open final in 1975 at the age of 30 years, 7 months and 9 days to make it to this list at 9th place.

Newcombe beat Connors with the following score-line: 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(9-7).

#8 Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Making it to the list of oldest players to have won a Grand Slam, 17-time champion Roger Federer comes in at No. 8.

In 2012 Federer beat Murray at the age of 30 years and 11 months, to win his 17th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, a competition which he had won six times before this. Federer beat Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.

#7 Jimmy Connors (United States of America)

In the 1983 finals of the US Open, 3rd-ranked Jimmy Connors defeated 2nd-placed Czechoslovakian star Ivan Lendl to become the 7th oldest person to have won a Major title.

At that time Connors age was 31 years and 9 days old. He won the match 6-3, 6-7(2-7), 7-5, 6-0.

#6 Pete Sampras (United State of America)

When Pete Sampras beat compatriot Andre Agassi in the 2002 US Open final for his 14th Major, he also made another record. He became the sixth oldest person to have won a Grand Slam title at the age of 31 years and 27 days.

Sampras won the final with the score line 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

#5 Rod Laver (Australia)

#4 Arthur Ashe (United States of America)

Arthur Ashe beat top-ranked Jimmy Connors in the 1975 Wimbledon finals. Ashe was 31 years, 11 months and 25 days old at the time of the match.

The score line read: 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.

#3 Andre Agassi (United States of America)

In 2003, Andre Agassi beat 31st-ranked Rainer Schuttler in the Australian Open final to earn another place in the record books as one of the oldest players to have won a Major. He was aged 32 years, 8 months and 28 days at the time.

Agassi won the match in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.

#2 Andres Gimeno (Spain)

Andres Gimeno won the French Open title in 1972, when his age was 34 years, 10 months and 1 day. Grimeno who was 6th ranked at that time, and he beat the 9th-ranked Patrick Proisy.

Gimeno won the final by the scoreline 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1.

#1 Ken Rosewall (Australia)

When Ken Rosewall beat Malcolm Anderson in the Australian Open finals of 1972, he etched his name in the history books to become the oldest Grand Slam winner in the Open era.

Ken won the match in straight sets 7-6(7-2), 6-3, 7-5. He was 37 years, 2 months and 1 day old at that time.