7 teenagers to have won a Grand Slam title in the Open Era

#3 Mats Wilander: 17 years 288 days (1982 French Open)

Mats Wilander makes his Grand Slam breakthrough at the 1982 French Open

Making his third Grand Slam main draw appearance, and first at the French Open in 1982, Mats Wilander carried forward the rich Swedish legacy by becoming the first player from his country after Bjorn Borg to win the claycourt Major.

Beset by the seemingly untimely retirement of four-time champion Borg and the withdrawal of World No. 1 John McEnroe, Wilander provided the spark the tournament craved for.

The 17-year-old Swede dropped a set in his first three rounds before being stretched to five by second seed Ivan Lendl in the fourth round. Wilander then took out the fifth, fourth, and third seeds in Vitas Gerulaitis, Jose Luis Clerc and Guillermo Vilas respectively, all for the loss of a set apiece, to land his first career singles title.

In the final against Vilas, Wilander won just one game in the opening set before drawing parity by taking the second set on a tiebreaker. Thereafter, Wilander asserted his dominance against the left-handed Vilas, dropping four games over the next two sets to become the first player in the Open Era to win Roland Garros on debut.

In the process, Wilander became the youngest player to lift the title at the claycourt Major and the first teenager to do so since Borg's triumph in 1974.

Wilander's triumph at the 1983 Australian Open made the Swede the second player in the Open era, and the second from the Scandinavian nation to win multiple Grand Slam titles as a teenager.