The biggest one-hit wonders in men's tennis

Tennis is a cruel sport. Some players spend their entire careers tearing themselves apart, only to have one day of Grand Slam glory. Here are some of the biggest names and biggest surprises in the history of tennis who have won just one Grand Slam.

The name Andrés Gómez probably doesn't ring a bell with young tennis fans, but the Ecuadorian was crowned champion of the French Open in 1990. In other Grand Slams, however, he never progressed beyond the quarter-finals.

1980 was the year of Brian Teacher. The American won the Australian Open in singles, by far the best result of his otherwise relatively modest Grand Slam career.

Gaston Gaudio is a hero in his native Argentina ever since he won the French Open in 2004. Apart from that triumph, Gaudio's best Grand Slam result was a fourth round, also in Paris.

From Argentina to Sweden, where Thomas Johansson made local history by winning the 2002 Australian Open, the only major on his record.

In 2014, Marin Čilić enjoyed the highlight of his career so far when he won the US Open. The Croatian went on to play in two Grand Slam finals after that, but found himself on the losing side each time.

Another Argentinian tennis legend, Juan Martín del Potro came out on top at the 2009 US Open, the only Grand Slam triumph of his rather impressive career.

Richard Krajicek is still regarded as a hero in his native Netherlands, following his title triumph at Wimbledon in 1996.

Perhaps one of the biggest names on this list, Andy Roddick has only won one Grand Slam in his career, despite his impressive serve and the four other Grand Slam finals he played in.

Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero has also won just one Grand Slam title, at the French Open in 2003.

The youngest player to win a Grand Slam tournament at just 17 years and 109 days of age, Michael Chang made history in 1989 by beating Ivan Ledl, then world number one.

Spain has always had excellent clay-court players, and Albert Costa confirmed this in 2002 by winning the French Open, beating his compatriot Juan Carlos Ferrero.

French hero Yannick Noah caused a sensation in front of his home crowd in 1983 by winning the French Open title, the greatest triumph of his career.

Austrian Dominic Thiem is one of the best players of his generation, but that only translated into one Grand Slam victory at the 2020 US Open.

Pat Cash was on top of the world in 1987 after winning Wimbledon, but he was unable to add another major tournament to his record.

Carlos Moyá reached world number one in 1999, one year after winning the only Grand Slam tournament of his career.

While Moyá excelled on clay, Goran Ivanišević was destined to shine on grass at Wimbledon, which he did in 2001, winning the title in London after losing three previous finals.

Czech Petr Korda was in his prime at the end of the 1990s, winning the Australian Open and reaching a career-high ranking of No. 2 in the world.

The second Austrian on this list, Thomas Muster was ranked number one in the world in 1996, a year after his only Grand Slam victory at Roland Garros.

Michael Stich played three Grand Slam finals in his career, only one of which he managed to win.

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