LSC

LINEAL SPORT CHAMPIONSHIP Tennis

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Since 1968 · Open Era lineage

Men's Lineal Tennis Championship

An unofficial match-by-match lineal championship history.

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Current Holder

Jannik Sinner

Won on 12 July 2026

def. Alexander Zverev · Wimbledon F · 6–7(7), 7–6(2), 6–3, 6–4

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Days held

Since 12 Jul 2026

Defences

No successful defence yet
at the 18 Sep 2026 checkpoint

TBD

Next match

No verified next defence yet

At a glance

1,610

Title changes

425

Holders

4,072

Successful defences

5,682

Played title matches

Last 6 title changes

12 July 2026

Wimbledon · F

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Alexander Zverev

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Jannik Sinner

Sinner def. Zverev6–7(7) 7–6(2) 6–3 6–4

10 July 2026

Wimbledon · SF

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Arthur Fery

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Alexander Zverev

Zverev def. Fery7–6(0) 6–2 6–4

4 July 2026

Wimbledon · R32

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Zizou Bergs

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Arthur Fery

Fery def. Bergs2–6 7–5 2–6 7–6(3) 7–6(5)

28 June 2026

Eastbourne · F

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Ugo Humbert

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Zizou Bergs

Bergs def. Humbert3–6 6–1 6–4

25 June 2026

Eastbourne · QF

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Quentin Halys

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Ugo Humbert

Humbert def. Halys6–3 6–4

24 June 2026

Eastbourne · R16

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Giles Hussey

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Quentin Halys

Halys def. Hussey6–1 7–5

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Leaderboard

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By court surface

Surface performance

Hard

751 title changes · 1,853 defences

Clay

400 title changes · 1,138 defences

Grass

168 title changes · 426 defences

Carpet

290 title changes · 655 defences

Metric

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Successful defences

425 holders

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How the lineage is built

Methodology

This page reconstructs an unofficial match-by-match men’s lineal tennis championship from the start of the Open Era. The championship does not follow tournament winners: it follows the holder. Every eligible official singles match played by the reigning holder can either extend the reign or transfer the title.

Scope

Starting pointKen Rosewall, 27 April 1968, at Bournemouth. The lineage proceeds chronologically from there, match by match.

Eligible competitionGrand Slams; ATP main-tour events and historical equivalents; Olympics; Davis Cup; ATP Finals; recognised official top-level singles competition; and historical premier professional circuits or events.

ExcludedQualifying; lower ITF / Challenger / Futures-level competition; doubles, mixed doubles and juniors; unofficial exhibitions; standalone touring or one-night professional matches unless part of a formal recognised competition or league; World Team Tennis; and Laver Cup.

What counts

Title transferThe title changes whenever the reigning holder loses an eligible completed singles match. It does not wait for the tournament final.

Successful defenceAn eligible match actually played and officially won by the holder counts as one successful defence.

WalkoverA walkover before play begins is not a title match. There is no transfer and no defence.

Retirement after play startsThe official winner decides the title. If the holder loses by retirement after play has begun, the championship transfers.

Chronology and dates

Match dateThe actual match or completion date governs chronology. A tournament start date is never substituted for the match date.

Date precisionWhere an exact individual match day cannot be established, the record is labelled as reconstructed or tournament-order-only rather than assigning an invented exact date.

Same-day transfersBecause the lineage is match by match, more than one transfer can occur on the same calendar day. Zero-day reigns are therefore possible and are retained in the record.

OrderingWhen multiple title matches occur within an event, draw order, round chronology and dated match evidence are used to preserve the sequence of the lineage.

Special cases and audit

Retirement successionIf a reigning holder officially retires and never plays another eligible official singles match, the title passes the day after the retirement announcement to the most recent player who had beaten him in eligible official singles.

DormancyInjury, suspension, hiatus or simple inactivity does not strip the title.

SourcesMatch-level source references and date-status notes are retained in the research dataset. Exact dates are preferred; reconstructed chronology is explicitly labelled rather than presented as exact.

CountingTransfers and successful defences together make up played title matches. A succession caused by retirement is a lineage transfer but not a played match.

Country / tennis representation

Holder flags are identification metadata rather than a claim about legal nationality at the date of every match. The 425-holder lookup is based primarily on the Jeff Sackmann archive; later gaps were cross-checked against official ATP player profiles. The Sackmann country field is canonical player metadata and should not be read as a match-date nationality history. Where an official ATP profile records a later representation change, the holder-level display uses that latest verified representation. Historical state codes are retained rather than silently reassigned to modern countries; where no modern Unicode flag exists, the historical code itself is shown. Sackmann archive mirror · ATP player profiles.