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2023 French Open

2023 French Open (Roland-Garros), clay Grand Slam in Paris, 28 May–11 June 2023. Novak Djokovic beat Casper Ruud for a record 23rd major; Iga Swiatek beat Karolina Muchova for her third title; record 633,222 attendance.

2023 French Open – Men's singles

2023 French Open men's singles (Roland-Garros, 28 May–11 June 2023): Novak Djokovic beat Casper Ruud 7-6(1), 6-3, 7-5 in the final for a record 23rd Grand Slam title; he earlier defeated a cramping Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals.

2023 French Open – Women's singles

2023 French Open women's singles (Roland-Garros): Iga Swiatek beat Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 on 10 June 2023 for her third Paris title and fourth major, first back-to-back there since Henin 2007.

2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships

2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships (PCCC), second edition, Kelowna, Canada, 29 Oct-4 Nov 2023; Canada men (Gushue) and Korea women won; qualifier for 2024 world championships.

2023 PDC Pro Tour

The 2023 PDC Pro Tour was the Professional Darts Corporation's set of 2023 ranking tournaments: 30 Players Championship events and 13 European Tour events with £5,275,000 in prize money.

2023 PDC World Darts Championship

2023 PDC World Darts Championship (2022/23 Cazoo World Darts Championship): Michael Smith beat Michael van Gerwen 7-4 in the 3 January 2023 final at Alexandra Palace for his first world title, hitting a nine-dart finish in a leg where both players threw for perfection.

2023 Premier League Darts

2023 Premier League Darts: 19th PDC edition, February 2 to May 25, 2023, eight players in nightly knockouts. Michael van Gerwen beat Gerwyn Price 11-5 at The O2 for a record seventh title.

2023 Ryder Cup

2023 Ryder Cup, 44th edition at Marco Simone, Rome, Italy. Europe, captained by Luke Donald, beat Zach Johnson's United States 16½–11½, sweeping Friday foursomes 4–0; first Italian hosting, €262 million economic impact.

2023 US Open – Men's singles

2023 US Open men's singles: Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 in the final for his 24th Grand Slam title, tying Margaret Court, his fourth US Open crown, and the oldest Open Era US Open championship.

2023 US Open – Women's singles

2023 US Open women's singles: Coco Gauff (seed 6) won her first Grand Slam, beating Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the September 9, 2023 final; defending champion Iga Swiatek lost the quarterfinal to Ostapenko.

2023 US Open (tennis)

2023 US Open tennis Grand Slam, Aug 28-Sep 10 at Flushing Meadows, New York. Djokovic beat Medvedev for a 24th major; Gauff beat Sabalenka for her first; record 957,387 attendance.

2023 Wimbledon Championships

2023 Wimbledon Championships, 136th edition, 3–16 July 2023, London. Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic for the men's title; Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded women's champion; record £44.7m prize money.

2023 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

2023 Wimbledon men's singles: Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in 4h42m for his first Wimbledon title, ending Djokovic's 34-match streak and bids for an eighth title and 24th major.

2023 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

2023 Wimbledon women's singles: unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova, world No. 42, beat sixth seed Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 in the July 15, 2023 final, becoming the first unseeded Wimbledon women's champion; Jabeur fell to 0-3 in major finals.

2023 WTA Tour

2023 WTA Tour (Hologic WTA Tour): the WTA's 50th-anniversary season, United Cup debut to WTA Finals Cancun; 39 singles champions, Swiatek's six titles and year-end No. 1, calendar reform and equal-pay roadmap.

2024 ATP Finals – Singles

2024 Nitto ATP Finals – Singles: year-end men's tennis championship, 10–17 November 2024, Inalpi Arena, Turin. Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-4 for his first title, first Italian champion, $15.25M record prize money.

2024 Australian Open

The 2024 Australian Open (14–28 January, Melbourne Park) was the first 15-day Grand Slam. Jannik Sinner won his maiden men's title over Medvedev; Sabalenka defended; record 1,020,763 attendance and A$86.5 million purse.

2024 Australian Open – Men's singles

Jannik Sinner won the 2024 Australian Open men's singles, coming back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev for his first Grand Slam title.

2024 Australian Open – Women's singles

2024 Australian Open women's singles: Aryna Sabalenka defended her title, beating Zheng Qinwen 6-3 6-2 in the final; she won every match in straight sets without dropping one.

2024 Davis Cup

2024 Davis Cup, 112th edition of the ITF men's team tennis championship. Italy beat the Netherlands 2-0 in the Málaga Final 8 final on 24 November 2024 for a second straight title; Sinner clinched over Griekspoor.

2024 French Open

The 2024 French Open (Roland Garros), held May 26–June 9 in Paris, was won by Carlos Alcaraz over Alexander Zverev and Iga Swiatek over Jasmine Paolini; Nadal lost in round one and Djokovic withdrew.

2024 French Open – Men's singles

2024 French Open men's singles (Roland Garros): Carlos Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 in the June 9, 2024 final for his first French Open title, becoming the youngest man to win majors on all three surfaces.

2024 French Open – Women's doubles

2024 French Open women's doubles: fifth seeds Coco Gauff and Katerina Siniakova beat Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini 7-6(5), 6-3 in the June 9, 2024 final, a last-minute pairing giving Gauff her first and Siniakova her eighth Grand Slam doubles title.

2024 French Open – Women's singles

2024 French Open women's singles (Roland Garros, 26 May-9 June 2024): Iga Swiatek beat Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 in the final for a third straight title and fourth overall, saving a match point against Osaka en route.

2024 in darts

2024 in darts saw Luke Humphries beat Luke Littler 7-4 for the world title, then win the World Matchplay, while Littler took the Premier League and Grand Slam.

2024 Masters Tournament

2024 Masters Tournament (88th Masters), April 11-14 at Augusta National; winner Scottie Scheffler, second green jacket, four strokes over Ludvig Åberg; Neal Shipley low amateur.

2024 PDC World Darts Championship

2024 PDC World Darts Championship (2023/24 Paddy Power World Darts Championship), held at Alexandra Palace, London, 15 December 2023 to 3 January 2024; Luke Humphries beat 16-year-old debutant Luke Littler 7-4 in the final, a record 4.8m Sky Sports audience, £500,000 top prize, 96 players.

2024 PGA Championship

2024 PGA Championship, 106th edition, May 16-19 at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville. Xander Schauffele won his first major at 21-under 263, the lowest 72-hole score in major history, one stroke over Bryson DeChambeau; Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday.

2024 Solheim Cup

2024 Solheim Cup, 19th edition, September 13-15 at Robert Trent Jones GC, Gainesville, Virginia. USA beat Europe 15.5-12.5 for its first win since 2017; Lilia Vu clinched the winning putt.

2024 U.S. Open (golf)

2024 U.S. Open (124th edition, June 13-16, Pinehurst No. 2): Bryson DeChambeau won his second title at 274, one stroke over Rory McIlroy, holing a bunker par putt on 18; $21.5 million purse.