10 Players You Probably Forgot Reached a Major Final

Urvi Mehra highlights 10 tennis players who mounted surprising campaigns to reach Grand Slam singles finals despite eras often dominated by legendary figures. The retrospective focuses on memorable runs by players such as Dominika Cibulkova at the 2014 Australian Open, Sara Errani at the 2012 French Open, Eugenie Bouchard at Wimbledon in 2014, and Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon in 2022.

The feature also recalls Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Sabine Lisicki, Roberta Vinci, Marcos Baghdatis, Leylah Fernandez, and Robin Soderling. Each player produced historic upsets against top seeds before falling in their respective finals to eventual champions, including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova, Marion Bartoli, and Flavia Pennetta.