Players real slam tally

The Australian open is considered the mickey mouse of the slams. It has the least tradition and history of all the slams. Before the 1990s, top players would skip it. Says it all. Agassi didn't play the AO until 1995! Quite frankly it is the least important of the slams. Many players like Borg, JMac, Connors, etc would skip it every year. In the late 70s and early 80s, the YEC or WTF was more important than the AO. Bottom line, the Australian Open is an inferior slam. Take the AO out and these would be the real slam tallies:

Federer 13
Sampras 12
Borg 11

Nadal 10
Tilden 10

Laver 8

McEnroe 7
Connors 7
Lacoste 7
Cochet 7
Perry 7

Emerson 6
Lendl 6

Budge 5
Newcombe 5
Trabert 5

Kuerten 3

Becker 4
Edberg 4
Wilander 4
Agassi 4
Rosewall 4
Parker 4
Santana 4


Other 'selected' Open era;

Hewitt 2
Djokovic 2
Courier 2
Rafter 2
Bruguera 2