17 years later, Del Potro remains the last non-European Grand Slam winner

There was a time when men's Grand Slam tennis had champions from across the globe. Australia, the United States, Argentina and South Africa all produced major winners, adding different styles and stories to the sport's biggest tournaments. But the landscape has changed dramatically.Juan Martin del Potro's historic 2009 US Open triumph remains the last time a non-European man won a Grand Slam singles title. The Argentine defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in a five-set final at Flushing Meadows, producing one of the biggest upsets of his career. More than 17 years later, that victory still stands as the most recent men's singles Grand Slam title won by a player from outside Europe.Since then, the men's Grand Slam scene has been dominated almost entirely by European stars.