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Tennis players with most titles in the Open Era

Summary

This article lists the tennis players who have won the most tour-level professional tournament titles since the Open Era began in 1968. Titles can be any combination of singles and doubles, so the combined total is the default sorting of the lists. The current top-level events are on the ATP Tour for men and the WTA Tour for women.

Overall titles (Open Era) edit

 
John McEnroe, the male player with the most titles in the Open Era.
 
Martina Navratilova, the female player with the most titles in the Open Era.
  Currently active players.

Note: M/W player with most mixed doubles titles in the table is also the player with most mixed doubles titles overall.[1]

Men[2]
Total Player Span Singles Doubles Mixed
155   John McEnroe 1977–06 77 77 1
128   Mike Bryan 1998–20 0 124 4
126   Bob Bryan 1998–20 0 119 7
125   Jimmy Connors 1972–96 109 16 0
111   Roger Federer 1998–22 103 8 0
111   Ilie Năstase 1968–89 64 45 2
104   Stan Smith 1968–86 48 56 0
103   Rafael Nadal 2001– 92 11 0
100   Rod Laver 1968–79 72 28 0
100    Ivan Lendl 1978–94 94 6 0
99   Novak Djokovic 2003– 98 1 0
96   Tom Okker 1968–82 28 68 0
95   Daniel Nestor 1991–18 0 91 4
91   Todd Woodbridge 1988–05 2 83 6
79   Raúl Ramírez 1973–83 19 60 0
79   Brian Gottfried 1972–85 25 54 0
78   Guillermo Vilas 1968–92 62 16 0
78   Bob Hewitt 1968–83 7 65 6
76   Mark Woodforde 1984–00 4 67 5
74   John Newcombe 1968–83 41 33 0
70   Frew McMillan 1968–83 2 63 5
70   Björn Borg 1973–93 66 4 0
69   Marty Riessen 1968–81 9 53 7
67   Wojtek Fibak 1973–89 15 52 0
67   Anders Järryd 1980–96 8 59 0
66   Pete Sampras 1988–02 64 2 0
65   Leander Paes 1991–21 1 54 10
65   Emilio Sánchez 1984–97 15 50 0
64   Tomáš Šmíd 1976–92 9 55 0
64   Boris Becker 1984–99 49 15 0
63   Peter Fleming 1973–88 3 60 0
61   Andre Agassi 1986–06 60 1 0
60   Jonas Björkman 1991–08 6 54 0
60   Mahesh Bhupathi 1995–16 0 52 8
59   Stefan Edberg 1983–96 41 18 0
59    Nenad Zimonjić 1995–21 0 54 5
58   Arthur Ashe 1968–79 44 14 0
58   Max Mirnyi 1996–18 1 52 5
56   Manuel Orantes 1968–83 34 22 0
56   Mark Knowles 1992–12 0 55 1
55   Paul Haarhuis 1989–03 1 54 0
54   Ken Rosewall[3] 1968–80 40 14 0
54   Sherwood Stewart 1968–85 1 51 2
54   Andrés Gómez 1979–95 21 33 0
53   Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1992–03 26 27 0
52   Robert Lutz 1968–85 9 43 0
50   Rick Leach 1987–06 0 46 4
49   Andy Murray 2005– 46 3 0
49   Sergio Casal 1981–95 1 47 1
48   Jacco Eltingh 1988–98 4 44 0
45   Thomas Muster 1985–99 44 1 0
41   Nicolas Mahut 2000– 4 37 0
40   Mark Edmondson 1975–88 6 34 0
40   Mats Wilander 1981–96 33 7 0
40   Martin Damm 1990–11 0 40 0
39   Balázs Taróczy 1972–90 13 26 0
39   Yannick Noah 1977–96 23 16 0
39   Guy Forget 1982–00 11 28 0
39   Horia Tecău 2003–22 0 38 1
39   Mate Pavić 2011– 0 36 3
38   Bruno Soares 2001–22 0 35 3
38   Jean-Julien Rojer 2003– 0 37 1
37   Marcelo Melo 1998– 0 37 0
37   Jamie Murray 2004– 0 32 5
Women[4]
Total Player Span Singles Doubles Mixed
354    Martina Navratilova 1975–06 167 177 10
189   Chris Evert 1972–89 157 32 0
147   Margaret Court 1968–77 92 48 7
133   Pam Shriver 1979–97 21 111 1
126   Rosemary Casals[5][6] 1968–91 11 112 3
118   Steffi Graf 1982–99 107 11 0
114   Martina Hingis 1994–17 43 64 7
104   Jana Novotná 1987–99 24 76 4
102   A. Sánchez Vicario 1985–02 29 69 4
101   Billie Jean King 1968–83 78 16 7
98   Serena Williams 1995–22 73 23 2
93   Lindsay Davenport 1993–08 55 38 0
88   Lisa Raymond 1993–15 4 79 5
86    Natasha Zvereva 1988–02 4 80 2
84   Helena Suková 1981–98 10 69 5
80   Betty Stöve 1964–82 1 75 4
80   E. Goolagong Cawley 1968–83 68 11 1
73   Venus Williams 1994– 49 22 2
71   Gigi Fernández 1983–97 2 69 0
71    Larisa Neiland 1982–99 2 65 4
69   Wendy Turnbull 1970–89 9 55 5
66   Cara Black 1998–15 1 60 5
62   Rennae Stubbs 1986–11 0 60 2
59    Monica Seles 1989–08 53 6 0
55   Virginia Wade 1968–86 55 0 0
55    Liezel Huber 1993–17 0 53 2
52   Kim Clijsters 1999–22 41 11 0
48   Paola Suárez 1991–12 4 44 0
48   Katarina Srebotnik 1995–20 4 39 5
47   V. Ruano Pascual 1992–10 3 43 1
47   Sania Mirza 2003–23 1 43 3
46    Hana Mandlíková 1978–90 27 19 0
46   Conchita Martínez 1988–06 33 13 0
45   Ai Sugiyama 1992–09 6 38 1
45   Justine Henin 1999–11 43 2 0
44   Lori McNeil 1983–02 10 33 1
41   Gabriela Sabatini 1985–96 27 14 0
40   Samantha Stosur 1999–23 9 28 3
39   A. Medina Garrigues 1997–18 11 28 0
39   Maria Sharapova 2001–20 36 3 0
38   Sara Errani 2002– 9 29 0
38   Hsieh Su-wei 2001– 3 34 1
37   Elizabeth Smylie 1982–97 2 32 3
37   Nadia Petrova 1999–17 13 24 0
36   Květa Peschke 1993–22 1 35 0
36   Latisha Chan 2004– 0 33 3
35   Tracy Austin 1978–94 30 4 1
35   Roberta Vinci 1999–18 10 25 0
34   Svetlana Kuznetsova 2000–21 18 16 0
34   Victoria Azarenka 2003– 21 10 3
34   Bethanie Mattek-Sands 1999– 0 30 4
34   Barbora Strýcová 2003–23 2 32 0
33   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 1980–94 8 25 0
33   Zina Garrison 1982–97 11 19 3
33   Nathalie Tauziat 1984–03 8 25 0
32   Caroline Wozniacki 2005– 30 2 0
32   Kristina Mladenovic 2009– 1 28 3
31   Petra Kvitová 2006– 31 0 0
30   Vera Zvonareva 2000– 12 16 2
29   Kateřina Siniaková 2012– 5 24 0
28   Amélie Mauresmo 1993–09 25 3 0
28   Barbora Krejčíková 2014– 7 18 3
28   Elise Mertens 2013– 8 20 0
27   Ash Barty 2010–22 15 12 0
25   Simona Halep 2006– 24 1 0
  • Correct as of 31 March 2024.

Singles titles edit

Men edit

  Currently active players.

Open Era title leaders composition

Pete SamprasIlie NăstaseBjörn BorgRod LaverJohn McEnroeRafael NadalIvan LendlNovak DjokovicRoger FedererJimmy Connors
  • Correct as of 19 November 2023.

Sources: ATP; Michel Sutter, Vainqueurs Winners 1946–2003, Paris 2003; Joe McCauley, The History of Professional Tennis, London 2001; Robert Geist, Der Grösste Meister Die denkwürdige Karriere des australischen Tennisspielers Kenneth Robert Rosewall, Vienna 1999; Tony Trabert in "Tennis de France" magazine; ATP; John Barrett editor, World of Tennis Yearbooks, London 1969 to 1983.

Before 1972 tennis results were not automatically registered as they are now with the ITF (International Tennis Federation) and the ATP. Many have been lost or never even recorded. In particular, many professional results before 1968 have disappeared or are contradictory (for instance Ray Bowers, who gives a very detailed account of the 1926–1945 pro era called "History of the Pro Tennis Wars" in the "Tennis Server" Web site, categorically affirms that there was no 1936 Wembley Pro tournament (and no 1938 edition too) while McCauley lists a final result). However the most important ones have been preserved. ATP data is far from being exhaustive. They only begin in 1968 and they omit many results until 1971–1972 and even after. For example, there are no results of the New South Wales Championships in 1973 (Mal Anderson) or in 1974 (Tony Roche).

Therefore, the global numbers listed here are at least equal if not superior to those of the ATP (even the modern players as Connors, Lendl, McEnroe, Nastase, Ashe or Borg have more titles here (for instance Borg won his first tournament at Helsinki in 1973 and it doesn't appear in the ATP statistics)). Other remark: Michel Sutter chose about 150–200 tournaments each year including some invitation tournaments or tournaments which were at the time (before the nineties) the equivalent of the Challenger series tournaments of today. When those tournaments appeared in the early nineties Sutter listed them in his book. Sutter, being the main source of that part of the article, such tournaments are counted in this list (this explains for instance why Federer has four more wins than his ATP wins number).

Women edit

  Currently active players.
Open Era[4]
Player Titles
   Martina Navratilova 167
  Chris Evert 157
  Steffi Graf 107
  Margaret Court 92
  Serena Williams 73
  Evonne Goolagong 68
  Billie Jean King 67
  Virginia Wade 55
  Lindsay Davenport 55
   Monica Seles 53
  • Correct as of 1 September 2022.

Gallery edit

  •  
    Chris Evert, won the most women's singles titles on clay in the Open Era (70).
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    Jimmy Connors, won the most men's singles titles in the Open Era (109).
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    Martina Navratilova, won the most women's singles titles in the Open Era (167).
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    Monica Seles, won the most major titles as a teenager in the Open Era (8).
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    Roger Federer, won the most men's singles titles on grass in the Open Era (19).
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    Novak Djokovic, won the most men's singles major titles (24).
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    Serena Williams, won the most women's singles major titles in the Open Era (23) .
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    Rafael Nadal, won the most men's singles titles on clay in the Open Era (63).
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    Bryan brothers, together they won more doubles titles than any other team (119).

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ At the 1984 Olympics, tennis was a demonstration event therefore doesn't count towards Edberg's total.

References edit

  1. ^ "7 players with most mixed doubles Grand Slam titles in Open Era". 8 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Most singles titles in the Open Era" (PDF).
  3. ^ listed at Ken Rosewall career statistics
  4. ^ a b "WTA Record book" (PDF).
  5. ^ Rosemary Casals Encyclopedia.com
  6. ^ Joel Drucker (March 3, 2009). "Casals far more than King's sidekick". sports.espn.go.com. ESPN.

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