Tennis players with most titles in the Open Era

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