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List of tennis title leaders 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. The current top-level events are on the ATP Tour for men and the WTA Tour for women.

Singles titles

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Men's singles leaders

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  Currently active players

Open Era title leaders composition

Pete SamprasIlie NăstaseBjörn BorgRod LaverJohn McEnroeRafael NadalIvan LendlNovak DjokovicRoger FedererJimmy Connors

Women's singles leaders

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  Currently active players
Player[2] 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
United States Venus Williams 49
Belgium Justine Henin 43
Switzerland Martina Hingis 43
Belgium Kim Clijsters 41
minimum 40 titles (correct as of Dec 2024)

Overall titles (singles & doubles)

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Men leaders

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  Currently active players
Player[1] Singles Doubles Mixed Total Span
United States John McEnroe 77 77 1 155 1977–06
United States Mike Bryan 0 124 4 128 1998–20
United States Bob Bryan 0 119 7 126 1998–20
United States Jimmy Connors 109 16 0 125 1972–96
Switzerland Roger Federer 103 8 0 111 1998–22
Romania Ilie Năstase 64 45 2 111 1968–89
United States Stan Smith 48 56 0 104 1968–86
Spain Rafael Nadal 92 11 0 103 2001–24
Australia Rod Laver 72 28 0 100 1968–79
CzechoslovakiaUnited States Ivan Lendl 94 6 0 100 1978–94
Serbia Novak Djokovic 99 1 0 100 2003–
Netherlands Tom Okker 28 68 0 96 1968–82
Canada Daniel Nestor 0 91 4 95 1991–18
Australia Todd Woodbridge 2 83 6 91 1988–05
Mexico Raúl Ramírez 19 60 0 79 1973–83
United States Brian Gottfried 25 54 0 79 1972–85
Argentina Guillermo Vilas 62 16 0 78 1968–92
South Africa Bob Hewitt 7 65 6 78 1968–83
Australia Mark Woodforde 4 67 5 76 1984–00
Australia John Newcombe 41 33 0 74 1968–83
South Africa Frew McMillan 2 63 5 70 1968–83
Sweden Björn Borg 66 4 0 70 1973–93
United States Marty Riessen 9 53 7 69 1968–81
Poland Wojtek Fibak 15 52 0 67 1973–89
Sweden Anders Järryd 8 59 0 67 1980–96
United States Pete Sampras 64 2 0 66 1988–02
India Leander Paes 1 54 10 65 1991–21
Spain Emilio Sánchez 15 50 0 65 1984–97
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 9 55 0 64 1976–92
Germany Boris Becker 49 15 0 64 1984–99
United States Peter Fleming 3 60 0 63 1973–88
United States Andre Agassi 60 1 0 61 1986–06
Sweden Jonas Björkman 6 54 0 60 1991–08
India Mahesh Bhupathi 0 52 8 60 1995–16
Sweden Stefan Edberg 41 18 0 59 1983–96
Serbia and MontenegroSerbia Nenad Zimonjić 0 54 5 59 1995–21
United States Arthur Ashe 44 14 0 58 1968–79
Belarus Max Mirnyi 1 52 5 58 1996–18
Spain Manuel Orantes 34 22 0 56 1968–83
The Bahamas Mark Knowles 0 55 1 56 1992–12
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 1 54 0 55 1989–03
Australia Ken Rosewall[3] 40 14 0 54 1968–80
United States Sherwood Stewart 1 51 2 54 1968–85
Ecuador Andrés Gómez 21 33 0 54 1979–95
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 26 27 0 53 1992–03
United States Robert Lutz 9 43 0 52 1968–85
United States Rick Leach 0 46 4 50 1987–06
United Kingdom Andy Murray 46 3 0 49 2005–24
Spain Sergio Casal 1 47 1 49 1981–95
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh 4 44 0 48 1988–98
Austria Thomas Muster 44 1 0 45 1985–99
Croatia Mate Pavić 0 39 3 42 2011–
France Nicolas Mahut 4 37 0 41 2000–
Australia Mark Edmondson 6 34 0 40 1975–88
Sweden Mats Wilander 33 7 0 40 1981–96
Czech Republic Martin Damm 0 40 0 40 1990–11
minimum 40 overall titles (correct as of December 2024)

Women leaders

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  Currently active players
Player[2] Singles Doubles Mixed Total Span
CzechoslovakiaUnited States Martina Navratilova 167 177 10 354 1975–06
United States Chris Evert 157 32 0 189 1972–89
Australia Margaret Court 92 48 7 147 1968–77
United States Pam Shriver 21 111 1 133 1979–97
United States Rosemary Casals[4][5] 11 112 3 126 1968–91
Germany Steffi Graf 107 11 0 118 1982–99
Switzerland Martina Hingis 43 64 7 114 1994–17
Czech Republic Jana Novotná 24 76 4 104 1987–99
Spain A. Sánchez Vicario 29 69 4 102 1985–02
United States Billie Jean King 78 16 7 101 1968–83
United States Serena Williams 73 23 2 98 1995–22
United States Lindsay Davenport 55 38 0 93 1993–08
United States Lisa Raymond 4 79 5 88 1993–15
Soviet UnionBelarus Natasha Zvereva 4 80 2 86 1988–02
Czech Republic Helena Suková 10 69 5 84 1981–98
Netherlands Betty Stöve 1 75 4 80 1964–82
Australia E. Goolagong Cawley 68 11 1 80 1968–83
United States Venus Williams 49 22 2 73 1994–
United States Gigi Fernández 2 69 0 71 1983–97
Soviet UnionLatvia Larisa Neiland 2 65 4 71 1982–99
Australia Wendy Turnbull 9 55 5 69 1970–89
Zimbabwe Cara Black 1 60 5 66 1998–15
Australia Rennae Stubbs 0 60 2 62 1986–11
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaUnited States Monica Seles 53 6 0 59 1989–08
United Kingdom Virginia Wade 55 0 0 55 1968–86
South AfricaUnited States Liezel Huber 0 53 2 55 1993–17
Belgium Kim Clijsters 41 11 0 52 1999–22
Argentina Paola Suárez 4 44 0 48 1991–12
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 4 39 5 48 1995–20
Spain V. Ruano Pascual 3 43 1 47 1992–10
India Sania Mirza 1 43 3 47 2003–23
CzechoslovakiaAustralia Hana Mandlíková 27 19 0 46 1978–90
Spain Conchita Martínez 33 13 0 46 1988–06
Japan Ai Sugiyama 6 38 1 45 1992–09
Belgium Justine Henin 43 2 0 45 1999–11
United States Lori McNeil 10 33 1 44 1983–02
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 27 14 0 41 1985–96
Australia Samantha Stosur 9 28 3 40 1999–23
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 3 35 2 40 2001–
Italy Sara Errani 9 31 0 40 2002–
minimum 40 overall titles (correct as of December 2024)
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  • John McEnroe, won the most titles (singles & doubles) in the Open Era (155).
    John McEnroe, won the most titles (singles & doubles) in the Open Era (155).
  • 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).
  • Novak Djokovic, won the most all-time men's singles major titles (24).
    Novak Djokovic, won the most all-time 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • 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

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Most singles titles in the Open Era" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "WTA Record book" (PDF).
  3. ^ listed at Ken Rosewall career statistics
  4. ^ Rosemary Casals Encyclopedia.com
  5. ^ Joel Drucker (March 3, 2009). "Casals far more than King's sidekick". ESPN. ESPN.
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