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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
  • Players with 40+ singles title (correct as of 26 Aug 2024).

Overall titles (singles & doubles)

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Men leaders

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  Currently active players.
Total Player[1] 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
100 Serbia Novak Djokovic 2003– 99 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
42 Croatia Mate Pavić 2011– 0 39 3
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
  • Players with 40+ overall titles (correct as of 19 Aug 2024).

Women leaders

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Total Player[2] 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[4][5] 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
40 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 2001– 3 35 2
40 Italy Sara Errani 2002– 9 31 0
  • Players with 40+ overall titles (correct as of 19 Aug 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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