List of tennis title leaders in the Open Era

Last updated December 13, 2024

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

Men's singles leaders

Currently active players

Player^[1]	Titles
Jimmy Connors	109
Roger Federer	103
Novak Djokovic	99
Ivan Lendl	94
Rafael Nadal	92
John McEnroe	77
Rod Laver	72
Björn Borg	66
Ilie Năstase	64
Pete Sampras	64
Guillermo Vilas	62
Andre Agassi	60
Boris Becker	49
Stan Smith	49
Andy Murray	46
Arthur Ashe	45
Thomas Muster	44
Stefan Edberg ^[a]	41
John Newcombe	41
Ken Rosewall	40
minimum 40 titles (correct as of Dec 2024)

Open Era title leaders composition

List of tennis title leaders in the Open Era

Women's singles leaders

Currently active players

Player^[2]	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
Venus Williams	49
Justine Henin	43
Martina Hingis	43
Kim Clijsters	41
minimum 40 titles (correct as of Dec 2024)

Overall titles (singles & doubles)

Men leaders

Currently active players

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

Women leaders

Currently active players

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

Gallery

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).
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).
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).
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).
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).

Notes

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

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References

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

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[olympics1984-2] Tennis was a demonstration event at the 1984 Olympics, therefore doesn't count towards Edberg's total.

[ATPRecords-1] 1 2 "Most singles titles in the Open Era" (PDF).

[WTARecords-3] 1 2 "WTA Record book" (PDF).

[4] sted at Ken Rosewall career statistics

[5] Rosemary Casals Encyclopedia.com

[6] Joel Drucker (March 3, 2009). "Casals far more than King's sidekick". ESPN . ESPN.

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List of tennis title leaders in the Open Era

Contents

Singles titles

Men's singles leaders

Women's singles leaders

Overall titles (singles & doubles)

Men leaders

Women leaders

Gallery

See also

Notes

Related Research Articles

References