List of tennis title leaders in the Open Era
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
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Open Era title leaders composition
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 |
| Novak Djokovic | 100 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 2003– |
| Rod Laver | 72 | 28 | 0 | 100 | 1968–79 |
| Ivan Lendl | 94 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 1978–94 |
| 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 |
| Robert Lutz | 11 | 43 | 0 | 54 | 1968–85 |
| Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 26 | 27 | 0 | 53 | 1992–03 |
| 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 | 41 | 3 | 44 | 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 |
| Marcelo Melo | 0 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 1998– |
| Jamie Murray | 0 | 34 | 5 | 39 | 2004– |
| Balázs Taróczy | 13 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 1972–90 |
| Yannick Noah | 23 | 16 | 0 | 39 | 1977–96 |
| Guy Forget | 11 | 28 | 0 | 39 | 1982–00 |
| Horia Tecău | 0 | 38 | 1 | 39 | 2003–22 |
| Bruno Soares | 0 | 35 | 3 | 38 | 2001–22 |
| John Fitzgerald | 6 | 30 | 2 | 38 | 1988-03 |
| Jean-Julien Rojer | 0 | 37 | 1 | 38 | 2003– |
| Patrick Galbraith | 0 | 36 | 2 | 38 | 1989-99 |
| Heinz Günthardt | 5 | 30 | 2 | 37 | 1976-90 |
| Andy Roddick | 32 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2000-15 |
| Ken Flach | 0 | 34 | 2 | 36 | 1983-96 |
| Cyril Suk | 0 | 32 | 4 | 36 | 1988-06 |
| Rajeev Ram | 2 | 31 | 2 | 35 | 2004– |
| Pavel Složil | 2 | 32 | 1 | 35 | N/A |
| Vitas Gerulaitis | 26 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1968–89 |
| John Alexander | 7 | 28 | 0 | 35 | 1969-85 |
| Kevin Ulyett | 0 | 34 | 1 | 35 | 1990-10 |
| Marcel Granollers | 4 | 30 | 0 | 34 | 2003– |
| Michael Chang | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1988-03 |
| Kevin Curren | 6 | 25 | 3 | 34 | 1979-93 |
| Lleyton Hewitt | 30 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1998-20 |
| John Peers | 0 | 30 | 2 | 33 | 2011– |
| Nikola Mektić | 0 | 31 | 1 | 32 | 2006– |
| Tony Roche | 12 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 1963-79 |
| Goran Ivanisevic | 22 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 1988-04 |
| Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 24 | 1 | 31 | 1989–10 |
| Jared Palmer | 1 | 28 | 2 | 31 | 1991-05 |
| Michaël Llodra | 5 | 26 | 0 | 31 | 1999–14 |
| Kim Warwick | 3 | 26 | 2 | 31 | 1970-87 |
| David Rikl | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 1989-05 |
| Javier Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 1986-00 |
| Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 0 | 28 | 1 | 29 | 2002– |
| Ivan Dodig | 1 | 24 | 4 | 29 | 2004– |
| Jim Courier | 23 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1988-00 |
| David Ferrer | 27 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2000-19 |
| Vijay Amritraj | 15 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 1970-93 |
| Robert Seguso | 0 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 1983-99 |
| Gene Mayer | 14 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 1973-86 |
| Ray Ruffels | 13 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 1968–80 |
| Gustavo Kuerten | 20 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 1995–08 |
| Adriano Pannatta | 10 | 18 | 0 | 28 | 1969-83 |
| Michael Stich | 18 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 1988-97 |
| Phil Dent | 3 | 25 | 0 | 28 | 1967-83 |
| Jim Pugh | 1 | 22 | 5 | 28 | 1985–96 |
| Roscoe Tanner | 15 | 13 | 0 | 28 | 1973-86 |
| Łukasz Kubot | 0 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 2002–23 |
| Rohan Bopanna | 0 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 2003– |
| Paul McNamee | 2 | 24 | 1 | 27 | 1973-88 |
| Ion Țiriac | 5 | 22 | 0 | 27 | 1958–79 |
| Hans Geildemeister | 4 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 1973-87 |
| José Luis Clerc | 2 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 2077–95 |
| Jan Kodeš | 9 | 17 | 0 | 26 | 1968-83 |
| Horacio Zeballos | 1 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 2003– |
| Jaime Fillol | 9 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 1968–85 |
| Wayne Ferreira | 15 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 1989-05 |
| Paul Hanley | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1997–14 |
| / Michael Venus | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 2009– |
| Henry Kontinen | 0 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 2008-21 |
| Jiří Novák | 7 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 1993-07 |
| Jakob Hlasek | 5 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 1983-96 |
| Scott Davis | 3 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 1983-98 |
| Jim Grabb | 2 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 1986-00 |
| Tomás Carbonell | 2 | 22 | 1 | 25 | 1987-01 |
| Daniel Vecek | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 1990-03 |
| minimum 25 overall titles (correct as of June 2025) | |||||
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 |
| Kathy Jordan | 3 | 42 | 2 | 47 | 1979-91 |
| Sania Mirza | 1 | 43 | 3 | 47 | 2003–23 |
| Sara Errani | 9 | 35 | 2 | 46 | 2002– |
| Hana Mandlíková | 27 | 19 | 0 | 46 | 1978–90 |
| Conchita Martínez | 33 | 13 | 0 | 46 | 1988–06 |
| Anne Smith | 3 | 38 | 5 | 46 | 1978–91 |
| Ai Sugiyama | 6 | 38 | 1 | 45 | 1992–09 |
| Justine Henin | 43 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 1999–11 |
| Lori McNeil | 10 | 33 | 1 | 44 | 1983–02 |
| Elizabeth Smylie | 3 | 36 | 3 | 42 | 1982–97 |
| Gabriela Sabatini | 27 | 14 | 0 | 41 | 1985–96 |
| Samantha Stosur | 9 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 1999–23 |
| Hsieh Su-wei | 3 | 35 | 2 | 40 | 2001– |
| Anabel Medina Garrigues | 11 | 28 | 0 | 39 | 1997–18 |
| Maria Sharapova | 36 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 2001–20 |
| Zina Garrison | 14 | 20 | 3 | 37 | 1982–97 |
| Nadia Petrova | 13 | 24 | 0 | 37 | 1999–17 |
| Květa Peschke | 1 | 35 | 0 | 36 | 1993–22 |
| Latisha Chan | 0 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 2004– |
| Tracy Austin | 30 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 1978–94 |
| Roberta Vinci | 10 | 25 | 0 | 35 | 1999–18 |
| Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 0 | 30 | 5 | 35 | 1999– |
| Nathalie Tauziat | 8 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 1984–03 |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 18 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 2000–21 |
| Victoria Azarenka | 21 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 2003– |
| Barbora Strýcová | 2 | 32 | 0 | 34 | 2003–23 |
| Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 8 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 1980–94 |
| Kateřina Siniaková | 5 | 27 | 1 | 33 | 2012– |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 30 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2005– |
| Kristina Mladenovic | 1 | 28 | 3 | 32 | 2009– |
| // Elena Likhovtseva | 3 | 27 | 2 | 32 | 1992-08 |
| Petra Kvitová | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2006–2025 |
| Manon Bollegraf | 1 | 26 | 4 | 31 | 1985–00 |
| Vera Zvonareva | 12 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 2000–2024 |
| Barbora Krejčíková | 8 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 2014– |
| Timea Babos | 3 | 27 | 0 | 30 | 2011– |
| Elise Mertens | 8 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 2013– |
| Mary Pierce | 18 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 1989–08 |
| Amélie Mauresmo | 25 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1993–09 |
| Virginia Ruzici | 12 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 1975-87 |
| Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | 0 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 2004–2022 |
| Flavia Pennetta | 11 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 2000–15 |
| Betsy Nagelson | 3 | 25 | 0 | 28 | 1973-96 |
| Patty Fendick | 3 | 25 | 0 | 28 | 1982-95 |
| Ash Barty | 15 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 2010–22 |
| Lucie Hradecká | 0 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 2004–2022 |
| Julie Halard-Decugis | 12 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 1986–00 |
| María José Martínez Sánchez | 5 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 1998–2020 |
| Candy Reynolds | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ?–88 |
| Simona Halep | 24 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2006–2025 |
| Peng Shuai | 2 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 2001–2022 |
| Marcedes Paz | 3 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 1984–98 |
| Barbara Potter | 6 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 1978-89 |
| Janette Husárová | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 1991-16 |
| minimum 25 overall titles (correct as of June 2025) | |||||
Gallery
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Martina Navratilova, won the most singles titles (167), doubles titles (177), and total titles (354) in the Open Era.
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John McEnroe, won the most men's titles (singles & doubles) in the Open Era (155).
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Serena Williams, won the most women's singles major titles in the Open Era (23).
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Jimmy Connors, won the most men's singles titles in the Open Era (109).
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Novak Djokovic, won the most all-time men's singles major titles (24).
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Chris Evert, won the most women's singles titles on clay in the Open Era (70).
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Rafael Nadal, won the most men's singles titles on clay in the Open Era (63).
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Roger Federer, won the most men's singles titles on grass in the Open Era (19).
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Monica Seles, won the most major titles as a teenager in the Open Era (8).
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Bryan brothers, together they won more doubles titles than any other team (119).
See also
- Open Era tennis records – Men's singles
- Open Era tennis records – Women's singles
- ATP Tour records
- WTA Tour records
- Chronological list of men's Grand Slam tennis champions
- Chronological list of women's Grand Slam tennis champions
- List of ATP Tour top-level tournament singles champions
- Top-level tournament statistics
Notes
- ^ Tennis was a demonstration event at the 1984 Olympics, therefore doesn't count towards Edberg's total.
References
- ^ a b "Most singles titles in the Open Era" (PDF).
- ^ a b "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.