List of tennis title leaders in the Open Era explained

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

Player	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	41
John Newcombe	41
Ken Rosewall	40
minimum 40 titles (correct as of Dec 2024)

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Women's singles leaders

Player	Titles
Martina Navratilova	167
Chris Evert	157
Steffi Graf	107
Margaret Court	92
	73
Evonne Goolagong	68
Billie Jean King	67
Virginia Wade	55
	55
	53
	49
	43
	43
	41
minimum 40 titles (correct as of Dec 2024)

Overall titles (singles & doubles)

Men leaders

Player^[1]	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Total	Span
John McEnroe	77	77	1	155	1977–06
	0	124	4	128	1998–20
	0	119	7	126	1998–20
	109	16	0	125	1972–96
	103	8	0	111	1998–22
	64	45	2	111	1968–89
	48	56	0	104	1968–86
	92	11	0	103	2001–
	72	28	0	100	1968–79
	94	6	0	100	1978–94
	99	1	0	100	2003–
Tom Okker	28	68	0	96	1968–82
	0	91	4	95	1991–18
	2	83	6	91	1988–05
	19	60	0	79	1973–83
	25	54	0	79	1972–85
	62	16	0	78	1968–92
Bob Hewitt<	--Note: Expelled from HOF in 2016-->	7	65	6	78	1968–83
	4	67	5	76	1984–00
	41	33	0	74	1968–83
	2	63	5	70	1968–83
	66	4	0	70	1973–93
Marty Riessen	9	53	7	69	1968–81
	15	52	0	67	1973–89
	8	59	0	67	1980–96
	64	2	0	66	1988–02
	1	54	10	65	1991–21
	15	50	0	65	1984–97
	9	55	0	64	1976–92
	49	15	0	64	1984–99
Peter Fleming	3	60	0	63	1973–88
	60	1	0	61	1986–06
	6	54	0	60	1991–08
	0	52	8	60	1995–16
	41	18	0	59	1983–96
	0	54	5	59	1995–21
	44	14	0	58	1968–79
	1	52	5	58	1996–18
	34	22	0	56	1968–83
	0	55	1	56	1992–12
	1	54	0	55	1989–03
Ken Rosewall^[2]	40	14	0	54	1968–80
	1	51	2	54	1968–85
	21	33	0	54	1979–95
	26	27	0	53	1992–03
	9	43	0	52	1968–85
	0	46	4	50	1987–06
	46	3	0	49	2005–
	1	47	1	49	1981–95
	4	44	0	48	1988–98
	44	1	0	45	1985–99
	0	39	3	42	2011–
	4	37	0	41	2000–
	6	34	0	40	1975–88
	33	7	0	40	1981–96
	0	40	0	40	1990–11
39		1972–90	13	26	0
39		1977–96	23	16	0
39		1982–00	11	28	0
39		2003–22	0	38	1
38		2001–22	0	35	3
38		2003–	0	37	1
38		1998–	0	38	0
37		2004–	0	32	5
35		2004–	2	31	2-->
minimum 40 overall titles (correct as of December 2024)

Women leaders

Player^[3]	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Total	Span
	167	177	10	354	1975–06
	157	32	0	189	1972–89
	92	48	7	147	1968–77
	21	111	1	133	1979–97
Rosemary Casals^[4] ^[5]	11	112	3	126	1968–91
	107	11	0	118	1982–99
	43	64	7	114	1994–17
	24	76	4	104	1987–99
	29	69	4	102	1985–02
	78	16	7	101	1968–83
	73	23	2	98	1995–22
	55	38	0	93	1993–08
	4	79	5	88	1993–15
	4	80	2	86	1988–02
	10	69	5	84	1981–98
	1	75	4	80	1964–82
	68	11	1	80	1968–83
	49	22	2	73	1994–
	2	69	0	71	1983–97
	2	65	4	71	1982–99
	9	55	5	69	1970–89
	1	60	5	66	1998–15
	0	60	2	62	1986–11
	53	6	0	59	1989–08
	55	0	0	55	1968–86
	0	53	2	55	1993–17
	41	11	0	52	1999–22
	4	44	0	48	1991–12
	4	39	5	48	1995–20
	3	43	1	47	1992–10
	1	43	3	47	2003–23
	27	19	0	46	1978–90
	33	13	0	46	1988–06
	6	38	1	45	1992–09
	43	2	0	45	1999–11
	10	33	1	44	1983–02
	27	14	0	41	1985–96
	9	28	3	40	1999–23
	3	35	2	40	2001–
	9	31	0	40	2002–
39		1997–18	11	28	0
39		2001–20	36	3	0
38		1982–97	2	32	3
37		1999–17	13	24	0
36		1993–22	1	35	0
36		2004–	0	33	3
35		1978–94	30	4	1
35		1999–18	10	25	0
35		1999–	0	30	5
34		2000–21	18	16	0
34		2003–	21	10	3
34		2003–23	2	32	0
33		1980–94	8	25	0
33		1982–97	11	19	3
33		1984–03	8	25	0
33		2012–	5	27	1
32		2005–	30	2	0
32		2009–	1	28	3
31		2006–	31	0	0
30		2000–	12	16	2
30		2014–	8	19	3
29		2013–	8	21	0
28		1993–09	25	3	0
27		2010–22	15	12	0
25		2006–	24	1	0-->
minimum 40 overall titles (correct as of December 2024)

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 and References

1. Web site: Most singles titles in the Open Era .
2. listed at Ken Rosewall career statistics
3. Web site: WTA Record book.
4. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3407900098.html Rosemary Casals
5. Web site: Joel Drucker . March 3, 2009 . Casals far more than King's sidekick . . ESPN.