Tennis players with most titles 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. Titles can be any combination of singles and doubles, so the combined total is the default sorting of the lists. The current top-level events are on the ATP Tour for men and the WTA Tour for women.

Overall titles (Open Era)

Note: M/W player with most mixed doubles titles in the table is also the player with most mixed doubles titles overall.^[1]

Men^[2] ! Total!Player!Span!Singles!Doubles!Mixed

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

Women^[4] !Total!Player!Span!Singles!Doubles!Mixed

354		1975–06	167	177	10
189		1972–89	157	32	0
147		1968–77	92	48	7
133		1979–97	21	111	1
126	Rosemary Casals^[5] ^[6]	1968–91	11	112	3
118		1982–99	107	11	0
114		1994–17	43	64	7
104		1987–99	24	76	4
102		1985–02	29	69	4
101		1968–83	78	16	7
98		1995–22	73	23	2
93		1993–08	55	38	0
88		1993–15	4	79	5
86		1988–02	4	80	2
84		1981–98	10	69	5
80		1964–82	1	75	4
80		1968–83	68	11	1
73		1994–	49	22	2
71		1983–97	2	69	0
71		1982–99	2	65	4
69		1970–89	9	55	5
66		1998–15	1	60	5
62		1986–11	0	60	2
59		1989–08	53	6	0
55		1968–86	55	0	0
55		1993–17	0	53	2
52		1999–22	41	11	0
48		1991–12	4	44	0
48		1995–20	4	39	5
47		1992–10	3	43	1
47		2003–23	1	43	3
46		1978–90	27	19	0
46		1988–06	33	13	0
45		1992–09	6	38	1
45		1999–11	43	2	0
44		1983–02	10	33	1
41		1985–96	27	14	0
40		1999–23	9	28	3
40		2001–	3	35	2
40		2002–	9	31	0
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

• Correct as of 15 July 2024.

Singles titles

Men

Player! style="width:80px"

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

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• Correct as of 19 November 2023.

Sources: ATP; Michel Sutter, Vainqueurs Winners 1946–2003, Paris 2003; Joe McCauley, The History of Professional Tennis, London 2001; Robert Geist, Der Grösste Meister Die denkwürdige Karriere des australischen Tennisspielers Kenneth Robert Rosewall, Vienna 1999; Tony Trabert in "Tennis de France" magazine; ATP; John Barrett editor, World of Tennis Yearbooks, London 1969 to 1983.

Before 1972 tennis results were not automatically registered as they are now with the ITF (International Tennis Federation) and the ATP. Many have been lost or never even recorded. In particular, many professional results before 1968 have disappeared or are contradictory (for instance Ray Bowers, who gives a very detailed account of the 1926–1945 pro era called "History of the Pro Tennis Wars" in the "Tennis Server" Web site, categorically affirms that there was no 1936 Wembley Pro tournament (and no 1938 edition too) while McCauley lists a final result). However the most important ones have been preserved. ATP data is far from being exhaustive. They only begin in 1968 and they omit many results until 1971–1972 and even after. For example, there are no results of the New South Wales Championships in 1973 (Mal Anderson) or in 1974 (Tony Roche).

Therefore, the global numbers listed here are at least equal if not superior to those of the ATP (even the modern players as Connors, Lendl, McEnroe, Nastase, Ashe or Borg have more titles here (for instance Borg won his first tournament at Helsinki in 1973 and it doesn't appear in the ATP statistics)). Other remark: Michel Sutter chose about 150–200 tournaments each year including some invitation tournaments or tournaments which were at the time (before the nineties) the equivalent of the Challenger series tournaments of today. When those tournaments appeared in the early nineties Sutter listed them in his book. Sutter, being the main source of that part of the article, such tournaments are counted in this list (this explains for instance why Federer has four more wins than his ATP wins total).

Women

Player! style="width:80px"

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

• Correct as of 1 September 2022.

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: 7 players with most mixed doubles Grand Slam titles in Open Era . 8 December 2018 .
2. Web site: Most singles titles in the Open Era .
3. listed at Ken Rosewall career statistics
4. Web site: WTA Record book.
5. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3407900098.html Rosemary Casals
6. Web site: Joel Drucker . March 3, 2009 . Casals far more than King's sidekick . . ESPN.