All-time tennis records – Men's singles

This article covers the period from 1877 to present. Before the beginning of the Open Era in April 1968, only amateurs were allowed to compete in established tennis tournaments, including the four Grand Slam tournaments (also known as the majors). Wimbledon, the oldest of the majors, was founded in 1877, followed by the US Open in 1881, the French Open in 1891 and the Australian Open in 1905. Beginning in 1905 and continuing to the present day, all four majors have been played yearly, with the exception of during the two World Wars, 1986 for the Australian Open, and 2020 for Wimbledon. The Australian Open is the first major of the year (January), followed by the French Open (May–June), Wimbledon (June–July) and the US Open (August–September). There was no prize money and players were compensated for travel expenses only. A player who wins all four majors, in singles or as part of a doubles team, in the same calendar year is said to have achieved a "Grand Slam". If the player wins all four consecutively, but not in the same calendar year, it is called a "Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam". Winning all four at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Grand Slam". Winning the four majors and a gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics in the same calendar year has been called a "Golden Slam" since 1988.[1] Winning all four majors plus an Olympic gold at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Golden Slam". Winning the year-end championship while also having won a Golden Slam is referred to as a "Super Slam". Winning all four majors, an Olympic gold, and the year-end championships at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Super Slam".[2][3][4] Winning the four majors in all three disciplines a player is eligible for–singles, doubles and mixed doubles–is considered winning a "boxed set" of Grand Slam titles.

Prior to 1924, the major tennis championships, governed by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF), were the World Hard Court Championships, World Grass Court Championships (Wimbledon), and World Covered Court Championships.[5]

Many top tennis players turned professional before the Open Era to play legally for prize money. They played in separate professional events and were banned from competing any of the four Grand Slam tournaments. They mostly competed on pro tours involving head-to-head competition, but also in professional tournaments as the biggest events on the pro tour.[6] In addition to the head-to-head tours, there were the annual professional tournaments called "Championship tournaments" (known retrospectively as "professional majors"[7][8] or "professional Grand Slams"[9][10] where the world's top professional players usually played. These tournaments held a certain tradition and longevity.

The oldest of these three professional majors, was the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, played at a variety of different venues and on a variety of different surfaces, between 1925 and 1999, although it was no longer a major after 1967. Between 1954 and 1962, the U.S. Pro was played indoors in Cleveland and was billed as the World Professional Championships. The most prestigious of the three was generally the Wembley Championships. Played between 1934 and 1990, at the Wembley Arena in England, it was unofficially usually considered the world's championship until 1967. The third professional major was the French Pro Championship, played between 1934 and 1968, on the clay courts of Roland Garros, apart from 1963 to 1967, when it was played on the indoor wood courts of Stade Coubertin.

The Open Era of tennis began in 1968, when the Grand Slam tournaments agreed to allow professional players to compete with amateurs. A professional tennis tour was created for the entire year, where everyone could compete. This meant that the division that had existed for many years between these two groups had finally come to an end, which made the tennis world into one unified competition. The first tournament to go "Open" started on 22 April 1968 was the British Hard Court Championships at The West Hants Club in Bournemouth, England.[11] The first Grand Slam tournament to do so was the 1968 French Open, starting on 27 May.[12]

Analysis of records edit

Today, the ultimate pursuit in tennis is to win the Grand Slam; winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year.[13] In 1982, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) broadened the definition of the Grand Slam as meaning any four straight major victories, including the ones spanning two calendar years that became known as the non-calendar year Grand Slam, though it later reversed its definition.

In the history of men's tennis, only two players have won the calendar Grand Slam, Don Budge (1938) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969).[13] Budge remains the sole player to have won six majors in a row (1937–1938). In the Open Era, only one player has achieved the non-calendar year Grand Slam, Novak Djokovic (2015–2016). This is followed by a career Grand Slam, a feat achieved by a player winning each of the majors during their career, which eight players have done. Winning just one of these major tournaments in a year is a sought-after achievement but winning all four or more consecutively, if we apply Prochnow's (2018) analysis retrospectively in Budge's case, transforms a player into a legend.[13]

When we reflect on the modern era of the sport, tennis has clear separations during its history, such as the first official majors sanctioned by the world governing body of tennis its separate tours (amateur and professional), the eligibility to compete at Grand Slam majors or the surface aspects of the tournaments.[13] In 1913, the ILTF created its first tennis majors, three world championship tournaments that were abolished by 1923. In the history of those early majors, only one player won all three in the same year, Anthony Wilding, arguably the first world champion.[14] In 1927, the men's game was separated, leading to the creation of what are now referred to as the pro majors. During a period of 40 years, only two players achieved the calendar Pro Grand Slam in the history of the professional tour, Ken Rosewall (1963) and Laver (1967). Prior to 1968, only amateurs could enter the Grand Slam tournaments. This was changed in 1968, after which both professionals and amateurs could compete for the tennis majors.

There are also several other facets to take into consideration in defining great tennis players, such as winning all calendar year majors consecutively on offer at the time (World Champs and Pro Slams) on three different surfaces.[13] Three players achieved this distinction between 1913 and 1967, Wilding, Rosewall and Laver. Only those same three players did so not only by surface,[15] but also different environments (indoors and outdoors). When the professional majors were abolished in 1967, the Grand Slam majors were still only being played on two exclusive surfaces, grass and clay. In 1978, the US Open switched surface to a hardcourt thus re-creating a third unique surface. This is arguably the best date in defining the beginning of the modern era of tennis.[13] In this new modern era, only one player (Djokovic) has won all four majors in a row. Only two players have achieved the new term, a "Surface Slam", winning three consecutive majors on three distinct surfaces, that being Rafael Nadal in 2010 and Novak Djokovic in 2021.[13][16][17] To have accomplished any of these feats in a group of tournaments originating over 100 years ago underscores the degree of difficulty involved.[13]

These are some of the important records since the start of the first Grand Slam tournament held at the Wimbledon Championships. All statistics are based on data provided by the ATP Tour website,[18][19] the ITF[20] and other available sources, even if this isn't a complete list due to the time period involved.

Grand Slam tournaments edit

Career totals edit

Active players in boldface.

# Titles
24 Serbia Novak Djokovic
22 Spain Rafael Nadal
20 Switzerland Roger Federer
14 United States Pete Sampras
12 Australia Roy Emerson
11 Australia Rod Laver
Sweden Björn Borg
10 United States Bill Tilden
8 United Kingdom Fred Perry
Australia Ken Rosewall
United States Jimmy Connors
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States Andre Agassi
# Finals
36 Serbia Novak Djokovic
31 Switzerland Roger Federer
30 Spain Rafael Nadal
19 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
18 United States Pete Sampras
17 Australia Rod Laver
16 Australia Ken Rosewall
Sweden Björn Borg
15 United States Bill Tilden
Australia Roy Emerson
United States Jimmy Connors
United States Andre Agassi
# Semifinals
48 Serbia Novak Djokovic
46 Switzerland Roger Federer
38 Spain Rafael Nadal
31 United States Jimmy Connors
28 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
26 United States Andre Agassi
25 Australia Ken Rosewall
23 United States Pete Sampras
21 United Kingdom Andy Murray
20 United States Bill Tilden
# Quarterfinals
58 Switzerland Roger Federer
Serbia Novak Djokovic
47 Spain Rafael Nadal
41 United States Jimmy Connors
37 Australia Roy Emerson
36 United States Andre Agassi
34 Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
30 Australia Ken Rosewall
United Kingdom Andy Murray
29 United States Pete Sampras
# Appearances
81 Switzerland Roger Federer
Spain Feliciano López
73 Serbia Novak Djokovic
France Richard Gasquet
71 Spain Fernando Verdasco
70 France Fabrice Santoro
69 Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka
68 Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber
67 Italy Andreas Seppi
Spain Rafael Nadal

Matches edit

# Match wins
369 Switzerland Roger Federer
366 Serbia Novak Djokovic
314 Spain Rafael Nadal
233 United States Jimmy Connors
224 United States Andre Agassi
222 Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
210 Australia Roy Emerson
203 United States Pete Sampras
200 United Kingdom Andy Murray
minimum 200 wins
% W–L Match record[21]
89.76 114–13 United States Bill Tilden
89.24 141–17 Sweden Björn Borg
88.19 366–49 Serbia Novak Djokovic
87.96 314–43 Spain Rafael Nadal
87.07 101–15 United Kingdom Fred Perry
86.01 369–60 Switzerland Roger Federer
84.23 203–38 United States Pete Sampras
83.41 171–34 Australia Ken Rosewall
82.94 141–29 Australia Rod Laver
82.62 233–49 United States Jimmy Connors
minimum 100 wins

Grand Slam achievements edit

Grand Slam edit

Grand Slam Player First–last tournament
United States Don Budge 1938 Australian ChampionshipsU.S. Championships
Australia Rod Laver 1962 Australian ChampionshipsU.S. Championships
Australia Rod Laver (2) 1969 Australian OpenUS Open
all four major titles consecutively (in a calendar year)

Non-Calendar Year Grand Slam edit

NCYGS Player First–last tournament
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2015 Wimbledon2016 French Open
all four major titles consecutively (not in a calendar year)

Career Grand Slam edit

CGS Player Event of completion
United Kingdom Fred Perry 1935 French Championships
United States Don Budge 1938 French Championships
Australia Rod Laver 1962 U.S. Championships
Australia Roy Emerson 1964 Wimbledon Championships
Australia Roy Emerson (2) 1967 French Championships
Australia Rod Laver (2) 1969 US Open
United States Andre Agassi 1999 French Open
Switzerland Roger Federer 2009 French Open
Spain Rafael Nadal 2010 US Open
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2016 French Open
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 2021 French Open
Spain Rafael Nadal (2) 2022 Australian Open
Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) 2023 French Open
each Grand Slam title at least once

Consecutive totals edit

Grand Slam tournaments consecutive streaks edit

Active streaks in boldface.

# Titles
6 United States Don Budge
4 United States Bill Tilden
Australia Rod Laver
Australia Rod Laver (2)
Serbia Novak Djokovic
3 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
Australia Jack Crawford
United States Tony Trabert
Australia Lew Hoad
Australia Roy Emerson
United States Pete Sampras
Switzerland Roger Federer
Switzerland Roger Federer (2)
Spain Rafael Nadal
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2)
Serbia Novak Djokovic (3)
Serbia Novak Djokovic (4)
# Finals
10 Switzerland Roger Federer
8 Switzerland Roger Federer (2)
7 Australia Jack Crawford
6 United States Don Budge
Australia Rod Laver
Serbia Novak Djokovic
5 United Kingdom Fred Perry
Australia Frank Sedgman
Australia Fred Stolle
Spain Rafael Nadal
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2)
# Semifinals
23 Switzerland Roger Federer
14 Serbia Novak Djokovic
10 Australia Rod Laver
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
9 Serbia Novak Djokovic (2)
8 Australia Ashley Cooper
7 Australia Jack Crawford
Spain Rafael Nadal
6 United Kingdom Fred Perry
United States Don Budge
United States Tom Brown
Australia Lew Hoad
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (2)
# Quarterfinals
36 Switzerland Roger Federer
28 Serbia Novak Djokovic
14 Australia Roy Emerson
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
12 Australia Neale Fraser
11 Spain Rafael Nadal
10 United States Vic Seixas
Australia Rod Laver
United States Pete Sampras
Spain David Ferrer
Spain Rafael Nadal (2)
# Appearances
79 Spain Feliciano López
67 Spain Fernando Verdasco
66 Italy Andreas Seppi
65 Switzerland Roger Federer
56 South Africa Wayne Ferreira
54 Sweden Stefan Edberg
52 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
51 Serbia Novak Djokovic
50 Spain David Ferrer
Spain Guillermo García López
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka

Grand Slam tournaments non-consecutive streaks edit

Player skipped one or more Grand Slam tournaments during his streak.[clarification needed]

# Titles
8 United States Bill Tilden
6 United Kingdom William Renshaw
5 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
United States William Larned
New Zealand Anthony Wilding
4 United States Richard Sears
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty
# Finals
10 United States Bill Tilden
8 Australia Jack Crawford
Australia Rod Laver
7 United States Don Budge
6 United Kingdom William Renshaw
United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley
New Zealand Anthony Wilding
United States Maurice McLoughlin
Germany Gottfried von Cramm
United States Jimmy Connors
Sweden Björn Borg
# Semifinals
14 Australia Jack Crawford
12 Australia Rod Laver
11 United States Jimmy Connors
10 United States Bill Tilden
United States Bill Tilden (2)
9 United Kingdom Fred Perry
Australia Ken Rosewall
8 United States Don Budge
# Quarterfinals
27 United States Jimmy Connors
21 United States Bill Tilden
18 United Kingdom Andy Murray
17 Australia Jack Crawford
16 Spain Rafael Nadal
13 United States William Larned
12 United Kingdom Fred Perry
Australia Rod Laver
Sweden Björn Borg

Grand Slam matches/finals streaks edit

Streaks can be across non-consecutive tournaments.

Matches Player Years
51 United States Bill Tilden 1920–1926
37 United States Don Budge[22] 1937–1938
31 Australia Rod Laver[22] 1962–1968
30 Serbia Novak Djokovic 2015–2016
29 Australia Rod Laver[22] (2) 1969–1970
27 Switzerland Roger Federer 2005–2006
Switzerland Roger Federer (2) 2006–2007
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 2011–2012
Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) 2021
Serbia Novak Djokovic (4) 2022–2023
Finals Player Years
10 Australia Roy Emerson 1963–1967
8 United States Bill Tilden 1920–1925
United States Pete Sampras 1995–2000
7 United States Richard Sears 1881–1887
United Kingdom William Renshaw 1881–1889
Switzerland Roger Federer 2003–2006
Spain Rafael Nadal 2008–2011
6 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 1902–1906
United States Don Budge 1937–1938
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2015–2016
5 United States William Larned 1907–1911
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1909–1913
Australia Jack Crawford 1931–1933
United States Tony Trabert 1953–1955
Australia Rod Laver 1968–1969
Australia John Newcombe 1970–1975
Spain Rafael Nadal (2) 2017–2022

Match win streak per Grand Slam tournament edit

# Australian Years
33 Serbia Novak Djokovic 2019–24
30 Australia Roy Emerson 1963–68
26 United States Andre Agassi 2000–04
25 Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 2011–14
20 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1989–91
# French Years
39 Spain Rafael Nadal 2010–15
35 Spain Rafael Nadal (2) 2016–21
31 Spain Rafael Nadal (3) 2005–09
28 Sweden Björn Borg 1978–81
20 United States Jim Courier 1991–93
# Wimbledon Years
41 Sweden Björn Borg 1976–81
40 Switzerland Roger Federer 2003–08
34 Serbia Novak Djokovic 2018–23
31 Australia Rod Laver 1961–70
United States Pete Sampras 1997–2001
# United States Years
42[23] United States Bill Tilden 1920–26
40 Switzerland Roger Federer 2004–09
27 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1985–88
25 United States John McEnroe 1979–83
20[23] United States Maurice McLoughlin 1912–14

Per Grand Slam tournament totals edit

Titles per Grand Slam tournament (3+ titles) edit

# Australian
10 Serbia Novak Djokovic
6 Australia Roy Emerson
Switzerland Roger Federer
4 Australia Jack Crawford
Australia Ken Rosewall
United States Andre Agassi
3 Australia James Anderson
Australia Adrian Quist
Australia Rod Laver
Sweden Mats Wilander
# French
14 Spain Rafael Nadal
6 Sweden Björn Borg
4 France Henri Cochet
3 France René Lacoste
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
Sweden Mats Wilander
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Serbia Novak Djokovic
# Wimbledon
8 Switzerland Roger Federer
7 United Kingdom William Renshaw
United States Pete Sampras
Serbia Novak Djokovic
5 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
Sweden Björn Borg
4 United Kingdom Reginald Doherty
New Zealand Anthony Wilding
Australia Rod Laver
3 United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
United States Bill Tilden
United Kingdom Fred Perry
Australia John Newcombe
United States John McEnroe
Germany Boris Becker
# United States
7 United States Richard Sears
United States William Larned
United States Bill Tilden
5 United States Jimmy Connors
United States Pete Sampras
Switzerland Roger Federer
4 United States Robert Wrenn
United States John McEnroe
Spain Rafael Nadal
Serbia Novak Djokovic
3 United States Oliver Campbell
United States Malcolm Whitman
United Kingdom Fred Perry
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl

Consecutive titles per Grand Slam tournament edit

# Australian
5 Australia Roy Emerson
3 Australia Jack Crawford
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2)
2 Australia James Anderson
Australia Frank Sedgman
Australia Ashley Cooper
Australia Ken Rosewall
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
South Africa/United States Johan Kriek
Sweden Mats Wilander
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States Jim Courier
United States Andre Agassi
Switzerland Roger Federer
Serbia Novak Djokovic (3)
Switzerland Roger Federer (2)
# French
5 Spain Rafael Nadal
4 Sweden Björn Borg
Spain Rafael Nadal (2)
Spain Rafael Nadal (3)
2 United States Frank Parker
Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
United States Tony Trabert
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
Sweden Björn Borg (2)
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States Jim Courier
Spain Sergi Bruguera
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
# Wimbledon
6 United Kingdom William Renshaw
5 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
Sweden Björn Borg
Switzerland Roger Federer
4 United Kingdom Reginald Doherty
New Zealand Anthony Wilding
United States Pete Sampras
Serbia Novak Djokovic
3 United Kingdom Fred Perry
United States Pete Sampras (2)
2 United Kingdom John Hartley
United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley
United Kingdom Joshua Pim
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
United States Bill Tilden
United States Don Budge
Australia Lew Hoad
Australia Rod Laver
Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver (2)
Australia John Newcombe
United States John McEnroe
Germany Boris Becker
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2)
# United States
7 United States Richard Sears[24]
6 United States Bill Tilden
5 United States William Larned
Switzerland Roger Federer
3 United States Oliver Campbell
United States Malcolm Whitman
United States John McEnroe
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
2 United States Henry Slocum
United States Robert Wrenn
United States Robert Wrenn (2)
United States William Larned (2)
United States Maurice McLoughlin
United States Robert Lindley Murray
France René Lacoste
United States Ellsworth Vines
United Kingdom Fred Perry
United States Don Budge
United States Frank Parker
United States Jack Kramer
United States Pancho Gonzales
Australia Frank Sedgman
Australia Neale Fraser
United States Jimmy Connors
Sweden Stefan Edberg
United States Pete Sampras
Australia Patrick Rafter

Finals per Grand Slam tournament edit

# Australian
10 Serbia Novak Djokovic
7 Australia Jack Crawford
Australia John Bromwich
Australia Roy Emerson
Switzerland Roger Federer
6 Spain Rafael Nadal
5 Australia Ken Rosewall
Sweden Stefan Edberg
United Kingdom Andy Murray
4 Australia Gerald Patterson
Australia Horace Rice
Australia Adrian Quist
Australia Rod Laver
United States Arthur Ashe
Sweden Mats Wilander
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States Andre Agassi
# French
14 Spain Rafael Nadal
7 Serbia Novak Djokovic
6 Sweden Björn Borg
5 France René Lacoste
France Henri Cochet
Czechoslovakia/Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
Sweden Mats Wilander
Switzerland Roger Federer
4 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
# Wimbledon
12 Switzerland Roger Federer
9 Serbia Novak Djokovic
8 United Kingdom William Renshaw
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
7 Germany Boris Becker
United States Pete Sampras
6 United Kingdom Herbert Lawford
United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
Australia Rod Laver
Sweden Björn Borg
United States Jimmy Connors
# United States
10 United States Bill Tilden
Serbia Novak Djokovic
9 United States William Larned
8 United States Bill Johnston
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States Pete Sampras
7 United States Richard Sears
United States Jimmy Connors
Switzerland Roger Federer
6 United States Andre Agassi

Runners-up per Grand Slam tournament edit

# Australian
5 Australia John Bromwich
United Kingdom Andy Murray
4 Spain Rafael Nadal
3 Australia Horace Rice
Australia Gerald Patterson
Australia Harry Hopman
Australia Jack Crawford
Australia Neale Fraser
United States Arthur Ashe
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Russia Daniil Medvedev
# French
4 Switzerland Roger Federer
Serbia Novak Djokovic
3 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
2 France Jean Borotra
United States Bill Tilden
France René Lacoste
South Africa Eric Sturgess
Sweden Sven Davidson
Chile Luis Ayala
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Australia Tony Roche
Czech Republic Ivan Lendl
Sweden Mats Wilander
United States Andre Agassi
Spain Àlex Corretja
Sweden Robin Söderling
Austria Dominic Thiem
Norway Casper Ruud
# Wimbledon
5 United Kingdom Herbert Lawford
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
4 United Kingdom Ernest Renshaw
Australia Ken Rosewall
United States Jimmy Connors
Germany Boris Becker
Switzerland Roger Federer
3 United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley
United Kingdom Frank Riseley
France Jean Borotra
Germany Gottfried von Cramm
Australia Fred Stolle
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
United States Andy Roddick
Spain Rafael Nadal
# United States
6 United States Bill Johnston
Serbia Novak Djokovic
5 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
4 Sweden Björn Borg
United States Andre Agassi
3 United States Frederick Hovey
United States Beals Wright
United States Maurice McLoughlin
United States Bill Tilden
United States Pete Sampras

Match wins per Grand Slam tournament edit

# Australian
102 Switzerland Roger Federer
94 Serbia Novak Djokovic
77 Spain Rafael Nadal
56 Sweden Stefan Edberg
52 Australia Jack Crawford
51 United Kingdom Andy Murray
48 Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
United States Andre Agassi
47 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
46 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia John Newcombe
# French
112 Spain Rafael Nadal
92 Serbia Novak Djokovic
73 Switzerland Roger Federer
56 Argentina Guillermo Vilas
53 Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
51 United States Andre Agassi
50 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
49 Sweden Björn Borg
47 Sweden Mats Wilander
46 Czechoslovakia/Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
# Wimbledon
105 Switzerland Roger Federer
92 Serbia Novak Djokovic
84 United States Jimmy Connors
71 Germany Boris Becker
64[25] United Kingdom Arthur Gore
63 United States Pete Sampras
62 United Kingdom Major Ritchie
61 United Kingdom Andy Murray
60 Australia Roy Emerson
59 United States John McEnroe
# United States
98[26] United States Jimmy Connors
89 Switzerland Roger Federer
88 Serbia Novak Djokovic
79 United States Andre Agassi
75[26] United States Vic Seixas
73 Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
71 United States Bill Tilden
United States Pete Sampras
69[26] United States R. Norris Williams
67 Spain Rafael Nadal

Match winning percentage per Grand Slam tournament edit

Australian % W–L
Australia James Anderson 91.30 21–2
Serbia Novak Djokovic 91.26 94–9
United States Andre Agassi 90.57 48–5
Argentina Guillermo Vilas 88.46 23–3
Switzerland Roger Federer 87.18 102–15
Sweden Stefan Edberg 84.85 56–10
United States Arthur Ashe 83.87 26–5
Sweden Mats Wilander 83.72 36–7
Australia Roy Emerson 83.64 46–9
Spain Rafael Nadal 82.80 77–16
minimum 20 wins
French % W–L
Spain Rafael Nadal 97.39 112–3
Sweden Björn Borg 96.08 49–2
Germany Gottfried von Cramm 90.91 20–2
France René Lacoste 90.63 29–3
France Henri Cochet 90.24 37–4
Australia Ken Rosewall 88.89 24–3
Spain Manuel Santana 85.37 35–6
Serbia Novak Djokovic 85.19 92–16
Sweden Mats Wilander 83.93 47–9
South Africa Eric Sturgess 83.33 30–6
minimum 20 wins
Wimbledon % W–L
Sweden Björn Borg 92.73 51–4
United States Don Budge 92.31 24–2
United States Bill Tilden 91.18 31–3
United States Pete Sampras 90.00 63–7
Serbia Novak Djokovic 89.32 92–11
Australia Norman Brookes 88.89 24–3
Switzerland Roger Federer 88.24 105–14
United Kingdom William Renshaw 88.00 22–3
United Kingdom Fred Perry 87.80 36–5
Australia Rod Laver 87.72 50–7
minimum 20 wins
United States # * W–L
United States Bill Tilden[27] 91.02 71–7
United Kingdom Fred Perry 89.47 34–4
United States Pete Sampras 88.75 71–9
United States Don Budge 88.46 23–3
United States Maurice McLoughlin 87.72 50–7
United States Robert Wrenn 87.50 21–3
United States Robert Lindley Murray 21–3
Serbia Novak Djokovic 87.13 88–13
United States Bobby Riggs 87.10 27–4
Australia Frank Sedgman 86.96 20–3
minimum 20 wins

Court type totals edit

Match wins in Grand Slam tournaments per court type edit

# Hardcourt
191 Switzerland Roger Federer
182 Serbia Novak Djokovic
144 Spain Rafael Nadal
127 United States Andre Agassi
116 United States Pete Sampras
105 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
100 United Kingdom Andy Murray
89 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka
84 Sweden Stefan Edberg
81 United States Andy Roddick
# Clay
112 Spain Rafael Nadal
92 Serbia Novak Djokovic
73 Argentina Guillermo Vilas
Switzerland Roger Federer
63 Sweden Björn Borg
59 United States Jimmy Connors
53 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
52 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
51 United States Andre Agassi
50 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
# Grass
166 Australia Roy Emerson
145 Australia Ken Rosewall
136 Australia John Newcombe
113 Australia Rod Laver
112 United States Vic Seixas
107 United States Jimmy Connors
106 United States Arthur Ashe
105 Switzerland Roger Federer
100 United States Bill Tilden
99 Australia Neale Fraser

Winning percentage in Grand Slam tournaments per court type edit

Hardcourt % W–L
Serbia Novak Djokovic 89.22 182–22
Switzerland Roger Federer 86.82 191–29
United States Pete Sampras 86.57 116–18
United States Jimmy Connors 85.90 67–11
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 85.37 105–18
Sweden Björn Borg 84.62 22–4
United States Andre Agassi 84.11 127–24
United States John McEnroe 83.91 73–14
Spain Rafael Nadal 83.72 144–28
Spain Carlos Alcaraz 82.14 23–5
minimum 20 wins
Clay % W–L
Spain Rafael Nadal 97.39 112–3
Sweden Björn Borg 92.65 63–5
France René Lacoste 90.63 29–3
France Henri Cochet 90.24 37–4
Australia Ken Rosewall 86.67 26–4
Serbia Novak Djokovic 85.19 92–16
Sweden Mats Wilander 83.93 47–9
South Africa Eric Sturgess 83.33 30–6
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 81.82 36–8
United States Jim Courier 81.63 40–9
minimum 20 wins
Grass % W–L
United States Don Budge 91.22 52–5
United States Bill Tilden 90.91 100–10
United States Pete Sampras 90.00 63–7
Serbia Novak Djokovic 89.32 92–11
Sweden Björn Borg 88.89 56–7
United Kingdom Fred Perry 88.76 79–10
Switzerland Roger Federer 88.24 105–14
Australia Jack Crawford 87.25 89–13
France Henri Cochet 84.51 60–11
Australia Rod Laver 83.70 113–22
minimum 20 wins

Season totals edit

Four majors in one calendar year edit

4 Slam wins Years
Australia Rod Laver 2 1962, 1969[28]
United States Don Budge 1 1938
3 Slam wins & 1 final Years
Serbia Novak Djokovic 3 2015, 2021, 2023
Switzerland Roger Federer 2 2006, 2007
Australia Jack Crawford 1 1933
Australia Lew Hoad 1956
2 Slam wins & 2 finals Years
Australia Frank Sedgman 1 1952
Switzerland Roger Federer 2009
All 4 finals Years
Switzerland Roger Federer 3 2006, 2007, 2009
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2015, 2021, 2023
Australia Rod Laver 2 1962, 1969
Australia Jack Crawford 1 1933
United States Don Budge 1938
Australia Frank Sedgman 1952
Australia Lew Hoad 1956
All 4 semifinals Years
Serbia Novak Djokovic 6 2011–13, 15, 21, 23
Switzerland Roger Federer 5 2005–09
Australia Rod Laver 3 1961–62, 69
Australia Ashley Cooper 2 1957–58
Spain Rafael Nadal 2008, 19
Australia Jack Crawford 1 1933
United Kingdom Fred Perry 1935
United States Don Budge 1938
Australia Frank Sedgman 1952
United States Vic Seixas 1953
United States Tony Trabert 1955
Australia Lew Hoad 1956
Australia Tony Roche 1969
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1987
United Kingdom Andy Murray 2011
All 4 quarterfinals Years
Switzerland Roger Federer 8 2005–12
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2010–15, 21, 23
Australia Roy Emerson 5 1959, 61, 64–66
Spain Rafael Nadal 2008, 2010–11, 18–19
United Kingdom Andy Murray 4 2011–12, 14, 16
Australia Neale Fraser 3 1958–60
Australia Rod Laver 1961–62, 69
Czech Republic Ivan Lendl 1983, 87–88
United Kingdom Fred Perry 2 1934–35
United States Dick Savitt 1951–52
Australia Frank Sedgman 1951–52
United States Vic Seixas 1953–54
Australia Ashley Cooper 1957–58
United States Andre Agassi 1995, 01
Spain David Ferrer 2012–13
Australia Jack Crawford 1 1933
United States Don Budge 1938
United States Vic Seixas 1953
Australia Ken Rosewall 1953
United States Tony Trabert 1955
Australia Lew Hoad 1956
Australia John Newcombe 1969
Australia Tony Roche 1969
United States John McEnroe 1985
Sweden Mats Wilander 1988
Sweden Stefan Edberg 1991
United States Pete Sampras 1993
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 2015

Three majors edit

3 slam wins Years
Serbia Novak Djokovic 4 2011, 15, 21, 23
Switzerland Roger Federer 3 2004, 06–07
Australia Jack Crawford 1 1933
United Kingdom Fred Perry 1934
United States Tony Trabert 1955
Australia Lew Hoad 1956
Australia Ashley Cooper 1958
Australia Roy Emerson 1964
United States Jimmy Connors 1974
Sweden Mats Wilander 1988
Spain Rafael Nadal 2010
2 slam wins & 1 final Years
United Kingdom Fred Perry 2 1935–36
Sweden Björn Borg 1978, 80
Czech Republic Ivan Lendl 1986–87
Spain Rafael Nadal 2017, 19
France Henri Cochet 1 1928
United States Bobby Riggs 1939
United States Alex Olmedo 1959
Australia Neale Fraser 1960
Argentina Guillermo Vilas 1977
United States John McEnroe 1984
United States Pete Sampras 1995
United States Andre Agassi 1999
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2016
1 slam win & 2 finals Years
Australia Rod Laver 2 1960–61
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2012–13
United States Vic Seixas 1 1953
Australia Ken Rosewall 1956
Australia Ashley Cooper 1957
Australia Fred Stolle 1965
Sweden Björn Borg 1981
United States Jim Courier 1993
Switzerland Roger Federer 2008
Spain Rafael Nadal 2011
United Kingdom Andy Murray 2016
3 slam finals (all losses) Years
Australia Jack Crawford 1 1934
Australia Roy Emerson 1962
Australia Fred Stolle 1964
United States Jimmy Connors 1975

Other edit

Consecutive majors edit

Four consecutive edit
Australian / French / Wimbledon / United States Years
Australia Rod Laver 2 1962, 69
United States Don Budge 1 1938
Three consecutive edit
Australian / French / Wimbledon Years
Australia Jack Crawford 1 1933
Australia Lew Hoad 1956
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2021
French / Wimbledon / United States Years
United States Tony Trabert 1 1955
Spain Rafael Nadal 2010
Two consecutive edit

Players who won three or four consecutive titles are not listed here.

Australian/French Years
Australia Roy Emerson 2 1963, 67
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2016, 23
Australia Ken Rosewall 1 1953
Sweden Mats Wilander 1988
United States Jim Courier 1992
Spain Rafael Nadal 2022
French/Wimbledon Years
Sweden Björn Borg 3 1978–80
France René Lacoste 1 1925
United Kingdom Fred Perry 1935
United States Budge Patty 1950
Spain Rafael Nadal 2008
Switzerland Roger Federer 2009
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2021
Wimbledon/United States Years
Switzerland Roger Federer 4 2004–07
Serbia Novak Djokovic 3 2011, 15, 18
United States Bill Tilden 2 1920–21
United Kingdom Fred Perry 1934–36
United States Jimmy Connors 1974, 82
United States John McEnroe 1981, 84
United States Pete Sampras 1993, 95
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 1 1903
United States Ellsworth Vines 1932
United States Don Budge 1937
United States Bobby Riggs 1939
United States Jack Kramer 1947 (*)
Australia Frank Sedgman 1952
Australia Ashley Cooper 1958
Australia Neale Fraser 1960
Australia Roy Emerson 1964
Australia John Newcombe 1967
Germany Boris Becker 1989

(*) In 1947 the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

Non-consecutive majors edit

Three non-consecutive edit
Australian/French/United States Years
Sweden Mats Wilander 1 1988
Serbia Novak Djokovic 1 2023
Australian/Wimbledon/United States Years
Switzerland Roger Federer 3 2004, 06–07
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2 2011, 15
United Kingdom Fred Perry 1 1934
Australia Ashley Cooper 1958
Australia Roy Emerson 1964
United States Jimmy Connors 1974
Two non-consecutive edit

Players who won three or four titles are not listed here.

Australian & Wimbledon Years
Australia Roy Emerson 2 1961–65
United States Pete Sampras 1994, 97
United States Dick Savitt 1 1951
United States Alex Olmedo 1959
Switzerland Roger Federer 2017
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2019
Australian & United States Year
Australia John Newcombe 1973
French & United States Years
Spain Rafael Nadal 3 2013, 17, 19
Czech Republic Ivan Lendl 2 1986–87
France René Lacoste 1 1927
France Henri Cochet 1928
Argentina Guillermo Vilas 1977
United States Andre Agassi 1999

Single season winning percentage edit

Match winning % W–L Year
Australia Rod Laver 100 26–0 1969
Australia Rod Laver (2) 100 25–0 1962
United States Don Budge 100 24–0 1938
United States Jimmy Connors 100 20–0 1974
Switzerland Roger Federer 96.43 27–1 2006
Serbia Novak Djokovic 96.43 27–1 2015
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 96.43 27–1 2021
Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) 96.43 27–1 2023
Australia Lew Hoad 96.30 26–1 1956
Switzerland Roger Federer (2) 96.30 26–1 2007
Australia Jack Crawford 96.15 25–1 1933
Sweden Mats Wilander 96.15 25–1 1988
Spain Rafael Nadal 96.15 25–1 2010
Serbia Novak Djokovic (4) 96.15 25–1 2011
minimum 20 wins

Consecutive titles edit

Note: In a row spanning more than one year

6 consecutive majors

Wimbledon / United States / Australian / French / Wimbledon / United States Year
United States Don Budge 1937–38

4 consecutive majors

Wimbledon / United States / Wimbledon / United States Year (*)
United States Bill Tilden 1920–21
Wimbledon / United States / Australian / French Year
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2015–16

3 consecutive majors

Wimbledon / United States / Wimbledon Year (*)
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 1903–04
Wimbledon / United States / Australian Year
Australia Roy Emerson 1964–65
United States Pete Sampras 1993–94
Switzerland Roger Federer 2005–06
Switzerland Roger Federer (2) 2006–07
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2011–12
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 2018–19

(*) Only from 1925 onwards each year had four Grand Slam tournaments.

Winning a Grand Slam singles tournament without losing a set edit

Player Times Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Spain Rafael Nadal 4 2008, 2010, 2017, 2020
United States Richard Sears[29] 3 1881, 1882, 1883
United States Tony Trabert 3 1955 1953, 1955
Sweden Björn Borg 3 1978, 1980  1976
United States Don Budge 2 1938 1938
Switzerland Roger Federer 2 2007 2017
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 1 1903
United States Holcombe Ward 1 1904
United States William Larned 1 1907
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1 1909
Australia Rodney Heath 1 1910
Australia Pat O'Hara Wood 1 1923
Australia John Bromwich 1 1939
United States Frank Parker 1 1945
Australia Frank Sedgman 1 1952
Australia Neale Fraser 1 1960[30]
United States Chuck McKinley 1 1963
Australia Roy Emerson 1 1964
Australia Ken Rosewall 1 1971
Romania Ilie Năstase 1 1973

Grand Slam season streaks edit

# 3 titles per season Years
2 Switzerland Roger Federer 2006–2007
# 2+ titles per season Years
4 Switzerland Roger Federer 2004–2007
3 United Kingdom Fred Perry 1934–1936
Australia Roy Emerson 1963–1965
Sweden Björn Borg 1978–1980
United States Pete Sampras 1993–1995
2 United States Bill Tilden 1920–1921
United States Don Budge 1937–1938
United States John McEnroe 1980–1981
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2015–2016
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 2018–2019
# 1+ title per season Years
10 Spain Rafael Nadal 2005–2014
8 Sweden Björn Borg 1974–1981
United States Pete Sampras 1993–2000
Switzerland Roger Federer 2003–2010
7 United States Richard Sears 1881–1887
6 United Kingdom William Renshaw 1881–1886
United States Bill Tilden 1920–1925
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2011–2016
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) 2018–2023
# 1+ final per season Years
11 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1981–1991
United States Pete Sampras 1992–2002
10 Switzerland Roger Federer 2003–2012
Spain Rafael Nadal 2005–2014

Pro Slam (majors) edit

Career totals edit

# Titles
15 Australia Ken Rosewall[31]
13 United States Pancho Gonzales
8 Australia Rod Laver
4 Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh
United States Vinny Richards
Germany Hans Nüsslein
United States Ellsworth Vines
United States Don Budge
3 United States Bill Tilden
United States Bobby Riggs
Ecuador Pancho Segura
# Finals
19 United States Pancho Gonzales
Australia Ken Rosewall
14 Australia Rod Laver
13 Ecuador Pancho Segura
8 Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh
Germany Hans Nüsslein
United States Don Budge
7 Australia Lew Hoad
6 United States Vinny Richards
United States Bill Tilden
United States Bobby Riggs
Australia Frank Sedgman
# Semifinals
27 Australia Ken Rosewall
26 United States Pancho Gonzales
24 Ecuador Pancho Segura
16 United States Don Budge
15 United States Bill Tilden
14 Australia Frank Sedgman
Australia Rod Laver
11 United States Frank Kovacs
United States Tony Trabert
10 Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh
United States Bobby Riggs
Australia Lew Hoad
Spain Andrés Gimeno
# Quarterfinals
36 Ecuador Pancho Segura
27 United States Pancho Gonzales
Australia Ken Rosewall
19 Australia Lew Hoad
Spain Andrés Gimeno
18 United States Bill Tilden
United States Bobby Riggs
17 United States Don Budge
United States Tony Trabert
Australia Frank Sedgman
United States Butch Buchholz
# Appearances
37 Ecuador Pancho Segura
27 United States Pancho Gonzales
Australia Ken Rosewall
23 Australia Lew Hoad
20 United States Bobby Riggs
Spain Andrés Gimeno
United States Butch Buchholz
19 United States Tony Trabert
Australia Frank Sedgman
18 United States Bill Tilden
United States Don Budge
Australia Mal Anderson
United Kingdom Mike Davies
# Match wins
71 Australia Ken Rosewall
65 United States Pancho Gonzales
63 Ecuador Pancho Segura
40 United States Don Budge
38 Australia Rod Laver
37 United States Bill Tilden
36 United States Bobby Riggs
35 United States Vinny Richards
% W–L Match record
85.54 71–12 Australia Ken Rosewall
84.44 38–7 Australia Rod Laver
82.28 65–14 United States Pancho Gonzales
74.07 40–14 United States Don Budge
minimum 25 wins

Pro Slam achievements edit

Pro Slam Player U.S. Wembley French
Australia Ken Rosewall 1963 1963 1963
Australia Rod Laver[32] 1967 1967 1967
all three Pro Slam titles simultaneously (in a calendar year)
2 titles + 1 final Year
United States Pancho Gonzales 1956
Australia Rod Laver 1964
Australia Rod Laver 1966
1 title + 2 finals Year
Australia Rod Laver 1965
Australia Ken Rosewall 1966

Pro Slam tournament totals edit

Titles per tournament edit

# US Pro
9 United States Pancho Gonzales[33]
4 United States Vinny Richards
3 Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh
United States Bobby Riggs
Ecuador Pancho Segura
Australia Rod Laver
# Wembley Pro
4 United States Pancho Gonzales
Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Rod Laver
2 Australia Frank Sedgman
United States Ellsworth Vines
# French Pro
8 Australia Ken Rosewall
2 United States Tony Trabert
Germany Hans Nüsslein

Finals per tournament edit

# US Pro
12 United States Pancho Gonzales
9 Ecuador Pancho Segura
7 Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh
6 United States Vinny Richards
United States Don Budge
# Wembley Pro
7 Australia Ken Rosewall
5 United States Pancho Gonzales
4 Ecuador Pancho Segura
Australia Rod Laver
# French Pro
8 Australia Ken Rosewall
5 Australia Rod Laver
3 United States Pancho Gonzales
France Robert Ramillon
France Martin Plaa
Germany Hans Nüsslein

Match record per tournament edit

% W–L US Pro
87.80 36–5 United States Pancho Gonzales
87.50 14–2 Australia Rod Laver
77.27 19–7 United Kingdom Fred Perry
75.00 12-4 Australia Ken Rosewall
72.97 27–10 United States Don Budge
72.50 29–11 United States Bobby Riggs
70.37 19–8 United States Bill Tilden
minimum 10 wins
% W–L Wembley Pro
92.31 12–1 Australia Rod Laver
82.86 29–6 Australia Ken Rosewall
81.48 22–5 United States Pancho Gonzales
71.43 10–4 United States Don Budge
minimum 10 wins
% W–L French Pro
93.75 30–2 Australia Ken Rosewall
75.00 12–4 Australia Rod Laver
minimum 10 wins

Pro Slam tournaments streaks edit

# Titles
5 Australia Ken Rosewall
4 United States Pancho Gonzales
3 United States Don Budge
Australia Rod Laver
Australia Rod Laver (2)
# Finals
13 United States Pancho Gonzales
12 Australia Rod Laver
5 United States Bobby Riggs
Australia Ken Rosewall
4 Ecuador Pancho Segura
Australia Ken Rosewall (2)
# Semifinals
18 United States Pancho Gonzales
17 Australia Ken Rosewall
12 Australia Rod Laver
8 United States Bobby Riggs
5 United States Bill Tilden
United States Bill Tilden (2)
United States Don Budge
United States Don Budge (2)
Ecuador Pancho Segura
# Quarterfinals
18 United States Pancho Gonzales
17 Australia Ken Rosewall
15 United States Butch Buchholz
Australia Rod Laver
12 Ecuador Pancho Segura
9 United States Bobby Riggs

Overall majors edit

  • Major tournaments consist of the combined total of Grand Slams, Pro Slams and early ILTF majors (WHCC, WCCC & WGCC).

Career totals edit

# Titles
24 Serbia Novak Djokovic
23 Australia Ken Rosewall[34]
22 Spain Rafael Nadal
20 Switzerland Roger Federer
19 Australia Rod Laver[35]
15 United States Pancho Gonzales
14 United States Bill Tilden
United States Pete Sampras
12 Australia Roy Emerson
11 France Henri Cochet
Sweden Björn Borg
# Finals
36 Serbia Novak Djokovic
35 Australia Ken Rosewall
31 Australia Rod Laver
Switzerland Roger Federer
30 Spain Rafael Nadal
22 United States Bill Tilden
21 United States Pancho Gonzales
19 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
18 United States Pete Sampras
16 Sweden Björn Borg
# Semifinals
52 Australia Ken Rosewall
48 Serbia Novak Djokovic
46 Switzerland Roger Federer
38 Spain Rafael Nadal
36 United States Bill Tilden
32 Australia Rod Laver
31 United States Jimmy Connors
30 United States Pancho Gonzales
28 Ecuador Pancho Segura
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
# Quarterfinals
58 Switzerland Roger Federer
Serbia Novak Djokovic
57 Australia Ken Rosewall
47 Spain Rafael Nadal
42 Ecuador Pancho Segura
41 United States Jimmy Connors
40 United States Bill Tilden
37 Australia Roy Emerson
36 United States Andre Agassi
35 Australia Rod Laver
# Appearances
81 Switzerland Roger Federer
Spain Feliciano López
73 Serbia Novak Djokovic
France Richard Gasquet
71 Spain Fernando Verdasco
70 France Fabrice Santoro
69 Australia Ken Rosewall
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka
68 Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber

Matches edit

# Match wins
369 Switzerland Roger Federer
366 Serbia Novak Djokovic
314 Spain Rafael Nadal
242 Australia Ken Rosewall
233 United States Jimmy Connors
224 United States Andre Agassi
222 Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
210 Australia Roy Emerson
203 United States Pete Sampras
200 United Kingdom Andy Murray
% W–L Match winning
89.24 141–17 Sweden Björn Borg
88.19 366–49 Serbia Novak Djokovic
87.96 314–43 Spain Rafael Nadal
86.81 125–19 France Henri Cochet
86.01 369–60 Switzerland Roger Federer
84.51 120–22 United Kingdom Fred Perry
84.23 203–38 United States Pete Sampras
84.03 242–46 Australia Ken Rosewall
83.76 98–19 United States Don Budge
83.51 157–31 United States Bill Tilden
minimum 95 wins

^ Note: The draw of Pro majors was significantly smaller than the traditional Grand Slam tournaments; usually they only had 16 or even fewer professional players. Though they were the top 16 ranked players in the world at the time, this meant only four (or even fewer) rounds of play instead of the modern six or seven rounds.

All tournaments edit

Career titles & finals edit

Titles Player
198[36][37] Australia Rod Laver
147[37] Australia Ken Rosewall
147[37] Czech Republic/Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
139[37] United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie
138[38] United States Bill Tilden
118[37] New Zealand Anthony Wilding
113[37] United States Pancho Gonzales
110[37] Australia Roy Emerson
109[37] United States Jimmy Connors
103[37] Switzerland Roger Federer
Finals Player
286[39] Australia Rod Laver
251[39] Australia Ken Rosewall
230[39] United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie
203[39] Czech Republic/Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
192[38] United States Bill Tilden
174[39] United Kingdom Edward Roy Allen
173[39] Australia Roy Emerson
164[39] United States Jimmy Connors
159[39] United States Pancho Gonzales
157[39] Switzerland Roger Federer

Career tournament streaks edit

Titles Player Years
19[40] New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1914–1915
United States Bill Tilden 1924–1925
15 Australia Jack Crawford 1934–1935
14[41] United States Don Budge 1937–1938
12 United States Budge Patty 1954–1955
10 United Kingdom Gordon Lowe 1914–1920
United States Tony Trabert 1955
Sweden Björn Borg 1979–1980
9 Republic of Ireland James Cecil Parke 1913
France Henri Cochet 1925–1926
United States Bobby Riggs 1938
Hungary József Asbóth 1940–1946
United States Bill Talbert 1945
Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 1952
Finals Player Years
52[40] United States Bill Tilden 1922–1926
28 New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1908–1910
26 Australia John Bromwich 1940–1947
25 United Kingdom Fred Perry 1936–1941
Australia Frank Sedgman 1951–1953
22 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett 1904–1908
20 United States Don Budge 1936–1938
Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 1951–1952
19 Australia Jack Crawford 1930–1932
United States Budge Patty 1954–1955
Australia Roy Emerson 1961–1962

Career matches edit

# Played
2521[42] Australia Ken Rosewall
2232[43] United States Bill Tilden
2227[44] Australia Rod Laver
2117[45] Ecuador Pancho Segura
2020[46] United States Pancho Gonzales
1813[47] Australia Roy Emerson
1645 United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie
1559[48] United States Arthur Ashe
1558[49] United States Jimmy Connors
1526[50] Switzerland Roger Federer
# Match wins
1811[42] Australia Ken Rosewall
1726[43] United States Bill Tilden
1689[44] Australia Rod Laver
1397[47] Australia Roy Emerson
1368[46] United States Pancho Gonzales
1292[45] Ecuador Pancho Segura
1275 United States Jimmy Connors
1274 United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie
1251[50] Switzerland Roger Federer
1188[48] United States Arthur Ashe
1098 Serbia Novak Djokovic
Match winning % W–L
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 91.77 636–57[51]
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 88.52 293–38[51]
United States Bill Johnston 87.28 350–51[51]
France René Lacoste 85.90 262–43[51]
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett 85.13 332–58[51]
United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith 85.03 318–56[51]
Canada Henry Mayes 84.77 412–74[51]
Australia John Bromwich 84.21 480–90[51]
South Africa Eric Sturgess 84.15 292–55[51]
France Jean Borotra 83.74 654–127[51]
Serbia Novak Djokovic 83.50 1098–217
minimum 250 matches

Career match streaks edit

# Player Year(s) ref
98 United States Bill Tilden 1924–25[a] [52][53]
92 United States Don Budge 1937–38 [54][53]
80 New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1913–14[b] [53]
70 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 1902–04[c] [53]
65 United States Bill Tilden (2) 1930[d] [53]
61 United States Bill Tilden (3) 1920–21[e] [53]
United States Bill Tilden (4) 1925–26[f] [53]
55 Australia Roy Emerson 1964[g] [55][53]
49 United States Bobby Riggs 1938[h] [53]
Sweden Björn Borg 1978[i] [53]
# Finals won Years
24 Switzerland Roger Federer 2003–2005
15 Sweden Björn Borg 1979–1980
14 United States Don Budge[56] 1937–1938
Australia Rod Laver 1973–1975
Spain Rafael Nadal 2005–2006
13 Australia Rod Laver (2) 1969
Sweden Björn Borg 1976–1977
12 United States John McEnroe 1980–1981
United States John McEnroe (2) 1984–1985
11 Austria Thomas Muster 1994–1995
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 2013–2016
Spain Rafael Nadal (2) 2019–2022

Career records per court type edit

Note: Wood has not been used since 1970 and Carpet has not been used since 2009.

Titles per court type edit

# Hard
71 Switzerland Roger Federer
Serbia Novak Djokovic
49 United States Jimmy Connors
United States Andre Agassi
41 United States Pete Sampras
34 United Kingdom Andy Murray
30 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
28 Australia Rod Laver
25 Spain Rafael Nadal
23 Sweden Stefan Edberg
# Clay
92 Czech Republic/Egypt Jaroslav Drobný[57]
76[58] United States Bill Tilden
75 New Zealand Anthony Wilding[59][60]
65[58] France Henri Cochet
63 Spain Rafael Nadal
62[58] United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie
60[58] United States Budge Patty
56[58] Spain Manuel Santana
54[58] Australia Roy Emerson
49[58] Argentina Guillermo Vilas
United States Frank Parker
# Grass
82[61] United Kingdom Roy Allen
56[61] United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie
52[61] United Kingdom Sydney H. Smith
51[61] United Kingdom Herbert R. Barrett
49[61] United States Bill Tilden
44[61] United States William Larned
Australia Jack Crawford
Australia Rod Laver
41[61] Australia Roy Emerson
40[61] Australia John Bromwich
# Carpet
43 United States John McEnroe
39 United States Jimmy Connors
34 Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
22 Germany Boris Becker
Australia Rod Laver
Sweden Björn Borg
18 United States Arthur Ashe
13 United States Pete Sampras
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
12 United States Stan Smith
# Wood
23 France Jean Borotra[62][63]
20 Australia Ken Rosewall
18 Australia Rod Laver
15 United States Bill Tilden
9 United Kingdom George Caridia[64]
8 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
7 United Kingdom Ernest Lewis
Australia Anthony Wilding
5 France André Gobert
4 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný
United Kingdom Robert Wilson
# Outdoor
114[65] New Zealand Anthony Wilding
Australia Rod Laver
107 Czechoslovakia/Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
98 Australia Ken Rosewall
90 Spain Rafael Nadal
79 Serbia Novak Djokovic
77 Switzerland Roger Federer
67 United States Bill Tilden
56 United States Jimmy Connors
55 Argentina Guillermo Vilas
# Indoor
55[66] Australia Rod Laver
53 United States Jimmy Connors
52 United States John McEnroe
48 United States Pancho Gonzales
47 France Jean Borotra
42 Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
Australia Ken Rosewall
33 United States Arthur Ashe
30 Germany Boris Becker
29 United States Stan Smith

Consecutive titles per court type edit

# Hard Years
12 United States Pancho Gonzales 1955–57[67]
United States Budge Patty 1954–56
9 France André Gobert 1919–21
France Jean Borotra 1929–30
United Kingdom Fred Perry 1931–34
United States Ellsworth Vines 1934–38
United States Don Budge 1935–37
United States John McEnroe 1983–84
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1985–86
Switzerland Roger Federer 2005–06
# Clay Years
22 New Zealand Anthony Wilding[68] 1912–14
21 United States Bill Tilden 1922–25
13 Spain Rafael Nadal 2005–07
10 Hungary József Asbóth 1940–46
Sweden Björn Borg 1979–81
9 United States Maurice McLoughlin 1907–12
8 United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie 1906–07
Japan Ichiya Kumagae 1919–20
Germany Gottfried von Cramm 1935–36
Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 1952
Argentina Guillermo Vilas 1977
# Grass Years
13 Australia Jack Crawford[69] 1930–32
10 Australia Ken Rosewall 1967–69
Switzerland Roger Federer 2003–08
9 New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1908–09
United States Don Budge 1921–22
8 South Africa Brian Norton 1921–22
Republic of Ireland James Parke 1913
Australia Ken Rosewall (2) 1961–63
7 Australia Augustus Kearney 1899–1901
United Kingdom Gordon Lowe 1914–21
Australia Gerald Patterson 1921–22
# Outdoor Years
20 United States Bill Tilden 1923–25
19 United States Don Budge 1936–38
17 New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1913–14
15 Australia Jack Crawford 1931–32
13 Hungary József Asbóth 1940–46
9 United States James Cecil Parke 1913
United States Francis Lowe 1914–20
United States Bobby Riggs 1938
8 Czech Republic Jaroslav Drobný 1952
Sweden Björn Borg 1977–78
# Indoor Years
15 United States John McEnroe 1985
14 United States Ivan Lendl 1983
13 United States Bill Tilden 1930–33
9 France Jean Borotra 1929–30
France André Gobert 1919–21
8 United States Budge Patty 1955–56
United States Pancho Gonzales 1955–57
7 United States Jimmy Connors 1973
United States Arthur Ashe 1975
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2012–15

Consecutive finals per court type edit

# Hard Years
29[70] United States Pancho Gonzales 1951–57
22 United Kingdom Fred Perry 1930–41
20 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1981–83
17 United States Bill Tilden 1918–26
15 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 1950–55
United States Budge Patty 1954–57
14 Australia Rod Laver 1964–65
Switzerland Roger Federer 2005–06
13 France Jean Borotra 1927–30
United States Jimmy Connors 1975–76
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2015–16
# Clay Years
43[71] United States Bill Tilden 1922–29
34 New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1907–12
23 United States Bill Talbert 1942–46
21 Ecuador Pancho Segura 1940–46
19 Japan Ichiya Kumagae 1916–21
18 Spain Rafael Nadal 2005–08
17 France Henri Cochet 1925–27
16 United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie 1903–05
United States Frank Parker 1940–46
15 United States Frank Kovacs 1946–51
# Grass Years
23[72] United States Bill Tilden 1930–32
19 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett 1904–08
New Zealand John Bromwich 1940–47
16 Australia Frank Sedgman 1951–54
15 Australia Jack Crawford 1930–32
14 New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1908–10
United Kingdom Roy Allen 1907–08
13 Australia Fred Stolle 1963–64
Switzerland Roger Federer 2003–10
12 Republic of Ireland Joshua Pim 1890–91
United States Malcolm Whitman 1899–1902
# Outdoor Years
59 United States Bill Tilden 1922–26
28 Australia Anthony Wilding 1908–10
19 Australia Jack Crawford 1930–32
16 Hungary József Asbóth 1940–47
15 Switzerland Roger Federer 2005–06
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2015–16
United States Francis Lowe 1920–21
14 United States Don Budge 1937–38
13 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 1977
United States Bobby Riggs 1937
# Indoor Years
20 United States Bill Tilden 1926–34
19 United States Ivan Lendl 1983–86
17 United States John McEnroe 1983–85
15 United States Budge Patty 1954–57
United States Don Budge 1934–47
13 France Jean Borotra 1927–30
Czech Republic Jaroslav Drobný 1950–55
Australia Rod Laver 1965–67
12 United States Pancho Gonzales 1950–53
11 France André Gobert 1919–22

Career match wins per court type edit

# Hard
813[73] United States Pancho Gonzales
783[73] Switzerland Roger Federer
743[73] Australia Ken Rosewall
706[73] Ecuador Pancho Segura
701[73] Serbia Novak Djokovic
675[73] Australia Rod Laver
668[73] United States Andre Agassi
662[73] Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
525[73] United States Jimmy Connors
518[73] Spain Rafael Nadal
# Clay
679[74] Argentina Guillermo Vilas
660[74] Czech Republic/Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
583[74] United States Bill Tilden
569[74] Spain Manuel Orantes
544[74] Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
509[74] United States Gardnar Mulloy
499[74] United States Budge Patty
493[74] Spain Manuel Santana
480[74] Australia Roy Emerson
475[74] Spain Rafael Nadal
# Grass
572[75] United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie
566[75] Australia Roy Emerson
556[75] Australia Ken Rosewall
542[75] United Kingdom Roy Allen
489[75] Australia Jack Crawford
445[75] United States Bill Tilden
431[75] Australia Rod Laver
401[75] Australia John Newcombe
379[75] Australia Adrian Quist
378[75] Australia John Bromwich
# Carpet
392 United States Jimmy Connors
349 United States John McEnroe
286 United States Arthur Ashe
258 Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
257 Germany Boris Becker
223 Romania Ilie Năstase
216 United States Brian Gottfried
205 United States Stan Smith
196 United States Vitas Gerulaitis
192 Croatia Goran Ivanišević
# Outdoor
976 Spain Rafael Nadal
953 Switzerland Roger Federer
901 Serbia Novak Djokovic
817 Argentina Guillermo Vilas
787 United States Jimmy Connors
727 Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl
702 United States Andre Agassi
628 Spain David Ferrer
598 Spain Manuel Orantes
584 Romania Ilie Năstase
# Indoor
628[76] United States Pancho Gonzales
583[76] Ecuador Pancho Segura
487[76] United States Jimmy Connors
450[76] Australia Ken Rosewall
423[76] United States John McEnroe
402[76] France Jean Borotra
368[76] United States Arthur Ashe
353[76] Australia Rod Laver
348[76] United States Jack Kramer
341[76] Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl

Career match winning % per court type edit

Hard % W–L
France Jean Borotra 86.21 400–64
Serbia Novak Djokovic 84.66 701–127
United States Budge Patty 84.29 177–33
Switzerland Roger Federer 83.48 783–155
United States Jimmy Connors 83.16 489–99
United States Ted Schroeder 83.13 133–27
Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 82.82 400–83
Australia Rod Laver 82.61 152–32
United States John McEnroe 81.64 289–65
United States Pete Sampras 80.64 429–103
minimum 100 wins
Clay % W–L
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 96.01 313–13[77]
United States Frank Parker 91.56 369–34
Spain Rafael Nadal 91.17 475–46
Canada Henry Mayes 87.45 223–32
France René Lacoste 87.34 138–20
United States Bobby Riggs 87.09 317–47
South Africa Eric Sturgess 86.29 151–24
Sweden Björn Borg 86.10 285–46
Spain Manuel Santana 84.56 493–90
France Henri Cochet 84.21 400–75
minimum 100 wins
Grass % W–L
United States Bill Tilden 88.29 445–49[78]
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 88.17 246–33
United States Maurice McLoughlin 87.95 146–20
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 87.20 184–27
Switzerland Roger Federer 86.88 192–29[79]
Serbia Novak Djokovic 85.82 115–19
United States John McEnroe 85.82 121–20
United Kingdom Sydney H. Smith 85.60 315–53
United Kingdom Herbert R. Barrett 85.00 272–48
United States Bill Johnston 84.86 213–38
minimum 100 wins
Carpet[80] % W–L
United States John McEnroe 84.30 349–65
Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 82.75 259–54
United States Jimmy Connors 82.66 391–82
Sweden Björn Borg 81.17 181–42
Germany Boris Becker 80.12 258–64
Australia Rod Laver 78.20 208–58
United States Arthur Ashe 76.88 286–86
United States Pete Sampras 75.94 142–45
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 73.45 166–60
United States Stan Smith 71.43 205–82
minimum 100 wins (not used since 2009)
Outdoor % W–L
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 92.46 564–46[77]
United States Bill Johnston 87.19 354–52
United States Bobby Riggs 85.56 640–108
France René Lacoste 85.42 205–35
Spain Rafael Nadal 84.58 976–178[81]
Serbia Novak Djokovic 84.36 901–167[82]
United States Bill Tilden 83.96 1089–208
United States Frank Parker 83.69 739–144
Sweden Björn Borg 83.33 430–86
France Henri Cochet 83.03 510–104
minimum 200 wins
Indoor % W–L
France Jean Borotra 86.04 413–67
United States John McEnroe 85.28 423–73
Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 82.97 341–70
United States Jimmy Connors 81.57 487–110
Switzerland Roger Federer 80.98 298–70
Sweden Björn Borg 80.58 224–54
West Germany Boris Becker 79.84 297–75
Serbia Novak Djokovic 79.76 197–50
Czech Republic/Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 79.30 180–47
United States Pete Sampras 77.74 213–61
minimum 100 wins

Career match win streaks per court type edit

# Hard Years
56 Switzerland Roger Federer 2005–06
36 Switzerland Roger Federer (2) 2006–07
35 Serbia Novak Djokovic 2010–11
# Clay Years
120[83] New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1910–14
115 United States Bill Tilden 1922–26
81 Spain Rafael Nadal 2005–07
68 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 1897–1907
66 United Kingdom Reginald Doherty 1895–1909
# Grass Years
75 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 1902–10
65 Switzerland Roger Federer 2003–08
54 New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1908–11
45 Australia Norman Brookes 1905–08
41 Sweden Björn Borg 1976–81
# Carpet Years
66 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1981–83
United States John McEnroe 1983–85
32 United States Arthur Ashe 1975

Situational stats edit

After winning 1st set[84] % W–L
Serbia Novak Djokovic 95.88 955–41
Spain Rafael Nadal 94.70 947–53
Sweden Björn Borg 93.94 574–37
Switzerland Roger Federer 93.20 1111–81
United States Jimmy Connors 92.84 1141–88
United Kingdom Andy Murray 92.54 608–49
United States John McEnroe 92.31 804–67
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 92.29 371–31
Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 91.60 949–87
United States Andre Agassi 91.03 751–74
minimum 320 wins
After losing 1st set[85] % W–L
Serbia Novak Djokovic 44.83 143–176
Sweden Björn Borg 43.72 80–103
United States Pete Sampras 43.56 115–149
Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 43.43 119–155
Spain Rafael Nadal 42.32 124–169
Switzerland Roger Federer 41.92 140–194
Germany Boris Becker 41.08 99–142
United States Jimmy Connors 40.55 133–195
Australia Lleyton Hewitt 39.35 122–188
United Kingdom Andy Murray 38.10 128–208
minimum 80 wins
Deciding set[86] % W–L
Sweden Björn Borg 73.38 102–37[87]
United States John McEnroe 72.83 126–47
Japan Kei Nishikori 72.41 147–56
Serbia Novak Djokovic 71.96 213–83
South Africa/United States Johan Kriek 68.55 85–39
United States Jimmy Connors 68.32 179–83
United States Pete Sampras 68.23 189–88
Spain Rafael Nadal 68.18 180–84
United States Stan Smith 67.93 161–76
United Kingdom Andy Murray 67.51 187–90
minimum 80 wins
5th set record[88] % W–L
Sweden Björn Borg 81.82 27–6
Japan Kei Nishikori 79.41 27–7
Serbia Novak Djokovic 77.55 38–11
United States Aaron Krickstein 75.68 28–9
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 70.00 21–9
Australia John Newcombe 69.77 30–13
South Africa Wayne Ferreira 69.23 27–12
Sweden Jonas Björkman 69.05 29–13
United States Pete Sampras 68.75 33–15
Russia Marat Safin 68.29 28–13
minimum 20 wins
Tiebreakers[89] % W–L
Serbia Novak Djokovic 66.13 328–168
Switzerland Roger Federer 65.36 466–247
Ecuador Andrés Gómez 63.19 182–106
United States Pete Sampras 62.84 328–194
United States Andy Roddick 62.09 303–185
United States John McEnroe 61.76 189–117
Spain Rafael Nadal 60.88 263–169
Canada Milos Raonic 60.82 236–152
Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 60.40 241–158
United States John Isner 60.19 505–334
minimum 160 wins

Single season records edit

# Titles Year Ref
23 New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1906 [90]
22 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 1952 [91]
Australia Rod Laver 1962 [92]
19 New Zealand Anthony Wilding (2) 1907
Australia Roy Emerson 1964 [93]
18 United States Bill Tilden 1930
United States Tony Trabert 1955 [94]
Australia Rod Laver (2) 1967 [95]
16 Australia Rod Laver (3) 1966 [96]
Argentina Guillermo Vilas 1977
# Match wins Year Ref
147 Australia Rod Laver 1961 [97]
134 Australia Rod Laver (2) 1962 [98]
130 Argentina Guillermo Vilas 1977 [97]
128 United States Pancho Gonzales 1956 [97]
126 Australia Roy Emerson 1961 [97]
Australia Tony Roche 1966
123 Australia Roy Emerson (2) 1964 [97]
Australia Tony Roche (2) 1967 [97]
120 United States Bill Tilden 1925 [97]
119 Australia John Newcombe 1967 [97]
Match winning % Year % W–L Ref
United States Bill Tilden 1924 100 68–0 [99][100]
United States Bill Tilden (2) 1925 98.73 78–1 [101]
United States Bill Tilden (3) 1923 98.33 60–1
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1913 98.00 50–1
France Henri Cochet 1928 97.53 81–2
United States Bill Tilden (4) 1920 96.61 59–2
United States John McEnroe 1984 96.47 82–3 [102]
New Zealand Anthony Wilding (2) 1914 96.15 50–2
United States Jack Kramer 1946 96.15
United States Jimmy Connors 1974 95.88 93–4
minimum 50 wins

Career season streaks edit

# Career 10+ titles seasons Years
7 Australia Rod Laver 1964–70
6 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 1950–54, 57.[103]
5 United States Bill Tilden 1924–27, 30
4 New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1906–08, 10
United States Jimmy Connors 1973–74, 76, 78
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1981–82, 85, 89
3 Australia Ken Rosewall 1956, 62, 64
United States John McEnroe 1979, 81, 84
Switzerland Roger Federer 2004–06
2 Romania Ilie Năstase 1972–73
Sweden Björn Borg 1977, 79
Spain Rafael Nadal 2005, 13
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2011, 15
Yrs Consecutive 10+ titles per season Streak
7[104] Australia Rod Laver 1964–70
5 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 1950–54.[105]
4 United States Bill Tilden 1924–27
3 New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1906–08
Switzerland Roger Federer 2004–06
2 Romania Ilie Năstase 1972–73
United States Jimmy Connors 1973–74
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1981–82
Yrs Consecutive 1+ titles per season Streak
21 Australia Ken Rosewall 1953–73
Australia Rod Laver 1956–76
19 Spain Rafael Nadal 2004–22
18 Egypt/United Kingdom Jaroslav Drobný 1945–63.[105]
Serbia Novak Djokovic 2006–23
15 Switzerland Roger Federer 2001–15
14 United States Bill Tilden 1918–31
United States Pancho Gonzales 1948–61
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl 1980–93
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1901–14
13 United States Jimmy Connors 1972–84

Single tournament records edit

Most titles at a single tournament edit

The following are tennis players who have won a particular tournament at least six times. Note: Grand Slam and Pro Slam tournaments in boldface

# Player Tournament First–last
17 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett Suffolk Championships 1898–1921[106][107]
16 United Kingdom Dan Maskell British Pro Championships 1928–1950[108][109][110]
14 Spain Rafael Nadal French Open 2005–2022
13 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett Essex Championships 1897–1912[111]
India Mohammed Sleem Punjab Lawn Tennis Championships 1915,17, 1919–26, 1928–29,31[112]
12 France Jean Borotra Coupe Albert Canet 1921–1938[113]
France Jean Borotra French Covered Court Championships 1922–1947[114]
Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli[115] USSR Championships 1966–1967, 1969–1976, 1978, 1980
Spain Rafael Nadal Barcelona Open 2005–2021
11 United States William Larned Longwood Challenge Bowl 1894–1897, 1901, 1903–1909.[116]
Australia Horace Rice Sydney Metropolitan Championships 1898–1922[117][118]
France Jean Borotra British Covered Court Championships 1926–1949[119]
Argentina Stanley Knight River Plate Championships 1900–1908, 1910–1911.[120]
South Africa Eric Sturgess South African Championships 1939–1957[119]
Spain Rafael Nadal Monte-Carlo Masters 2005–2018
10 United Kingdom Wilberforce Eaves Dinard International 1894–1896, 1902–1909[121][122]
United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith Welsh Championships 1896–1906
United States Bill Johnston Pacific Coast Championships 1913–1927[119]
Hungary Béla von Kehrling Hungarian International Championships 1921–1929, 1931–1932
Switzerland Roger Federer Halle Open 2003–2019
Switzerland Roger Federer Swiss Indoors 2006–2019
Spain Rafael Nadal Italian Open 2005–2021
Serbia Novak Djokovic Australian Open 2008–2023
9 United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith Midland Counties Championships 1896–1898, 1900–1905
United Kingdom George Caridia Welsh Covered Court Championships 1899–1909[123]
8 United Kingdom Laurence Doherty South of France Championships 1898–1906
United Kingdom James Cecil Parke Irish Championships 1904–1913
France Max Decugis French Championships 1903–1914
Australia Gerald Patterson Victorian Championships 1919–1927[124]
United States Gardnar Mulloy Austin Smith Championships 1949–1954, 1958, 1961–1962
United States Pancho Gonzales U.S. Pro Tennis Championships 1953–1961
India Ramanathan Krishnan National Lawn Tennis Championships of India 1953, 1968–1960, 1962–1964
Australia Ken Rosewall French Pro Championship 1958–1966
Argentina Guillermo Vilas Buenos Aires 1973–1982
Switzerland Roger Federer Wimbledon 2003–2017
Switzerland Roger Federer Dubai Tennis Championships 2003–2019
7 United States Richard Sears US Championships 1881–1887
United Kingdom William Renshaw Wimbledon 1881–1889
United Kingdom Ernest Lewis British Covered Court Championships 1887–1896
United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith Northern Lawn Tennis Championships 1899–1905[125]
United States William Larned US Championships 1901–1911
West Germany Otto Froitzheim International German Open 1907–1925
West Germany Otto Froitzheim The Homburg Cup 1907–1909, 1911, 1913, 1919–1920
United Kingdom Algernon Kingscote Kent Championships 1914–1926
United States Bill Tilden U.S. Clay Court Championships 1918–1927
United States Bill Tilden US Championships 1920–1929
Czechoslovakia Karel Kozeluh Bristol Cup 1925–1932
Australia Jack Crawford Championship of New South Wales 1927–1936
Australia Jack Crawford Victorian Championships 1928–1941
Australia John Bromwich Championship of New South Wales 1937–1949
Australia George Worthington British Pro Championships 1957–1964
United States Pete Sampras Wimbledon 1993–2000
Switzerland Roger Federer Cincinnati Masters 2005–2015
Serbia Novak Djokovic Wimbledon 2011–2022
Serbia Novak Djokovic Paris Masters 2009–2023
Serbia Novak Djokovic ATP Finals 2008–2023
6 United Kingdom Reginald Doherty Monte Carlo Cup 1897–1904
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty British Covered Court Championships 1901–1906
West Germany Gottfried von Cramm International German Open 1932–1949
Australia Roy Emerson Australian Championships 1961–1967
India Ramanathan Krishnan All India Championships 1954–1965[126]
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson Palace Hotel Covered Courts Championships 1957–1967
Australia Ken Rosewall Wembley Championships 1957–1968
Australia Rod Laver Wembley Championships 1964–1970
United States Jimmy Connors ATP Birmingham 1974–1980
Sweden Björn Borg French Open 1974–1981
Hungary Balázs Taróczy Dutch Open 1976–1982
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl Canadian Open 1980–1989
United States Andre Agassi Miami Open 1990–2003
Switzerland Roger Federer ATP Finals 2003–2011
Serbia Novak Djokovic China Open 2009–2015
Serbia Novak Djokovic Miami Open 2007–2016
Switzerland Roger Federer Australian Open 2004–2018
United States John Isner Atlanta 2013–2021
Serbia Novak Djokovic Italian Open 2008–2022

Most finals at a single tournament edit

The following are tennis players who have reached the final of single tournament at least eleven times.[127]

  • Grand Slam and Pro Slam tournaments in boldface
# Player Tournament First–last
18 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett Suffolk Championships.[128] 1898–1921
17 United Kingdom Dan Maskell British Pro Championships.[129] 1928–1950
15 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett North London Championships 1895–1910
Australia Horace Rice Sydney Metropolitan Championships 1895–1922
Switzerland Roger Federer Swiss Indoors 2000–2019
14 Australia Robert George Bowen South Australian Championships 1894–1910
United States Nathaniel Niles Massachusetts Championships 1907–1924
Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli[115] USSR Championships 1963, 1966–1976, 1978, 1980
Spain Rafael Nadal French Open 2005–2022
13 United States William Larned Longwood Challenge Bowl 1894–1910
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett Essex Championships 1897–1912
France Jean Borotra Coupe Albert Canet 1921–1938
France Jean Borotra British Covered Court Championships 1926–1949[119]
Switzerland Roger Federer Halle Open 2003–2019
12 United Kingdom Harold Mahony Middlesex Championships 1898–1922
United Kingdom George Caridia Welsh Covered Court Championships 1899–1920
France Max Decugis French National Championships 1902–1923
France Jean Borotra French Covered Court Championships 1922–1947
South Africa Eric Sturgess South African Championships 1939–1957
United Kingdom Bill Moss British Pro Championships 1950–1965
Spain Rafael Nadal Monte-Carlo Masters 2005–2018
Switzerland Roger Federer Wimbledon 2003–2019
Spain Rafael Nadal Barcelona Open 2005–2021
Spain Rafael Nadal Italian Open 2005–2021
Serbia Novak Djokovic Italian Open 2008–2022
11 United Kingdom Roy Allen Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships 1894–1909
United States Wallace F. Johnson Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships 1909–1923
Australia John Hawkes Geelong Easter Championships 1915–1931
Australia Jack Crawford Victorian Championships 1926–1941
Australia Harry Hopman MCC Championships 1931–1949
United States Pancho Gonzales U.S. Pro Championships 1951–1964

Most consecutive titles at a single tournament edit

The following are tennis players who have won a particular tournament at least five times in a row.

# Player Tournament Years
14 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett Suffolk Championships 1904–1921[107][130]
9 Argentina Stanley Knight River Plate Championships 1900–1908.[120]
United Kingdom Dan Maskell British Pro Championships 1928–1936[131]
8 United States William Larned Longwood Bowl 1903–1910[132]
Hungary Béla von Kehrling Hungarian International Championships 1921–1929
Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli USSR Championships 1969–1976
Spain Rafael Nadal Monte-Carlo Masters 2005–2012
7 United States Richard Sears US Championships 1881–1887
United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith Welsh Championships 1896–1902
United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith Northern Lawn Tennis Championships 1899–1905[133]
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty South of France Championships 1900–1906
South Africa Eric Sturgess South African Championships 1948–1954
United States Pancho Gonzales U.S. Pro Tennis Championships 1953–1959
Australia Ken Rosewall French Pro Championship 1960–1966
6 United Kingdom William Renshaw Wimbledon 1881–1886
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty British Covered Court Championships 1901–1906
United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett Essex Championships 1901–1906
Republic of Ireland James Cecil Parke Irish Championships 1908–1913
Australia Gerald Patterson Victorian Championships 1919–1924
United States Bill Tilden US Championships 1920–1925
United States Bill Tilden U.S. Clay Court Championships 1922–1927
France Jean Borotra British Covered Court Championships 1926–1931
Australia George Worthington British Pro Championships 1957–1962
Argentina Guillermo Vilas Buenos Aires 1973–1977 (*)
5 United Kingdom Ernest Lewis British Covered Court Championships 1887–1891
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty Wimbledon 1902–1906
United States William Larned US Championships 1907–1911
United Kingdom Algernon Kingscote Kent Championships 1914–1922 (**)
Australia Jack Crawford Victorian Championships 1928–1932
Czechoslovakia Karel Koželuh Bristol Cup 1928–1932
France Jean Borotra French Covered Court Championships 1929–1933
United Kingdom Fred Perry British Hard Court Championships 1932–1936
Australia Roy Emerson Australian Championships 1963–1967
Sweden Björn Borg Wimbledon 1976–1980
Hungary Balázs Taróczy Dutch Open 1978–1982
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Kremlin Cup 1997–2001
Switzerland Roger Federer Wimbledon 2003–2007
Switzerland Roger Federer US Open 2004–2008
Spain Rafael Nadal Barcelona Open 2005–2009
Spain Rafael Nadal French Open 2010–2014

(*) Tournament held twice in 1977.
(**) Tournament wasn't held during World War I.

Year-end championships edit

(1970–present) See the Open Era records page since they have occurred entirely in that era.

Masters tournaments edit

(1970–present) See the Open Era records page since they have occurred entirely in that era.

Big Titles edit

(1990–present) The Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters events and the ATP Finals are the Big Titles of the annual ATP Tour calendar, in addition to the Olympics.

Rankings edit

Youngest & oldest No. 1 edit

  • Age is measured at 31 December of year ranked as No. 1.
Youngest 19 years, 1 month Australia Lew Hoad 1953
Oldest 40 years, 10 months United States Bill Tilden 1933

Olympic tournaments edit

(1896–1924, 1988–present) See the Olympic medalists page for the all-time men's medals leaders.

Prize money edit

(1926–present) Professional tennis started in 1926 but all the top earners have played in the Open Era. See the Open Era records page for the top 10 list.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Tilden career match streak started South Atlantic Championships 1924 ended South Orange tournament 1925.
  2. ^ Wilding career match streak started World Hard Court Championships 1913 ended World Hard Court Championships 1914.
  3. ^ Doherty career match streak started South of France Championships 1902 ended London Covered Court Championships 1904.
  4. ^ Tilden career match streak started South of France Championships 1930 ended French Championships 1930.
  5. ^ Tilden career match streak started Wimbledon Championships 1920 ended Rhode Island Championships 1921.
  6. ^ Tilden career match streak started Church Cup 1925 ended U.S. National Indoors Championships 1926.
  7. ^ Emerson career match streak started Condo De Godo 1964 ended Queensland Championships 1964.
  8. ^ Riggs career match streak started Missouri Valley tournament 1938 ended Meadow Club tournament 1964.
  9. ^ Borg career match streak started Davis Cup 1978 ended US Open tournament 1978.

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