A list of the top 10 male tennis players of all time.

Page updated November 2013

Roger Federer (1981 – )

• 17 Grand slams (7* Wimbledon titles)
• Held world no.1 seed for 302 weeks
• Olympic gold in doubles (2008)
• 77 career titles

Bjorn Borg (1956 – )

• 11 Grand slam titles
• 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles
• 6 French open titles
• 64 career titles

John McEnroe (1959 – )

• 9 Grand slam singles titles
• 11 Grand slam doubles titles
• 71 career titles

Pete Sampras (1971 – )

• 14 grand slam titles
• 5 * US open titles
• 7 * Wimbledon titles
• 64 career titles

Rod Laver (1938 – )

• 11 grand slams
• Won grand slam (all 4 titles in 1962 and 1969
• 200 career titles

Andre Agassi (1970 – )

• 8 Grand slam titles
• 4 Australian opens
• 60 career titles
• Olympic gold (1996)

Ivan Lendl (1960 – )

• 8 Grand slam singles titles
• 19 Grand slam single finals
• 94 career single titles

Boris Becker (1967 – )

• 6 grand slam singles titles
• 49 career titles
• Youngest player (17) to win Wimbledon

Arthur Ashe (1943-1993)

• 3 grand slam titles
• 37 career titles

Fred Perry (1909 – 1995)

• 8 grand slams (in short amateur career)
• 2 pro-slam titles
• First player to win all grand slam titles

Top 10 Female Tennis Players of All Time

Martina Navratilova (1956 – )

• 18 grand slam titles
• 31 major doubles titles
• 9 Wimbledon singles titles
• 167 singles titles, 177 doubles titles

Serena Williams (1981 – )

• 17 single grand slam titles
• 15 double titles
• Olympic gold medal (2012

Margaret Smith Court (1942 – ) Australian

• Won 24 Grand slam titles.
• Won all 4 Grand slams in 1970.
• Also won 19 doubles and 21 mixed doubles titles.
• 192 total career titles.

Steffi Graf (1969 – )

• 22 grand slam singles titles
• 7 * Wimbledon titles
• World no.1 for 377 weeks
• 107 career titles

Billie Jean King (1943 – )

• 12 single grand slam titles
• 27 double titles
• 129 career titles
• Founder of women’s tennis association

Chris Evert (1954 – )

• 18 grand slam singles titles
• 3 double titles
• 157 single titles in her career

Helen Wills Moody (1905 – 1998)

• 20 grand slam singles titles
• 2 Olympic gold (single + double) 1924
• From 1919 to 1938, she won 398–35 (0.919) match record

Venus Williams (1980 – )

• 7 grand slam singles titles
• 15 grand slam doubles titles
• 4 Olympic golds (1 singles, 3 doubles)
• 44 career titles

Monica Seles (1973 – )

• 8 grand slam singles titles before she was 20.
• 53 career titles
• 4 * Australian opens

Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951 – )

• 7 grand slam singles titles
• 7 grand slam doubles titles
• 68 career titles

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