Top 10 male tennis players with most singles titles in Open Era

Roger Federer was the second man to win more than 100 ATP tour singles titles.

ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) was formed in September 1972 and the association from 1990 started the ATP tour events. The ATP tour includes the four Grand Slam Tournaments, the ATP finals, ATP 1000 tournaments, ATP 500 and 250 tournaments.

Since the formation of the ATP tour, the fans have witnessed intense rivalries and records being broken. Each era has brought in legends of the game who ruled the court during their prime years. The title record holders have won more than 100 trophies throughout the course of their career.

Here is a look at the top 10 Tennis players with the most singles titles in the Open Era.

10. Guillermo Vilas (62)

Guillermo Vilas was known to be one of the most dominant shortest players in tennis. The Argentine collected 62 trophies in his career. He also held a 46 match winning streak in 1977. He amassed over $4.9m prize money.

9. Pete Sampras (64)

Pete Sampras has won 14 grand slam singles titles during his career, which was an all-time record at the time of his retirement and was eventually broken by the Swiss legend Roger Federer. The American started his professional career in 1988 and retired in 2003. At the fag end of his career he had a good rivalry with Roger Federer.

8. Illie Nastase (64)

Illie Nastase was known to have bad temper on and off the court but never compromised on the consistency of his game. He won 64 titles and his peak years were in 1972, 1973. Nastase went on to win titles till the age of 32.

7. Bjorn Borg (66)

Bjorn Borg turned professional when he was only 17 years and found immediate success on the tour. He secured 66 titles in his career. Borg won four consective French Open titles from 1978 till 1981.

6. John McEnroe (77)

John McEnroe was one of the first players to have dominated the men’s singles and doubles game in the same period of time. McEnroe won 77 titles in his career inclusing 29 titles from 1979 to 1981. He was ranked No #1 in singles and doubles.

5. Rafael Nadal (92)

Rafael Nadal along with Novak Djokovic holds the second spot for winning the most ATP tour titles. The Spaniard’s win-loss record stands at 1080-227 (83 per cent). Rafael Nadal is known as the king of clay for having won 14 French Open titles. Overall Nadal apart from winning 14 French Open titles has also won four US Oen titles, and two Wimbledon and Australian Open titles.

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4. Ivan Lendll (94)

Ivan Lendll made his professional debut in 1978 and went on to win 94 titles. The 1982 season saw him clinch 82 titles and win 106 matches. He was known to be one of the most well behaved athletes and always maintained a calm composure on the court.

3. Novak Djokovic (99)

Novak Djokovic has won a record 24 career grand slam titles and has also been ranked world number one for over 400 weeks. The Serbian’s win-loss record stands at 1124-222 (83.5 per cent). The 37-year-old turned pro in 2003 and won his first grand slam title in 2008 (Australian Open). Novak Djokovic holds the record for winning the highest number of Australian Open titles (10). He picked up his 99th title in 2023 by winning the US Open.

2. Roger Federer (103)

The Swiss legend retired in 2022 after having won a record 1251 matches after having played for over two decades. Of the 19 major titles, Roger has won eight Wimbledon Championships the most in singles to date. The Swiss legend holds the record for winning 103 ATP titles (second most in Open Era). Federer wasn’t actively playing since the 2019 season, frequently suffering from injuries and played his last match at the Laver Cup 2022 playing alongside Nadal and Djokovic.

1. Jimmy Connors (109)

Jimmy Connors holds the record for most titles in ATP tour history. He has won 109 titles and also has played the most number of matches. He has featured in 1557 matches and played for over 24 years in the professional tour.

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