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Tennis Players with the Most Grand Slam Titles

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Novak Djokovic during the celebration of his 24th Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open

The four Grand Slam tournaments — the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open — represent the Holy Grail of tennis. Winning these tournaments is an achievement for every top-level player and is often taken as the main benchmark in the so-called “GOAT debate” about the greatest tennis player of all time.
Below we present the Top 10 list of tennis players with the most Grand Slam singles titles in the history of tennis:

10. Players with 6 titles each

Sharing tenth place on our list are six players, each with 6 Grand Slam titles. Here we should immediately note that Budge, Doherty, Crawford, and Wilding won their titles before the Open Era, while Becker and Edberg achieved theirs in the Open Era.

🇩🇪 Boris Becker
🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg
🇺🇸 Don Budge
🇬🇧 Laurence Doherty
🇦🇺 Jack Crawford
🇳🇿 Anthony Wilding

9. Players with 7 titles each

Nine players have won seven titles at the biggest tournaments. Sears, Renshaw, Lacoste, Cochet, and Larned won all their titles in the so-called amateur era. On the other hand, Alcaraz, Wilander and McEnroe won their seven titles in the Open Era.
John Newcombe’s case is specific, as he won two titles before the Open Era and another five during the Open Era.

🇪🇸 Carlos Alcaraz

🇸🇪 Mats Wilander
🇺🇸 John McEnroe
🇺🇸 William Larned
🇬🇧 William Renshaw
🇺🇸 Richard Sears
🇦🇺 John Newcombe
🇫🇷 René Lacoste
🇫🇷 Henri Cochet

The only active tennis player among those with 7 titles each is the Spanish wonder kid, Carlos Alcaraz. By winning the Australian Open in 2026, he won his seventh title. At the same time, at only 22 years and 258 days, he became the youngest player ever to complete a career Grand Slam.

8. Players with 8 titles each

Five players have eight Grand Slam titles each. Fred Perry won all eight titles in the so-called amateur era, while Connors, Lendl, and Agassi won all of theirs in the Open Era. Australian Ken Rosewall won four titles in each era.

🇬🇧 Fred Perry
🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall
🇺🇸 Jimmy Connors
🇨🇿 Ivan Lendl
🇺🇸 Andre Agassi

Agassi is the only player besides Djokovic to have achieved the “Super Slam” — all four Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic gold, and the ATP Finals.

7. Bill Tilden – 10 titles

The man who holds the record for the most US Open titles with seven trophies also won three Wimbledon titles in his career, for a total of ten Grand Slam titles. All of this, of course, happened long before the start of the Open Era.

6. Borg and Laver – 11 titles each

Sharing sixth place are Björn Borg and Rod Laver, with 11 titles each. Borg won all 11 trophies in the Open Era, while Laver won 6 titles in the amateur era and another 5 in the Open Era.

Björn Borg’s 🇸🇪 Grand Slam titles:
🇫🇷 Roland Garros – 6 🏆 (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
🇬🇧 Wimbledon – 5 🏆 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)

Laver is the first and only tennis player in history to complete the Calendar Grand Slam in the Open Era. He achieved this in 1969, and before that, he managed to do the same in 1962, but as an amateur.

Rod Laver’s 🇦🇺 Grand Slam titles:
🇦🇺 Australian Open – 6 🏆 (1960, 1962, 1969)
🇫🇷 Roland Garros – 2 🏆 (1962, 1969)
🇬🇧 Wimbledon – 4 🏆 (1961, 1962, 1968, 1969)
🇺🇸 US Open – 2 🏆 (1962, 1969)

5. Roy Emerson – 12 titles

Roy Emerson is the only tennis player to have completed a career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles. Although he won all his titles before the Open Era, it must be acknowledged that winning all four major tournaments in both competitions is an achievement worthy of admiration.

Roy Emerson’s 🇦🇺 Grand Slam titles:
🇦🇺 Australian Open – 6 🏆 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)
🇫🇷 Roland Garros – 2 🏆 (1963, 1967)
🇬🇧 Wimbledon – 2 🏆 (1964, 1965)
🇺🇸 US Open – 2 🏆 (1961, 1964)

4. Pete Sampras – 14 titles

The legendary American tennis player of Greek origin was the absolute record holder for the number of Grand Slam titles until the emergence of the “Big Three.” What was missing in his career was winning Roland Garros, where he reached the semifinals only once (1996).

Pete Sampras’s 🇺🇸 Grand Slam titles:
🇦🇺 Australian Open – 2 🏆 (1994, 1997)
🇬🇧 Wimbledon – 7 🏆 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
🇺🇸 US Open – 5 🏆 (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2002)

3. Roger Federer – 20 titles

The Swiss ace undoubtedly marked the first decade of the 21st century. His dominance before the arrival of Rafael Nadal and later Novak Djokovic is best reflected through his five consecutive Wimbledon titles (2003–07) and five at the US Open (2004–08). In total, he ranks third by number of Grand Slam titles, but those who support the theory of his “GOAT” status often cite as their main argument the elegance and beauty of his tennis.

Roger Federer’s 🇨🇭 Grand Slam titles:
🇦🇺 Australian Open – 6 🏆 (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018)
🇫🇷 Roland Garros – 1 🏆 (2009)
🇬🇧 Wimbledon – 8 🏆 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017)
🇺🇸 US Open – 5 🏆 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

2. Rafael Nadal – 22 titles

The record Rafael Nadal holds at Roland Garros with 14 titles is unique in the world of sports, and it is hard to believe it will ever be surpassed. In the remaining three Slams, he has won at least two trophies each, for a total of 22 titles along with an Olympic gold medal.

Rafael Nadal’s 🇪🇸 Grand Slam titles:
🇦🇺 Australian Open – 2 🏆 (2009, 2022)
🇫🇷 Roland Garros – 14 🏆 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
🇬🇧 Wimbledon – 2 🏆 (2008, 2010)
🇺🇸 US Open – 4 🏆 (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019)

1. Novak Djokovic – 24 titles

That Novak Djokovic is the greatest tennis player in history was clear even before he broke the record for the most titles at the biggest tournaments. However, winning 24 Grand Slam titles and later the Olympic gold medal only further solidified his GOAT status.
Novak is also the only player in history to have won each Grand Slam tournament at least three times.

Novak Djokovic’s 🇷🇸 Grand Slam titles:
🇦🇺 Australian Open – 10 🏆 (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
🇫🇷 Roland Garros – 3 🏆 (2016, 2021, 2023)
🇬🇧 Wimbledon – 7 🏆 (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
🇺🇸 US Open – 4 🏆 (2011, 2015, 2018, 2023)

Another important parameter often taken as relevant in the debate about the greatest of all time is the number of weeks spent as world number one on the ATP list. Who is the best in that category, read here:

Tennis players with most weeks at number 1

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