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Tennis Records and Statistics

Unless Noted, Stats Thru 2008 Season

 


MEN'S TENNIS RECORDS


TITLES IN OPEN ERA
       
1
J. Connors 109
2
I. Lendl 94
3
J. McEnroe 77
4
P. Sampras 64
5
B. Borg 62
5
G. Vilas 62
7
A. Agassi 60
8
I. Nastase 57
R.
Federer
 57
10
 B. Becker 49
11
 R. Laver 47
12
T. Muster 44
13
 S. Edberg 41
14
S. Smith 39
15
M. Chang 34
16
A. Ashe 33
16
M. Wilander 33


OPEN ERA MATCH WINS
 (600 or more)
       
1
J. Connors 1222
2
I. Lendl 1070
3
G. Vilas 920
4
 A. Agassi 870
5
 J. McEnroe 867
6
 S. Edberg 806
7
 P. Sampras 762
8
 I. Nastase 724
9
 B. Becker 713
10
 M. Chang 661
11
 T. Muster 626
12
 R. Federer 617
13
 S. Smith 615
14
 A. Ashe 613

 


ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLE LEADERS
(through 2009 Australian Open, 6 or more)

 

 

Aus.
Open
W-L

Roland
Garros
W-L

 

Wimby
W-L

 U.S.
Open
W-L

 

Overall
W-L

1.

Pete Sampras

2-1

0-0

7-0

5-3

14-4
2. Roger Federer
3-1
0-3
5-1
5-0
13-5

 

Roy Emerson

6-1

2-1

2-0

2-1

12-3

4.

Bjorn Borg

0-0

6-0

5-1

0-4

11-5

 

Rod Laver

3-1

2-1

4-2

2-2

11-6

6.

Bill Tilden

0-0

0-2

3-0

7-3

10-5

7.

Fred Perry

1-1

1-1

3-0

3-0

8-2

 

Andre Agassi

4-0

1-2

1-1

2-4

8-7

 

Jimmy Connors

1-1

0-0

2-4

5-2

8-7

 

Ken Rosewall

4-1

2-1

0-4

2-2

8-8

 

Ivan Lendl

2-2

3-2

0-2

3-5

8-1
12. Richard Sears
0-0
0-0
0-0
7-0
7-0
  William Renshaw
0-0
0-0
7-1
0-0
7-1
  William Larned
0-0
0-0
0-0
7-2
7-2
  Henri Cochet
0-0
4-1
2-1
1-1
7-3
  Rene Lacoste
0-0
3-2
2-1
2-0
7-3
  John Newcombe
2-1
0-0
3-1
2-1
7-3
  John McEnroe
0-0
0-1
3-2
4-1
7-4
  Mats Wilander
3-1
3-2
0-0
1-1
7-4
20. Don Budge
1-0
1-0
2-0
2-1
6-1
  Tony Wilding
2-0
0-0
4-1
0-0
6-1
  Laurie Doherty
0-0
0-0
5-1
1-0
6-1
  Rafael Nadal
1-0
4-0
1-2
0-0
6-2
  Boris Becker
2-0
0-0
3-4
1-0
6-4
  Stefan Edberg
2-3
0-1
2-1
2-0
6-5
  Jack Crawford
4-3
1-1
1-1
0-1
6-6
             


PLAYERS TO WIN
THE GRAND SLAM
Don Budge
1938

Rod Laver

1962, 1969


PLAYERS TO WIN ALL FOUR SLAMS
(career slam)
Andre Agassi
Don Budge

Roy Emerson

Rod Laver

Fred Perry

LOWEST RANKED GRAND SLAM FINALISTS
 Open Era
       
Rank Player Event Result
No. 212 Mark Edmondson 1976 Australian Open Champion
No. 188 John Marks 1978 Australian Open Runner-up
No. 125 Goran Ivanisevic 2001 Wimbledon Champion
No. 100 Andrei Medvedev 1999 Roland Garros Runner-up
No. 91 Chris Lewis 1983 Wimbledon Runner-up
No. 86 Marat Safin 2004 Australian Open Runner-up
No. 66 Gustavo Kuerten 1997 Roland Garros Champion


ALL LEFTY GRAND SLAM FINALS
Open Era
 
1998 Australian Petr Korda d. Marcelo Rios
1984 Wimbledon John McEnroe d. Jimmy Connors
1982 Wimbledon Jimmy Connors d. John McEnroe
1977 U.S. Open Guillermo Vilas d. Jimmy Connors
1977 Australian (Jan.) Roscoe Tanner d. Guillermo Vilas
1975 U.S. Open Manuel Orantes d. Jimmy Connors
1969 U.S. Open Rod Laver d. Tony Roche
1968 Wimbledon Rod Laver d. Tony Roche


Most games lost en route to a Grand Slam final
Open Era
       

Player

Games
Lost

Event Eventual
Finish

Marat Safin

129

2004 Australian Open

Runner-up

Goran Ivanisevic

116

1998 Wimbledon

Runner-up

Chris Lewis

115

1983 Wimbledon

Runner-up

Goran Ivanisevic

114

2001 Wimbledon

Champion

Steve Denton 114 1981 Australian Open* Runner-up

* 64-draw event

 

 

 

Unless Noted, Stats Thru 2008 Season


SAVING BEST FOR LAST
winning a Slam Final after saving match points
Australian
1960 - Rod Laver d. Neale Fraser 57 36 63 86 86 -- Saved 1 M.P.
1947 - Dinny Pails d. John Bromwich 46 64 36 75 86 -- Saved 1 M.P.
1927 - Gerald Patterson d. John Hawkes 36 64 36 18-16 63 -- Saved 5 M.P.
 
Roland Garros
2004 - Gaston Gaudio d. Guillermo Coria 06 36 64 61 86 -- Saved 2 M.P.
1934 - Gottfried von Cramm d. Jack Crawford 64 79 36 75 63 -- Saved 1 M.P.
1927 - Rene Lacoste d. Bill Tilden 64 46 57 63 11-9 -- Saved 2 M.P.
 
Wimbledon (not including the Challenge round)
1948 - Bob Falkenburg d. John Bromwich 75 06 62 36 75 -- Saved 3 M.P.
1927 - Henri Cochet d. Jean Borotra 46 46 63 64 75 -- Saved 6 M.P.
 
United States
1936 - Fred Perry d. Don Budge 26 62 86 16 10-8 -- Saved 2 M.P.


MOST ACES HIT IN A MATCH
since 1991
             
Aces
 Player
W/L
Opponent
Rnd
 Event
Sets
51
 J. Johansson
L
 A. Agassi
4th
 05 Australian Open
4
51
 I. Karlovic
L
 D. Bracciali
1st
 05 Wimbledon
5
49
 R. Krajicek
L
 Y.Kafelnikov
QF
 99 US Open
5
47
 G. Kuerten
L
 D. Nestor
Q
 03 Davis Cup
5
46
 G. Ivanisevic
L
 M. Norman
2nd
 97 Wimbledon
5
46
 M. Philippoussis
W
 A. Agassi
4th
 03 Wimbledon
5
44
 M. Philippoussis
W
 B. Black
4th
 95 Kuala Lumpur
3


MOST ACES WITHOUT A DOUBLE FAULT
since 1991
Player
 Aces Tournament Result
Marat Safin          31 2004 Aust. Open       Won
Alex Radulescu       27 1996 Wimbledon         Won
Ivan Ljubicic        27 2003 Basel        Won


OPEN ERA MATCH WINNING STREAKS
 
Player Matches
1. Guillermo Vilas 46 (1977)
2. Ivan Lendl 44 (1981-82)
3. John McEnroe 42 (1984)
4. Roger Federer 41 (2006-7)
5. Bjorn Borg 38 (1979-80)
6. Bjorn Borg 35 (1978)
6. Roger Federer 35 (2005)
6. Thomas Muster 35 (1995)


WINNING STREAKS SINCE 1990
 
Player Matches
1. Roger Federer 41 (06-07)
2. Roger Federer 35 (2005)
2. Thomas Muster 35 (1995)
4. Rafael Nadal 32 (2008)
5. Pete Sampras 29 (1994)
6. Rafael Nadal 26 (2006)
6. Andre Agassi 26 (1995)
6. Roger Federer 26 (04-05)
9. Jim Courier 25 (1992)
9. Roger Federer 25 (2005)
11. Rafael Nadal 24 (2005)
11. Pete Sampras 24 (1999)
13. Roger Federer 23 (2004)


RADAR GUN LEADERS

fastest individual serves recorded since 1991
Player MPH KMH Tournament
Andy Roddick (USA)
155
249
 2004 Davis Cup (BLR)
Greg Rusedski (GBR)
149
239.7
1998 Indian Wells
Taylor Dent (USA)
145
233
 2004 US Open

OTHER STATS (most in a year):
Singles Titles Won: 16 - Vilas (1977)
Doubles Titles Won: 17 - McEnroe (1979)
Doubles Team Titles Won: 15 - Fleming/McEnroe (1979)
Match Win Pct.: .965 (82-3) - McEnroe (1984)
Prize Money: $10,130,620 - Federer (2007)
Youngest Titlist: 16yrs, 2mos - Krickstein (Tel Aviv 1983)
Oldest Titlist: 43yrs, 11days - Rosewall (Hong Kong 1977)
Lowest Ranked Winner: No. 550 - Hewitt (Adelaide 1998)
Longest Singles Match (games): 112 - Gonzalez d. Pasarell (1969 Wimbledon 1st RD)
Longest Singles Match (time): 6:33 - Santoro d. Clement (2004 French 1st RD)
Longest Doubles Match (time): 6:20 - Arnold/Nalbandian d. Kafelnikov/Safin (02 DC SF)

 
Unless Noted, Stats Thru 2008 Season

 


WOMEN'S TENNIS STATISTICS


OPEN ERA WTA TITLE LEADERS
 
1
Navratilova 167
2
Evert 154
3
Graf 107
4
Court 92
5
Cawley 68
6
King 67
7
Wade 55
  Davenport 55
9
 Seles 53
10
 Hingis 43
11
 Henin 41
12
 V. Williams 39
13
 Clijsters 34
14
 C. Martinez 33
15
 S. Williams 32
16
 Austin 30


OPEN ERA WTA MATCH WIN LEADERS
 
1
Navratilova 1442
2
Evert 1304
3
Graf 900
4
Wade 839
5
Sanchez-Vicario 759
6
 Davenport 753
7
 C. Martinez 739
8
 Goolagong 695
9
 King 695
10
 Sabatini 632

   
WTA WEEKS RANKED AT NO. 1
(thru Jan 5, 2009)
 
1
Graff 377
2
Navratilova 331
3
Evert 262
4
Hingis 209
5
Seles 178
6
Davenport 98
  Henin 98
8
 S. Williams 61
9
 Mauresmo 39
10
 Austin 21
MOST WTA TITLES WON
IN SEASON
 
1
Court 21 1970
2
 Court 18 '69,'73
3
 King 17 1971
4
 Evert 16 '74,'75
4
 Navratilova 16 1983
6
 Goolagong 15 1970
6
 Navratilova 15 1982
 
ALL-TIME WOMEN'S GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLE LEADERS
(through 2009 Australian Open, 6 or more)
   

Aus.
Open
W-L

Roland
Garros
W-L

 

Wimby
W-L

 U.S.
Open
W-L

 

Overall
W-L

1 Margaret Smith Court
11-1
5-1
3-2
5-1
24-5
2 Steffi Graf
4-1
6-3
7-2
5-3
22-9
3 Helen Wills Moody
0-0
4-0
8-1
7-2
19-3
4 Martina Navratilova
3-3
2-4
9-3
4-4
18-14
  Chris Evert
2-4
7-2
3-7
6-3
18-16
6 Suzanne Lenglen
0-0
6-0
6-0
0-0
12-0
  Billie Jean King
1-1
1-0
6-3
4-2
12-6
8 Serena Williams
4-0
1-0
2-2
3-1
10-3
9 Maureen Connolly Brinker
1-0
2-0
3-0
3-0
9-0
  Monica Seles
4-0
3-1
0-1
2-2
9-4
11 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
0-0
0-1
0-1
8-2
8-4
12 Justine Henin
1-1
4-0
0-2
2-1
7-4
  Dorothea Douglass
0-0
0-0
7-4
0-0
7-4
  Maria Bueno
0-1
0-1
3-2
4-1
7-5
  Evonne Goolagong Cawley
4-3
1-1
2-3
0-4
7-11
  Venus Williams
0-1
0-1
5-2
2-2
7-6
17 Nancye Wynne Bolton
6-2
0-0
0-0
0-1
6-3
  Margaret Osborne duPont
0-0
2-0
1-2
3-2
6-4
  Blanche Bingley Hillyard
0-0
0-0
6-7
0-0
6-7
  Louise Brough Clapp
1-0
0-0
4-3
1-5
6-8
  Doris Hart
1-1
2-3
1-3
2-5
6-12
 

TOTAL GRAND SLAM TITLE LEADERS

 

 

Aus. Open

Roland
Garros

 Wimby

U.S.Open

Overall

Total

1.

M. Smith Court

11-8-2

5-4-4

3-2-5

5-5-8

24-19-19

62

2.

Martina Navratilova

3-8-1

2-7-2

9-7-4

4-9-2

18-31-9

58

3.

Billie Jean King

1-0-1

1-1-2

6-10-4

4-5-4

12-16-11

39

4.

M. Osbourne Dupont

DNP

2-3-0

1-5-1

3-13-9

6-21-10

37

5.

Doris Hart

1-1-2

2-5-3

1-4-5

2-4-5

6-14-15

35



GRAND SLAM SWEEPERS
At the 2003 Australian Open, Serena Williams became the ninth woman all-time to have won each of the four Grand Slam singles titles at some point in their careers, and only the fifth to hold all four majors at once. Here are the nine women to have achieved a Career Grand Slam of some form:

Calendar-year Grand Slams
Maureen Connolly (USA) - 1953
Margaret Court (AUS) - 1970
Steffi Graf (GER) - 1988

Non calendar-year Grand Slams
Martina Navratilova (USA) - 1983 Wimbledon / US / Australian & 1984 Roland Garros
Steffi Graf (GER) - 1993 Roland Garros / Wimbledon / US / 1994 Australian
Serena Williams (USA) - 2002 Roland Garros / Wimbledon / US / 2003 Australian

Career Grand Slams (year indicates first victory)
Doris Hart (USA) - 1949 Australian / 1950 Roland Garros / 1951 Wimbledon / 1954 US
Shirley Fry (USA) - 1957 Australian / 1951 Roland Garros / 1956 Wimbledon / 1956 US
Billie Jean King (USA) - 1968 Australian / 1972 Roland Garros / 1966 Wimbledon / 1967 US
Chris Evert (USA) - 1982 Australian / 1974 Roland Garros / 1974 Wimbledon / 1975 US
Martina Navratilova (USA) - 1981 Australian / 1982 Roland Garros / 1978 Wimbledon / 1983 US

Oldest Winners of a Title
Billie Jean King, 39 yrs, 7 mos, 23 days (1983 Birmingham)
Martina Navratilova, 37 yrs, 4 mos, 2 days (1994 Paris Indoors)
Margaret Court, 34 yrs, 4 mos, 26 days (1976 Melbourne)

Youngest Winners of a Title
Tracy Austin, 14 yrs, 28 days (1977 Portand)
Andrea Jaeger, 14 yrs, 7 mos, 14 days (1980 Las Vegas)
Kathy Rinaldi, 14 yrs, 6 mos, 24 days (1981 Kyoto)

Longest Winning Streaks
Martina Navratilova, 74, 1984
Steffi Graf, 66, 1989-90
Navratilova, 58, 1986-87
Court, 57, 1972-73
Evert, 55, 1974
Navratilova, 54, 1983-84





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