Male tennis players with most singles major championship wins
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[edit] Tennis History
| Name | Country | AUS | FRA | WIM | USA | Total | Winning span (years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Sampras | United States | 2 | – | 7 | 5 | 14 | 1990-2002 (13) |
| Roy Emerson | Australia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1961-1967 (7) |
| Björn Borg | Sweden | – | 6 | 5 | – | 11 | 1974-1981 (8) |
| Rod Laver | Australia | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1960-1969 (10) |
| Roger Federer | Switzerland | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2003-2007 (5) |
| William (Bill) Tilden | United States | * | – | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1920-1930 (11) |
| Fred Perry | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1933-1936 (4) |
| Andre Agassi | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1992-2003 (12) |
| Jimmy Connors | United States | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1974-1983 (10) |
| Ken Rosewall | Australia | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | 1953-1972 (20) |
| Ivan Lendl | United States | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | 8 | 1984-1990 (7) |
| Richard (Dick) Sears | United States | * | * | – | 7 | 7 | 1881-1887 (7) |
| William Renshaw | United Kingdom | * | * | 7 | * | 7 | 1881-1889 (9) |
| William (Bill) Larned | United States | * | * | – | 7 | 7 | 1901-1911 (11) |
| Henri Cochet | France | * | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1926-1932 (7) |
| Rene Lacoste | France | * | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1925-1929 (5) |
| John Newcombe | Australia | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1967-1975 (9) |
| John McEnroe | United States | – | – | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1979-1984 (6) |
| Mats Wilander | Sweden | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | 1982-1988 (7) |
- 6 majors: Boris Becker, Don Budge, Jack Crawford, Lawrence Doherty, Stefan Edberg, Tony Wilding
- 5 majors: Frank Sedgman, Tony Trabert
- 4 majors: Jean Borotra, Jim Courier, Reginald Doherty, Lew Hoad, Frank Parker, Manuel Santana, Guillermo Vilas, Robert Wrenn
- 3 majors: James Anderson, Arthur Ashe, Wilfred Baddeley, Norman Brookes, Jaroslav Drobný, William (Bill) Johnston, Jan Kodeš, Jack Kramer, Gustavo Kuerten, Gerald Patterson, Adrian Quist, Bobby Riggs, Ellsworth Vines
- 2 majors: John Bromwich, Sergi Bruguera, Neale Fraser, Pancho Gonzales, Arthur Gore, Rodney Heath, Lleyton Hewitt, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Johan Kriek, Don McNeill, Lindley Murray, Rafael Nadal, Ilie Năstase, Pat O'Hara Wood, Alex Olmedo, Budge Patty, Joshua Pim, Patrick Rafter, Mervyn Rose, Marat Safin, Henry Slocum, Stan Smith, Fred Stolle, Gottfried von Cramm, Richard Williams
- 1 major: Fred Alexander, Wilmer Allison, Malcolm Anderson, Jozsef Asboth, Marcel Bernard, William Bowrey, Pat Cash, Michael Chang, William Clothier, Albert Costa, Sven Davidson, John Doeg, Mark Edmondson, Bob Falkenburg, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Gastón Gaudio, Rhys Gemmell, Vitas Gerulaitis, Andres Gimeno, Andres Gomez, Spencer Gore, John Gregory, Frank Hadow, William Hamilton, John Hartley, John Hawkes, Henner Henkel, Fred Hovey, Joseph Hunt, Goran Ivanišević, Thomas Johansson, Arthur Larsen, Algernon Kingscote, Richard Krajicek, Petr Korda, Herbert Lawford, Francis Lowe, Harold Mahoney, Vivian McGrath, Ken McGregor, Chuck McKinley, Edgar Moon, Carlos Moyá, Thomas Muster, Yannick Noah, Arthur O'Hara Wood, Manuel Orantes, Rafael Osuna, Dinny Pails, Adriano Panatta, James Parke, Ernie Parker, Yvon Petra, Ernest Renshaw, Horace Rice, Tony Roche, Andy Roddick, Michael Stich, Roscoe Tanner, Brian Teacher, Holcombe Ward, Sidney Wood, Beals Wright
[edit] Open Era
| Rank | Name | Country | AUS | FRA | WIM | USA | Total | Winning span (years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pete Sampras | United States | 2 | – | 7 | 5 | 14 | 1990-2002 (13) |
| 2. | Björn Borg | Sweden | – | 6 | 5 | – | 11 | 1974-1981 (8) |
| 3. | Roger Federer | Switzerland | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2003-2007 (5) |
| 4. | Andre Agassi | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1992-2003 (12) |
| 4. | Jimmy Connors | United States | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1974-1983 (10) |
| 4. | Ivan Lendl | United States | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | 8 | 1984-1990 (7) |
| 7. | John McEnroe | United States | – | – | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1979-1984 (6) |
| 7. | Mats Wilander | Sweden | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | 1982-1988 (7) |
- 6 majors: Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg
- 5 majors: Rod Laver, John Newcombe
- 4 majors: Jim Courier, Ken Rosewall, Guillermo Vilas
- 3 majors: Arthur Ashe, Jan Kodeš, Gustavo Kuerten
- 2 majors: Sergi Bruguera, Lleyton Hewitt, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Johan Kriek, Rafael Nadal, Ilie Năstase, Patrick Rafter, Marat Safin, Stan Smith
- 1 major: Pat Cash, Michael Chang, Albert Costa, Mark Edmondson, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Gastón Gaudio, Vitas Gerulaitis, Andres Gimeno, Andres Gomez, Goran Ivanišević, Thomas Johansson, Richard Krajicek, Petr Korda, Carlos Moyá, Thomas Muster, Yannick Noah, Manuel Orantes, Adriano Panatta, Andy Roddick, Michael Stich, Roscoe Tanner, Brian Teacher
[edit] Chronological list of titles leaders
| 1. | 1877-1880 | Spencer Gore | United Kingdom | 1 (1) | Wimbledon |
| 2. | 1880-1883 | John Hartley | United Kingdom | 2 (2) | Wimbledon |
| 3. | 1883-1887 | William Renshaw | United Kingdom | 3 (7) | Wimbledon |
| 4. | 1887-1925 | Richard Sears | United States | 7 (7) | U.S. Championships |
| 1889-1925 | William Renshaw (2) | United Kingdom | 7 (7) | Wimbledon | |
| 1911-1925 | William Larned | United States | 7 (7) | U.S. Championships | |
| 5. | 1925-1967 | Bill Tilden | United States | 8 (10) | U.S. Championships |
| 6. | 1967-2000 | Roy Emerson | Australia | 11 (12) | Australian Championships |
| 7. | 2000-? | Pete Sampras | United States | 13 (14) | Wimbledon |
