Tennis: Find the Best Grand Slam Players

Let’s be clear: when we talk about Grand Slam tennis, we mean the Open Era. Yes, majors were held before May 1968 – but those largely amateur, regional competitions simply can’t be compared to today’s global events.

#	Player	W	F	S	Q	R16	R32	R64	R128	APPS	PTS	PTS/APP
1.	Novak Djokovic	24	13	15	11	5	6	3	2	79	81749	1035
2.	Serena Williams	23	10	7	14	10	11	3	3	81	72794	899
3.	Steffi Graf	22	9	6	5	6	2	2	2	54	63341	1173
4.	Rafael Nadal	22	8	8	9	7	5	6	3	68	65953	970
5.	Roger Federer	20	11	15	12	11	5	1	6	81	72718	898
6.	Chris Evert	18	16	18	2	0	2	0	0	56	70510	1259
7.	Martina Navratilova	18	14	12	9	6	1	3	4	67	67639	1010
8.	Pete Sampras	14	4	5	6	7	2	7	7	52	41286	794
9.	Björn Borg	11	5	1	4	4	1	1	0	27	31588	1170
10.	Margaret Court	11	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	21	28040	1335
11.	Monica Seles	9	4	5	13	3	3	2	1	40	32971	824
12.	Ivan Lendl	8	11	9	6	8	4	4	7	57	41292	724
13.	Jimmy Connors	8	7	16	10	2	4	4	7	58	41862	722
14.	Andre Agassi	8	7	11	10	6	3	7	9	61	39036	640
15.	Billie Jean King	8	4	5	11	1	2	0	1	32	29535	923
16.	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	7	11	4	4	2	3	2	0	33	33196	1006
17.	Venus Williams	7	9	7	16	11	13	11	19	93	41388	445
18.	Justine Henin	7	5	5	2	8	1	3	4	35	26794	766
19.	John McEnroe	7	4	8	7	7	2	4	6	45	29747	661
20.	Mats Wilander	7	4	3	6	6	5	8	5	44	25944	590
21.	Stefan Edberg	6	5	8	7	7	4	13	4	54	29719	550
22.	Boris Becker	6	4	8	5	8	5	5	5	46	27545	599
23.	Iga Świątek	6	0	3	3	7	4	2	1	26	17471	672
24.	Martina Hingis	5	7	7	5	3	5	2	3	37	27301	738
25.	Maria Sharapova	5	5	10	5	15	7	4	7	58	29947	516
26.	John Newcombe	5	2	3	8	3	2	0	3	26	18790	723
27.	Carlos Alcaraz	5	1	2	4	1	2	3	0	18	14934	830
28.	Rod Laver	5	1	0	1	6	1	1	0	15	13073	872
29.	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	8	10	13	8	2	6	7	58	32953	568
30.	Kim Clijsters	4	4	8	3	6	3	5	3	36	22095	614
31.	Hana Mandlíková	4	4	6	9	7	8	5	1	44	23705	539
32.	Ken Rosewall	4	4	5	2	4	3	1	0	23	18768	816
33.	Guillermo Vilas	4	4	4	7	8	7	6	9	49	21653	442
34.	Jim Courier	4	3	4	4	7	4	8	8	42	18784	447
35.	Jannik Sinner	4	1	2	5	5	0	2	4	23	13931	606
36.	Naomi Osaka	4	0	0	0	2	13	5	6	30	10200	340
37.	Andy Murray	3	8	10	9	8	7	7	8	60	29991	500
38.	Lindsay Davenport	3	4	11	13	10	5	6	3	55	27413	498
39.	Aryna Sabalenka	3	3	6	1	3	4	4	5	29	15997	552
40.	Arthur Ashe	3	2	5	5	9	4	1	2	31	16633	537
41.	Jan Kodeš	3	2	1	4	6	3	8	9	36	12974	360
42.	Stan Wawrinka	3	1	5	9	10	14	14	18	74	19187	259
43.	Angelique Kerber	3	1	4	3	12	10	5	23	61	15575	255
44.	Jennifer Capriati	3	0	10	10	8	1	3	8	43	19494	453
45.	Virginia Wade	3	0	6	12	6	14	7	4	52	18486	356
46.	Ashleigh Barty	3	0	1	2	3	5	4	9	27	9042	335
47.	Gustavo Kuerten	3	0	0	5	3	3	9	10	33	9557	290
48.	Mary Pierce	2	4	0	8	16	8	8	6	52	16924	325
49.	Victoria Azarenka	2	3	4	9	12	15	10	13	68	19185	282
50.	Simona Halep	2	3	4	7	6	3	8	13	46	15699	341

Some details to be aware of

The definition of being 'recently active': A machine decides this based on data, not based on press releases or social media updates. When a player has been missing from the results for at year, he or she is considered 'not recently active'. Sometimes he or she just didn't qualify, so 'not recently active' does not mean 'retired'. It just means that he or she did not compete at Grand Slam level during the last 12 months.
About 1967/1968: If you choose 1967 as end or 1968 as start, we will assume that you really mean 'the end of the amateur era' or 'the start of open era'. In other words, Australian Open 1968 (happened in january 1968) is included if you choose 1967 and excluded if you choose 1968.
About age: The age of a player is calculated by the beginning of the tournament. If you see a small question mark next to an age, the players birthday occurred during the tournament and it has not yet been researched whether it happened before or after the last match in this particular case.
How points are calculated: When only men or women are selected, the appropriate WTA or ATP Grand Slam point distribution is used. The current point distribution is used all the way back to 1968. When both men and women are included, an average of the two point systems is used.
About Open Era Grand Slam Tennis: This site is a personal project created by Per Esmann Jensen. No money is made and no user information is collected. The site uses cookies for basic statistics only.

Open Era Grand Slam Tennis

#	Player	W	F	S	Q	R16	R32	R64	R128	APPS	PTS	PTS/APP
1.	Novak Djokovic	24	13	15	11	5	6	3	2	79	81749	1035
2.	Serena Williams	23	10	7	14	10	11	3	3	81	72794	899
3.	Steffi Graf	22	9	6	5	6	2	2	2	54	63341	1173
4.	Rafael Nadal	22	8	8	9	7	5	6	3	68	65953	970
5.	Roger Federer	20	11	15	12	11	5	1	6	81	72718	898
6.	Chris Evert	18	16	18	2	0	2	0	0	56	70510	1259
7.	Martina Navratilova	18	14	12	9	6	1	3	4	67	67639	1010
8.	Pete Sampras	14	4	5	6	7	2	7	7	52	41286	794
9.	Björn Borg	11	5	1	4	4	1	1	0	27	31588	1170
10.	Margaret Court	11	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	21	28040	1335
11.	Monica Seles	9	4	5	13	3	3	2	1	40	32971	824
12.	Ivan Lendl	8	11	9	6	8	4	4	7	57	41292	724
13.	Jimmy Connors	8	7	16	10	2	4	4	7	58	41862	722
14.	Andre Agassi	8	7	11	10	6	3	7	9	61	39036	640
15.	Billie Jean King	8	4	5	11	1	2	0	1	32	29535	923
16.	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	7	11	4	4	2	3	2	0	33	33196	1006
17.	Venus Williams	7	9	7	16	11	13	11	19	93	41388	445
18.	Justine Henin	7	5	5	2	8	1	3	4	35	26794	766
19.	John McEnroe	7	4	8	7	7	2	4	6	45	29747	661
20.	Mats Wilander	7	4	3	6	6	5	8	5	44	25944	590
21.	Stefan Edberg	6	5	8	7	7	4	13	4	54	29719	550
22.	Boris Becker	6	4	8	5	8	5	5	5	46	27545	599
23.	Iga Świątek	6	0	3	3	7	4	2	1	26	17471	672
24.	Martina Hingis	5	7	7	5	3	5	2	3	37	27301	738
25.	Maria Sharapova	5	5	10	5	15	7	4	7	58	29947	516
26.	John Newcombe	5	2	3	8	3	2	0	3	26	18790	723
27.	Carlos Alcaraz	5	1	2	4	1	2	3	0	18	14934	830
28.	Rod Laver	5	1	0	1	6	1	1	0	15	13073	872
29.	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	8	10	13	8	2	6	7	58	32953	568
30.	Kim Clijsters	4	4	8	3	6	3	5	3	36	22095	614
31.	Hana Mandlíková	4	4	6	9	7	8	5	1	44	23705	539
32.	Ken Rosewall	4	4	5	2	4	3	1	0	23	18768	816
33.	Guillermo Vilas	4	4	4	7	8	7	6	9	49	21653	442
34.	Jim Courier	4	3	4	4	7	4	8	8	42	18784	447
35.	Jannik Sinner	4	1	2	5	5	0	2	4	23	13931	606
36.	Naomi Osaka	4	0	0	0	2	13	5	6	30	10200	340
37.	Andy Murray	3	8	10	9	8	7	7	8	60	29991	500
38.	Lindsay Davenport	3	4	11	13	10	5	6	3	55	27413	498
39.	Aryna Sabalenka	3	3	6	1	3	4	4	5	29	15997	552
40.	Arthur Ashe	3	2	5	5	9	4	1	2	31	16633	537
41.	Jan Kodeš	3	2	1	4	6	3	8	9	36	12974	360
42.	Stan Wawrinka	3	1	5	9	10	14	14	18	74	19187	259
43.	Angelique Kerber	3	1	4	3	12	10	5	23	61	15575	255
44.	Jennifer Capriati	3	0	10	10	8	1	3	8	43	19494	453
45.	Virginia Wade	3	0	6	12	6	14	7	4	52	18486	356
46.	Ashleigh Barty	3	0	1	2	3	5	4	9	27	9042	335
47.	Gustavo Kuerten	3	0	0	5	3	3	9	10	33	9557	290
48.	Mary Pierce	2	4	0	8	16	8	8	6	52	16924	325
49.	Victoria Azarenka	2	3	4	9	12	15	10	13	68	19185	282
50.	Simona Halep	2	3	4	7	6	3	8	13	46	15699	341

Some details to be aware of

The definition of being 'recently active': A machine decides this based on data, not based on press releases or social media updates. When a player has been missing from the results for at year, he or she is considered 'not recently active'. Sometimes he or she just didn't qualify, so 'not recently active' does not mean 'retired'. It just means that he or she did not compete at Grand Slam level during the last 12 months.

About 1967/1968: If you choose 1967 as end or 1968 as start, we will assume that you really mean 'the end of the amateur era' or 'the start of open era'. In other words, Australian Open 1968 (happened in january 1968) is included if you choose 1967 and excluded if you choose 1968.

About age: The age of a player is calculated by the beginning of the tournament. If you see a small question mark next to an age, the players birthday occurred during the tournament and it has not yet been researched whether it happened before or after the last match in this particular case.

How points are calculated: When only men or women are selected, the appropriate WTA or ATP Grand Slam point distribution is used. The current point distribution is used all the way back to 1968. When both men and women are included, an average of the two point systems is used.

About Open Era Grand Slam Tennis: This site is a personal project created by Per Esmann Jensen. No money is made and no user information is collected. The site uses cookies for basic statistics only.

Open Era Grand Slam Tennis

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Some details to be aware of

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Open Era Grand Slam Tennis

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Some details to be aware of

Best men

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