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Records

Career leaderboards across both tours, built from every tour-level match on file — 1990 onward for the men, 1997 for the women. Serve and return figures come from the matches that have point-by-point statistics recorded, which is not all of them, so they are rates rather than totals and carry a minimum sample.

Most Grand Slam titles

Singles titles at the four majors.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202624
2Rafael Nadal2001–202422
3Roger Federer1998–202120
4ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–20267
5ITA Jannik Sinner2019–20265
6IRL Andy Murray2002–20243
7SUI Stan Wawrinka2002–20263
8AUS Lleyton Hewitt1997–20162
9GER Alexander Zverev2011–20261
10USA Andy Roddick2000–20121

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202623
2USA Venus Williams1997–20267
3POL Iga Swiatek2019–20266
4ROU Maria Sharapova2002–20205
5Martina Hingis1997–20075
6BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–20264
7Kim Clijsters1999–20214
8JPN Naomi Osaka2013–20264
9Angelique Kerber2003–20243
10Ashleigh Barty2011–20223

Most tour-level titles

Every singles title at tour level or above.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Roger Federer1998–2021103
2SRB Novak Djokovic2004–2026102
3Rafael Nadal2001–202492
4IRL Andy Murray2002–202446
5USA Andy Roddick2000–201232
6ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202631
7AUS Lleyton Hewitt1997–201630
8ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202627
9David Ferrer2002–201927
10GER Alexander Zverev2011–202626

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202673
2USA Venus Williams1997–202649
3Martina Hingis1997–200742
4Kim Clijsters1999–202141
5ROU Maria Sharapova2002–202036
6Petra Kvitova2007–202531
7Caroline Wozniacki2005–202430
8POL Iga Swiatek2019–202627
9BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202624
10Simona Halep2009–202524

Most weeks at No. 1

Weeks at the top of the official ranking, counted from 2003.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–2026376
2Roger Federer1998–2021268
3Rafael Nadal2001–2024184
4ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202668
5ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202657
6IRL Andy Murray2002–202436
7AUS Lleyton Hewitt1997–201618
8RUS Daniil Medvedev2013–202613
9USA Andy Roddick2000–20129
10Juan Carlos Ferrero1999–20128

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–2026253
2Ashleigh Barty2011–2022104
3POL Iga Swiatek2019–2026104
4BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202685
5Caroline Wozniacki2005–202463
6Simona Halep2009–202557
7BLR Victoria Azarenka2005–202546
8Angelique Kerber2003–202430
9JPN Naomi Osaka2013–202621
10Kim Clijsters1999–202118

Highest win rate

Share of tour-level singles matches won.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202683.1%
2Rafael Nadal2001–202481.9%
3Roger Federer1998–202181.8%
4ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202681.2%
5ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202679.2%
6USA Andy Roddick2000–201274.2%
7IRL Andy Murray2002–202472.7%
8Juan Martin Del Potro2005–202271.7%
9RUS Daniil Medvedev2013–202670.4%
10GER Alexander Zverev2011–202670.0%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202683.0%
2Martina Hingis1997–200782.1%
3POL Iga Swiatek2019–202679.7%
4Kim Clijsters1999–202178.5%
5ROU Maria Sharapova2002–202077.7%
6Ashleigh Barty2011–202273.2%
7USA Venus Williams1997–202673.0%
8BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202672.9%
9RUS Mirra Andreeva2022–202672.0%
10USA Cori Gauff2018–202671.7%

Highest peak Elo

The highest rating our model ever gave a player, on any surface-blind reading.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–20262702
2Rafael Nadal2001–20242575
3IRL Andy Murray2002–20242561
4Roger Federer1998–20212553
5JPN Kei Nishikori2007–20262400
6David Ferrer2002–20192391
7Juan Martin Del Potro2005–20222377
8Tomas Berdych2003–20192369
9Milos Raonic2008–20242368
10ITA Jannik Sinner2019–20262358

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–20262826
2BLR Victoria Azarenka2005–20252671
3ROU Maria Sharapova2002–20202671
4Na Li2000–20142554
5Agnieszka Radwanska2005–20182507
6Simona Halep2009–20252487
7Ana Ivanovic2003–20162465
8Petra Kvitova2007–20252455
9Angelique Kerber2003–20242452
10Caroline Wozniacki2005–20242442

Most aces per match

Aces per match, over matches with point-by-point statistics on file.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Ivo Karlovic2000–202119.6
2John Isner2007–202318.4
3USA Reilly Opelka2015–202617.4
4FRA Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard2020–202616.4
5Milos Raonic2008–202415.5
6AUS Nick Kyrgios2012–202614.9
7Maxime Cressy2019–202413.8
8Sam Querrey2005–202212.7
9AUS Kevin Anderson2006–202312.5
10USA Andy Roddick2000–201212.4

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Kristyna Pliskova2006–20217.8
2Serena Williams1997–20267.1
3CAN Rebecca Marino2006–20267.0
4CZE Karolina Pliskova2006–20266.7
5CHN Qinwen Zheng2019–20266.6
6USA Alycia Parks2021–20266.6
7KAZ Elena Rybakina2017–20266.2
8Coco Vandeweghe2006–20236.0
9JPN Naomi Osaka2013–20265.8
10Ashleigh Barty2011–20225.5

Best first-serve percentage

Share of first serves that went in.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1ARG Sebastian Baez2021–202672.1%
2BOL Hugo Dellien2014–202672.0%
3John Isner2007–202369.0%
4IND Sumit Nagal2014–202668.6%
5FRA Kenny de Schepper2011–201968.2%
6Juan Monaco2002–201767.9%
7USA Christopher Eubanks2012–202567.8%
8Rafael Nadal2001–202467.8%
9Nikolay Davydenko2000–201467.7%
10CAN Gabriel Diallo2022–202667.1%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Sara Errani2003–202577.3%
2USA Katie Volynets2019–202675.2%
3Monica Niculescu2005–202373.3%
4EGY Mayar Sherif2020–202673.0%
5ITA Lucrezia Stefanini2019–202672.4%
6MEX Renata Zarazua2016–202672.3%
7Irina Maria Bara2015–202571.5%
8TUR Cagla Buyukakcay2005–202371.4%
9BRA Laura Pigossi2013–202671.4%
10ESP Nuria ParrizasDiaz2020–202671.0%

Best points won behind the first serve

How often a landed first serve turned into a point.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Ivo Karlovic2000–202182.7%
2Milos Raonic2008–202481.5%
3Sam Querrey2005–202279.0%
4USA Reilly Opelka2015–202679.0%
5USA Andy Roddick2000–201279.0%
6John Isner2007–202378.7%
7Maxime Cressy2019–202478.4%
8FRA Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard2020–202678.1%
9Roger Federer1998–202178.0%
10FRA Quentin Halys2013–202677.9%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202674.2%
2CHN Qinwen Zheng2019–202673.6%
3Ashleigh Barty2011–202272.0%
4KAZ Elena Rybakina2017–202671.9%
5Kristyna Pliskova2006–202171.6%
6JPN Naomi Osaka2013–202671.5%
7Coco Vandeweghe2006–202370.8%
8CZE Karolina Pliskova2006–202670.4%
9RUS Liudmila Samsonova2019–202670.0%
10CZE Linda Noskova2020–202669.9%

Best break points saved

Break points faced that did not become a break.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Ivo Karlovic2000–202170.6%
2John Isner2007–202370.3%
3USA Reilly Opelka2015–202669.8%
4USA Ben Shelton2021–202669.7%
5Milos Raonic2008–202469.3%
6ITA Matteo Berrettini2017–202668.2%
7FRA Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard2020–202668.0%
8Roger Federer1998–202167.9%
9ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202667.4%
10USA Andy Roddick2000–201267.1%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202662.4%
2KAZ Elena Rybakina2017–202661.8%
3CZE Karolina Pliskova2006–202660.3%
4Kristyna Pliskova2006–202160.3%
5BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202660.2%
6Kim Clijsters1999–202160.1%
7NZL Lulu Sun2018–202660.1%
8CZE Karolina Muchova2016–202659.8%
9USA Taylor Townsend2011–202659.8%
10Lucie Safarova2004–202459.6%

Best break point conversion

Break points taken, out of those created.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Bernabe Zapata Miralles2015–202646.0%
2Rafael Nadal2001–202444.9%
3Matteo Viola2010–202244.2%
4SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202644.0%
5Yuki Bhambri2007–202344.0%
6Diego Sebastian Schwartzman2011–202544.0%
7Steven Diez2008–202443.9%
8Nikolay Davydenko2000–201443.7%
9David Ferrer2002–201943.6%
10JPN Shintaro Mochizuki2021–202643.6%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Simona Halep2009–202550.7%
2Sesil Karatantcheva2004–202350.7%
3RUS Mirra Andreeva2022–202650.6%
4ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo2012–202650.3%
5Tereza Mrdeza2012–202650.0%
6Agnieszka Radwanska2005–201850.0%
7Sara Errani2003–202549.8%
8UKR Katarina Zavatska2017–202649.7%
9Monica Niculescu2005–202349.7%
10FRA Fiona Ferro2014–202649.5%

Best return points won

Points won on the opponent’s serve.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Rafael Nadal2001–202442.2%
2David Ferrer2002–201942.1%
3Diego Sebastian Schwartzman2011–202541.8%
4SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202641.8%
5ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202641.8%
6Matteo Viola2010–202241.6%
7David Nalbandian2000–201341.2%
8Nikolay Davydenko2000–201441.2%
9IRL Andy Murray2002–202441.2%
10Juan Monaco2002–201741.0%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Sara Errani2003–202548.4%
2Kim Clijsters1999–202148.3%
3BLR Victoria Azarenka2005–202548.2%
4Simona Halep2009–202548.0%
5ROU Maria Sharapova2002–202047.9%
6POL Iga Swiatek2019–202647.9%
7ITA Lucrezia Stefanini2019–202647.8%
8ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo2012–202647.8%
9Tereza Mrdeza2012–202647.8%
10Sesil Karatantcheva2004–202347.8%

Best tie-break record

Tie-breaks won, minimum 50 played.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1USA Learner Tien2022–202668.2%
2SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202665.6%
3Roger Federer1998–202165.2%
4ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202664.3%
5FRA Arthur Fils2021–202663.0%
6USA Andy Roddick2000–201262.6%
7SVK Alex Molcan2021–202661.8%
8USA Jenson Brooksby2018–202661.5%
9ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202661.3%
10Aisam Qureshi2000–201761.2%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Martina Hingis1997–200766.7%
2Serena Williams1997–202666.3%
3CZE Linda Noskova2020–202665.2%
4USA Cori Gauff2018–202663.8%
5BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202663.8%
6CZE Karolina Muchova2016–202663.8%
7USA Taylor Townsend2011–202662.5%
8Danielle Rose Collins2014–202562.3%
9Lauren Davis2010–202562.1%
10USA Sachia Vickery2011–202661.4%

Best deciding-set record

Matches won that went to a deciding set, minimum 50 played.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202682.0%
2Rafael Nadal2001–202480.4%
3ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202678.3%
4ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202678.1%
5Roger Federer1998–202176.9%
6IRL Andy Murray2002–202472.5%
7USA Andy Roddick2000–201272.2%
8Juan Martin Del Potro2005–202271.9%
9JPN Kei Nishikori2007–202671.7%
10JoWilfried Tsonga2003–202268.0%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Ashleigh Barty2011–202273.2%
2ROU Maria Sharapova2002–202073.0%
3Serena Williams1997–202672.2%
4Simona Halep2009–202566.5%
5Nicole Vaidisova2004–201566.3%
6USA Cori Gauff2018–202665.3%
7CHN Qinwen Zheng2019–202664.8%
8JPN Naomi Osaka2013–202664.2%
9Kim Clijsters1999–202163.9%
10POL Iga Swiatek2019–202663.6%

Best record after losing the first set

Matches won from a set down, minimum 50 played.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202646.1%
2SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202645.9%
3ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202644.9%
4Rafael Nadal2001–202441.4%
5Roger Federer1998–202141.3%
6AUS Lleyton Hewitt1997–201639.3%
7JPN Kei Nishikori2007–202637.3%
8IRL Andy Murray2002–202436.7%
9GER Alexander Zverev2011–202636.5%
10USA Ben Shelton2021–202635.5%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202648.3%
2ROU Maria Sharapova2002–202038.5%
3Ashleigh Barty2011–202237.9%
4POL Iga Swiatek2019–202637.5%
5RUS Mirra Andreeva2022–202636.8%
6Kim Clijsters1999–202136.4%
7KAZ Elena Rybakina2017–202635.0%
8BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202634.1%
9USA Cori Gauff2018–202633.3%
10Simona Halep2009–202531.4%

Best record against the top 10

Matches won against a top-10 opponent, minimum 30 played.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202669.2%
2ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202668.8%
3Roger Federer1998–202166.7%
4ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202664.4%
5Rafael Nadal2001–202463.0%
6IRL Andy Murray2002–202451.7%
7RUS Daniil Medvedev2013–202649.1%
8DEN Holger Rune2020–202545.5%
9AUS Nick Kyrgios2012–202642.0%
10GER Alexander Zverev2011–202641.0%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202670.9%
2Kim Clijsters1999–202164.2%
3POL Iga Swiatek2019–202663.6%
4BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202659.4%
5ROU Maria Sharapova2002–202057.1%
6KAZ Elena Rybakina2017–202653.5%
7Ashleigh Barty2011–202253.2%
8Kiki Bertens2011–202149.0%
9Garbine Muguruza2008–202348.8%
10Johanna Konta2010–202147.8%

A note on what is here

Fifteen leaderboards, each split by tour, not a hundred mixed ones. Ultimate Tennis Statistics — the site that did this best, and which is now offline — kept a Records Book of around a hundred categories, and its pressure categories are the model for the ones here. We have taken the definitions and not the code: a win-loss record in deciding sets is a fact, while its own formulas are licensed NonCommercial. Splitting fifteen good tables into a hundred thin ones would earn nothing and cost crawl budget, so they share a page until one of them proves it deserves its own.

To weigh these against each other rather than read them one at a time, the GOAT calculator puts thirteen of them on sliders.