Top 10 Tennis Players in Open Era: RANKED Men’s Singles

Jul 31, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses the champions trophy after defeating Kei Nishikori of Japan to win the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at Aviva Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 31, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses the champions trophy after defeating Kei Nishikori of Japan to win the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at Aviva Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jul 10 2016; London, United Kingdom; General view of centre court at the trophy presentation after the Andy Murray (GBR) and Milos Raonic (CAN) men /

Top 10 Tennis Players in the Open Era: Men’s Singles

#8 – Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors is a former world No. 1 tennis player.

The American has 8 Grand Slam titles to his name, 5 of which came at the US Open. Connors holds the record as the only men’s singles player to earn over 100 tournament titles in his career. At 109, he is 15 titles ahead of the second best player and over 20 titles ahead of any active tennis players.

Connors also played the most matches and holds the record for most match wins in Open Era. He is over 200 match wins ahead of the second best player and any active players in the sport.