In this weekend’s blog, I am continuing with the sport of Tennis. Friends, you are aware that in Tennis, the biggest achievement is winning any Grand Slam title. There are four Grand Slam tournaments held every year, and they are the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. Here is the list of players (men & women both) who have won three or more Grand Slam titles in their career.
1 Angelique Kerber (Germany) – 3 titles (1 AO,1W,1 USO)
2 Lindsay Devenport (USA)-3 title ( 1AO, 1W, 1USO)
3 Andy Murray (UK)-3 titles ( 2 W, I USO)
4 Kim Clijsters (Belgium)-4 titles ( 1 AO, 3 USO)
5 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain)-4 titles (3 FO, 1 USO)
6 Maria Sharapova (Russia)-5 titles( 1 AO, 2 FO, 1W, 1 USO)
7 Martina Hingis(Switzerland)-5 titles ( 3 AO, 1 W, 1 USO)
8 John Newcombe (Australia)- 6 titles ( 1 AO, 3 W, 2 USO)
9 Stefan Edberg (Sweden)-6 titles ( 2 AO, 2 W, 2 USO)
10 Boris Becker (Germany)- 6 titles ( 1 AO, 3 W, 2 USO)
11 Evone Goolagong Cawley (Australia)-7 titles ( 4 AO, 1 FO, 1 W)
12 Justine Henin (Belgium)- 7 titles. ( 1AO, 4 FO, 2 USO)
13 Venus Williams (USA)- 7 titles (5 W,2 USO)
14 Mats Wilander (Sweden)- 7 titles (3 AO, 3 FO, 1 USO)
15 John McEnroe (USA)- 7 titles ( 3 W,4 USO)
16 Jimmy Connors (USA)- 8 titles ( 1AO,2 W, 5 USO)
17 Ivan Lendl (USA)- 8 titles (2 AO, 3 FO, 3USO)
18 Andre Agassi (USA)- 8 titles ( 4 AO, 1 FO, 1 W, 2 USO)
19 Monica Seles (Yugoslavia/USA)- 9 titles ( 4 AO, 3 FO, 2 USO)
20 Bjorn Borg(Sweden)- 11 titles ( 6 FO, 5 W)
21 Rod Laver (Australia)- 11 titles ( 3 AO, 2 FO, 4 W, 2 USO)
22 Billie Jean King (USA)- 12 titles ( 1 AO, 1 FO, 6 W, 4 USO)
23 Roy Emerson (Australia)- 12 titles ( 6 AO, 2 FO, 2 W, 2 USO)
24 Pete Sampras (USA)-14 titles ( 2 AO, 7 W, 5 USO)
25 Martina Navratilova (Czech/USA)-18 titles ( 3 AO, 2 FO, 9 W, 4 USO)
26 Chris Evert (USA)- 18 titles ( 2 AO, 7 FO, 3 W, 6 USO)
27 Helen Wills Moody (USA)- 19 titles (4 FO, 8 W, 7 USO)
28 Roger Federer (Switzerland)-20 titles (6AO, 1 FO, 8 W, 5 USO)
29 Steffi Graf (Germany)- 22 titles- (4 AO,6 FO, 7 W, 5 USO)
30 Rafael Nadal (Spain)- 22 titles ( 2 AO, 14 FO, 2 W, 4 USO)
31 Serena Williams (USA)- 23 titles ( 7 AO, 3 FO, 7 W, 6 USO)
32 Margaret Court (Australia)- 24 titles ( 11 AO, 5 FO, 3 W, 5 USO)
33 Novak Djokovic (Serbia)- 24 titles ( 10 AO, 3 FO, 7 W, 4 USO)
From the above Novak Djokovic is still a active player.
I Have not included in the above list 2 active player who have won 3 or more Grand Slams, and they are Jannik Sinner (Italy) who has won 3 titles ( 1 AO, 1 W, 1 USO) and Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) who has won 5 titles ( 2 FO, 2 W, 1 USO), the reason being they are very much active and winning Grand Slam titles regularly.
Waiting for your views on this blog.
Anil Malik
Mumbai, India
8th August 2025