Most Appearances

At the top of the Open Era list for most ATP singles main-draw appearances stands Feliciano Lopez, with 486 ATP main draws, the highest total recorded in men’s tennis.

Lopez’s record is based on tournament presence rather than match dominance: his milestone measures how often he entered an ATP-level singles draw across more than two decades on tour. His first ATP main-draw appearance came at Barcelona 1998, where he played Jiří Novák in the first round. His final ATP main draw came at Mallorca 2023, where he entered as a wildcard and reached the quarter-finals: he opened against Max Purcell, then faced Jordan Thompson, before playing his final tour-level singles match against Yannick Hanfmann.

Lopez’s total is also connected to one of the strongest Grand Slam appearance records in men’s tennis history. He played 79 consecutive Grand Slam main draws, from Roland Garros 2002 to the Australian Open 2022, and reached 81 total Grand Slam main-draw appearances, tying the men’s all-time record at Wimbledon 2022.

Behind him stands a group of players whose careers were also defined by repeated ATP main-draw presence across many seasons: Fernando Verdasco, Fabrice Santoro, Richard Gasquet, Mikhail Youzhny, John Alexander, Andreas Seppi and Jimmy Connors. Their place in this ranking comes from longevity, calendar consistency and the ability to keep qualifying directly — or returning repeatedly — to ATP singles main draws year after year.