Most Career Wins

The record most career wins in ATP Tour belongs to 🇺🇸 Jimmy Connors, with an official ATP career record of 1,274 wins. No man in the Open Era has won more tour-level singles matches. His first recorded tour-level win came at Haverford in 1970, where he defeated Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau 6-4, 6-3 in the opening round. His last ATP singles win came 25 years later at Halle in 1995, when he beat Martin Sinner 7-6(9), 6-0. That distance — from Haverford 1970 to Halle 1995 — is what makes the record so difficult to match: it is not just about dominance, but about continuing to win across decades.

Roger Federer came closer than anyone else. He finished his career with 1,251 ATP singles wins, only 23 short of Connors. Federer’s first ATP match win came at Toulouse in 1998, where the 17-year-old Swiss qualifier defeated Guillaume Raoux 6-2, 6-2. His final singles victory came at Wimbledon in 2021, a straight-sets win over Lorenzo Sonego 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 in the fourth round. Federer’s 1,251 wins form the modern benchmark for sustained excellence: more than two decades of winning from Toulouse to Centre Court.

Novak Djokovic is currently recorded at 1,172 wins and 237 losses, leaving him 102 wins behind Connors and 79 behind Federer. Djokovic’s first ATP Tour win came at Bucharest in 2004, when he defeated Arnaud Clement 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 on clay. Unlike Connors and Federer, Djokovic’s match-wins story is still open: every new victory still changes his position in the historical chase.

Rafael Nadal closed his career with 1,080 ATP singles wins, built around one of the highest winning percentages in the Open Era. His first ATP win came at Mallorca 2002, when, aged just 15, he beat Ramon Delgado 6-4, 6-4. His final singles win came in a symbolic setting: Paris 2024 Olympics, where he defeated Marton Fucsovics 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 before facing Djokovic in the next round.