Most Matches Played at Grand Slams

At the top of the Open Era Grand Slam “most played” list stands Novak Djokovic, with 461 men’s singles matches played at majors. His Grand Slam journey began at Australian Open 2005, where he faced Marat Safin in the first round; twenty years later, at Australian Open 2025, he played his 430th Grand Slam match against Jaime Faria, passing Roger Federer for the all-time men’s record. Djokovic’s 400th Grand Slam match played had come at Wimbledon 2023, against Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals, another marker in a career built almost entirely around repeated deep runs at the four biggest tournaments.

Behind him stands Roger Federer, who finished with 429 Grand Slam singles matches played, the previous record before Djokovic moved past him. Federer’s first major match came at Roland Garros 1999 against Patrick Rafter, while his 400th Grand Slam match came exactly twenty years later at Roland Garros 2019, against Casper Ruud. His final Grand Slam appearance came at Wimbledon 2021, where he faced Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals.

Rafael Nadal is third with 358 Grand Slam matches played, from a major record of 314–44. His first Grand Slam match came at Wimbledon 2003, where he faced Mario Ancic in the opening round; his match-count story ended at Roland Garros 2024, against Alexander Zverev.

Then comes Jimmy Connors, with 282 Grand Slam singles matches played, built across an unusually long major career from the early 1970s into the 1990s. His US Open path alone stretched from his US Open 1970 debut against Mark Cox to his final US Open 1992 appearance, when he faced Ivan Lendl in the second round.

Just behind him is Andre Agassi, with 277 Grand Slam matches played: his major career began at the US Open 1986 against Jeremy Bates and ended at the US Open 2006 against Benjamin Becker.

In this record, the milestone is not a title, a final or a single victory: it is the ability to keep returning to the Grand Slam stage. Djokovic has pushed the ceiling beyond 450 matches, Federer was the first man to reach 400, Nadal carried his total through two decades of major battles, while Connors and Agassi show how rare it is to stay relevant at the majors across an entire tennis lifetime.