Who has played the most tiebreaks?

Players with long careers and strong serving games, like Roger Federer and Ivo Karlović, have played thousands of tiebreaks throughout their careers.

How common are tiebreaks in professional tennis?

Tiebreaks occur in approximately 20-30% of sets at the professional level, depending on surface and playing styles.

Strong servers who hold serve frequently but struggle to break opponents tend to play more tiebreaks than aggressive baseline players.

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Player statistics
#	Player	Matches	Tiebreaks Played
1	John Isner	809	839
2	Ivo Karlovic	719	801
3	Roger Federer	1545	713
4	Feliciano Lopez	1004	609
5	Novak Djokovic	1423	535
6	Pete Sampras	996	522
7	Stan Wawrinka	979	520
8	Andy Roddick	829	488
9	Goran Ivanisevic	937	483
10	Marin Cilic	968	469
11	Greg Rusedski	728	464
12	Fernando Verdasco	1007	451
13	Rafael Nadal	1326	436
14	Ivan Ljubicic	728	436
15	Richard Gasquet	1031	428
16	Gael Monfils	950	420
17	Tomas Berdych	988	417
18	Stefan Edberg	1074	413
19	Sam Querrey	718	411
20	Boris Becker	941	404
21	Kevin Anderson	614	401
22	Ivan Lendl	1318	400
23	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	714	400
24	Carlos Moya	900	394
25	Milos Raonic	584	394
26	Andy Murray	1017	393
27	Philipp Kohlschreiber	882	389
28	Grigor Dimitrov	794	388
29	Marat Safin	693	387
30	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	920	386

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Minimum Matches: 1

150100

Player statistics
#	Player	Matches	Tiebreaks Played
1	John Isner	809	839
2	Ivo Karlovic	719	801
3	Roger Federer	1545	713
4	Feliciano Lopez	1004	609
5	Novak Djokovic	1423	535
6	Pete Sampras	996	522
7	Stan Wawrinka	979	520
8	Andy Roddick	829	488
9	Goran Ivanisevic	937	483
10	Marin Cilic	968	469
11	Greg Rusedski	728	464
12	Fernando Verdasco	1007	451
13	Rafael Nadal	1326	436
14	Ivan Ljubicic	728	436
15	Richard Gasquet	1031	428
16	Gael Monfils	950	420
17	Tomas Berdych	988	417
18	Stefan Edberg	1074	413
19	Sam Querrey	718	411
20	Boris Becker	941	404
21	Kevin Anderson	614	401
22	Ivan Lendl	1318	400
23	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	714	400
24	Carlos Moya	900	394
25	Milos Raonic	584	394
26	Andy Murray	1017	393
27	Philipp Kohlschreiber	882	389
28	Grigor Dimitrov	794	388
29	Marat Safin	693	387
30	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	920	386