Gouache painting of a 1920s championship match on grass in front of a crowded wooden grandstand

All-time rankings · every grass venue

All-time Players: the Top 50 on Grass, Every Venue, Every Era

Wimbledon is only part of the story. This ranking counts every grass title that mattered: the majors when the Australian and US championships were played on grass, Queen's, Halle, Eastbourne, Newport, the great Australian state championships and more, in singles and doubles, scored with a published points table.

Points: 10 grass major singles title · 4 major singles final · 3 other grass singles title · 4 major doubles title · 2 major mixed title · 1 other grass doubles or mixed title

Men: the Top 50

1 Rod Laver Records partial 9 grass major singles · 7 major doubles and mixed · 35 other grass titles 235 42titles 9titles
2 Ken Rosewall Records partial 6 grass major singles · 8 major doubles and mixed · 32 other grass titles 208 35titles 11titles
3 Roy Emerson Records partial 10 grass major singles · 10 major doubles and mixed · 17 other grass titles 199 27titles 10titles
4 Bill Tilden Records partial 10 grass major singles · 10 major doubles and mixed · 14 other grass titles 182 24titles 10titles
5 John Bromwich Records partial 2 grass major singles · 17 major doubles and mixed · 25 other grass titles 179 27titles 17titles
6 John Newcombe Records partial 7 grass major singles · 16 major doubles and mixed · 11 other grass titles 175 18titles 16titles
7 Jack Crawford Records partial 5 grass major singles · 9 major doubles and mixed · 21 other grass titles 161 26titles 9titles
8 Frank Sedgman Records partial 5 grass major singles · 13 major doubles and mixed · 16 other grass titles 146 21titles 13titles
9 Adrian Quist Records partial 3 grass major singles · 13 major doubles and mixed · 17 other grass titles 137 20titles 13titles
10 Roger Federer 8 grass major singles · 12 other grass titles 130 19titles 1titles
11 Tony Wilding Records partial 6 grass major singles · 5 major doubles and mixed · 15 other grass titles 117 21titles 5titles
12 Gerald Patterson Records partial 3 grass major singles · 7 major doubles and mixed · 14 other grass titles 114 17titles 7titles
13 Laurence Doherty Records partial 6 grass major singles · 10 major doubles and mixed · 16 other grass titles 110 16titles 16titles
14 Neale Fraser Records partial 3 grass major singles · 13 major doubles and mixed · 7 other grass titles 109 10titles 13titles
15 Fred Stolle Records partial 1 grass major singles · 15 major doubles and mixed · 9 other grass titles 107 10titles 15titles
16 William Larned Records partial 7 grass major singles · 16 other grass titles 106 23titles 0titles
17 Don Budge Records partial 5 grass major singles · 8 major doubles and mixed · 11 other grass titles 105 13titles 11titles
18 Bill Johnston Records partial 3 grass major singles · 4 major doubles and mixed · 12 other grass titles 102 15titles 4titles
19 Lew Hoad Records partial 3 grass major singles · 7 major doubles and mixed · 10 other grass titles 96 13titles 7titles
20 Fred Perry Records partial 7 grass major singles · 4 major doubles and mixed · 3 other grass titles 91 9titles 5titles
=21 Reginald Doherty Records partial 4 grass major singles · 10 major doubles and mixed · 13 other grass titles 87 10titles 17titles
=21 Tony Roche Records partial 13 major doubles and mixed · 9 other grass titles 87 9titles 13titles
=21 William Renshaw Records partial 7 grass major singles · 5 major doubles and mixed · 11 other grass titles 87 10titles 13titles
24 Novak Djokovic 7 grass major singles · 2 other grass titles 86 8titles 1titles
25 Ashley Cooper Records partial 4 grass major singles · 2 major doubles and mixed · 9 other grass titles 83 13titles 2titles
=26 Pete Sampras 7 grass major singles · 4 other grass titles 80 10titles 1titles
=26 Wilfred Baddeley Records partial 3 grass major singles · 4 major doubles and mixed · 12 other grass titles 80 12titles 7titles
28 Jimmy Connors Records partial 4 grass major singles · 1 major doubles and mixed · 5 other grass titles 79 9titles 1titles
=29 Norman Brookes Records partial 3 grass major singles · 4 major doubles and mixed · 8 other grass titles 78 11titles 4titles
=29 Richard Sears Records partial 7 grass major singles · 6 major doubles and mixed · 0 other grass titles 78 7titles 6titles
31 John McEnroe 3 grass major singles · 5 major doubles and mixed · 7 other grass titles 75 8titles 7titles
32 Arthur Ashe Records partial 3 grass major singles · 1 major doubles and mixed · 7 other grass titles 71 10titles 1titles
33 Jean Borotra Records partial 3 grass major singles · 7 major doubles and mixed · 0 other grass titles 68 3titles 7titles
34 Jack Kramer Records partial 3 grass major singles · 7 major doubles and mixed · 3 other grass titles 67 5titles 8titles
35 Vic Seixas Records partial 2 grass major singles · 10 major doubles and mixed · 3 other grass titles 63 5titles 10titles
36 Vincent Richards Records partial 8 major doubles and mixed · 14 other grass titles 62 10titles 12titles
=37 Björn Borg 5 grass major singles · 2 other grass titles 60 7titles 0titles
=37 Ernest Renshaw Records partial 1 grass major singles · 5 major doubles and mixed · 10 other grass titles 60 5titles 11titles
=37 Pat O'Hara Wood Records partial 2 grass major singles · 6 major doubles and mixed · 6 other grass titles 60 8titles 6titles
40 Ellsworth Vines Records partial 3 grass major singles · 3 major doubles and mixed · 5 other grass titles 59 8titles 3titles
=41 Boris Becker 3 grass major singles · 4 other grass titles 58 7titles 0titles
=41 Mal Anderson Records partial 1 grass major singles · 2 major doubles and mixed · 10 other grass titles 58 11titles 2titles
43 Pancho Gonzales Records partial 2 grass major singles · 1 major doubles and mixed · 11 other grass titles 55 12titles 2titles
=44 Ken McGregor Records partial 1 grass major singles · 6 major doubles and mixed · 3 other grass titles 53 4titles 6titles
=44 Tony Trabert Records partial 3 grass major singles · 2 major doubles and mixed · 5 other grass titles 53 8titles 2titles
46 Stefan Edberg 4 grass major singles · 1 major doubles and mixed · 1 other grass titles 51 5titles 1titles
=47 Henri Cochet Records partial 3 grass major singles · 3 major doubles and mixed · 0 other grass titles 48 3titles 3titles
=47 Herbert Lawford Records partial 1 grass major singles · 6 other grass titles 48 7titles 0titles
=47 René Lacoste Records partial 4 grass major singles · 1 major doubles and mixed · 0 other grass titles 48 4titles 1titles
50 Bill Talbert Records partial 8 major doubles and mixed · 5 other grass titles 47 5titles 8titles

How the points work: a grass-court major is Wimbledon, or the Australian or US championships in the years they were played on grass (Australia to 1987, the US to 1974). Other grass titles are tour-level grass events in the Open Era and the leading grass championships before it, such as Queen's, the Northern, Eastbourne, Newport, Longwood and the Australian state championships.

Challenge round: until 1921 at Wimbledon, until 1911 in the US men's singles and until 1918 in the US women's singles (with doubles to similar dates), the champion did not play through the draw but met the winner of the all-comers event in a single challenge round. A title kept that way scores 6, the points for winning the final, not 10 for a full draw (2, not 4, in doubles). Titles won through the draw score in full. US men's doubles challenge rounds are inferred from the results.

Major results come from the official champions' rolls. Other titles come from tour records and tournament histories. Records before 1968 are incomplete for many players and are marked; challengers, ITF events and exhibitions are not counted.

A ranking by Grass Tennis Club. Not official ATP, WTA, ITF or AELTC data. Records checked October 2026; corrected and the challenge-round rule added in November 2026.

See also the editorial list, judged on Wimbledon record, era dominance, mastery and impact: The Top 50 Wimbledon Grass Court Players of All Time.

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