Novak Djokovic has just won his 63 rd main tour title with his victory in Miami last week. It seems like a lot of tournaments and is almost as many as Nadal has won with 67... or Sampras with 64. But it’s still a lot less than Jimmy Connors’ open era record of 109 titles. Here’s the title list for the top 20 of the Open Era (since 1968 when professionals were allowed to play with amateurs). 109 Connors 94 Lendl 88 Federer 77 McEnroe 67 Nadal 64 Sampras 64 Borg 63 Djokovic 62 Vilas 60 Agassi 58 Nastase 49 Becker 46 Laver 44 Muster 41 Edberg 37 Smith 35 Murray 34 Chang 33 Ashe 33 Wilander That list may or may not agree with various lists published on the ATP website or Wikipedia, and that’s because there was a fair bit of confusion in the early days of the open era (1968-1973) about what tournaments counted and which were exhibitions. Some supposed ‘tournaments’ had draws of only four players or were ‘invitational’. But after ...
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