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Winning Percentages of All Time Top Players on All Surfaces

Here are the winning percentages of the top players of all time on all surfaces.

All surfaces % * W–L
1. Sweden Björn Borg 82.72 608–127
2. Spain Rafael Nadal 82.34 550–118
3. United States Jimmy Connors 82.29 1217–262
4. Czechoslovakia/United States Ivan Lendl 81.76 1071–239
5. United States John McEnroe 81.55 875–198
6. Switzerland Roger Federer 81.32 814–187
7. Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia Novak Djokovic 78.32 401–111
8. United States Pete Sampras 77.44 762–222
9. Germany Boris Becker 76.91 713–214
10. Argentina Guillermo Vilas 76.78 919–278
* = minimum 400 wins

This all makes very interesting reading. It will be interesting to see if Djokovic can continue to rise. He needs a really good 2012 to pass Roger on this table!

All Time Grand Slam Winners

Here is a very interesting table we came across of the top Grand Slam winners.

Player Total Era Surface Time Span Win/Loss Win %
Amateur Pro Open Grass Clay Hard Indoor Age Span Years
Australia Ken Rosewall 23 4 15 4 8 6 N/A 9 18 – 37 20 1953–1972 246-46 84.24
Australia Rod Laver 19 6 8 5 12 2 N/A 5 21 – 31 10 1960–1969 180-36 83.33
Switzerland Roger Federer 16 N/A N/A 16 6 1 9 N/A 21 – 28 8 2003–2010 228-34 87.02
United States Pete Sampras 14 N/A N/A 14 7 0 7 N/A 19 – 31 13 1990–2002 203-38 84.23
United States Bill Tilden 14 10 4 N/A 11 3 0 0 27 - 42 16 1920–1935 150-30 83.33
United States Pancho Gonzales 14 2 12 0 2 0 N/A 12 20 – 33 14 1948–1961 103-29 78.03
Australia Roy Emerson 12 12 N/A 0 10 2 N/A N/A 24 – 30 7 1961–1967 174-39 81.69
Sweden Björn Borg 11 N/A N/A 11 5 6 0 N/A 18 – 25 7 1974–1981 141-16 89.81
United States Don Budge 10 6 4 N/A 6 3 0 1 22 – 27 5 1937–1942 95-18 84.07
United Kingdom Fred Perry 10 8 2 N/A 7 2 0 1 24 – 32 8 1933–1941 120-22 84.51
Spain Rafael Nadal 10 N/A N/A 10 2 6 2 N/A 19 – 25 7 2005–2011 143-20 87.73
France Henri Cochet 9 8 1 N/A 7 2 0 1 19 – 33 14 1922–1936 N/A N/A

via – Tennis Planet