Most U.S. Open Tennis Singles Titles

Who has won the most singles titles in U.S. Open Tennis history? Unless you’re a serious fan, you’d probably never guess, since she added her last championship a scant 82 years ago, long before this was even an ”Open” competition.

Here’s a list of the all-time winners:

Men
7 - Richard Sears 1881-87; Bill Larned 1901-02, ‘07-11; Bill Tilden 1920- 25, ‘29
5 - Jimmy Connors 1974, ‘76, ‘78, ‘82-83; Pete Sampras 1990, ‘93, ‘95-96, ‘02, Roger Federer 2004-08
4 - Bob Wrenn 1893-94, ‘96-97; John McEnroe 1979-81, ‘84
3 - Oliver Campbell 1890-92; Mal Whitman 1898-1900; Fred Perry 1933-34, ‘36; Ivan Lendl 1985-87

Women
8 - Molla B. Mallory 1915-18, ‘20-22, ‘26
7 - Helen Wills Moody 1923-25, ‘27-29, ‘31
6 - Chris Evert Lloyd 1975-78, ‘80, ‘82
5 - Margaret Smith Court 1962, ‘65, ‘69-70, ‘73; Steffi Graf 1988-89, ‘93, ‘95-96
4 - Elisabeth Moore 1896, 1901, ‘03, ‘05; Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1909-11, ‘19; Helen H. Jacobs 1932-35; Alice Marble 1936, ‘38-40; Pauline Betz 1942-44, ‘46; Maria Bueno 1959, ‘63-64, ‘66; Billie Jean King 1967, ‘71-72, ‘74; Martina Navratilova 1983-84, ‘86-87

Source: usopen.org