List of tennis rivalries

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In tennis history there have been a number of famous rivalries. This is a list of some of the greatest rivalries.[1][2][3][4]
For the purpose of this article only, the criteria for inclusion are (all must be met):

  • Both players must have a career high ranking of world No. 3 or better, and one of them must have reached No. 1.
  • The players must have met multiple times in semi-finals or finals of a Grand Slam (in pre-Open era also, Pro Slam counts).
  • They must have at least a total of 12 career meetings in main tour matches.

Men

Pre-Open Era

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Rivalry Period Meetings Grand Slam Pro Slam All Matches
Johnston–Tilden 1919–1927 1–6 0–0
Gonzales–Rosewall 1957–1970 182 0–0 2–3 107–75
Laver–Rosewall 1963–1976 142[5] 1–1 4–6 80–63
Gonzales-Kramer 1949–1954 139 0–0 1–0 38-101
Gonzales–Segura 1951–1965 134 0–0 8–3 96–38
Hoad–Rosewall 1953–1967 70 2–2 0–5 25–45
Emerson–Laver 1958–1975 67 2–7 0–0 18–49
Gonzales–Laver 1964–1970 59 0–1 0–2 21–38

Open Era

Active rivalries are highlighted
Rivalry Period All Grand Slam event Grand Slam event finals All finals
Meetings Matches Meetings Matches Meetings Matches Meetings Matches
Djokovic–Nadal 2006– 49 26–23 13 4–9 7 3–4 24 14–10
Djokovic–Federer 2006– 46* 23–22 15 9–6 4 3–1 18 11–6*
Lendl–McEnroe ** 1980–1992 37* 21–15 10 7–3 3 2–1 18 7–10*
Connors–Lendl 1979–1992 36* 13–22 7 3–4 2 2–0 7 4–2*
Becker–Edberg 1984–1996 35 25–10 4 1–3 3 1–2 16 11–5
Connors–McEnroe 1977–1991 35* 14–20 9 3–6 2 1–1 15 7–7*
Agassi–Sampras 1989–2002 34 14–20 9 3–6 5 1–4 16 7–9
Federer–Nadal 2004– 34 11–23 11 2–9 8 2–6 21 7–14
Djokovic–Murray 2006– 33 23–10 9 7–2 6 4–2 16 9–7
Ferrer–Nadal 2004– 30 6–24 6 2–4 1 0–1 8 0–8
Edberg–Lendl 1984–1992 27 14–13 9 5–4 1 0–1 7 3–4
Federer–Hewitt 1999–2014 27 18–9 8 8–0 1 1–0 5 3–2
Federer–Murray 2005– 25 14–11 6 5–1 3 3–0 8 5–3
Murray–Nadal 2007– 25* 7–17 9 2–7 0 0 4 3–1
Federer–Roddick 2001–2012 24 21–3 8 8–0 4 4–0 7 7–0
Borg–Vilas 1973–1980 24* 18–5 3 3–0 2 2–0 10 8–1*
Borg–Connors 1973–1981 23 15–8 8 5–3 4 2–2 13 8–5
Djokovic–Wawrinka 2006– 23 19–4 6 4–2 1 0–1 4 2–2
Connors–Gerulaitis 1974–1985 23* 17–4 3 2–1 0 0 5 4–0*
Lendl–Wilander 1982–1994 22 15–7 9 5–4 5 2–3 9 6–3
Agassi–Chang 1988–2003 22 15–7 5 3–2 0 0 4 3–1
Becker–Lendl 1985–1993 22* 10–11 6 5–1 3 3–0 13 7–6
Chang–Edberg 1988–1996 21 9–12 5 1–4 1 1–0 4 3–1
Davydenko–Federer 2002–2013 21 2–19 6 0–6 0 0 2 0–2
Djokovic–Ferrer 2004– 21 16–5 5 5–0 0 0 3 3–0
Edberg–Wilander 1983–1995 20 9–11 5 2–3 1 1–0 5 3–2
Courier–Sampras 1988–1999 20 4–16 8 2–6 1 0–1 4 0–4
Chang–Sampras 1989–2001 20 8–12 5 1–4 1 0–1 3 0–3
Becker–Ivanišević 1990–1998 20* 10–9 3 1–2 0 0 3 3–0
Becker–Sampras 1990–1997 19 7–12 3 0–3 1 0–1 7 1–6
Ivanišević–Sampras 1990–1999 19* 6–12 5 1–4 2 0–2 4 1–3
Newcombe–Rosewall 1970–1974 17 8–9 6 3–3 1 1–0 6 3–3
Borg–Gerulaitis 1974–1981 17* 16–0 5 5–0 1 1–0 7 7–0
Rafter–Sampras 1993–2001 16 4–12 3 1–2 1 0–1 5 1–4
Borg–Năstase 1972–1980 16* 10–5 3 3–0 1 1–0 5 2–3
Ashe–Laver 1959–1976 15 2–13 4 0–4 0 0 2 0–2
Agassi–Rafter 1993–2001 15 10–5 7 4–3 0 0 0 0
Laver–Roche 1968–1972 14 9–5 3 3–0 2 2–0 9 5–4
Borg–McEnroe 1978–1981 14 7–7 4 1–3 4 1–3 9 4–5
Gerulaitis–McEnroe 1979–1984 14 3–11 2 0–2 1 0–1 5 1–4
Agassi–Becker 1988–1999 14 10–4 5 4–1 0 0 1 1–0
Edberg–Sampras 1990–1995 14 6–8 2 2–0 1 1–0 1 1–0
McEnroe–Wilander 1982–1989 13 7–6 5 2–3 0 0 3 1–2
Agassi–Courier 1989–1996 12 5–7 6 2–4 1 0–1 2 0–2
Courier–Stich 1990–1997 12 5–7 4 2–2 0 0 0 0
Agassi–Kafelnikov 1994–2003 12 8–4 5 4–1 1 1–0 2 2–0
Federer–Safin 2001–2009 12 10–2 5 4–1 1 1–0 3 3–0

* – Including walkover or abandoned match (not counted in H2H, same as in the official ATP H2H)
** – Lendl and McEnroe have played two other "finals" (World Team Cup 1984 and 1985), which are team finals. Both matches are counted in their overall H2H. Their finals (and overall meetings) count includes an unfinished final at Stratton mountain in 1987 (not counted in the H2H).

Source: ATP[6]

Women

Pre-Open Era

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Rivalry Period Meetings Grand Slam All Matches
Brough Clapp–duPont 1942–1956 40 3–1 25–15
Court–King[7] 1962–1973 35 6–4 22–13
Bingley–Cooper[8][9] 1893–1901 ≈ 26 4–1 19–6–1
Court–Bueno[7] 1960–1969 24 5–3 17–6
Wills–Jacobs 1925–1938 12 7–1 11–1

≈ (approximately – early records are incomplete)

Open Era

Active rivalries are highlighted
Rivalry Period All Grand Slam events Grand Slam event finals
Meetings Matches Meetings Matches Meetings Matches
Evert–Navratilova[7] 1973–1988 80 37–43 22 8–14 14 4–10
Evert–Wade 1971–1982 46 40–6 3 2–1 0 0
Navratilova–Shriver 1978–1992 43 40–3 9 7–2 0 0
Goolagong–Wade 1970–1983 40 30–10 6 5–1 1 0–1
Graf–Sabatini 1985–1995 40 29–11 12 11–1 3 2–1
Evert–Goolagong[7] 1972–1983 39 26–13 10 6–4 5 3–2
Mandlikova–Navratilova 1980–1989 36 7–29 10 4–6 3 2–1
Graf–Sánchez Vicario 1988–1996 36 28–8 13 9–4 7 5–2
King–Jones[7] 1959–1971 35 26–9 9 7–2 3 2–1
Navratilova–Turnbull 1973–1988 34 29–5 4 2–2 0 0
Court–Casals 1967–1977 33 30–3 6 6–0 1 1–0
Austin–Navratilova 1977–1983 33 13–20 4 2–2 1 1–0
Graf–Novotná 1987–1999 33 29–4 11 10–1 1 1–0
King–Wade 1968–1981 31 22–9 6 5–1 1 0–1
Goolagong–Navratilova 1973–1982 27 12–15 4 2–2 1 1–0
Davenport–V. Williams 1997–2005 27 14–13 9 4–5 3 0–3
Evert–King[7] 1971–1983 26 19–7 9 6–3 1 0–1
Evert–Mandlikova 1980–1989 26 19–7 13 10–3 3 3–0
S. Williams–V. Williams 1998– 26 15–11 13 8–5 8 6–2
Davenport–Hingis 1995–2006 25 14–11 4 3–1 2 2–0
Clijsters–Henin 1998–2010 25 13–12 8 3–5 3 0–3
Sabatini–Sánchez Vicario 1986–1995 23 12–11 5 2–3 0 0
Sánchez Vicario–Seles 1989–2002 23 3–20 5 1–4 3 1–2
Court–Goolagong[7] 1968–1975 22 17–5 8 6–2 5 3–2
Evert–Turnbull 1976–1987 22 21–1 6 6–0 2 2–0
Evert–Shriver 1978–1988 21 18–3 2 2–0 1 1–0
Navratilova–Sabatini 1986–1994 21 16–5 4 4–0 0 0
Novotná–Sánchez Vicario 1987–1998 21 11–10 5 2–3 0 0
Martínez–Seles 1989–2002 21 1–20 4 0–4 0 0
Hingis–V. Williams 1997–2006 21 11–10 6 4–2 1 1–0
Sharapova–S. Williams 2004– 21 2–19 8 1–7 4 1–3
Azarenka–S. Williams 2008– 21 4–17 10 0–10 2 0–2
Evert–Jaeger 1980–1984 20 17–3 5 4–1 0 0
Hingis–Seles 1996–2002 20 15–5 7 5–2 0 0
Henin–Kuznetsova 2003–2011 19 16–3 6 5–1 2 2–0
Graf–Navratilova 1985–1994 18 9–9 9 4–5 6 4–2
Martínez–Sánchez Vicario 1992–2002 18 4–14 3 1–2 0 0
Austin–Evert 1977–1982 17 9–8 4 1–3 1 1–0
Navratilova–Seles 1989–1993 17 7–10 2 0–2 1 0–1
Clijsters–Davenport 2000–2005 17 9–8 6 1–5 0 0
Davenport–Mauresmo 1998–2006 16 12–4 2 1–1 0 0
Hingis–Pierce 1994–2000 16 10–6 4 3–1 1 1–0
Goolagong–King 1971–1980 15 4–11 6 1–5 4 0–4
Jaeger–Navratilova 1980–1983 15 4–11 2 0–2 2 0–2
Graf–Seles 1989–1999 15 10–5 10 6–4 6 3–3
Li–Sharapova 2005–2014 15 5–10 5 2–3 0 0
Azarenka–Sharapova 2007– 15 7–8 3 2–1 1 1–0
Sabatini–Seles 1988–1996 14 3–11 3 0–3 0 0
Graf–Martínez 1989–1996 14 13–1 6 6–0 0 0
Capriati–Seles 1990–2002 14 5–9 6 1–5 0 0
Hingis–Martínez 1995–2001 14 11–3 2 2–0 1 1–0
Davenport–S. Williams 1997–2005 14 4–10 5 1–4 1 0–1
Henin–Mauresmo 1999–2007 14 8–6 3 0–3 2 0–2
Kuznetsova–Safina 2000–2009 14 6–8 3 2–1 1 1–0
Henin–S. Williams 2001–2010 14 6–8 7 4–3 1 0–1
Ivanovic–Sharapova 2006– 14 4–10 2 1–1 1 0–1
Court–Evert[lower-alpha 1] 1970–1977 13 4–9 3 2–1 1 1–0
Evert–Graf 1985–1989 13 6–7 3 1–2 1 0–1
Hingis–S. Williams 1998–2002 13 6–7 3 1–2 1 0–1
Clijsters–V. Williams 2001–2011 13 7–6 5 3–2 0 0
Graf–Shriver 1985–1993 12 9–3 6 5–1 0 0
Hingis–Novotná 1995–1999 12 9–3 4 3–1 1 1–0
Capriati–Davenport 1997–2003 12 3–9 4 1–3 0 0
Mauresmo–S. Williams 1999–2008 12 2–10 6 1–5 0 0
Dementieva–S. Williams 2003–2010 12 5–7 3 0–3 0 0
Li–S. Williams 2006–2014 12 1–11 4 0–4 0 0
Source: WTA[20]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Evert – Court head-to-head: 1970:,[10] 1972:,[11][12] 1973:,[13] 1975:[14][15][16] 1977[17][18][19]

References

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