Winning and losing are part of this sport and having a career without any losses is not at all possible. So, we will analyse the winning percentage of the top 5 players.
1. Bjorn Borg (89.8%)
Bjorn Borg, the Swedish tennis player who has produced many significant matches over his career. He has a very decorated career and the statistics don't lie. His winning percentage is 89.8%, which is a significant number. His win-loss record is 141-16. This shows how good a player he was.
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2. Rafael Nadal (87.3%)
Rafael Nadal is one of the most famous players of his time. He is ranked world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals and has played 1226 matches. He has successfully won 1019 matches with a winning percentage of 87.3%. He has also been ranked No. 1 in the ATP rankings for a straight 209 weeks. He has 20 Grand Slams to his name. He also has the best finish at each of the four Grand Slams. Rafael Nadal is the youngest player in the Open Era to achieve the Career Grand Slam. He is also the only player to win at least 1 Grand Slam for 10 consecutive years (2005-2014), and 400+ matches on both hard courts and clay courts. His win-loss record is 226-33.
3. Roger Federer (86.2%)
Roger Federer, the legend of his era, is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time. He is ranked No. 8 in his field by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The legend has a record of winning 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles and 103 ATP titles. He has played 1515 matches and won 1243 out of it and has a great winning percentage of 86.2%. He is the only player who won all the consecutive 5 titles at the US Open (2004–08). The dominant is also the only player to register at least ten titles on clay, grass, and hard courts. Roger Federer also has won an all-time record of 71 hardcourt titles, 19 grass-court titles, and 11 clay-court titles. He also has the most number of records in tennis to his name and the list continues. His win-loss record is 325-52.
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4. Novak Djokovic (85.9%)
Novak Djokovic, the Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals has played a total of 1142 matches in his career till now. He has won 948 matches out of all the matches with a winning percentage of 85.9%. Djokovic has been the No. 1 in tennis for the longest period of time of 320 weeks and has also won 18 Grand Slams. Novak Djokovic is the winner of 82 ATP singles titles, 5 ATP Finals titles, and 36 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles. He has also made the record of being the only male player to win all 9 of the ATP Tour Masters 1000 tournaments twice. His win-loss record is 237-39.
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5. Jimmy Connors (81.82%)
Jimmy Connors, a No. 1 former American Tennis player, has played the second-highest number till now. He has played 1557 matches and won 1274 matches. He too has a great winning percentage of 81.82%. Connors made a record during his time from 1974 to 1977 to hold the top Association of Tennis Professionals ranking for consecutive 160 weeks and a career total of 268 weeks. He is also the first male player to remain at the No. 1 for over 200 weeks. He has a male record of 109 singles titles and winning more matches than any other male professional tennis player in the open era. Connors has also won 16 doubles titles that include the men’s doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1973 and the US Open in 1975.
