Top 20 by Longevity

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"Longevity" is measured by the number of quarterfinals a player reached. Some players' statistic is truncated--of those who also played before the open era, and of those who are still active.

By Longevity

	Men	Highest Rank	Quarterfinals			Women	Highest Rank	Quarterfinals
1	Connors	Y	41		1	Evert	Dai-Y	54
2	Agassi	Y	36		2	Navratilova	Dai-Y	53
3	Lendl	Y	34		3	Graf	Dai-Y	42
4	Sampras	Dai-Y	29		4	Sanchez-Vicario	Y	35
5	McEnroe	Y	26		5	Seles	Dai-Y	31
	Edberg	Y	26			Davenport	Y	31
7	Becker	Y	23		7	King	Dai-Y	28
8	Borg	Dai-Y	21		8	V. Williams	Y	28
	Federer	Dai-Y	21			Sabatini	O	28
10	Wilander	Y	20		10	Goolagong	Y	26
11	Vilas	O	19		11	Hingis	Y	24
12	Newcombe	Y	18			C. Martinez	O	24
13	Rosewall	Y	15		13	Mandlikova	Y	23
	Courier	Y	15			Capriati	Y	23
	Ashe	O	15			S. Williams	Y	23
16	Hewitt	O	14		16	Novotna	O	22
	Roddick	O	14		17	Wade	O	21
	Ivanisevic	S	14		18	Court	Dai-Y	20
19	Chang	O	13		19	Melville	O	19
	Kafelnikov	O	13			Shriver	S	19

Top 20 by Career Points

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"Career points" is a simple measure that allocates 4 points to a Grand Slam title, 3 points to a (lost) final, 2 points to a semifinal, and one point to a quarterfinal. These scores are summed up over a player's career. Some players' statistic is truncated--of those who also played also before the open era, and of those who are still active.

By Career Points

	Men	Highest Rank	Career Points			Women	Highest Rank	Career Points
1	Connors	Y	95		1	Evert	Dai-Y	158
2	Lendl	Y	89		2	Navratilova	Dai-Y	147
3	Agassi	Y	85		3	Graf	Dai-Y	132
4	Sampras	Dai-Y	84		4	Goolagong	Y	73
5	Federer	Dai-Y	68			Sanchez-Vicario	Y	73
6	Borg	Dai-Y	65		6	Seles	Dai-Y	71
7	McEnroe	Y	63		7	King	Dai-Y	65
8	Edberg	Y	62			V. Williams	Y	65
9	Becker	Y	57		9	Hingis	Y	60
10	Wilander	Y	52		10	Court	Dai-Y	59
11	Vilas	O	43			Davenport	Y	59
12	Rosewall	Y	40		12	S. Williams	Y	55
	Newcombe	Y	40		13	Henin	Y	52
14	Courier	Y	37		14	Sabatini	O	50
15	Ashe	O	33		15	Mandlikova	Y	49
16	Nadal	Y	30		16	Capriati	Y	42
17	Hewitt	O	28		17	C. Martinez	O	40
18	Roddick	O	27		18	Wade	O	36
19	Chang	O	26			Novotna	O	36
	Ivanisevic	S	26		20	Melville	O	32
						Clijsters	O	32

Shadow-Yokozuna of the Pre-Open Era

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The Yokozuna tennis statistics start with the open era in 1968, as previously pro- and amateur-tours existed simultanously, with the best players split between both types of competitions. Nonetheless, the Yokozuna tennis criteria can also be applied to the pre-open era. The players who satisfied the Yokozuna promotion criteria between 1919 and 1968 are listed below. Some all-time legends like Pancho Gonzales are missing, as they played on the pro-tour for most of their careers.

Ken Rosewall, Rod Laver, John Newcombe, Margaret Court and Billie Jean King met the Yokozuna promotino criteria both in the pre-open and in the open era--hence they are Shadow-Yokozuna as well as Yokozuna.

Male Shadow-Yokozuna:

Bill Tillden, Jean Borotra, Jean Lacoste, Henri Cochet, Henry Vines, Jack Crawford, Fred Perry, Donald Budge, Bobby Riggs, Frank Parker, John Patty, Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall, Tony Trabert, Lewis Hoad, Ashley Cooper, Neale Fraser, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, John Newcombe.

Female Shadow-Yokozuna:

Suzanne Lenglen, Molla Mallory, Helen Wills, Daphne Akhurst, Cilly Aussem, Helen Jacobs, Alice Marble, Pauline Betz, Nancy Wynne, Margaret Osborne duPont, Louise Brough, Maureen Connolly, Doris Hart, Shirley Fry, Althea Gibson, Maria Bueno, Margaret Court, Billie Jean King.

The Female Komusubi

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Komusubi (= Junior Champion II) is the fourth highest and therefore most junior Sanyaku (= Championship) rank, attained by players who competed at an elevated level without breaking through to the very top. The minium requirement for a Komusubi promotion is a Grand Slam seminfinal, or two quarterfinals over the course of three tournaments. Many prominent players are listed as career-high Komusubi. Among female Komusubi, the most accomplished in terms of career points is Patty Schnyder, followed by Regina Marsikova, Caterina Lindqvist, and Katerina Maleeva.

Female Komosubi

		Promotion	GS achievements		Career	GS tourn.
		to K	Sfinals	Qfinals	points	as K
1	Winnie Shaw	A70	2	2	6	4
2	Nancy Gunter	F71	1	1	3	1
3	Marjike Schaar	F71	1	0	2	1
4	Kerry Harris	A72	1	1	3	1
5	Kazuko Sawamatsu	A73	1	4	6	3
6	Raquel Giscafre	F74	1	1	3	1
7	Natasha Chmyreva	A75	1	1	3	1
8	Janet Newberry	F75	2	2	6	2
9	Elisabeth Ekblom	A76	1	0	2	1
10	Regina Marsikova	F77	3	1	7	3
11	Brigitte Simon	F78	1	0	2	1
12	Kathy May-Teacher	U78	0	3	3	1
13	Diane Evers	A78	1	0	2	1
14	Christine Matison	A78	1	2	4	1
15	Mary Sawyer	A79	1	2	4	1
16	Ivanna Madruga	U80	0	3	3	1
17	Greer Stevens	A80	0	2	2	1
18	Barbara Potter	U81	1	4	6	2
19	Bettina Bunge	W82	1	1	3	1
20	Anne Smith	A82	0	3	3	1
21	Gretchen Rush	F83	0	2	2	1
22	Yvonne Yermaak	W83	1	0	2	1
23	Carling Bassett	F84	1	3	5	2
24	Camille Benjamin	F84	1	0	2	1
25	Kathy Rinaldi	W85	1	2	4	1
26	Catarina Lindqvist	W86	2	3	7	3
27	Lori McNeil	A87	2	2	6	3
28	Nicole Provis	F88	1	0	2	1
29	Belinda Cordwell	A89	1	0	2	1
30	Claudia Porvik	A90	1	1	3	1
31	Katarina Maleeva	F90	0	7	7	3
32	Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer	A95	1	0	2	1
33	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	U95	0	2	2	1
34	Chandra Rubin	A96	1	3	5	1
35	Meredith McGrath	W96	1	0	2	1
36	Judith Wiesner	U96	0	2	2	1
37	Ana Kournikova	W97	1	1	3	1
38	Irina Spirlea	U97	1	1	3	1
39	Sandrine Testud	A98	0	2	2	1
40	Patty Schnyder	U98	1	6	8	3
41	Mirjana Lucic	W99	2	0	4	2
42	Alexandra Stevenson	W99	1	0	2	1
43	Jelena Dokic	W00	1	3	5	2
44	Clarisa Fernandez	F02	1	0	2	1
45	Daniela Hantuchova	U02	1	4	6	3
46	Fabiola Zuluaga	A04	1	0	2	1
47	Nathalie Dechy	A05	1	0	2	1
48	Elena Likhotseva	F05	1	2	4	1
49	Anna Chakvetadze	F07	1	2	4	2
50	Jie Zheng	W08	2	0	4	2
51	Tsvetana Pironkova	W10	1	3	5	1
52	Kaia Kanepi	U10	0	7	7	1
53	Andrea Petkovic	F11	1	3	5	3
54	Kirsten Flipkens	W13	1	0	2	1
55	Carla Suarez Navarro	F14	0	7	7	1
56	Shuai Peng	U14	1	0	2	1
57	Kiki Bertens	F16	1	1	3	1
58	Elena Vesnina	W16	1	0	2	1
59	Magdalena Rybarikova	W17	1	0	2	1
60	Elise Mertens	A18	1	2	4	2
61	Daria Kasatkina	W18	1	2	4	2
62	Julia Görges	W18	1	0	2	1
63	Anastasija Sevastova	U18	1	2	4	1
64	Amanda Anisimova	F19	1	1	3	1
65	Barbora Strycova	W19	1	0	2	1
66	Belinda Bencic	U19	1	2	4	1
67	Nadia Podoroska	F20	1	0	2	1
68	Tamara Zidansek	F21	1	0	2	1
69	Jessica Pegula	F22	0	6	6	4
70	Tatjana Maria	W22	1	0	2	1
71	Alja Tomljanovic	U22	0	3	3	1
72	Caroline Garcia	U22	1	1	3	1
73	Magda Linette	A23	1	0	2	1
74	Beatriz Haddad Maia	F23	1	0	2	1

Updated January 24, 2024

The Male Komusubi

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Komosubi (= Junior Champion II) is the fourth highest and therefore most junior Sanyaku (= Championship) rank, attained by players who competed at an elevated level without breaking through to the very top. The minium requirement for a Komosubi promotion is a Grand Slam seminfinal, or two quarterfinals over the course of three tournaments. Many prominent players are listed as career-high Komosubi. The most succesful male Komosubi are arguably Tim Mayotte and Andrey Rublev: Mayotte reached 9 Grand Slam quarterfinals during this career, without ever making it further than the seminfals, however. Rublev reached 10 grand slam quarterfinals (and counting) and has held Komosubi rank for a record five tournaments. Some players would have attained higher ranks than Komosubi were the pre-open era also considered, notably Roy Emerson (Yokozuna) and Fred Stolle (Ozeki).

Male Komosubi

		Promotion	GS achievements		Career	GS tourn.
		to K	Sfinals	Qfinals	points	as K
1	Dennis Ralston	U68	1	3	5	2
2	Butch Buchholz	A69	0	3	3	1
3	Ray Ruffels	A69	2	2	6	2
4	Fred Stolle	F69	0	4	4	2
5	Georges Goven	F70	1	0	2	1
6	Roy Emerson	A71	0	4	4	1
7	Bob Lutz	A71	1	1	3	1
8	Frank Froehling	F71	1	1	3	2
9	Allan Stone	A72	1	0	2	1
10	Karl Meiler	A73	1	0	2	1
11	Sandy Mayer	W73	1	2	4	1
12	Vijay Amitraj	U73	0	4	4	1
13	John Alexander	A74	3	2	8	3
14	Ross Case	A74	1	2	4	1
15	Francois Jauffret	F74	1	1	3	1
16	Dick Stockton	W74	2	2	6	2
17	Eddie Dibbs	F75	2	5	9	5
18	Bob Giltinan	A77	1	1	3	1
19	Hank Pfister	A78	3	0	6	3
20	Victor Amaya	A79	1	0	2	1
21	Colin Dibley	A79	1	3	5	1
22	Wojciech Fibak	W80	0	4	4	2
23	Peter McNamara	A80	1	3	5	4
24	Jose L. Clerc	F81	2	0	4	2
25	Rod Frawley	W81	1	1	3	1
26	Tim Mayotte	A81	2	7	11	4
27	Jose Higueras	F82	2	2	6	2
28	Gene Mayer	U82	0	4	4	1
29	Paul McNamee	A82	1	1	3	1
30	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	F83	1	0	2	1
31	Jimmy Arias	U83	1	1	3	2
32	Bill Scanlon	U83	1	1	3	1
33	Eliot Teltscher	A83	0	4	4	1
34	Tomas Smid	W84	0	2	2	1
35	Ben Testerman	A84	1	0	2	1
36	Heinz Guenthardt	U85	0	2	2	1
37	Joakim Nystrom	U85	0	3	3	1
38	Wally Masur	A87	2	1	5	2
39	Andrei Chesnokov	F88	1	3	5	2
40	Jonas Svensson	F88	2	1	5	2
41	Darren Cahill	U88	1	0	2	1
42	Eduardo Sanchez	U88	0	2	2	1
43	Jan Gunnarsson	A89	1	0	2	1
44	Jay Berger	U89	0	2	2	1
45	Aaron Krickstein	U89	2	2	6	2
46	Patrick McEnroe	A91	1	1	3	1
47	Guy Forget	W91	0	5	5	2
48	David Wheaton	W91	1	2	4	1
49	Wayne Ferreira	A92	2	3	7	2
50	Alexander Volkov	U93	1	1	3	1
51	Magnus Larsson	F94	1	3	5	1
52	Karel Novacek	U94	1	2	4	1
53	Jacco Eltingh	W95	0	2	2	1
54	Mark Woodforde	A96	1	0	2	1
55	Marc Rosset	F96	1	1	3	1
56	Jason Stoltenberg	W96	1	0	2	1
57	Filip Dewulf	F97	1	1	3	1
58	Todd Woodbridge	W97	1	0	2	1
59	Nicolas Escude	A98	1	2	4	1
60	Nicolas Kiefer	A98	1	4	6	2
61	Karol Kucera	A98	1	2	4	2
62	Felix Mantilla	F98	1	1	3	1
63	Nicloas Lapentti	A99	1	1	3	1
64	Dominik Hrbaty	F99	1	3	5	2
65	Fernando Meligeni	F99	1	0	2	1
66	Franco Squillari	F00	1	0	2	1
67	Vladimir Volchkov	W00	1	0	2	1
68	Jiri Novak	A02	1	0	2	1
69	Xavier Malisse	W02	1	0	2	1
70	Younes El Anayoui	A03	0	4	4	1
71	Mario Ancic	W04	1	3	5	2
72	Joachim Johansson	U04	1	0	2	1
73	Robby Ginepri	U05	1	0	2	1
74	Mikhail Youzhny	U06	2	4	8	2
75	Tommy Robredo	F07	0	7	7	2
76	Gael Monfils	F08	2	8	12	4
77	Fernando Verdasco	A09	1	3	5	1
78	Jurgen Melzer	F10	1	0	2	1
79	Jerzy Janowicz	W13	1	0	2	1
80	Ernests Gulbis	F14	1	1	3	1
81	Grigor Dimitrov	W14	2	4	8	2
82	Lucas Pouille	U16	1	2	4	2
83	Kyle Edmund	A18	1	0	2	1
84	Chung Hyeon	A18	1	0	2	1
85	Diego Schwartzman	F18	1	4	6	3
86	Marco Cecchinato	F18	1	0	2	1
87	Roberto Bautista Agut	W19	1	1	3	1
88	Andrey Rublev	F20	0	10	10	7
89	Aslan Karatsev	A21	1	0	2	1
90	Denis Shapovalov	W21	1	1	3	2
91	Hubert Hurkacz	W21	1	1	3	1
92	Cameron Norrie	W22	1	0	2	1
93	Frances Tiafoe	U22	1	2	4	1
94	Tommy Paul	A23	1	0	2	1
95	Holger Rune	W23	0	3	3	1
96	Ben Shelton	U23	1	1	3	1
97	Taylor Fritz	A24	0	3	3	1

Updated: January 24, 2024

The Female Sekiwake

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Sekiwake (= Junior Champion I) is the third highest Sanyaku (= Championship) rank and attained by players who either competed for short periods at the highest level or repeatedly at an elevated level. Participation in a Grand Slam final, a seminfinal followed by a quarterfinal (or vice versa), or two semifinals over three tournaments are the minimum requirements to be promoted to Sekiwake. The table entries are discussed at the bottom ofthe table.

Female Sekiwake

		Promotion to…		Grand slam achievements 1/				Career	GS tourn. as...
		S	K	Titles	Finals	Sfinals	Qfinals	points	S	K
1	Judy Tegart	W68	W68	0	1	1	6	11	3	4
2	Maria Bueno	U68	W68	0	0	1	2	4	1	2
3	Lesley Turner Bowrey	W69	F69	0	0	1	4	6	1	2
4	Karen Krantzcke	A70	A70	0	0	3	5	11	3	2
5	Helga Masthoff	F70	F70	0	1	3	6	15	4	5
6	Francoise Durr	U70	W70	0	0	3	5	11	2	7
7	Lesley Hunt	A71	A71	0	0	1	7	9	1	1
8	Helen Gourlay	F71	A71	0	2	3	3	15	3	6
9	Julie Heldman	A74	W69	0	0	3	5	11	3	5
10	Florenta Mihai	F77	F76	0	1	1	0	5	1	2
11	Wendy Turnbull	U77	U77	0	3	4	7	24	7	9
12	Pam Shriver	U78	U78	0	1	8	10	29	5	17
13	Betsy Nagelsen	A78	A78	0	1	0	0	3	1	1
14	Chris O'Neil	A78	A78	1	0	0	1	5	1	1
15	Barbara Jordan	A79	A79	1	0	0	0	4	1	1
16	Sharon Walsh	A79	A79	0	1	0	1	4	1	1
17	Sylvia Hanika	F81	F81	0	1	0	5	8	2	3
18	Jo Durie	U83	F83	0	0	2	2	6	2	3
19	Kathy Jordan	A83	A83	0	1	1	2	7	2	2
20	Zina Garrison	U85	A83	0	1	4	10	21	7	7
21	Claudia Kohde	A85	A85	0	0	4	5	13	5	5
22	Natasha Zvereva	F88	F88	0	1	1	6	11	1	4
23	Kimiko Date	A94	A94	0	0	3	3	9	2	4
24	Manuela Maleeva	A94	F87	0	0	2	12	16	1	8
25	Gigi Fernandez	U94	W94	0	0	1	2	4	1	2
26	Anke Huber	A96	F93	0	1	2	4	11	1	3
27	Amanda Coetzer	A97	A96	0	0	3	4	10	2	2
28	Nathalie Tauziat	W98	W98	0	1	0	6	9	1	1
29	Paola Suarez	W04	F04	0	0	1	3	5	1	2
30	Nadia Petrova	W05	F03	0	0	2	7	11	3	4
31	Jelena Jankovic	F07	U06	0	1	5	2	15	4	6
32	Nicole Vaidisova	F07	F06	0	0	2	3	7	2	3
33	Marion Bartoli	W07	W07	1	1	1	3	12	3	5
34	Caroline Wozniacki	U09	U09	1	2	4	3	21	7	7
35	Francesca Schiavone	F10	F10	1	1	0	5	12	4	2
36	Sara Errani	F12	F12	0	1	2	4	11	3	4
37	Agnieszka Radwanska	W12	W08	0	1	4	7	18	6	6
38	Sabine Lisicki	W13	W11	0	1	1	3	8	1	2
39	Dominika Cibulkova	A14	F09	0	1	1	6	11	1	2
40	Flavia Pennetta	A14	U13	1	0	1	5	11	2	3
41	Ekaterina Makarova	U14	U14	0	0	2	4	8	2	1
42	Lucie Safarova	F15	W14	0	1	1	1	6	1	2
43	Timea Bacsinszky	W15	F15	0	0	2	2	6	1	3
44	Roberta Vinci	U15	U15	0	1	0	3	6	1	1
45	Coco Vandeweghe	U17	A17	0	0	2	2	6	1	3
46	Johanna Konta	W19	A16	0	0	3	3	9	2	4
47	Elina Svitolina	U19	W19	0	0	3	6	12	2	4
48	Bianca Andreescu	U19	U19	1	0	0	0	4	1	1
49	Jennifer Brady	A21	U20	0	1	1	0	5	1	1
50	Barbora Krejcikova	F21	F21	1	0	0	3	7	3	2
51	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	F21	U11	0	1	0	6	9	1	3
52	Maria Sakkari	U21	F21	0	0	2	0	4	1	2
53	Emma Raducanu	U21	U21	1	0	0	0	4	1	1
54	Leylah Fernandez	U21	U21	0	1	0	1	4	2	2
55	Danielle Collins	A22	A19	0	1	1	1	6	1	2
56	Karolina Muchova	F23	A21	0	1	2	2	9	2	4
57	Qinwen Zheng	A24	A242	0	1	0	1	4	1	0

There significantly fewer female career-high Sekiwake as there are male career-high Sekiwake, attesting to the relatively greater dominance of the Yokozuna and Ozeki in the ladies' game. Some players listed as Sekiwake had major successes in the pre-open era, such as Maria Bueno, who in the pre-open era would have been a Yokozuna, or Lesley Bowrey, who would have been an Ozeki. Abstracting from these exceptional cases, the leading Sekiwake in terms of career points has been Pam Shriver, who reached 19 Grand Slam quarterfinals in her career, but advanced only once to the final. Wendy Turnbull and Zina Garrison held the Sekiwake rank for a record 7 tournaments (without ever being promoted to Ozeki).

Updated January 24, 2024

The Male Sekiwake

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Sekiwake (= Junior Champion I) is the third highest Sanyaku (= Championship) rank and attained by players who either competed for short periods at the highest level, or repeatedly at an elevated level. Participation in a Grand Slam final, a seminfinal followed by a quarterfinal (or vice versa), or two semifinals over three tournaments are the minimum requirements to be promoted to Sekiwake. The table entries are discussed at the bottom ofthe table.

Male Sekiwake

		Promotion to…		Grand slam achievements 1/				Career	GS tourn. as...
		S	K	Titles	Finals	Sfinals	Qfinals	points	S	K
1	Clark Graebner	U68	W68	0	0	2	3	7	1	2
2	Tom Okker	U68	U68	0	1	4	6	17	3	6
3	Andres Gimeno	A69	A69	1	1	2	1	12	3	4
4	Dick Crealy	A70	A70	0	1	1	2	7	1	2
5	Zeljko Franulovic	F70	F70	0	1	1	1	6	1	2
6	Roger Taylor	W70	A70	0	0	3	1	7	2	3
7	Cliff Richey	U70	F70	0	0	3	1	7	1	3
8	Mel Anderson	A72	A72	0	1	0	0	3	1	1
9	Alex Metreveli	F72	A72	0	1	2	5	12	3	6
10	Patrick Proisy	F72	F72	0	1	1	1	6	1	2
11	Manuel Orantes	W72	F72	1	1	2	5	16	5	7
12	Onny Parun	A73	A73	0	1	0	4	7	1	1
13	Tom Gorman	F73	W71	0	0	3	0	6	1	3
14	Nikola Pilic	F73	F73	0	1	0	1	4	2	2
15	Phil Dent	A74	A74	0	1	1	3	8	3	2
16	Mark Edmondson	A76	A76	1	0	2	2	10	2	3
17	Adriano Panatta	F76	F73	1	0	2	3	11	1	3
18	Harald Solomon	F76	F74	0	1	3	2	11	1	4
19	Raul Ramirez	W76	W75	0	0	3	6	12	1	6
20	Brian Gottfried	F77	F77	0	1	1	3	8	2	4
21	John Lloyd	A77(2)	A77(2)	0	1	0	2	5	1	1
22	Conrado Barazzutti	F78	U77	0	0	2	1	5	1	2
23	John Marks	A78	A78	0	1	0	0	3	1	1
24	Victor Pecci	F79	F79	0	1	1	0	5	1	2
25	Pat Du Pre	U79	W79	0	0	1	1	3	1	2
26	John Sadri	A79	A79	0	1	0	2	5	1	1
27	Brian Teacher	A80	A80	1	0	0	2	6	1	2
28	Kim Warwick	A80	A80	0	1	0	3	6	1	1
29	Steve Denton	A81	A81	0	2	0	0	6	2	2
30	Yannick Noah	F83	F83	1	0	1	8	14	3	5
31	Chris Lewis	W83	W83	0	1	0	0	3	1	1
32	Anders Jarryd	U85	W85	0	0	1	4	6	1	4
33	Mikael Pernfors	F86	F86	0	1	0	1	4	1	1
34	Henri Leconte	W86	W85	0	1	3	5	14	3	5
35	Slobodan Zivojinovic	W86	A85	0	0	2	1	5	1	2
36	Andres Gomez	F90	W84	1	0	0	5	9	1	3
37	Goran Ivanisevic	W90	W90	1	3	3	7	26	7	8
38	Cedric Pioline	U93	U93	0	2	2	4	14	3	4
39	Todd Martin	A94	A94	0	2	4	4	18	5	7
40	Alberto Berasetegui	F94	F94	0	1	0	1	4	1	1
41	Thomas Muster	F95	A89	1	0	3	5	15	2	5
42	MaliVai Washington	W96	W96	0	1	0	1	4	1	1
43	Greg Rusedski	U97	U97	0	1	0	1	4	1	1
44	Jonas Bjorkman	A98	U97	0	0	2	5	9	1	3
45	Marcelo Rios	A98	A98	0	1	0	5	8	2	1
46	Alex Corretja	F98	F98	0	2	1	3	11	2	3
47	Mark Philippoussis	U98	U98	0	2	0	3	9	2	2
48	Thomas Enqvist	A99	A99	0	1	0	2	5	1	1
49	Andriy Medvedev	F99	F93	0	1	1	3	8	1	4
50	Arnaud Clement	A01	A01	0	1	0	2	5	1	1
51	Sebastian Grosjean	F01	A01	0	0	4	5	13	1	6
52	Thomas Johansson	A02	A02	1	0	1	2	8	1	2
53	Albert Costa	F02	F02	1	0	1	3	9	1	2
54	David Nalbandian	W02	W02	0	1	4	5	16	6	7
55	Sjeng Schalken	U02	U02	0	0	1	4	6	1	2
56	Rainer Schuettler	A03	A03	0	1	1	0	5	1	2
57	Martin Verkerk	F03	F03	0	1	0	0	3	1	1
58	Guillermo Coria	F04	F03	0	1	1	2	7	1	3
59	Gaston Gaudio	F04	F04	1	0	0	0	4	1	1
60	Tim Henman	W04	W98	0	0	6	4	16	2	6
61	Nikolay Davydenko	F05	F05	0	0	4	6	14	4	5
62	Mariano Puerta	F05	F05	0	1	0	0	3	1	1
63	Marcos Bagdhatis	A06	A06	0	1	1	1	6	2	2
64	Ivan Ljubicic	F06	F06	0	0	1	1	3	1	1
65	Fernando Gonzalez	A07	F03	0	1	1	5	10	1	4
66	Tommy Haas	A07	A99	0	0	4	4	12	1	4
67	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	A08	A08	0	1	5	9	22	4	13
68	Robin Soderling	F09	F09	0	2	0	4	10	5	3
69	Milos Raonic	W14	W14	0	1	2	7	14	3	6
70	Kei Nishikori	U14	U14	0	1	2	9	16	7	4
71	Richard Gasquet	U15	W07	0	0	3	2	8	1	4
72	Sam Querrey	U17	W17	0	0	1	3	5	1	2
73	Kevin Anderson	U17	U17	0	2	0	1	7	2	2
74	John Isner	U18	W18	0	0	1	2	4	1	2
75	Pablo Carreno Busta	F20	U17	0	0	2	2	6	1	2
76	Felix Auger-Aliassime	U21	U21	0	0	1	2	4	2	1
77	Nick Kyrgios	W22	A15	0	1	0	3	6	2	2
78	Karen Khachanov	A23	U22	0	0	2	2	6	2	2

The group of career-high male Sekiwake encompasses more than 75 players, among them several legends. The most succesful Sekiwake of the open era is Goran Ivanisevic, who entered four Grand Slam finals in his career--all at Wimbledon--winning one, accumulated 26 career points in the process, and held the Sekiwake rank for a record seven tournaments. These statistics resemble more those of an accomplished Ozeki than a Sekiwake, but Ivanisevic lacked the consistency to get a succesful Ozeki run together. At the other end, six Sekiwake entered one Grand Slam final but otherwise did not advanced to another quarterfinal--Mel Anderson, Lewis, Marks, Puerta, and Verkerk.

Updated January 24, 2024

The Female Ozeki

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Ozeki (=Champion) is the second highest Sanyaku (=Championship) rank and attained only by players who repeatedly competed at the highest level. The players listed below all reached several Grand Slam finals and semifinals, the majority also won Grand Slam titles. Anne Haydon-Jones (who also had major successes in the pre-open era, without piling up the necessary series for a Yokozuna promotion, however) and Ana Ivanovic fell short by just one match from a Yokozuna promotion. The table entries are discussed further below.

Female Ozeki

		Promotion to…			Grand slam achievements 1/				Career	GS tourn. as...
		O	S	K	Titles	Finals	Sfinals	Qfinals	points	O	S/K
1	Ann Haydon-Jones	W68	F68	F68	1	2	3	0	16	6	3
2	Nancy Richey	W68	F68	F68	1	1	3	3	16	6	6
3	Rosemary Casals	U70	W69	F69	0	2	4	10	24	2	15
4	Virginia Wade	A72	U68	U68	3	0	6	12	36	16	17
5	Kerry Melville Reid	A73	F69	A69	1	2	6	10	32	9	17
6	Olga Morozova	W74	F74	F72	0	2	1	7	15	6	6
7	Renata Tomanova	F76	A76	A76	0	2	1	3	11	2	6
8	Sue Barker	W76	F76	A75	1	0	3	2	12	2	8
9	Dianne Fromholtz	A77(1)	A77(1)	U76	0	1	3	2	11	2	7
10	Mima Jausovec	F77	F77	U76	1	2	2	5	19	7	9
11	Betty Stove	U77	W77	W77	0	1	1	1	6	2	3
12	Virginia Ruzici	W78	F78	F76	1	1	1	8	17	5	9
13	Tracy Austin	U79	U79	W79	2	0	3	8	22	13	6
14	Andrea Jaeger	F83	U80	U80	0	2	5	3	19	4	10
15	Helena Sukova	U86	A84	A84	0	4	3	11	29	2	20
16	Gabriela Sabatini	A89	F85	F85	1	2	15	10	50	26	15
17	Mary J. Fernandez	F93	A90	F89	0	3	6	8	29	2	19
18	Conchita Martinez	W94	W93	U91	1	2	9	12	40	13	13
19	Mary Pierce	A95	F94	F94	2	4	0	8	28	6	13
20	Iva Majoli	W97	F97	F96	1	0	0	5	9	2	5
21	Jana Novotna	W98	F90	F90	1	3	5	13	36	3	27
22	Anastasia Myskina	F04	F04	A04	1	0	0	5	9	2	3
23	Elena Dementieva	U04	F04	U00	0	2	7	3	23	8	12
24	Svetlana Kuznetsova	A05	U04	U04	2	2	1	11	27	8	13
25	Amelie Mauresmo	A06	A99	A99	2	1	5	9	30	5	18
26	Ana Ivanovic	W07	F07	F07	1	2	2	3	17	5	4
27	Dinara Safina	A09	F08	U06	0	3	2	2	15	4	6
28	Vera Zvonareva	U10	W10	A09	0	2	2	1	11	3	5
29	Na Li	F11	A10	A10	2	2	2	4	22	4	12
30	Petra Kvitova	A12	W11	W10	2	1	4	6	25	6	12
31	Victoria Azarenka	A12	A12	W09	2	3	4	9	34	10	11
32	Samantha Stosur	F12	F10	F09	1	1	3	2	15	4	10
33	Eugenie Bouchard	W14	F14	A14	0	1	2	1	8	4	3
34	Simona Halep	W14	F14	F14	2	3	4	7	32	12	16
35	Angelique Kerber	W16	W12	U11	3	1	4	3	25	5	13
36	Karolina Pliskova	F17	U16	U16	0	2	2	7	17	5	8
37	Jelena Ostapenko	W17	F17	F17	1	0	1	3	9	2	5
38	Garbine Muguruza	W17	W15	W15	2	2	1	3	18	4	9
39	Sloane Stephens	F18	U17	A13	1	1	1	4	13	6	6
40	Madison Keys	F18	U17	W15	0	1	5	4	17	6	9
41	Ashleigh Barty	F19	F19	F19	3	0	1	2	16	8	6
42	Sofia Kenin	F20	A20	A20	1	1	0	0	7	2	4
43	Iga Swiatek	F22	F20	F20	4	0	1	2	20	7	4
44	Ons Jabeur	U22	W22	W22	0	3	0	3	12	5	2
45	Elena Rybakina	A23	W22	W22	1	1	0	2	9	4	3
46	Aryna Sabalenka	A23	U21	W21	2	1	5	0	21	5	4
47	Marketa Vondrousova	U23	F19	F19	1	1	0	1	8	2	3
48	Coco Gauff	A24	F22	F19	1	1	1	3	12	1	5

48 players made it to Ozeki (but not Yokozuna) level in the open era. Some spent large parts of their careers at Ozeki level (for example, Gabriela Sabatini, Virginia Wade, Conchita Martinez), others were more often ranked at lower Sanyaku, and the spell at Ozeki marked a highlight of their careers (including Rosie Casals, Helena Sukova, Marie Joe Fernandez, Jana Novotna). Again others had only a brief, concentrated period of success during which the attained Ozeki rank (Betty Stove, Iva Majoli, Anastasia Myskina).

The most career points accumulated the Argentine Gabriela Sabatini, followed by Conchita Martinez. Sabatini is an example of logenvity: while she reached only 3 grand slam finals in her career, winning one, she made it to no less than 28 quarterfinals--a number that several Yokozuna fail to surpass. She also entered 41 tournaments as a Sanyaku-ranked player, spanning a period of more than 10 years. Other Ozeki won more grand slam titles than Sabatini, however, notably Angelique Kerber and Virginia Wade with three. Ann Hayden-Jones won three titles in the open and pre-open eras combined.

Updated January 24, 2024