# Who is the greatest doubles player in tennis history?

> Twenty-seven majors in one column, sixteen in another, and a pair who never lost a final together. Singles reputations count for nothing here.

*By YPB Team · Published August 23, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-doubles-player-in-tennis-history*

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1. **Martina Navratilova** — score 1000/1000
   Won 59 Grand Slam doubles and mixed doubles titles, more than any player in the sport's history.
2. **Billie Jean King** — score 615/1000
   Took 16 women's doubles and 11 mixed doubles majors, 27 of her 39 Grand Slam titles.
3. **Daniel Nestor** — score 524/1000
   Canadian who won 12 men's doubles majors and held the No. 1 doubles ranking across three different decades.
4. **Gigi Fernandez** — score 384/1000
   Puerto Rican-born American who won 17 women's doubles majors and two Olympic golds with Mary Joe Fernandez.
5. **Margaret Court** — score 384/1000
   Australian who paired 19 women's doubles majors with 21 in mixed, the largest mixed haul ever.
6. **Todd Woodbridge** — score 384/1000
   Australian who won 16 men's doubles majors, nine of them as one half of the Woodies.
7. **John McEnroe** — score 303/1000
   Better remembered for singles, but he won nine men's doubles majors, most of them with Peter Fleming.
8. **Bryan brothers** — score 303/1000
   Bob and Mike Bryan won 16 Grand Slam titles as a pair, more than any men’s team in history.
9. **Serena Williams** — score 207/1000
   Won 14 women's doubles majors, every one of them partnering her sister Venus.
10. **Venus Williams** — score 206/1000
   The other half of the most decorated sibling pair in tennis, unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals with Serena.
11. **Pam Shriver** — score 206/1000
   Won 21 women's doubles majors, 20 of them alongside Navratilova, including a calendar Grand Slam in 1984.

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