Tennis: 5 Players who are part of the elusive '100 Titles Club'

#3 Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors post retirement has had coaching stints with Andy Roddick, Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard

For many years, the only male member of the '100 Trophy Club', Jimmy Connors had a long and successful career winning titles well into his 30's just like Roger Federer. The southpaw's two-handed backhands were among the most powerful. Connors who made his debut in the year 1970 retired 26 years later in 1996 at the age of 43.

A maverick, Connors had the ability to get the crowd involved and most of the times it worked in his favor. Having played in the Sport for 26 long years, Connors holds the record for the most Singles matches played and won in the Open Era.

The numbers are 1535 and 1256 respectively. Together with Roger Federer and Pete Sampras, Connors holds the record for the most US Open titles won in the Open Era with five titles. In all Connors won 109 Singles titles including 8 Grand Slam Singles titles.

Connors welcomed Federer into the 100 trophy club last month saying it has been quite lonely all these years.

Welcome to the “ Triple Digit” tournament victory club @rogerfederer — I’ve been a bit lonely- glad to have the company !!!

— Jimmy Connors (@JimmyConnors) March 2, 2019