100 Greatest of All Time

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100 Greatest of All Time was a television series of five one-hour episodes, produced and first aired by Tennis Channel in March 2012. It presented a list of the "100 greatest tennis players of all time", both men and women. The series was hosted by Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, Lisa Leslie and Carl Lewis.[1] Many retired tennis luminaries provided commentary, including Rod Laver, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras, and Andre Agassi.

List

An "international panel of tennis experts" determined this ranking of 62 men and 38 women.[1] The United States was credited with the most great players (38), followed by Australia (17), France (7), Great Britain (6) and Czechoslovakia (5). Forty-three players made the list from the Americas, 39 from Europe and 18 from Oceania.

Note: Bolded players are still active today. Slams figures reflect number of wins in Singles draws and are up-to-date, meaning that they may now be higher than the numbers used to determine the March 2012 list.

Rank Name Gender Nationality Grand Slam tournaments Pro Slam tournaments
1 Roger Federer Male   SUI 17 0
2 Rod Laver Male  AUS 11 8
3 Steffi Graf Female  GER 22 0
4 Martina Navratilova Female  TCH/ USA 18 0
5 Pete Sampras Male  USA 14 0
6 Rafael Nadal Male  ESP 14 0
7 Björn Borg Male  SWE 11 0
8 Margaret Court Female  AUS 24 0
9 Chris Evert Female  USA 18 0
10 Billie Jean King Female  USA 12 0
11 Don Budge Male  USA 6 4
12 Andre Agassi Male  USA 8 0
13 John McEnroe Male  USA 7 0
14 Serena Williams Female  USA 22 0
15 Jimmy Connors Male  USA 8 0
16 Bill Tilden Male  USA 10 4
17 Roy Emerson Male  AUS 12 0
18 Ivan Lendl Male  TCH 8 0
19 Monica Seles Female  YUG/ USA 9 0
20 Ken Rosewall Male  AUS 8 15
21 Boris Becker Male  GER 6 0
22 Venus Williams Female  USA 7 0
23 Fred Perry Male  GBR 8 2
24 Suzanne Lenglen Female  FRA 8 0
25 Stefan Edberg Male  SWE 6 0
26 Justine Henin Female  BEL 7 0
27 Maureen Connolly Female  USA 9 0
28 Arthur Ashe Male  USA 3 0
29 Helen Wills Female  USA 19 0
30 Martina Hingis Female   SUI 5 0
31 John Newcombe Male  AUS 7 0
32 Lew Hoad Male  AUS 4 1
33 Mats Wilander Male  SWE 7 0
34 Jack Kramer Male  USA 3 2
35 Pancho Gonzalez Male  USA 2 15
36 René Lacoste Male  FRA 7 0
37 Evonne Goolagong Cawley Female  AUS 7 0
38 Maria Bueno Female  BRA 7 0
39 Althea Gibson Female  USA 5 0
40 Novak Djokovic Male  SRB 12 0
41 Guillermo Vilas Male  ARG 4 0
42 Jim Courier Male  USA 4 0
43 Lindsay Davenport Female  USA 3 0
44 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Female  ESP 4 0
45 Kim Clijsters Female  BEL 4 0
46 Henri Cochet Male  FRA 7 1
47 Jean Borotra Male  FRA 4 0
48 Frank Sedgman Male  AUS 5 2
49 Ilie Năstase Male  ROU 2 0
50 Tony Trabert Male  USA 5 2
51 Doris Hart Female  USA 6 0
52 Jack Crawford Male  AUS 6 0
53 Tracy Austin Female  USA 2 0
54 Manuel Santana Male  ESP 4 0
55 Gustavo Kuerten Male  BRA 3 0
56 Stan Smith Male  USA 2 0
57 Jennifer Capriati Female  USA 3 0
58 Alice Marble Female  USA 5 0
59 Margaret Osborne duPont Female  USA 6 0
60 Virginia Wade Female  GBR 3 0
61 Neale Fraser Male  AUS 3 0
62 Hana Mandlíková Female  TCH 4 0
63 Lleyton Hewitt Male  AUS 2 0
64 Ellsworth Vines Male  USA 3 5
65 Pancho Segura Male  ECU 0 3
66 Bobby Riggs Male  USA 3 3
67 Fred Stolle Male  AUS 2 0
68 Helen Hull Jacobs Female  USA 5 0
69 Louise Brough Female  USA 6 0
70 Patrick Rafter Male  AUS 2 0
71 Maria Sharapova Female  RUS 5 0
72 Gottfried Von Cramm Male  GER 2 0
73 Jaroslav Drobný Male  TCH 3 0
74 Tony Roche Male  AUS 1 0
75 Pauline Betz Addie Female  USA 5 0
76 William Renshaw Male  GBR 7 0
77 Molla Mallory Female  USA 8 0
78 Ashley Cooper Male  AUS 4 0
79 Gabriela Sabatini Female  ARG 1 0
80 Marat Safin Male  RUS 2 0
81 Vic Seixas Male  USA 2 0
82 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Male  RUS 2 0
83 Jan Kodeš Male  TCH 3 0
84 Norman Brookes Male  AUS 3 0
85 Yannick Noah Male  FRA 1 0
86 Tony Wilding Male  NZL 6 0
87 Mary Pierce Female  FRA 2 0
88 Amélie Mauresmo Female  FRA 2 0
89 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers Female  GBR 7 0
90 Bill Johnston Male  USA 3 0
91 Shirley Fry Irvin Female  USA 4 0
92 Svetlana Kuznetsova Female  RUS 2 0
93 Nicola Pietrangeli Male  ITA 2 0
94 Andy Roddick Male  USA 1 0
95 Thomas Muster Male  AUT 1 0
96 Manuel Orantes Male  ESP 1 0
97 Pat Cash Male  AUS 1 0
98 Bunny Austin Male  GBR 0 0
99 Ann Haydon-Jones Female  GBR 3 0
100 Michael Chang Male  USA 1 0

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Tennis Panorama News". Tennis Panorama. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

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