Rankings

50 Greatest Tennis Players of All Time

Grand Slam legends ranked by achievement and longevity.

#	Athlete	Sport	Why They Rank Here
1	Roger Federer Swiss · b.1981	Tennis	Eight-time Wimbledon champion and 20-time Grand Slam winner — the most technical…
2	Rafael Nadal Spanish · b.1986	Tennis	King of Clay — 14-time French Open champion and holder of a record 22 Grand Slam…
3	Novak Djokovic Serbian · b.1987	Tennis	24-time Grand Slam champion and world No.1 for a record 428 weeks — the most sta…
4	Serena Williams American · b.1981	Tennis	23-time Grand Slam champion and the greatest female athlete of her generation — …
5	Venus Williams American · b.1980	Tennis	Seven-time Grand Slam champion and four-time Olympic gold medallist who alongsid…
6	Steffi Graf German · b.1969	Tennis	The only player to achieve the Golden Slam — all four Grand Slams and Olympic go…
7	Martina Navratilova Czech/American · b.1956	Tennis	18-time Grand Slam singles champion and arguably the greatest serve-and-volley p…
8	Pete Sampras American · b.1971	Tennis	14-time Grand Slam champion who dominated the 1990s with an unmatched serve-and-…
9	Andre Agassi American · b.1970	Tennis	The only male player to win all four Grand Slams, Olympic gold and a Davis Cup —…
10	Andy Murray British · b.1987	Tennis	Three-time Grand Slam champion, twice Wimbledon champion and Olympic gold medall…
11	Boris Becker German · b.1967	Tennis	Wimbledon's youngest ever champion (aged 17) who won six Grand Slams and embodie…
12	Stefan Edberg Swedish · b.1966	Tennis	Six-time Grand Slam champion and two-time world No.1 whose serve-and-volley game…
13	Jimmy Connors American · b.1952	Tennis	Eight-time Grand Slam champion who held the world No.1 ranking for a record 268 …
14	John McEnroe American · b.1959	Tennis	Seven-time Grand Slam champion and one of tennis's most volcanic personalities —…
15	Björn Borg Swedish · b.1956	Tennis	The Ice Man — 11 Grand Slam titles including five consecutive Wimbledons, and te…
16	Monica Seles Yugoslav/American · b.1973	Tennis	Nine-time Grand Slam champion whose career was cut short by a shocking stabbing …
17	Chris Evert American · b.1954	Tennis	18-time Grand Slam champion and holder of a 90% career win rate — one of the mos…
18	Iga Świątek Polish · b.2001	Tennis	Poland's world No.1 and four-time French Open champion — the dominant women's pl…
19	Simona Halep Romanian · b.1991	Tennis	Romania's greatest ever tennis player — two-time Grand Slam champion and former …
20	Caroline Wozniacki Danish · b.1990	Tennis	Denmark's greatest tennis player — former world No.1 and 2018 Australian Open ch…
21	Lleyton Hewitt Australian · b.1981	Tennis	Australia's fighting spirit — two-time Grand Slam champion and former world numb…
22	Mats Wilander Swedish · b.1964	Tennis	The quiet champion — seven-time Grand Slam winner who won three different Slams …
23	Jim Courier American · b.1970	Tennis	The power-baseline player who dominated clay and hard courts in the early 1990s …
24	Virginia Wade British · b.1945	Tennis	Britain's last Wimbledon singles champion — Virginia Wade's 1977 victory in fron…
25	Monica Seles Yugoslav/American · b.1973	Tennis	Nine-time Grand Slam champion who dominated women's tennis before a horrific on-…