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Rod Laver

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967Australia

The redhead from Rockhampton won all four majors in 1962 as an amateur, then spent five pro years barred from them. When the Open ...

Ken Rosewall

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967Australia

Rosewall won the Australian and French in 1953 as an 18 year old, spent his peak years in the pro wilderness with Laver and Hoad, ...

Roy Emerson

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967Australia

Emerson held the men record of 12 major singles titles from 1967 until Sampras passed it in 2000, winning every major at least twi...

Pancho Gonzales

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967USA

Gonzales won the US amateur title in 1948 and 1949, turned pro, and ruled the professional tour for about a decade, world professi...

Bill Tilden

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967USA

Tilden took Wimbledon three times and the US Championships seven in the 1920s, playing before royalty and writing classic instruct...

Suzanne Lenglen

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967France

The French prodigy won Wimbledon six times between 1919 and 1925 and the French twice, never losing a major final. She played with...

Helen Wills Moody

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967USA

Wills won 19 major singles titles from 1923 to 1938, including a record eight Wimbledons that stood until Navratilova. Her ruthles...

Fred Perry

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967United Kingdom

The son of a cotton spinner from Stockport won eight majors and three consecutive Wimbledon titles from 1934 to 1936, then turned ...

Don Budge

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967USA

The red haired American with the booming backhand won six majors in a row, the 1938 calendar Grand Slam, Wimbledon, Forest Hills, ...

Bobby Riggs

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967USA

Riggs won Wimbledon in 1939 as a 21 year old, taking singles, doubles and mixed, and the US title that year. A shrewd strategist a...

Maureen Connolly

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967USA

Connolly won the US Championships at 16 in 1951 and took Wimbledon three straight years from 1952. In 1953 she swept all four majo...

Althea Gibson

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967USA

Gibson broke the tennis color line after years of segregation, winning the French Championships in 1956, her first major, then Wim...

John Newcombe

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967Australia

Newcombe won Wimbledon and the US in 1967 as an amateur, then won four more majors across the Open Era boundary, including Wimbled...

Bjorn Borg

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979Sweden

The Swede with the two handed backhand and heavy topspin changed tennis physically and stylistically. He won the French Open six t...

Chris Evert

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979USA

Evert won 157 singles titles and lost barely 10 percent of more than 1,300 matches, the most consistent career in tennis history. ...

Billie Jean King

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979USA

King won 39 major titles across singles, doubles and mixed, including the famous 1973 Battle of the Sexes win over Bobby Riggs. Sh...

Margaret Court

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979Australia

The Australian with the supreme reach and fitness won 24 major singles titles, still the all time record, including the 1970 calen...

Ilie Nastase

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979Romania

The Bucharest genius won the 1972 US Open and 1973 French Open and became the first official ATP number one in August 1973. His to...

Guillermo Vilas

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979Argentina

The Argentine with the bulging biceps and heavy topspin swept the 1977 season, winning Roland Garros and the US Open on clay at Fo...

Arthur Ashe

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979USA

Ashe won the inaugural Open Era US Open in 1968 as an amateur lieutenant, the Australian in 1970, and Wimbledon in 1975 at 31, dis...

Evonne Goolagong

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979Australia

The Aboriginal Australian with the silken game won seven major singles titles, including Wimbledon titles in 1971 and 1980 and the...

John McEnroe

PlayerGolden 1980sUSA

McEnroe won three Wimbledon and four US Open titles with the softest hands in tennis, magical touch, deft angles and inventive ser...

Jimmy Connors

PlayerGolden 1980sUSA

The working class battler from Belleville won eight majors, including five US Opens, and held number one for a cumulative 268 week...

Ivan Lendl

PlayerGolden 1980sUSA

The Czech who became American won eight majors and reached eight consecutive US Open finals from 1982 to 1989. His scientific trai...

Mats Wilander

PlayerGolden 1980sSweden

The youngest of the Swedish dynasty won the French Open in 1982 at 17 while unseeded, beating Vilas in the final. He added six mor...

Boris Becker

PlayerGolden 1980sGermany

The leaping German from Leimen won Wimbledon in 1985 at 17 years 7 months, diving on Centre Court grass, and defended it in 1986. ...

Stefan Edberg

PlayerGolden 1980sSweden

The elegant Swede won the junior Grand Slam in 1983 and six senior majors, back to back Australian titles in 1985 and 1987, Wimble...

Martina Navratilova

PlayerGolden 1980sUSA

Navratilova defected from Czechoslovakia in 1975 and became the most complete athlete in women tennis. She won 18 major singles cr...

Pete Sampras

PlayerPower 1990sUSA

Sampras won Wimbledon seven times in eight years from 1993 and finished with 14 majors, the record until Federer passed it in 2009...

Andre Agassi

PlayerPower 1990sUSA

The Las Vegan with the return of the decade completed the career Grand Slam at Roland Garros 1999 and won Olympic gold in Atlanta ...

Steffi Graf

PlayerPower 1990sGermany

Graf won 22 major singles titles and held number one for 377 weeks, the most of any player. In 1988 she swept all four majors and ...

Monica Seles

PlayerPower 1990sYugoslavia

The two handed thunderclap from Novi Sad won eight majors between 1990 and 1993, three straight French and three straight Australi...

Martina Hingis

PlayerPower 1990sSwitzerland

The Swiss Miss, daughter of a Czech champion, won the 1997 Australian Open at 16 and took Wimbledon and the US Open that year, ris...

Lindsay Davenport

PlayerPower 1990sUSA

The 6 foot 2 American won the 1998 US Open, 1999 Wimbledon and 2000 Australian Open, reaching number one in October 1998. Her flat...

Jim Courier

PlayerPower 1990sUSA

The baseline warrior with the caps and fist pumps won the French in 1991 and 1992 and the Australian in 1992 and 1993, reaching nu...

Michael Chang

PlayerPower 1990sUSA

Chang won Roland Garros in 1989 at 17 years 3 months, still the youngest man to win a major, famously serving underhand and crampi...

Patrick Rafter

PlayerPower 1990sAustralia

The affable Australian serve volleyer won the US Open in 1997 and 1998 and reached Wimbledon finals in 2000 and 2001, losing both ...

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

PlayerPower 1990sSpain

The Spanish scrambler beat Steffi Graf to win the 1989 French Open at 17 and won it twice more, plus the 1994 US Open. She reached...

Gustavo Kuerten

PlayerPower 1990sBrazil

The smiling Brazilian won Roland Garros in 1997 as an unseeded 66th ranked outsider, then again in 2000 and 2001, ending 2000 as w...

Roger Federer

PlayerGlobal 2000sSwitzerland

The Swiss maestro won 103 titles and 20 majors, including eight Wimbledons, with a game of liquid grace that made him the most adm...

Rafael Nadal

PlayerGlobal 2000sSpain

The Mallorcan lefty with the violent forehand topspin won 14 French Opens among 22 majors, plus an 81 match clay court win streak....

Novak Djokovic

PlayerGlobal 2000sSerbia

The Serbian wall won 24 major titles, the men record, including 10 Australian Opens, and held number one over 400 weeks across 12 ...

Andy Murray

PlayerGlobal 2000sUnited Kingdom

The Scot from Dunblane broke the British drought, winning the 2012 US Open and Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016, after Olympic gold in L...

Serena Williams

PlayerGlobal 2000sUSA

Serena won 73 titles and 23 majors, most in the Open Era for either sex, including the 2017 Australian while pregnant. She held al...

Venus Williams

PlayerGlobal 2000sUSA

The elder Williams sister won Wimbledon five times and the US Open twice, plus 14 major doubles titles with Serena and four Olympi...

Maria Sharapova

PlayerGlobal 2000sRussia

The Siberian born champion won Wimbledon in 2004 at 17, beating Serena, and completed the career Grand Slam at the 2012 French. Fi...

Justine Henin

PlayerGlobal 2000sBelgium

The small Belgian with the majestic backhand won seven majors, four French Opens among them, and Olympic gold in Athens 2004. She ...

Kim Clijsters

PlayerGlobal 2000sBelgium

Clijsters won the US Open in 2005 and 2006, retired in 2007 to start a family, then returned in 2009 to win the US Open as a wild ...

Juan Martin del Potro

PlayerGlobal 2000sArgentina

The gentle 6 foot 6 Argentine stunned Federer and Nadal back to back to win the 2009 US Open at 20. Wrist surgeries wrecked years ...

Lleyton Hewitt

PlayerGlobal 2000sAustralia

The Australian terrier won the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon, becoming the youngest year end number one at 20, a record. His ret...

Goran Ivanisevic

PlayerGlobal 2000sCroatia

The big serving Croatian lefty lost three Wimbledon finals in the 1990s, then in 2001, injured and ranked 125, received a wild car...

Carlos Alcaraz

PlayerModern 2010-PresentSpain

The Murcian with the dismantle drop shots and forehand explosiveness won the 2022 US Open at 19, becoming the youngest world numbe...

Jannik Sinner

PlayerModern 2010-PresentItaly

The reticent South Tyrolean with the flat, metronomic groundstrokes won the 2024 Australian Open from two sets down against Medved...

Daniil Medvedev

PlayerModern 2010-PresentRussia

The 6 foot 6 counterpuncher who plays like a wall with a flat serve won the 2021 US Open, denying Djokovic the calendar Grand Slam...

Alexander Zverev

PlayerModern 2010-PresentGermany

The 6 foot 6 German won Olympic gold in Tokyo 2021 beating Djokovic in the semifinal, and the ATP Finals in 2018 and 2021. He led ...

Stefanos Tsitsipas

PlayerModern 2010-PresentGreece

The Greek with the sculpted one handed backhand won the 2019 ATP Finals at 21 and reached the 2021 French Open final, leading Djok...

Dominic Thiem

PlayerModern 2010-PresentAustria

The Austrian won the 2020 US Open, coming from two sets to one down against Zverev in the first final of the pandemic era. He reac...

Stan Wawrinka

PlayerModern 2010-PresentSwitzerland

The late blooming Swiss won the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open, each time beating Nadal or Djokovic, peak...

Iga Swiatek

PlayerModern 2010-PresentPoland

The Warsaw native won the 2020 French Open without dropping a set at 19, then dominated 2022 with a 37 match win streak and two ma...

Naomi Osaka

PlayerModern 2010-PresentJapan

Osaka beat Serena in the chaotic 2018 US Open final, defended the title in 2020, and won the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021, fou...

Ashleigh Barty

PlayerModern 2010-PresentAustralia

The Indigenous Australian with the slice and complete game won Roland Garros 2019, Wimbledon 2021 and the Australian Open 2022, th...

Aryna Sabalenka

PlayerModern 2010-PresentBelarus

The Belarusian with the roar and the biggest forehand in the women game won back to back Australian Opens in 2023 and 2024 and the...

Coco Gauff

PlayerModern 2010-PresentUSA

Gauff beat her idol Venus at Wimbledon at 15 in 2019. She won the 2023 US Open at 19, defeating Sabalenka in the final, becoming t...

Victoria Azarenka

PlayerModern 2010-PresentBelarus

Vika won the 2012 and 2013 Australian Opens and held number one for 51 weeks, the dominant hard court force of the early 2010s. Sh...

Angelique Kerber

PlayerModern 2010-PresentGermany

The German lefty won the 2016 Australian Open over Serena, Wimbledon 2016 and Wimbledon 2018, rising to world number one in 2016 a...

Simona Halep

PlayerModern 2010-PresentRomania

The Romanian retriever finally broke through at Roland Garros 2018 after three prior final losses, then won Wimbledon 2019 beating...

Petra Kvitova

PlayerModern 2010-PresentCzech Republic

The Czech lefty won Wimbledon in 2011 as an aggressive underdog and again in 2014, peaking at world number two. She won 31 titles ...

Elena Rybakina

PlayerModern 2010-PresentKazakhstan

Born in Moscow and playing for Kazakhstan since 2018, Rybakina powered to the 2022 Wimbledon title, coming from a set down against...

Henri Cochet

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967France

Cochet was one of the Four Musketeers who carried France to six straight Davis Cup wins from 1927 to 1932. A slight player who too...

Rene Lacoste

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967France

Lacoste won seven major singles titles between 1925 and 1929, including Wimbledon twice and the US Championships twice, built on s...

Jack Kramer

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967USA

Kramer won the US Championships in 1946 and 1947 and Wimbledon in 1947 with an aggressive serve and volley approach he called the ...

Lew Hoad

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967Australia

Hoad won the Australian, French and Wimbledon titles in 1956 and lost the US final to his friend and rival Ken Rosewall, one match...

Maria Bueno

PlayerAmateur Era to 1967Brazil

Bueno won Wimbledon in 1959, 1960 and 1964 and the US Championships four times, bringing a graceful attacking game that made her a...

Stan Smith

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979USA

Smith won the US Open in 1971 and Wimbledon in 1972, beating Ilie Nastase in a five set final. A tall serve and volleyer, he was a...

Virginia Wade

PlayerOpen Era 1968-1979United Kingdom

Wade won the first US Open of the Open Era in 1968 and the Australian Open in 1972. Her Wimbledon victory in 1977, in the year of ...

Pat Cash

PlayerGolden 1980sAustralia

Cash beat Ivan Lendl in straight sets in the 1987 Wimbledon final and then scrambled up through the crowd to reach his family and ...

Gabriela Sabatini

PlayerGolden 1980sArgentina

Sabatini reached the French Open semifinals at 15 and became one of the most popular players of her era. She won Olympic silver at...

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

PlayerPower 1990sRussia

Kafelnikov won the French Open in 1996 to become the first Russian man to take a Grand Slam singles title and added the Australian...

Thomas Muster

PlayerPower 1990sAustria

In 1989 Muster was struck by a car in Key Biscayne the night after reaching the Miami final, suffering severe knee damage. He retu...

Marcelo Rios

PlayerPower 1990sChile

The Chilean left hander reached the top of the rankings in 1998, becoming the first man from Latin America to hold the position. H...

Jana Novotna

PlayerPower 1990sCzech Republic

Novotna lost the 1993 Wimbledon final to Steffi Graf after leading in the deciding set and was famously consoled by the Duchess of...

Amelie Mauresmo

PlayerGlobal 2000sFrance

Mauresmo reached world number one in 2004 and won her two major titles in 2006, at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon, beating J...

Andy Roddick

PlayerGlobal 2000sUSA

Roddick won the 2003 US Open and finished that year as world number one. His thunderous serve set speed records, and he reached th...

Marat Safin

PlayerGlobal 2000sRussia

Safin overwhelmed Pete Sampras in straight sets to win the 2000 US Open at 20 and briefly became world number one. Injuries and in...

Li Na

PlayerModern 2010-PresentChina

Li won the French Open in 2011 to become the first player from Asia to take a major singles title, a breakthrough watched by a vas...

Caroline Wozniacki

PlayerModern 2010-PresentDenmark

Wozniacki finished 2010 and 2011 as world number one on the strength of consistency and superb defense, though her first major tit...

Marin Cilic

PlayerModern 2010-PresentCroatia

Cilic won the 2014 US Open, beating Roger Federer in the semifinals and Kei Nishikori in the final, both in straight sets. The tal...