Top 20 tennis players in history

As a great tennis fan, I am, I set out to develop a historic ranking of male tennis players, subjective and based solely on my personal preference, and here is the result. These are, in my opinion, and in the order listed, the twenty best tennis players in history.

1. Roger Federer

Weeks number 1: 302

Years ended as number 1: 5.

Grand Slam titles 17.

ATP World Tour Finals: 6.

Masters titles: 23.

Davis Cups: 1.

Olympic Medals: Silver (London 2012).

Total titles: 85.

Record: 1017-230.

Best doubles ranking: 24 °.

Titles in Doubles: 8.

Record doubles: 129-88.

2. Pete Sampras

Weeks as Number 1: 286.

Years completed as number 1: 6.

Grand Slam titles 14.

ATP World Tour Finals: 5.

Masters titles: 11.

Davis Cups: 2.

Total titles: 64.

Record: 762-222.

Best doubles ranking: 27 °.

Titles in doubles: 2.

Record doubles: 64-70.

3. Bjorn Borg

Weeks as Number 1: 101.

Years ended as number 1: 2.

Grand Slam titles 11.

ATP World Tour Finals: 2.

Masters titles: 15.

Davis Cups: 1.

Total titles: 64.

Record: 609-127.

Best doubles ranking: 890 °.

Titles in doubles: 4.

Record doubles: 87-82.

4. Rafael Nadal

Weeks as Number 1: 141.

Years ended as number 1: 3.

Grand Slam titles 14.

Masters titles: 27.

Davis Cups: 4.

Olympic Medals: Gold (Beijing 2008).

Total titles: 65.

Record: 731-148.

Best doubles ranking: 26 °.

Double titles: 9.

Double record: 112-64.

5. Andre Agassi

Weeks as Number 1: 101.

Years ended as number 1: 1.

Grand Slam titles 8.

Masters titles: 17.

Davis Cups: 1.

Olympic Medals: Gold (Atlanta 1996).

Total titles: 60.

Record: 870-274.

Best doubles ranking: 123 °.

Titles in doubles: 1.

Record doubles: 40-42.

6. Novak Djokovic

Weeks as number 1: 302.

Years ended as number 1: 3.

Grand Slam titles 8.

ATP World Tour Finals: 4.

Masters titles: 24.

Davis Cups: 1.

Olympic Medals: Bronze (Beijing 2008)

Total titles: 53.

Record: 639-142.

Best doubles ranking: 114 °.

Titles in doubles: 1.

Record doubles: 37-42.

7. Ivan Lendl 

Weeks as Number 1: 270.

Years ended as number 1: 4.

Grand Slam titles 8.

ATP World Tour Finals: 5.

Masters titles: 22.

Total titles: 94.

Record: 1071-239.

Best doubles ranking: 20 °.

Titles in doubles: 6.

Record doubles: 187-140.

8. Jimmy Connors

Weeks number 1: 84.

Years finalized as number 1: 5.

Grand Slam titles 8.

ATP World Tour Finals: 1.

Masters titles: 17.

Davis Cups: 1.

Total titles: 109. RECORD

Record: 1253-278. RECORD

Best doubles ranking: 370 °.

Grand Slam titles in doubles: 2.

Total titles in doubles: 16.

Record doubles: 174-78.

9. John McEnroe

Weeks as Number 1: 170.

Years ended as number 1: 4.

Grand Slam Titles: 7.

ATP World Tour Finals: 3.

Masters titles: 19.

Davis Cups: 5.

Total titles: 77.

Record: 875-198.

Weeks as number 1 in doubles: 269.

Years ending as number 1 in doubles: 5.

Grand Slam titles in doubles: 9.

ATP World Tour Finals: 7.

Total titles in doubles: 71.

Record doubles: 530-103.

Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles: 1.

10. Rod Laver

Best ATP ranking: 3.

Years ended as number 1: 7 (unofficial).

Grand Slam titles 11.

Davis Cups: 4.

Total titles: 42 (ATP).

Record: 536-136.

Best doubles ranking: 11 °.

Titles in doubles: 28.

Record doubles: 235-77.

11. Guillermo Vilas

Best ATP ranking: 2.

Years finished as number 1: 3 (Grand Prix Circuit).

Grand Slam titles 4.

ATP World Tour Finals: 1.

Masters Titles: 7.

Total titles: 62.

Record: 929-286.

Best doubles ranking: 13 °.

Titles in doubles: 16.

Double record: 217-150.

12. Boris Becker

Weeks number 1: 13.

Grand Slam titles 6.

ATP World Tour Finals: 3.

Masters titles: 13.

Davis Cups: 2.

Olympic medals: Gold (Barcelona 1992, doubles).

Total titles: 49.

Record: 713-214.

Best doubles ranking: 6 °.

Titles in doubles: 15.

Double record: 254-136.

13. Stefan Edberg

Weeks number 1: 72.

Years ended as number 1: 1.

Grand Slam titles 6.

ATP World Tour Finals: 1.

Masters titles: 8.

Davis Cups: 4.

Olympic medals: Gold (Los Angeles 1984), Bronze (Seoul 1988, singles and doubles).

Total titles: 42.

Record: 801-270.

Best doubles ranking: 1st.

Grand Slam titles in doubles: 3.

Titles in doubles: 18.

Record in doubles: 283-153.

14. Roy Emerson

Best ATP ranking: 12.

Grand Slam titles 12.

Total titles: 3 (ATP).

Record: 397-156.

Best doubles ranking: 736 °.

Grand Slam titles in doubles: 16. RECORD

Total titles in doubles: 20.

Record doubles: 204-65.

        15.Lleyton Hewitt

Weeks number 1: 80.

Years ended as number 1: 2.

Grand Slam titles 2.

ATP World Tour Finals: 2.

Masters titles: 2.

Record: 612-254.

Best doubles ranking: 18 °.

Grand Slam titles in doubles: 1

Total titles in doubles: 2.

Record doubles: 117-86.

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16. John Newcombe

Weeks number 1: 8.

Grand Slam Titles: 7.

Masters titles: 8.

Davis Cups: 5. RECORD

Total titles: 31.

Record: 520-181.

Best doubles ranking: 1 ° (unofficial), 455 ° (It was open).

Grand Slam titles in doubles: 16.

Total titles in doubles: 33.

Record doubles: 333-115.

17. Ilie Nastase

Weeks number 1: 40.

Years ended as number 1: 1.

Grand Slam titles 2.

ATP World Tour Finals: 5.

Masters titles: 4.

Total titles: 57.

Record: 777-303.

Best doubles ranking: 10 °.

Titles in doubles: 45.

Double record: 479-208.

18. Mats Wilander

Weeks number 1: 20.

Years ended as number 1: 1.

Grand Slam Titles: 7.

Davis Cups: 4.

Total titles: 33.

Record: 571-222.

Best doubles ranking: 3 °.

Grand Slam titles in doubles: 1.

Total titles in doubles: 7.

Record in doubles: 168-127.

19. Jim Courier

Weeks number 1: 58.

Years ended as number 1: 1.

Grand Slam titles 4.

Masters titles: 5.

Davis Cups: 3.

Total titles: 23.

Record: 506-237.

Best doubles ranking: 20 °.

Titles in doubles: 6.

Record doubles: 124-97.

20. Gustavo Kuerten

Weeks number 1: 43.

Years ended as number 1: 1.

Grand Slam titles 3.

ATP World Tour Finals: 1.

Masters titles: 5.

Total titles: 20.

Record: 358-195.

Best doubles ranking: 38 °.

Titles in Doubles: 8.

Record doubles: 108-95.

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