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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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