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Top 15 Greatest ATP Tennis Players of All Time

by YPB Team4 votes

From Bjorn Borg's icy coolness to Djokovic's relentless record-breaking, the ATP tour has produced many of sport's greatest champions. We're ranking the greatest male tennis players the game has ever seen.

  1. Novak Djokovic — ranked #11
    Novak Djokovic
    Serbian champion with a record 24 Grand Slam titles and the most weeks at world No. 1 in ATP history at 428.
    1000pts
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  2. Roger Federer — ranked #22
    Roger Federer
    Swiss maestro who spent 310 weeks at world No. 1 and won 20 Grand Slams, revered for his elegant one-handed backhand and graceful all-court game.
    755pts
  3. Andy Murray — ranked #33
    Andy Murray
    British champion who won three Grand Slams, two Olympic gold medals, and became the first player to win multiple Olympic singles titles in the Open Era.
    682pts
  4. Boris Becker — ranked #44
    Boris Becker
    German Boom-Boom burst onto the scene as the youngest Wimbledon champion at 17 in 1985, winning six Grand Slams and capturing the imagination of an entire nation.
    483pts
  5. Rafael Nadal — ranked #55
    Rafael Nadal
    Spanish clay-court king who won 22 Grand Slam titles including a staggering 14 French Open trophies and retired as one of sport's greatest champions.
    386pts
  6. Bjorn Borg — ranked #66
    Bjorn Borg
    Swedish ice-cool champion who won five consecutive Wimbledons and six French Opens before retiring at 26, inspiring a generation of tennis fans worldwide.
    386pts
  7. Guillermo Vilas — ranked #77
    Guillermo Vilas
    Argentine clay-court legend who won four Grand Slams in the 1970s and set a then-record 46-match winning streak, adored across Latin America.
    386pts
  8. Carlos Alcaraz — ranked #88
    Carlos Alcaraz
    Spanish wunderkind who claimed multiple Grand Slams by his early 20s and became the youngest player to win titles on hard, clay, and grass courts.
    328pts
  9. Jimmy Connors — ranked #99
    Jimmy Connors
    Relentless American baseline warrior who holds the ATP record for most singles titles (109) and spent 268 weeks as world No. 1 across two decades.
    328pts
  10. Andre Agassi — ranked #1010
    Andre Agassi
    Las Vegas showman who won all four Grand Slams, the Olympic gold medal, and a career No. 1 ranking after an iconic journey from rebellion to champion.
    262pts
  11. Pete Sampras — ranked #1111
    Pete Sampras
    American serve-and-volley master who dominated the 1990s with 14 Grand Slams and was ranked world No. 1 for a record 286 weeks.
    262pts
  12. Mats Wilander — ranked #1212
    Mats Wilander
    Swedish champion who won seven Grand Slams and briefly held the world No. 1 ranking in 1988 after winning three of the four majors in a single calendar year.
    101pts
  13. John McEnroe — ranked #1313
    John McEnroe
    New York firebrand whose touch at the net, fierce competitive spirit, and dramatic outbursts made him one of tennis's most compelling and skillful players of the 1980s.
    101pts
  14. Stefan Edberg — ranked #1414
    Stefan Edberg
    Swedish serve-and-volley master who won six Grand Slams and was renowned for his impeccable sportsmanship and elegant net game in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
    101pts
  15. Ivan Lendl — ranked #1515
    Ivan Lendl
    Czech-American champion who dominated the mid-1980s with eight Grand Slam titles, 270 weeks at world No. 1, and helped professionalize the sport's training standards.
    0pts

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Fifteen men carry the widest question the sport has, and eight majors is mid-table company here: https://youpick.best/articles/andre-agassi-ranked-many-ways

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