# Who is the best German tennis player of all time?

> Wimbledon champions, prewar French title winners and a brand-new world No. 1 share this list with players whose best run lasted a single fortnight. Men and women are ranked together here.

*By YPB Team · Published November 4, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-german-tennis-player-of-all-time*

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1. **Steffi Graf** — score 1000/1000
   Won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and completed the 1988 Golden Slam with all four majors plus Olympic gold.
2. **Cilly Aussem** — score 833/1000
   Won both the French Championships and Wimbledon singles titles in 1931, beating compatriot Hilde Krahwinkel in the Wimbledon final.
3. **Boris Becker** — score 577/1000
   Became the youngest men's Wimbledon champion at 17 in 1985 and won six Grand Slam singles titles in total.
4. **Julia Görges** — score 576/1000
   Reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 2018 and a career-high WTA ranking of No. 9 that year.
5. **Wilhelm Bungert** — score 500/1000
   Reached the 1967 Wimbledon singles final, losing to John Newcombe.
6. **Alexander Zverev** — score 500/1000
   Olympic singles champion at Tokyo 2020 who won Roland Garros and the US Open in 2026 and became ATP world No. 1 that November.
7. **Claudia Kohde-Kilsch** — score 500/1000
   Reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 4 and won Grand Slam doubles titles with Helena Suková at the 1985 US Open and 1987 Wimbledon.
8. **Gottfried von Cramm** — score 500/1000
   Won the French Championships in 1934 and 1936 and reached three consecutive Wimbledon singles finals from 1935 to 1937.
9. **Michael Stich** — score 409/1000
   Beat Boris Becker in the 1991 Wimbledon final and won Olympic doubles gold with him at Barcelona 1992.
10. **Sabine Lisicki** — score 409/1000
   Reached the 2013 Wimbledon final, where she lost to Marion Bartoli.
11. **Andrea Petkovic** — score 409/1000
   Reached the 2014 French Open semifinals after climbing to a career-high WTA ranking of No. 9 in 2011.
12. **Rainer Schüttler** — score 409/1000
   Finished runner-up to Andre Agassi at the 2003 Australian Open and reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 2008.
13. **Nicolas Kiefer** — score 409/1000
   Reached a career-high ATP ranking of No. 4 in 2000 and the Australian Open semifinals in 2006.
14. **Henner Henkel** — score 409/1000
   Won the 1937 French Championships singles title and partnered Gottfried von Cramm to two Grand Slam doubles titles that year.
15. **Philipp Petzschner** — score 409/1000
   Won the 2010 Wimbledon and 2011 US Open men's doubles titles with Jürgen Melzer.
16. **Angelique Kerber** — score 409/1000
   Won the 2016 Australian Open, 2016 US Open and 2018 Wimbledon titles and reached WTA world No. 1 in 2016.
17. **Philipp Kohlschreiber** — score 409/1000
   Won eight ATP singles titles and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16 in 2012.
18. **Tommy Haas** — score 409/1000
   Reached a career-high ATP ranking of No. 2 in 2002 and won singles silver at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
19. **Anke Huber** — score 300/1000
   Reached the 1996 Australian Open final and a career-high WTA ranking of No. 4 the same year.
20. **Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling** — score 0/1000
   Won three straight French Championships singles titles from 1935 to 1937 and reached the Wimbledon final in 1931 and 1936.

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