Who is the greatest serve-and-volley player in tennis history?

A style that has nearly disappeared from the professional game, and the players who made a career of walking straight at the net.

1. 1
   Pete Sampras

   Won seven Wimbledon titles behind a second serve most players could not attack.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Stefan Edberg

   Six majors and the volley technique coaches still show players as the model.
   1000pts
3. 3
   Ken Rosewall

   Played eight major finals across three decades with a backhand slice and a relentless forward move.
   862pts
4. 4
   Boris Becker

   Won Wimbledon at 17 by throwing himself at the net, and twice more after that.
   764pts
5. 5
   Patrick Rafter

   Won back-to-back US Opens in 1997 and 1998 with a kick serve and an immediate move forward.
   764pts
6. 6
   Martina Navratilova

   Attacked the net on almost every point and won nine Wimbledon singles titles doing it.
   503pts
7. 7
   Margaret Court

   Used her reach and an aggressive net game to build the largest major haul in the sport, 24 singles titles.
   503pts
8. 8
   Goran Ivanisevic

   The last man to win Wimbledon as an outright serve-and-volleyer, on a wild card in 2001.
   0pts
9. 9
   John McEnroe

   Had the softest hands of the era and built three Wimbledon titles and nine doubles majors on them.
   0pts
10. 10
    Rod Laver

    The last man to win the calendar Grand Slam, doing it from the front of the court in the wooden-racket era.
    0pts
11. 11
    Billie Jean King

    A textbook attacking volleyer who took six Wimbledon singles titles and 27 more in doubles.
    0pts

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