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

By YPB Team

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

  1. Pete Sampras — ranked #11
    Pete Sampras
    Won seven Wimbledon titles behind a second serve most players could not attack.
    1000pts
  2. Stefan Edberg — ranked #22
    Stefan Edberg
    Six majors and the volley technique coaches still show players as the model.
    1000pts
  3. Ken Rosewall — ranked #33
    Ken Rosewall
    Played eight major finals across three decades with a backhand slice and a relentless forward move.
    862pts
  4. Boris Becker — ranked #44
    Boris Becker
    Won Wimbledon at 17 by throwing himself at the net, and twice more after that.
    764pts
  5. Patrick Rafter — ranked #55
    Patrick Rafter
    Won back-to-back US Opens in 1997 and 1998 with a kick serve and an immediate move forward.
    764pts
  6. Martina Navratilova — ranked #66
    Martina Navratilova
    Attacked the net on almost every point and won nine Wimbledon singles titles doing it.
    503pts
  7. Margaret Court — ranked #77
    Margaret Court
    Used her reach and an aggressive net game to build the largest major haul in the sport, 24 singles titles.
    503pts
  8. Goran Ivanisevic — ranked #88
    Goran Ivanisevic
    The last man to win Wimbledon as an outright serve-and-volleyer, on a wild card in 2001.
    323pts
  9. John McEnroe — ranked #99
    John McEnroe
    Had the softest hands of the era and built three Wimbledon titles and nine doubles majors on them.
    323pts
  10. Rod Laver — ranked #1010
    Rod Laver
    The last man to win the calendar Grand Slam, doing it from the front of the court in the wooden-racket era.
    323pts
  11. Billie Jean King — ranked #1111
    Billie Jean King
    A textbook attacking volleyer who took six Wimbledon singles titles and 27 more in doubles.
    323pts

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