The 100 Greatest Tennis Players of All-Time

Methodology. (Last updated: 1/25/25)

RankPlayerYearsCountry
1Novak Djokovic2003-activeSerbia
2Roger Federer1998-2022Switzerland
3Rafael Nadal2001-activeSpain
4Pete Sampras1988-2002USA
5Rod Laver1956-1979Australia
6Björn Borg1973-1984, 1991-1993Sweden
7Jimmy Connors1972-1996USA
8Ivan Lendl1978-1994Czechoslovakia
9Andre Agassi1986-2006USA
10John McEnroe1976-2006USA
11Andy Murray2005-2024USA
12Boris Becker1984-1999Germany
13Stefan Edberg1983-1996Sweden
14Mats Wilander1981-1996Sweden
15Pancho Gonzales1949-1974USA
16Ken Rosewall1956-1980Australia
17Bill Tilden1910-1946USA
18Jack Kramer1937-1954USA
19John Newcombe1960-1981Australia
20Jim Courier1988-2000USA
21Don Budge1932-1961USA
22Ellsworth Vines1930-1940USA
23Roy Emerson1951-1983Australia
24Arthur Ashe1959-1980USA
25Ilie Năstase1966-1985Romania
26Guillermo Vilas1968-1992Argentina
27Stan Wawrinka2002-activeSwitzerland
28Carlos Alcaraz2018-activeSpain
29Jannik Sinner2018-activeItaly
30Daniil Medvedev2014-activeRussia
31Lleyton Hewitt1998-2020Australia
32Andy Roddick2000-2015USA
33Marat Safin1997-2009Russia
34Patrick Rafter1991-2001Australia
35Gustavo Kuerten1995-2008Brazil
36René Lacoste1922-1932France
37Henri Cochet1922-1958France
38Hans Nüsslein1926-1957Germany
39Gottfried von Cramm1931-1952Germany
40Goran Ivanišević1988-2004Croatia
41Juan Carlos Ferrero1988-2012Spain
42Thomas Muster1985-2011Austria
43Yevgeny Kafelnikov1992-2010Russia
44Carlos Moyá1995-2010Spain
45Juan Martin Del Potro2005-2022Argentina
46Michael Chang1988-2003USA
47Dominic Thiem2011-2024Austria
48Michael Stich1988-1997Germany
49Jaroslav Drobný1938-1969Czechoslovakia
50Pancho Segura1939-1970Ecuador/USA
51Bobby Riggs1933-1962USA
52Sergi Bruguera1988-2002Spain
53Tony Roche1963-1979Australia
54Stan Smith1964-1985USA
55Jan Kodeš1966-1983Czechoslovakia
56Fred Perry1929-1959England
57Lew Hoad1950-1973Australia
58Tony Trabert1945-1963USA
59Frank Sedgman1953-1976Australia
60Stefanos Tsitsipas2016-activeGreece
61Alexander Zverev2013-activeGermany
62Jack Crawford1926-1951Australia
63David Ferrer2000-2019Spain
64Tomáš Berdych2002-2019Czech Republic
65Yannick Noah1977-1996France
66Vitus Gerulaitis1971-1986USA
67Pat Cash1982-2006Australia
68Jean Borotra1920-1956France
69Laurence Doherty1893-1910England
70Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2004-2022France
71David Nalbandian2000-2013Argentina
72Manuel Orantes1964-1983Spain
73Miloslav Mečíř1982-1990Czechoslovakia
74Marcelo Ríos1994-2004Chile
75Budge Patty1940-1960USA
76Tom Okker1964-1981Netherlands
77Petr Korda1987-2005Czech Republic
78Tim Henman1993-2007England
79William Larned1890-1911USA
80Tommy Haas1996-2018Germany
81Kei Nishikori2007-activeJapan
82Alex Corretja1991-2005Spain
83Casper Ruud2015-activeNorway
84Marin Čilić2005-activeCroatia
85Anthony Wilding1904-1914New Zealand
86Richard Krajicek1989-2003Netherlands
87Guillermo Coria2000-2009Argentina
88Nikolay Davydenko1999-2014Russia
89Thomas Enqvist1991-2005Sweden
90Milos Raonic2008-activeCanada
91Andrés Gimeno1960-1974Spain
92Andrés Gómez1979-1995Ecuador
93Adriano Panatta1969-1983Italy
94Andrei Medvedev1991-2001Ukraine
95Andrey Rublev2014-activeRussia
96Grigor Dimitrov2008-activeBulgaria
97Todd Martin1990-2004USA
98Wayne Ferreira1989-2005S. Africa
99Cédric Pioline1989-2002France
100Robin Söderling2001-2011Sweden

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