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Kevin	Anderson	Karel	Kozeluh
Jimmy	Arias	Henri	Leconte
Jozsef	Asboth	Katerina	Maleeva
Jonas	Bjorkman	Manuela	Maleeva
James	Blake	Adine	Masson
Jose Luis	Clerc	Gene	Mayer
Amanda	Coetzer	Elisabeth	Moore
Kevin	Curren	Magnus	Norman
Kimiko	Date	Jiri	Novak
Eddie	Dibbs	Chris	O’Neil
Jelena	Dokic	Jessica	Pegula
Sara	Errani	Raul	Ramirez
Guy	Forget	Cliff	Richey
Caroline	Garcia	Tommy	Robredo
Gaston	Gaudio	Greg	Rusedski
Brad	Gilbert	Emilio	Sanchez
Fernando	Gonzalez	Patty	Schnyder
Brian	Gottfried	Rainer	Schuettler
Daniela	Hantuchova	Harold	Soloman
Blanche	Hillyard	Charlotte	Sterry
Hazel	Hotchkiss	Fred	Stolle
Anders	Jarryd	Elina	Svitolina
Barbara	Jordan	Roscoe	Tanner
Nicolas	Kiefer	Nathalie	Tauziat
Frank	Kovacs	Renata	Tomanova

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Rank	Player		Years	Country
1	Serena Williams	Why?	1995-2022	USA
2	Steffi Graf		1982-1999	Germany
3	Martina Navratilova		1974-2006	USA
4	Chris Evert		1972-1989	USA
5	Margaret Court		1960-1977	Australia
6	Monica Seles		1989-2003	Yugoslavia/USA
7	Helen Wills Moody		1922-1938	USA
8	Billie Jean King		1968-1990	USA
9	Martina Hingis		1994-2017	Switzerland
10	Justine Henin		1999-2011	Belgium
11	Venus Williams		1994-active	USA
12	Maria Sharapova		2001-2020	Russia
13	Iga Świątek		2016-active	Poland
14	Maureen Connolly		1949-1954	USA
15	Maria Bueno		1957-1977	Brazil
16	Evonne Goolagong Cawley		1967-1983	Australia
17	Lindsay Davenport		1993-2010	USA
18	Aryna Sabalenka		2015-active	Belarus
19	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario		1985-2002	Spain
20	Kim Clijsters		1997-2022	Belgium
21	Suzanne Lenglen		1914-1926	France
22	Pauline Betz		1939-1946	USA
23	Doris Hart		1940-1955	USA
24	Louise Brough		1942-1959	USA
25	Hana Mandlíková		1978-1990	Czechoslovakia/Australia
26	Simona Halep		2006-active	Romania
27	Gabriela Sabatini		1982-1996	Argentina
28	Jennifer Capriati		1990-2004	USA
29	Ashleigh Barty		2010-2022	Australia
30	Angelique Kerber		2003-active	Germany
31	Naomi Osaka		2013-active	Japan
32	Margaret Osbourne duPont		1938-1962	USA
33	Victoria Azarenka		2003-active	Belarus
34	Petra Kvitová		2006-active	Czech Republic
35	Conchita Martinez		1998-2006	Spain
36	Amélie Mauresmo		1993-2009	France
37	Caroline Wozniacki		2005-active	Denmark
38	Mary Pierce		1989-2006	France
39	Ann Jones		1955-1977	England
40	Virginia Wade		1968-1986	England
41	Svetlana Kuznetsova		2000-2021	Russia
42	Alice Marble		1931-1940	USA
43	Althea Gibson		1950-1958	USA
44	Shirley Fry		1941-1957	USA
45	Jana Novotná		1987-1999	Czech Republic
46	Garbiñe Muguruza		2012-2024	Spain
47	Darlene Hard		1953-1970	USA
48	Helen Jacobs		1925-1941	USA
49	Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling		1929-1939	Germany
50	Coco Gauf		2018-active	USA
51	Jelena Janković		2000-2022	Serbia
52	Tracy Austin		1978-1994	USA
53	Li Na		1999-2014	China
54	Ana Ivanovic		2003-2016	Serbia
55	Dinara Safina		2000-2011	Russia
56	Elena Rybakina		2014-active	Kazakhstan
57	Madison Keys		2009-active	USA
58	Barbora Krejčíková		2010-active	Czech Republic
59	Lottie Dod		1887-1893	England
60	Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers		1903-1925	England
61	Molla Mallory		1909-1929	Norway/USA
62	Nancy Richey		1958-1978	USA
63	Lesley Bowrey		1959-1978	Australia
64	Angela Mortimer		1951-1962	England
65	Karolína Plíšková		2009-active	Czech Republic
66	Elena Dementieva		1998-2010	Russia
67	Vera Zvonareva		2000-active	Russia
68	Anastasia Myskina		1998-2007	Russia
69	Iva Majoli		1991-2004	Croatia
70	Samantha Stosur		1999-2022	Australia
71	Helena Suková		1983-1998	Czech Republic
72	Mary Joe Fernandez		1986-2000	USA
73	Wendy Turnbull		1975-1989	Australia
74	Jelena Ostapenko		2012-active	Latvia
75	Sloane Stephens		2009-acitve	USA
76	Marion Bartoli		2000-2013	France
77	Flavia Pennetta		2000-2015	Italy
78	Bianca Andreescu		2017-active	Canada
79	Markéta Vondroušová		2017-active	Czech Republic
80	Simonne Mathieu		1925-1946	France
81	Dorothy Round		1928-1939	England
82	Christine Truman		1957-1974	England
83	Pam Shriver		1979-1997	USA
84	Ons Jabeur		2010-active	Tunisia
85	Sofia Kenin		2017-active	USA
86	Francesca Schiavone		1998-2018	Italy
87	Andrea Jaeger		1980-1985	USA
88	Françoise Dürr		1960-1979	France
89	Sue Barker		1972-1984	England
90	Mima Jaušovec		1975-1988	Yugoslavia
91	Rosemary Casals		1964-1985	USA
92	Kerry Melville		1963-1979	Australia
93	Margaret Scriven		1930-1947	England
94	Zina Garrison		1980-1996	USA
95	Virginia Ruzici		1975-1987	Romania
96	Olga Morozova		1965-1979	Soviet Union
97	Jasmine Paolini		2011-active	Italy
98	Amanda Anisimova		2016-active	USA
99	Jessica Pegula		2009-active	USA
100	Anke Huber		1981-2009	Germany

The rest of the best tennis players of all time.

Every ranking update ever (Last tennis update: 1/10/26 Next tennis update: December ’26)

The making of the list.

The Rules

If you disagree with the placement of an athlete whose prime occurred before 1975, please read The ChatGPT Cautionary Tale before commenting.

Historically undervalued: 🔵

Rank	Player			Years	Country
1	Novak Djokovic		Why?	2003-active	Serbia
2	Roger Federer			1998-2022	Switzerland
3	Rafael Nadal			2001-2024	Spain
4	Pete Sampras			1988-2002	USA
5	Rod Laver			1956-1979	Australia
6	Björn Borg			1973-1984, 1991-1993	Sweden
7	Jimmy Connors			1972-1996	USA
8	Ivan Lendl			1978-1994	Czechoslovakia
9	Andre Agassi			1986-2006	USA
10	John McEnroe			1976-2006	USA
11	Andy Murray	🔵	Why?	2005-2024	Scotland
12	Boris Becker			1984-1999	Germany
13	Stefan Edberg			1983-1996	Sweden
14	Mats Wilander			1981-1996	Sweden
15	Pancho Gonzales			1949-1974	USA
16	Ken Rosewall			1956-1980	Australia
17	Bill Tilden			1910-1946	USA
18	Carlos Alcaraz			2018-active	Spain
19	Jannik Sinner			2018-active	Italy
20	Jack Kramer			1937-1954	USA
21	John Newcombe			1960-1981	Australia
22	Jim Courier			1988-2000	USA
23	Don Budge			1932-1961	USA
24	Ellsworth Vines			1930-1940	USA
25	Roy Emerson			1951-1983	Australia
26	Arthur Ashe			1959-1980	USA
27	Ilie Năstase			1966-1985	Romania
28	Guillermo Vilas			1968-1992	Argentina
29	Stan Wawrinka			2002-active	Switzerland
30	Daniil Medvedev			2014-active	Russia
31	Lleyton Hewitt			1998-2020	Australia
32	Andy Roddick			2000-2015	USA
33	Marat Safin			1997-2009	Russia
34	Patrick Rafter			1991-2001	Australia
35	Gustavo Kuerten			1995-2008	Brazil
36	René Lacoste			1922-1932	France
37	Henri Cochet			1922-1958	France
38	Hans Nüsslein			1926-1957	Germany
39	Gottfried von Cramm			1931-1952	Germany
40	Goran Ivanišević			1988-2004	Croatia
41	Juan Carlos Ferrero			1988-2012	Spain
42	Thomas Muster			1985-2011	Austria
43	Yevgeny Kafelnikov			1992-2010	Russia
44	Carlos Moyá			1995-2010	Spain
45	Juan Martin Del Potro			2005-2022	Argentina
46	Michael Chang			1988-2003	USA
47	Dominic Thiem			2011-2024	Austria
48	Michael Stich			1988-1997	Germany
49	Jaroslav Drobný			1938-1969	Czechoslovakia
50	Pancho Segura			1939-1970	Ecuador/USA
51	Bobby Riggs			1933-1962	USA
52	Sergi Bruguera			1988-2002	Spain
53	Tony Roche			1963-1979	Australia
54	Stan Smith			1964-1985	USA
55	Jan Kodeš			1966-1983	Czechoslovakia
56	Fred Perry			1929-1959	England
57	Lew Hoad			1950-1973	Australia
58	Tony Trabert			1945-1963	USA
59	Frank Sedgman			1953-1976	Australia
60	Stefanos Tsitsipas			2016-active	Greece
61	Alexander Zverev			2013-active	Germany
62	Jack Crawford			1926-1951	Australia
63	David Ferrer			2000-2019	Spain
64	Tomáš Berdych			2002-2019	Czech Republic
65	Yannick Noah			1977-1996	France
66	Vitus Gerulaitis			1971-1986	USA
67	Pat Cash			1982-2006	Australia
68	Jean Borotra			1920-1956	France
69	Laurence Doherty			1893-1910	England
70	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga			2004-2022	France
71	David Nalbandian			2000-2013	Argentina
72	Manuel Orantes			1964-1983	Spain
73	Miloslav Mečíř			1982-1990	Czechoslovakia
74	Marcelo Ríos			1994-2004	Chile
75	Budge Patty			1940-1960	USA
76	Tom Okker			1964-1981	Netherlands
77	Petr Korda			1987-2005	Czech Republic
78	Tim Henman			1993-2007	England
79	William Larned			1890-1911	USA
80	Tommy Haas			1996-2018	Germany
81	Kei Nishikori			2007-active	Japan
82	Alex Corretja			1991-2005	Spain
83	Casper Ruud			2015-active	Norway
84	Marin Čilić			2005-active	Croatia
85	Anthony Wilding			1904-1914	New Zealand
86	Richard Krajicek			1989-2003	Netherlands
87	Guillermo Coria			2000-2009	Argentina
88	Nikolay Davydenko			1999-2014	Russia
89	Thomas Enqvist			1991-2005	Sweden
90	Milos Raonic			2008-active	Canada
91	Andrés Gimeno			1960-1974	Spain
92	Andrés Gómez			1979-1995	Ecuador
93	Adriano Panatta			1969-1983	Italy
94	Andrei Medvedev			1991-2001	Ukraine
95	Andrey Rublev			2014-active	Russia
96	Grigor Dimitrov			2008-active	Bulgaria
97	Todd Martin			1990-2004	USA
98	Wayne Ferreira			1989-2005	S. Africa
99	Cédric Pioline			1989-2002	France
100	Robin Söderling			2001-2011	Sweden

The rest of the best tennis players of all time.