100 Greatest of All Time

100 Greatest of All Time was a television series of five one-hour episodes, produced and first aired by Tennis Channel in March 2012. It presented a list of the "100 greatest tennis players of all time", both men and women. The series was hosted by Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, Lisa Leslie and Carl Lewis.^[1] Many retired tennis luminaries provided commentary, including Rod Laver, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras, and Andre Agassi.

List

An "international panel of tennis experts" determined this ranking of 62 men and 38 women.^[1] The United States was credited with the most great players (38), followed by Australia (17), France (7), Great Britain (6) and Czechoslovakia (5). Forty-three players made the list from the Americas, 39 from Europe and 18 from Oceania.

Note: Bolded players are still active today. Slams figures reflect number of wins in Singles draws and are up-to-date, meaning that they may now be higher than the numbers used to determine the March 2012 list.

Rank	Name	Gender	Nationality	Grand Slam tournaments	Pro Slam tournaments	Total Slam tournaments
1	Roger Federer	Male	SUI	19	0	19
2	Rod Laver	Male	AUS	11	8	19
3	Steffi Graf	Female	GER	22	0	22
4	Martina Navratilova	Female	TCH/ USA	18	0	18
5	Pete Sampras	Male	USA	14	0	14
6	Rafael Nadal	Male	ESP	15	0	15
7	Björn Borg	Male	SWE	11	0	11
8	Margaret Court	Female	AUS	24	0	24
9	Chris Evert	Female	USA	18	0	18
10	Billie Jean King	Female	USA	12	0	12
11	Don Budge	Male	USA	6	4	10
12	Andre Agassi	Male	USA	8	0	8
13	John McEnroe	Male	USA	7	0	7
14	Serena Williams	Female	USA	23	0	23
15	Jimmy Connors	Male	USA	8	0	8
16	Bill Tilden	Male	USA	10	4	14
17	Roy Emerson	Male	AUS	12	0	12
18	Ivan Lendl	Male	TCH	8	0	8
19	Monica Seles	Female	YUG/ USA	9	0	9
20	Ken Rosewall	Male	AUS	8	15	23
21	Boris Becker	Male	GER	6	0	6
22	Venus Williams	Female	USA	7	0	7
23	Fred Perry	Male	GBR	8	2	10
24	Suzanne Lenglen	Female	FRA	8	0	10
25	Stefan Edberg	Male	SWE	6	0	6
26	Justine Henin	Female	BEL	7	0	7
27	Maureen Connolly	Female	USA	9	0	9
28	Arthur Ashe	Male	USA	3	0	3
29	Helen Wills	Female	USA	19	0	19
30	Martina Hingis	Female	SUI	5	0	5
31	John Newcombe	Male	AUS	7	0	7
32	Lew Hoad	Male	AUS	4	1	5
33	Mats Wilander	Male	SWE	7	0	7
34	Jack Kramer	Male	USA	3	2	5
35	Pancho Gonzalez	Male	USA	2	12	14
36	René Lacoste	Male	FRA	7	0	7
37	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Female	AUS	7	0	7
38	Maria Bueno	Female	BRA	7	0	7
39	Althea Gibson	Female	USA	5	0	5
40	Novak Djokovic	Male	SRB	12	0	12
41	Guillermo Vilas	Male	ARG	4	0	4
42	Jim Courier	Male	USA	4	0	4
43	Lindsay Davenport	Female	USA	3	0	4
44	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Female	ESP	4	0	4
45	Kim Clijsters	Female	BEL	4	0	4
46	Henri Cochet	Male	FRA	7	1	8
47	Jean Borotra	Male	FRA	4	0	4
48	Frank Sedgman	Male	AUS	5	2	7
49	Ilie Năstase	Male	ROU	2	0	2
50	Tony Trabert	Male	USA	5	2	7
51	Doris Hart	Female	USA	6	0	6
52	Jack Crawford	Male	AUS	6	0	6
53	Tracy Austin	Female	USA	2	0	2
54	Manuel Santana	Male	ESP	4	0	4
55	Gustavo Kuerten	Male	BRA	3	0	3
56	Stan Smith	Male	USA	2	0	2
57	Jennifer Capriati	Female	USA	3	0	3
58	Alice Marble	Female	USA	5	0	5
59	Margaret Osborne duPont	Female	USA	6	0	6
60	Virginia Wade	Female	GBR	3	0	3
61	Neale Fraser	Male	AUS	3	0	3
62	Hana Mandlíková	Female	TCH	4	0	4
63	Lleyton Hewitt	Male	AUS	2	0	2
64	Ellsworth Vines	Male	USA	3	5	8
65	Pancho Segura	Male	ECU	0	4	4
66	Bobby Riggs	Male	USA	3	3	3
67	Fred Stolle	Male	AUS	2	0	2
68	Helen Hull Jacobs	Female	USA	5	0	5
69	Louise Brough	Female	USA	6	0	6
70	Patrick Rafter	Male	AUS	2	0	2
71	Maria Sharapova	Female	RUS	5	0	5
72	Gottfried Von Cramm	Male	GER	2	0	2
73	Jaroslav Drobný	Male	TCH	3	0	3
74	Tony Roche	Male	AUS	1	0	1
75	Pauline Betz Addie	Female	USA	5	0	5
76	William Renshaw	Male	GBR	7	0	7
77	Molla Mallory	Female	USA	8	0	8
78	Ashley Cooper	Male	AUS	4	0	4
79	Gabriela Sabatini	Female	ARG	1	0	1
80	Marat Safin	Male	RUS	2	0	2
81	Vic Seixas	Male	USA	2	0	2
82	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Male	RUS	2	0	2
83	Jan Kodeš	Male	TCH	3	0	3
84	Norman Brookes	Male	AUS	3	0	3
85	Yannick Noah	Male	FRA	1	0	1
86	Tony Wilding	Male	NZL	6	0	6
87	Mary Pierce	Female	FRA	2	0	2
88	Amélie Mauresmo	Female	FRA	2	0	2
89	Dorothea Lambert Chambers	Female	GBR	7	0	7
90	Bill Johnston	Male	USA	3	0	3
91	Shirley Fry Irvin	Female	USA	4	0	4
92	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Female	RUS	2	0	2
93	Nicola Pietrangeli	Male	ITA	2	0	2
94	Andy Roddick	Male	USA	1	0	1
95	Thomas Muster	Male	AUT	1	0	1
96	Manuel Orantes	Male	ESP	1	0	1
97	Pat Cash	Male	AUS	1	0	1
98	Bunny Austin	Male	GBR	0	0	0
99	Ann Haydon-Jones	Female	GBR	3	0	3
100	Michael Chang	Male	USA	1	0	1

See also

• 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era (2005)

References

External links

• Official site