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

See also

• 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era (2005)

References

External links

• Official site