Top 10 Greatest Men's Tennis Players of All Time

Описание: Who are the greatest tennis players of the open era? (Tennis GOAT) All Time Top 10 Greatest ATP Men's Tennis Player in Open Era. Ten Best Male Tennis Players of all time. Most Grand Slam Winners, Most Career Titles, Career Prize Money, Australian Open winners, French Open Winners, Wimbledon winners, US Open winners. Inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame.
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it is difficult to compare players of different eras in any sport due to technology changes and higher fitness standards, selecting the greatest player ever can be a difficult and very subjective task.
Despite the challenge, here is our list of the 10 greatest male tennis players of the Open Era 1968 to present.

10. Andre Agassi
Born: April 29, 1970
Las Vegas, Nevada
Resides: Las Vegas, Nevada
Turned pro: 1986
Retired: 2006
Career prize money: $31,152,975
61 career titles
8 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 4 Australian, 1 French, 2 US Open, 1 Wimbledon
Olympic Gold Medalist 1996
Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame: 2011

Who can forget the young, brash, long-haired Andre Agassi when he first arrived on the tennis scene in the late 1980s?
With those killer ground strokes and returns of serve, no top 10 list would be complete without Andre Agassi.

9. John McEnroe (USA)
Born: February 16, 1959
Wiesbaden, West Germany
Resides: New York City
Turned pro: 1978
Retired: 1992
Career prize money: $12,547,797
105 career titles
7 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 3 Wimbledon, 4 US Open
Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame: 1999


8. Jimmy Connors
Born: September 2, 1952
East St. Louis, Illinois
Resides: Santa Barbara, CA
Turned pro: 1972
Retired: 1996
Career prize money: $8,641,040
147 career titles
8 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 1 Australian, 2 Wimbledon, 5 US Open
Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame: 1998


7. Ivan Lendl (Czech–American)
Born: March 7, 1960
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Resides: Goshen, Connecticut
Turned pro: 1978
Retired: 1994
Career prize money: $21,262,417
144 career titles
8 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 2 Australian, 3 French, 3 US Open
Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame: 2001

6. Bjorn Borg (Swedish)
Born: June 6, 1956
Sodertalje, Stockholm County, Sweden
Resides: Stockholm, Sweden
Turned pro: 1973
Retired: 1983
Career prize money: $3,655,751
101 career titles
11 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 6 French, 5 Wimbledon
Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame: 1987


5. Pete Sampras
Born: August 12, 1971
Potomac, Maryland
Resides: Lake Sherwood, California
Turned pro: 1988
Retired 2002
Career prize money: $43,280,489
64 career titles
14 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 2 Australian, 7 Wimbledon, 5 US Open
Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame: 2007

4. Rod Laver
Born: August 8, 1938
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Resides: Carlsbad, California
Turned pro: 1962
Retired 1979
Career prize money: $1,565,413
200 career titles
11 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 3 Australian, 2 French, 2 US Open, 4 Wimbledon
9 Pro Slam Singles Titles: 3 US Pro, 4 Wembley Pro, 1 French Pro, 1 Wimbledon Pro
Inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame: 1981


3. Roger Federer
Born: August 8, 1981
Basel, Switzerland
Resides: Bottmingen, Switzerland
Turned pro: 1998
Retired 2022
Career prize money: $130,594,339
103 career titles
20 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 6 Australian, 1 French, 5 US Open, 8 Wimbledon


2. Rafael Nadal
Born: June 3, 1986
Manacor, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Resides: Manacor, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Turned pro: 2001
Current active player
Career prize money: $134,640,719
92 career titles
22 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 2 Australian, 14 French, 4 US Open, 2 Wimbledon
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist - Beijing Summer Olympics


1. Novak Djokovic (Serbian)
Born: May 22, 1987
Born in Belgrade, Serbia
Resides: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Turned pro: 2003
Current active player
Career prize money: $169,762,762
94 career titles
23 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 10 Australian, 7 Wimbledon, 3 US Open, 3 French Open