Best Men’s Tennis Players of All Time: Check the Complete List Here!


8. Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors is one of the greatest players in the game. He belonged to an era of other great footballers such as John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg. He holds the world record of winning 109 singles titles in the Open era and ranking No. 1 for 160 consecutive weeks.

In 2007, Roger Federer broke this record.

7. John McEnroe

John McEnroe is another of the greatest male tennis players of all time. He is an American tennis player who won a total of 77 titles during his career. He is known for his playing skills and temperament.

He holds the most singles and doubles titles in the Open Era, winning 155 titles in total.

6. Rod Laver

Rod Laver is an Australian tennis player who is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, having won a total of 11 Grand Slam titles. He is the only paper player to win a Grand Slam in the Open Era and the only player in tennis history to do so.

Rod Laver won a total of 198 championships in his career, 72 of which were won during the Open era.

5. Bjorn Borg

Bjorn Borg is one of the greatest players in tennis. Although he did not play for a long time, he had a brilliant career in a short period. He played professionally for 10 years from 1973 to 1983. Tennis match for his rivalry with John McEnroe.

The match between Borg and McEnroe in the 1980 Wimbledon final is considered a classic in tennis history.

He won a total of 66 career titles, including 11 Grand Slam titles.

4. Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras is one of the most prolific tennis players in the history of tennis. He was the first man in the Open era to win 14 Grand Slams, a record that lasted until his retirement in 2003. This record stood for seven years until it was broken by Roger Federer in 2009.

Pete Sampras was known as “Pistol Pete” as a player due to his accurate and powerful serve.

Sampras won 64 singles titles during his career, including 14 Grand Slams. He held the world record of being No. 1 for 286 weeks, the best at the time until surpassed by Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic respectively.

3. Roger Federer

No list of the greatest tennis players would be complete without mentioning the artist of the game, Roger Federer. He is also known for his elegant playing style, which is based more on precision and level than the purely muscular style of Rafael Nadal.

Federer has won 20 Grand Slam championships in his career and has won 103 championships in total, ranking second behind Jimmy Connors.

He is a player who is equally good on all courts, the most successful of which are the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

In September 2022, Roger Federer said goodbye to his brilliant tennis career after losing the last match of his career in the Laver Cup.

If you look at one thing today, pick this.#seaweedcup | @rogfederer pic.twitter.com/Ks9JqEeR6B — Laver Cup (@LaverCup) September 23, 2022

2. Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal is one of the best tennis players in the world. He has won 22 Grand Slams, the most by a male player in the Open era. He has won a total of 92 titles in his career so far and will win more titles in the coming days.

He is considered the best clay court player in the world as he won an astounding 14 of the 22 Grand Slams on clay courts.

Nadal has won the French Open (clay court) 14 times, which is a record in itself.

1. Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is an all-time great tennis player and part of the trio of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic.

Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slams, the most by a player in the Open era, and holds the record for the most weeks ranked No. 1 in the world. Djokovic has remained ranked No. 1 in the world for 373 consecutive weeks, which is the highest among all players in the Open era.

Notable Mention

Andre Agassi

Another player missing from this list is Andre Agassi. He has won a total of 8 Grand Slams in his career and is the only player to achieve a career Super Grand Slam (winning Grand Slams and Olympic gold medals and year-end championships in the same year).

He retired in 2006 after 16 years of playing and won 60 championships in his career, including eight Grand Slam titles.