List of male tennis players

The following lists male tennis players from over the years who have been ranked in the top 25 in the 'open era', in the top few prior to the open era, in the top few in doubles, quarterfinalists or better in a Grand Slam tournament, or medalists at the Olympic Games:

Contents

1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D & E 5 F 6 G 7 H 8 I, J 9 K 10 L 11 M 12 N 13 O & P 14 R 15 S 16 T - Z 17 See also

A

• Andre Agassi (1970-) - (United States)
• Pieter Aldrich - South Africa - doubles specialist
• Fred Alexander (1880-1969) (United States)
• John Alexander (1951-) - (Australia)
• Wilmer Allison, Jr. (1904-1977) (United States)
• Manuel Alonso (1895-1984) (Spain)
• Victor Amaya (1954-) - (U.S.)
• Mal Anderson (1935-) (Australia)
• Vijay Amritraj (1953-) - (India)
• Mario Ancic (1984-) - (Croatia)
• Paul Annacone (1963-) - (United States)
• Jimmy Arias (1964-) - (United States)
• Jordi Arrese (1964-) - (Spain)
• Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) - (United States)
• Bunny Austin (Great Britian)
• Louis Ayala

B

• Corrado Barazzutti (1953-) - (Italy)
• Pierre Barthes (1941-) (France) - one of the "Handsome Eight"
• Jeremy Bates (1962-) - (Great Britain)
• Boris Becker (1967-) - (West Germany/Germany)
• Alberto Berasategui (1973-) - (Spain)
• Jay Berger (1966-) - (U.S.)
• Byron Black (1969-) - (Zimbabwe)
• Wayne Black - (Zimbabwe) - doubles specialist
• Mahesh Bhupathi (1974-) - (India) - doubles specialist
• Jonas Bj?an (1972-) - (Sweden) - doubles specialist
• Arnaud Boetsch (1968-) - (France)
• Bj?Borg (1956-) - (Sweden)
• John Bromwich (1918-1999) - (Australia)
• Jean Borotra (1898-1994) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"
• Norman Brookes (1877-1967) - (Australia)
• Jacques Brugnon (1895-1978) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"
• Sergi Bruguera (1971-) - (Spain)
• Bob Bryan (1978-) - (United States) - doubles specialist
• Mike Bryan (1978) - (United States) - doubles specialist
• Earl "Butch" Buchholz (1940-) - (United States) - one of the "Handsome Eight"
• Don Budge (1915-2000) - (United States)

C

• Darren Cahill - (1965-) - (Australia)
• Oliver Campbell - (1871-1953) - (U.S.)
• [[Guillermo Ca񡳝] (1977-) - (Argentina)
• Pat Cash (1965-) - (Australia)
• Kent Carlsson (1968-) - (Sweden)
• Malcolm Chace (1975-1955) - (U.S.)
• Michael Chang (1972-) - (United States)
• Andrei Chesnokov - (1966-) - (USSR / Russia)
• Francisco Clavet (1968-) - (Spain)
• Arnaud Clement - (France)
• Jose-Luis Clerc - (Argentina)
• William Clothier - (1881-1962 - (U.S.)
• Henri Cochet (1901-1987) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"
• Grant Connell - (Canada) - doublist specialist
• Jimmy Connors (1952-) - (United States)
• Ashley Cooper (1936-) - (Australia)
• Guillermo Coria (1982-) - (Argentina)
• Alex Corretja (1974-) - (Spain)
• Albert Costa (1975-) - (Spain)
• Carlos Costa - (Spain)
• Jim Courier (1970-) - (United States)
• Mark Cox (1943-) - (Great Britain)
• Jack Crawford (1908-1991) - (Australia)
• Kevin Curren (1958-) - (South Africa/USA)

D & E

• Dwight Davis (1879-1945) - (USA)
• Scott Davis - (USA)
• Nikolay Davydenko (1981-) - (Russia)
• Phil Dent - (Australia)
• Taylor Dent - (USA)
• Steve Denton (1956-) - (USA)
• Eddie Dibbs - (USA)
• Cliff Drysdale (1941-) - (South Africa) - one of the "Handsome Eight"
• Pat Dupre (1954-) - (Belgium)
• Stefan Edberg (1966-) - (Sweden)
• Younes El Aynaoui - (Morocco)
• Jacco Eltingh - (Netherlands)
• Roy Emerson (1936-) - (Australia)
• Thomas Enqvist (1974-) - (Sweden)

F

• Roger Federer (1981-) - (Switzerland)
• Wayne Ferreira - (South Africa)
• Juan Carlos Ferrero (1980-) - (Spain)
• Wojtek Fibak (1952-) - (Poland)
• Ken Flach - (USA) - doubles specialist
• Peter Fleming - (United States)
• Guy Forget - (France)
• "Four Musketeers" - four French players of the 1920s and 1930s
• Neale Fraser - (Australia)

G

• Patrick Galbraith - (USA) - doubles specialist
• Gast󮠇audio (1978-) - (Argentina)
• Vitas Gerulaitis (1954-1994) - (United States)
• Brad Gilbert (1961-) - (United States)
• Tom Gorman - (United States)
• Brian Gottfried - (United States)
• Andr鳠G󭥺 (1960-) - (Ecuador)
• Fernando Gonzᬥz (1980-) - (Chile)
• Pancho Gonzales (1928-1995) - (United States)
• Spencer Gore - (England) first Wimbledon (1877) winner
• Jim Grabb - (USA) - doubles specialist
• Sebastien Grosjean (1978-)- (France)
• Hans Gildemeister - (Chile)
• Istvan Gulyas (1931-) - (Hungary)
• Magnus Gustafsson - (Sweden)

H

• Tommy Haas (1978-) - (Germany)
• Harold Hackett (1878-1937) (U.S.)
• "Handsome Eight" - eight WTC professional players of the 1960s
• Paul Haarhuis - (Netherlands)
• Tim Henman (1974-) - (Great Britain)
• Bob Hewitt (1940-) - (Australia / South Africa)
• Lleyton Hewitt (1981-) - (Australia)
• Jose Higueras (1953-) - (Spain)
• Jakob Hlasek - (Switzerland)
• Lew Hoad (1934-1994) - (Australia)
• Fred Hovey (1868-1945) - (U.S.)
• [[Dominik Hrbat?(Slovakia)
• Joe Hunt - (1919-1944) - (U.S.)
• Frank Hunter - (1894-1981 - (U.S.)

I, J

• Goran Ivanisevic (1971-) - (Croatia)
• Martin Jaite - (Argentina)
• Francois Jauffret - (France)
• Anders Jarryd - (Sweden)
• Joachim Johansson (1982-) - (Sweden)
• Thomas Johansson (1975-) - (Sweden)
• "Little Bill" Johnston - (United States)
• Donald Johnson - (USA) - doubles specialist
• Kelly Jones - (USA) - doubles specialist

K

• Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1974-) - (Russia)
• Nicolas Kiefer (1977-) - (Germany)
• Billy Knight (1935-) - (Britain)
• Mark Knowles - (Bahamas) - doublist specialist
• Jan Kodes (1946-) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Petr Korda (1968-) - (Czech Republic)
• Richard Krajicek (1971-) - (Netherlands)
• Jack Kramer (1921-) - (United States)
• Aaron Krickstein - (United States)
• Johan Kriek - (South Africa/USA)
• Ramanathan Krishnan - (India)
• Ramesh Krishnan - (India)
• Gustavo Kuerten (1976-) - (Brazil)
• Karol Kucera - (1974-) - (Czechoslovakia/Slovakia)

L

• Ren頌acoste (1904-1996) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"
• Nicolas Lapentti - (Ecuador)
• Magnus Larsson (1970-) - (Sweden)
• William Larned (1872-1926) - (U.S.)
• Art Larsen (1925-) - (U.S.)
• Rod Laver (1938-) - (Australia)
• Rick Leach - (USA) - doubles specialist
• Henri Leconte (1963-) - (France)
• Ivan Lendl (1960-) - (Czechoslovakia/USA)
• Chris Lewis (1957-) - (New Zealand)
• Ivan Ljubicic - (Croatia)
• John Lloyd (1954-) - (Britain)
• George Lott (1906-1991) (U.S.)
• Bob Lutz (1949-) - (United States)
• Feliciano Lopez (1981-) - (Spain)

M

• Xavier Malisse (1980-) - (Belgium)
• Gene Mako (1916) - (U.S.)
• Amos Mansdorf - (Israel)
• Alberto Mancini (1969-) - (Argentina)
• Felix Mantilla - (Spain)
• Todd Martin - (United States)
• [[Nicol᳠Mass?1979-) - (Chile)
• Wally Masur - (Australia)
• Shuzo Matsuoka (1960-) - (Japan)
• Gene Mayer - (United States)
• Sandy Mayer - (United States)
• Tim Mayotte (1960-) - (United States)
• John McEnroe (1959-) - (United States)
• Patrick McEnroe (1966-) - (United States)
• Peter McNamara - (Australia)
• Ken McGregor (1929-) - (Australia)
• Chuck McKinley (1941-1986) - (U.S.)
• Maurice McLoughlin (1890-1957 - (U.S.)
• Paul McNamee - (Australia)
• Don McNeill - (1918-1996) - (U.S.)
• Frew McMillan - (South Africa)
• Miloslav Mecir (1964-) - (Czechoslovakia [Slovak])
• Andrei Medvedev - (USSR/Ukraine)
• Alex Metreveli - (USSR)
• Max Mirnyi - (Belarus) - doubles specialist
• Buster C. Mottram (1955-) - (Great Britian)
• [[Carlos Moy? (1976-) - (Spain)
• Gardnar Mulloy (1913-) (U.S.)
• Robert Murray (1982-1970) (U.S.)
• Thomas Muster (1967-) - (Austria)

N

• Rafael Nadal - (Spain)
• David Nalbandian (1982-) - (Argentina)
• Ilie Nastase (1946-) - (Romania)
• Daniel Nestor - (Canada) - doublist specialist
• John Newcombe (1944-) - (Australia) - one of the "Ugly Eight"
• Yannick Noah (1960-) - (France
• Magnus Norman (1976-) - (Sweden)
• Karel Novacek - (Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic)
• Jiri Novak (1975-) - (Czech Republic)
• Hans Nusslein - (Germany)
• Joakim Nystrom (1963-) - (Sweden)

O & P

• Alex O'Brien - (USA) - doubles specialist
• Tom Okker - (Netherlands)
• Alex Olmedo - (1936-) - (Peru / U.S.)
• Manuel Orantes (1949-) - (Spain)
• Rafael Osuna (1938-1969) - (Mexico)
• Adriano Panatta (1950-) - (Italy)
• Leander Paes (1973-) - (India) - doubles specialist
• Jared Palmer - (USA) - doubles specialist
• Onny Parun - (New Zealand)
• David Pate - (United States)
• Andrei Pavel - (Romania)
• Victor Pecci (1955-) - (Paraguay)
• Guillermo Perez-Roldan (1969-) - (Argentina)
• Mikael Pernfors - (Sweden)
• Fred Perry (1909-1995) - (England)
• Mark Philippoussis (1976-) - (Australia)
• Nicola Pietrangeli (1933-) - (Italy)
• Nikki Pilic - (Yugoslavia) - one of the "Handsome Eight"
• Jim Pugh - (USA) - doubles specialist

R

• Patrick Rafter (1972-) - (Australia)
• Dennis Ralston - (United States) - one of the "Handsome Eight"
• Raul Ramirez (1953-) - (Mexico)
• Richey Reneberg - (U.S.)
• Ernest Renshaw (1861-1899) - (England)
• William Renshaw (1861-1904) - (England)
• Cliff Richey - (U.S.)
• Bobby Riggs (1918-1995) - (United States)
• Marty Riessen - (United States)
• Marcelo R� (1975-) - (Chile)
• Tommy Robredo - (Spain)
• Tony Roche (1945-) - (Australia) - one of the "Handsome Eight"
• Olivier Rochus (1981-) - (Belgium)
• Andy Roddick (1982-) - (United States)
• Ken Rosewall (1934-) - (Australia)
• Marc Rosset (1970-) - (Switzerland)
• Derrick Rostagno - (U.S.)
• Greg Rusedski (1973-) - (Canada/Britain)

S

• John Sadri - (U.S.)
• Marat Safin (1980-) - (Russia)
• Pete Sampras (1971-) - (United States)
• Emilio Sᮣhez - (Spain)
• Javier Sᮣhez - (Spain)
• Manuel Santana (1938-) - (Spain)
• Bill Scanlon - (U.S.)
• Sjeng Schalken (1976-) - (Netherlands)
• Rainer Sch? (1976-) - (Germany)
• Frank Sedgman (1927-) - (Australia)
• Pancho Segura (1921-) - (Ecuador/United States)
• Robert Seguso - (USA) - doubles specialist
• Jan Siemerink - (The Netherlands)
• Tomas Smid - (Czechoslovakia / U.S.)
• Stan Smith (1946-) - (United States)
• Harold Solomon - (United States)
• Vince(nt) Spadea - (U.S.)
• Franco Squillari
• Paradorn Srichaphan (1979-) - (Thailand)
• Johnathan Stark - (USA) - doubles specialist
• Radek Stepanek - (Czech Republic)
• Dick Stockton - (United States)
• Jason Stoltenberg - (Australia)
• Eric Sturgess - (South Africa)
• Michael Stich (1968-) - (Germany)
• Cyril Suk (1967-) - (Czech Republic)
• Henrik Sundstrom - (Sweden)
• Jonas Svensson - (Sweden)

T - Z

• Roscoe Tanner - (United States)
• Balazs Taroczy - (Hungary)
• Roger Taylor (1941-) - (Britain) - one of the "Handsome Eight"
• Brian Teacher - (U.S.)
• Eliot Teltscher - (United States)
• Bill Tilden (1893-1953) - (United States)
• Ion Tiriac - (Romania)
• Tony Trabert - (United States)
• Torben Ulrich - (1928-) - (Denmark); father of Metallica member Lars Ulrich
• Kevin Ullyet - (Zimbabwe) - doubles specialist
• Christo Van Rensburg - (RSA) - doubles specialist
• Martin Verkerk (1978-) - (Netherlands)
• Guillermo Vilas (1952-) - (Argentina)
• Danie Visser - (RSA) - doubles specialist
• Alexander Volkov - (Russia)
• Gottfried von Cramm (1909-1976) - (Germany)
• MaliVai Washington - (United States)
• David Wheaton - (United States)
• Mats Wilander (1964-) - (Sweden)
• Tony Wilding (1883-1915) - (New Zealand/Britain)
• Todd Woodbridge (1971-) - (Australia) - one of "The Woodies"
• Mark Woodforde (1965-) - (Australia) - one of "The Woodies"
• Mikhail Youzhny - (Russia)
• Jaime Yzaga - (Peru)
• Slobodan Zivojinovic - (Yugoslavia)

See also

• List of female tennis players
• List of tennis players
• List of sportsmen