Top 5 Legendary Players Who Changed Tennis

Tennis is a racquet sport that can be played individually (against a single opponent) or in pairs (each pair comprises two players) (doubles). Using a tennis racket with a cord strung, each player strikes a hollow rubber ball covered in felt over or into the court of the other team. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball so that it cannot be legally returned by the other team. If a player is unable to successfully return the ball, the other player will score a point.

In this article we will take a look at the top five famous wrestlers who revolutionized Tennis and significantly increased its value,

World’s Greatest Tennis Players

• Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic competes professionally. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) presently has him ranked as the No. 1 player in the world in men’s singles. He has held the top spot for a record-breaking 381 weeks, and he has finished the year as the No. 1 player a record-breaking seven times during the Open Era. He has amassed 93 singles victories on the men’s ATP Tour, including a record 66 Big Titles, a joint-record six Tour Finals, a record ten Australian Opens, a record 38 Masters, and a record 22 majors. Djokovic has achieved the non-calendar year Grand Slam in singles, making him the first person in tennis history to hold the titles of all four majors simultaneously on three distinct surfaces.

• Rafael Nadal

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal competes professionally. He is currently ranked as the world’s No. 14 singles player by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked number one for 209 weeks and 5 times at the end of the year. He also holds the record for the most weeks spent in the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings in a row (912 weeks), having never dropped out of the Top 10 between April 2005 and March 2023. Nadal has shared 22 Grand Slam men’s singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles. He has 36 Masters championships under his belt and 92 ATP singles victories, 63 of which were on clay. Only two men, including Nadal, have completed the singles Career Golden Slam. His 81 straight victories on clay represent the longest winning streak during the Open Era.

• Roger Federer

Roger Federer, a retired competitive tennis player, is Swiss-born. For the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), he held the number one slot in the world rankings for 310 weeks, along with a record 237 consecutive weeks and 5 times at the conclusion of the year. His 103 singles victories on the ATP Tour rank second all-time, and they include 20 major men’s singles titles, a record eight Wimbledon victories for men, a joint-record five US Open victories for men during the Open Period, and a record six year-end victories. He is considered as “the greatest and most successful Swiss athlete” in history in his native nation.

• Rod Laver

Australian retired tennis player Rod Laver. In the four years prior to and the three years following the beginning of the Open Era in 1968, In some sources in 1964, in all sources from 1965 to 1969, and in certain sources in 1970, Laver was the expert with the highest ranking. In addition, Lance Tingay and Ned Potter awarded him the top amateur ranking in the world in 1961 and 1962. Laver holds the record for the most singles victories in tennis history at 200. His performance—winning 10 or more trophies each year for seven years straight—set a record for men (1964–1970). He excelled on every court surface available during the period, including grass, clay, hard, carpet, and wood.

• Pete Sampras

Former No. 1 tennis player in the world Pete Sampras is American. One of the best tennis players of all time is considered to be Sampras. His professional career came to an end in the final match of the 2002 US Open, which he won by defeating his steadfast foe Andre Agassi. His career officially began in 1988. At the time of his retirement, Sampras held the record for most major singles titles with 14 at the end of his career. Among these victories were a shared Open Era record five US Open victories, two Australian Open victories, and a then-record seven Wimbledon titles. He won 64 solo championships in total.

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