Players

Andre Agassi

Agassi's performances, along with his unorthodox apparel and attitude, have seen him cited as one of the most charismatic players in the history of the game. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game.
Jimmy Arias

Arias served notice at age 11 that he was a player to be reckoned with. He won the City Tournament in his native Buffalo, N.Y., defeating seasoned players twice his age (and almost twice his size). Known for a punishing forehand and extraordinary mental toughness, Arias was one of the first graduates of the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy to make big waves on the pro circuit.
James Blake

James Blake began playing tennis as a member of the Harlem Junior Tennis Program at age 5. As a child, he had to overcome severe scoliosis which forced him to wear a back brace 18 hours a day. Blake, best known for his speed and powerful forehand, reached 3 Grand Slam quarterfinals and, in 2006, became the first African-American player since Arthur Ashe to reach the Top 10 in the ATP Rankings.
Bjorn Borg

During his remarkable pro career, Borg won a staggering 41% of Grand Slam singles tournaments he entered and 89.8% of the Grand Slam singles matches he played. Both are open era male records for an entire career. Borg won Wimbledon in 1976 without losing a set to became the youngest male Wimbledon champion of the modern era at 20 years and 1 month. He won his fifth consecutive singles title there in 1980 by defeating John McEnroe in a five sets. The match, which included the famous fourth-set tie break won by McEnroe 18 points to 16, is often cited as the best Wimbledon final ever played.
Sergi Bruguera

Sergi Bruguera ushered in the golden age of Spanish tennis in the early ‘90s. With precision groundstrokes and an extra dose of determination, Bruguera captured back-to-back French Open titles (in ’93 and '94) and launched the armada of classic clay courters, who invaded the Top 10 and dominated the clay court season.
Pat Cash

With his bold black-and-white checkered headband and a brash crash-and-volley attack Pat Cash served notice on the tennis establishment before he ever played a professional match. He was a brilliant junior player: The top junior in the world in '81 and junior champion at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in '82. As a pro, he captured the Wimbledon trophy in 1987 - a straight sets victory that he followed by clambering up the hallowed walls to the players box for an emotional celebration with his family, his girlfriend and his coach. It's a Wimbledon tradition that numerous champions have shared in the years since.
Michael Chang

Michael Chang first started playing the game at six years old. By age 15 he was beginning a string of firsts including: youngest player to win a main draw match at the U.S. Open, youngest Grand Slam champion ever (17 years, 3 months), youngest to rank in the Worlds Top 5 and the first player of Asian descent to crack the Top 10. His all-court game is built on speed and a tenacious service return.
Jimmy Connors

Connors, also known as "Jimbo", made his international debut in 1970. During his time of attending the University of California Los Angeles, he won the NCAA singles title in 1971. He then turned pro one year later in 1972. He is an American former World No. 1 tennis player.
Jim Courier

In the early 90s he dominated the men's professional tennis circuit with a game he fashioned out of grit, determination and a punishing insideout forehand. He was the first in his class - which included Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi - to hold the No. 1 world ranking. In 2005, Jim was elected for induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Stefan Edberg

Edberg demanded the world's attention as a junior in 1983 when he bacame the first player ever to achieve the "Junior Grand Slam", winning all four of the Grand Slam junior titles. As a professional, Edberg was a major proponent of the serve-and-volley and possesses one of the best one-hand backhands of all time. He went on to become one of the few players to reach all four Grand Slam finals, taking the titles in all but the clay courts of Roland Garros.
Thomas Enqvist

At 15, after an opportunity to play tennis with countryman Bjorn Borg, Thomas Enqvist went on to become the No. 1 Junior in the world in 1991, capturing the title at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and reaching the finals at the French Open. After turning pro in 1991, Enqvist reached the finals at the Australian Open, and was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team, helping them to their fourth consecutive Davis Cup finals in 1997.
Wayne Ferreira

Ferreira holds the record for the most consecutive Grand Slam appearances in men’s tennis. He played in 56 consecutive Grand Slams between 1991 and 2004, surpassing the previous record of 54 held by Stefan Edberg. In 1996 he became the first South African player to finish in the top 10 in consecutive years in the history of the ATP rankings and was also South Africa’s top ranked player from 1990-2000.
Juan Carlos Ferrero

Juan Carlos Ferrero is a former world no. 1 Spanish singles player, Davis Cup Champion, and French Open Champion. Ferrero was dominant on clay in the early 2000s, posting a 23-2 record at Rolland Garros from 2000-2003 and capturing ATP Maters 1000 titles in Rome (2001), Monte Carlo (2002) and Madrid (2003).
Mardy Fish

Mardy Fish is a former world no. 7 and U.S. number 1 singles player. He reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinals at the 2007 Australian Open, knocking off the 4th seed Ivan Ljubicic before losing to Andy Roddick. Fish reached 3 Grand Slam quarterfinals, the 2004 Olympic final and won 14 career ATP titles.
Robby Ginepri

Robby Ginepri is a former world No. 15 singles player. His best Grand Slam result came at the 2005 US Open, where Ginepri became the first player in the open era to play four consecutive five set matches, defeating Tommy Haas, Richard Gasquet and Guillermo Coria in consecutive five-set matches before falling to Andre Agassi in a five-set semifinal.
Paul Haarhuis

He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Jacco Eltingh, winning five Grand Slam titles together. Haarhuis also won his sixth Grand Slam doubles title at the French Open with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
Tommy Haas

Tommy Haas began playing tennis in Hamburg, Germany at age 4 before moving to Florida at age 11 to attend Nick Bollettieri Academy. Known for his powerful baseline game, Haas turned professional in 1996 and had immediate success. He reached the quarter-finals in his first ATP Tour event, falling to Pete Sampras, and achieved the World No. 2 Ranking in 2002. Haas went on to reach the quarter-finals at each of the Grand Slams and reached the semis at Wimbledon (2009) and three times in Australia (1999, 2002, 2007).
Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt was the youngest man to achieve the world No. 1 ranking in 2001 at the age of 20, buoyed by his upset win over Pete Sampras in the U.S. Open final. The following year, he won the Wimbledon singles title defeating David Nalbandian in the final. He lead Australia to the Davis Cup title in 1999 and 2003 and currently serves as the Australian team captain.
Goran Ivanisevic

Three times between 1992 and 1998 he rode one of the world's most overpowering serves all the way to Wimbledon finals only to come up tantalizingly short of the title. Then, in 2001, with a suspect shoulder and ranking outside the world's Top 100, he needed a wildcard just to walk onto the grounds at the All-England Club. He got his wildcard entry into the event and - after a thrilling five-set final victory against Patrick Rafter - he exited a Wimbledon Champion.
Anders Jarryd

Jarryd was a dominating force on the ATP Tour in both singles and doubles for almost two decades. During his illustrious career he captured 8 singles titles and 59 doubles titles, including 8 Grand Slam doubles titles. Jarryd also won the Davis Cup, reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Yevgeny Kafelnikov is a Former world No. 1 singles player, Olympic Gold Medalist and Russia’s first-ever major singles champion. In 1996 Kafelnikov captured the French Open singles and doubles titles, making him the last ATP player to win both the singles and doubles title at the same Grand Slam in the same year.
Petr Korda

Petr Korda's incredible natural talent is evident as soon as he steps on the court. A lanky lefty with smooth and powerful groundstrokes hit with amazing precision and grace, he is reminiscent of a young Laver. His slight frame 6'3 and only 160 lbs. makes all this power and shot-making even more remarkable. Korda's crowning achievement was his Australian Open title in 1998. He also won the doubles there in '96. Little wonder he considers Melbourne his favorite Grand Slam venue.
Richard Krajicek

Richard Krajicek's blazing serve and aggressive net play made an almost immediate impact when he joined the ATP tour at age 18. Krajicek's game was perfect for Wimbledon, and in 1996 he had a dream fortnight. He toppled defending champion Pete Sampras in the quarterfinals and went on to become the first Dutchman to ever win a major. That victory made Krajicek the only player to defeat Sampras during his incredible 8-year run at Wimbledon. Now married with children and residing in his native Netherland, Richard plays competitively on the Champions circuit and also is the tournament director for the ABN Amro ATP event in Rotterdam.
Aaron Krickstein

Krickstein was one of the most highly decorated junior champions in the history of U.S. tennis. He turned his amazing junior career into a remarkable pro career highlighted by five years in the world's Top 10 over the course of his 13 years on Tour. He is best known for being one of the most tenacious players ever, winning 28 times in five-set matches (11 times from two sets down). He still holds two records on the ATP Tour: He is the youngest player to win on Tour at age 16 and the youngest to reach the world Top 10 ... at age 17.
Magnus Larsson

A superstar standout in Davis Cup action, Magnus competed on Sweden’s championship Davis Cup teams twice; defeating Russia in 1994 and the United States in 1997. With solid groundstrokes and a punishing serve, Larsson was a steady force to be reckoned with throughout his career on the ATP tour. His final career title before retirement was Memphis in 2000.
Ivan Lendl

Lendl was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. Lendl's game relied particularly on strength and heavy topspin from the baseline and helped usher in the modern era of "power tennis". He himself described his game as "hitting hot", a relentless all-court game that was coming to dominate in tennis.
Todd Martin

Martin is one of the best ambassadors that tennis has ever known. His stellar career on Tour was highlighted by two Grand Slam finals and an 11-8 Davis Cup record over 16 ties. However, the lasting impression Todd walked away from the game with is an abiding respect for the sport as well as from his fellow competitors. In 1994 Todd was recognized by his peers with the Tour Sportmanship Award for the second consecutive year.
John McEnroe

McEnroe burst onto the international tennis scene while still a student at Stanford University. In 1977 he broke through from the qualifying rounds to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. He turned pro the following year.
Fernando Meligeni

As a stalwart of the Brazilian Davis Cup team, Fernando Meligeni raised the profile for men's tennis in Brazil, eventually captaining the Davis Cup team. Finishing 10 years in the top 100, Meligeni reached a career high ATP ranking of 25, and was a semifinalist at the 1999 French Open. He came closer to an Olympic medal than any other Brazilian player, finishing in 4th place at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games.
Thomas Muster

Undoubtedly one of the best clay court players the game of tennis has ever known, Thomas Muster has been named the "King of Clay." His unwavering determination, unforgiving left-handed topspin forehand, and superior fitness level landed him 44 ATP Tour career singles titles.
Karel Novacek

Novacek first picked up a racquet at age 6, two years after he began playing ice hockey. Although no one in the family played tennis, Karel had a natural gift, turning pro in 1984. Novacek posted the most significant results of his career at the U.S. Open, where he reached the singles semifinals in 1994, and the doubles finals in 1993.
Mikael Pernfors

Pernfors was the only player in the history of NCAA tennis to win back-to-back singles championships. The titles came in 1984 and '85 and in that second year he led his Georgia squad to the team championship as well.
Mark Philippoussis

Mark Philippoussis is a former world No. 8 singles player. At age 19, he became the youngest player to finish inside the top 50. Philippoussis reached the US Open final in 1998 and the Wimbledon final in 2003. He also won two Davis Cup titles with Australia in 1999 and 2003.
Cedric Pioline

With his consistent game, Pioline is one of only a few players to achieve titles on all four playing surfaces. With bold groundstrokes, incorporating power and topspin, he was one of the most dominant French players of all time. Hailing from an athletic family, his parents met while playing volleyball and his mother played for the Romanian national team. Pioline's resume includes reaching the finals of the US Open in 1993 and Wimbledon in 1997, followed by a semi-final finish in the French Open in 1998.
Patrick Rafter

After picking up his first racquet at age 5, he played against his father and 3 older brothers, enjoying the older and tougher competition. At age 19, he embarked upon a Hall of Fame professional career that was highlighted by four trips to Grand Slam finals including 2 US Open titles and 2 Wimbledon plates. Hailed in his native country, he was named the 2002 Australian of the Year.
Andy Roddick

Andy Roddick was the top American tennis player for nearly a decade. He finished nine consecutive seasons in the Top 10 in the ATP rankings and reached No.1 in the rankings in 2003. Roddick, best known for his powerful serve, won the 2003 U.S. Open and reached 4 other Grand Slam Finals.
Marat Safin

Regarded as a star of the future when he was named ATP Newcomer of the Year in 1998 and ATP Most Improved Player of Year in 2000, Marat Safin went on to achieve the World No.1 ranking in 2000. Famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court, Safin was one of the most colorful players on the tour. He is the older brother of WTA player Dinara Safina and they are the first brother-sister tandem in tennis history to both achieve No.1 rankings.
Pete Sampras

Sampras, regarded as the consummate champion, played his best tennis when the stakes where the highest. He first achieved the world No. 1 ranking in 1993 and retained the year-end No.1 ranking for six consecutive years (1993-98). Sampras became the first man to win 14 Grand Slam Singles Championships, winning 14 of his 18 Grand Slam Finals appearances.
MaliVai Washington

A fiercely competitive, all-court player, MaliVai Washington reveled in going head-to-head with the best players of his era. After finishing his sophomore year at the University of Michigan as the best college player in the country, Washington turned pro. In 1996, he reached the final at Wimbledon. In an espn.com interview, he said he enjoyed playing opponents where "I knew that even if I played my best, it might not be enough, that physically and mentally I had to be on my game...I loved playing Pete Sampras, even though every time we played, he whipped my butt.."
Mats Wilander

One of the preeminent players from the golden era of Swedish tennis, Wilander imposed his will from the baseline with punishing groundstrokes and tactical precision. His initial success came on the red clay at Roland Garros, where he won his first Grand Slam, but he adapted his game to win on all surfaces - even Wimbledon, where he won his only Slam title in doubles.