- Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the top-ranked American player and fourth-ranked player in the world as of July 2007. He finished sixth in the 2006 ATP Race. He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 U.S. Open. He has reached three other Grand Slam finals, losing to Roger Federer each time. Roddick is known for his fast serves and forehands.
- Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko ; born June 2, 1981 in Severodonezk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is currently the number one ranked Russian male tennis player, fifth in the world, and the winner of ten ATP singles titles. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semi-finals at the 2005 Roland Garros, 2006 US Open and again at the 2007 French Open.
- Pete Sampras
Peter “Pete” Sampras, is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15 year career he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances. For six consecutive years Sampras finished as No. 1 on the ATP rankings, a record for the open era and tying him for third all-time. Sampras won the singles title at Wimbledon seven times, a record shared with William Renshaw. He also won five singles titles at the US Open, …
- James Blake
James Riley Blake (born December 28, 1979 in Yonkers, New York, United States) is an American professional tennis player and is currently the 9th ranked player in the world (8th in the ATP Race points). He is the second-ranked American player behind Andy Roddick. Blake is known for his speed and powerful forehand. In 2006 he reached the final of the Tennis Masters Cup but lost to World No. 1 Roger Federer in three sets.
- Jack Kramer
John Albert Kramer (born August 1, 1921, in Las Vegas, Nevada) was a champion U.S. tennis player of the 1940s. A World No. 1 player for a number of years, he is a possible candidate for the title of the greatest tennis player of all time. He was also, for many years, the leading promoter of the professional tennis tours and a relentless advocate for the establishment of Open tennis between amateur and professional players.
- Marcos Baghdatis
Marcos Baghdatis born 17 June 1985, Limassol, Cyprus) is a Greek Cypriot professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. As of July 9, 2007, he is ranked No. 18 on the ATP rankings.
- Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Santoro (born December 9, 1972) is a French professional male tennis player. He was born in Tahiti, the largest island in the French Polynesia, located in the Pacific Ocean. He has been most successful in doubles; he has twice won the Australian Open (2003, 2004) doubles title partnering Michael Llodra and has been runner-up at the Australian Open (2002), at the French Open (2004) and at Wimbledon (2006).
- Xavier Malisse
Xavier Malisse (born July 19 1980) is a Belgian tennis player known mostly for his enormous right-handed forehand, great power and bad temper. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, Malisse is considered the biggest Belgian tennis talent on the ATP tour. Malisse was at one time romantically linked to former world number one female tennis player Jennifer Capriati.
- Michael Chang
Michael Te-Pei Chang (張德培; Pinyin: Zhāng Dépéi; born February 22 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA) is an American former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for becoming the youngest-ever male winner of a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17. Utilizing tremendous speed and strong determination, …
- Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Nieminen (born July 23, 1981 in Masku, Finland) is a professional tennis player from Finland. Nieminen is ranked World No. 21 in the ATP Rankings published on June 18, 2007. He has won one ATP singles title in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals of the 2005 U.S. Open and the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. Arguably Finland's best ever player, Nieminen is the highest ranked Finn ever, …
- Potito Starace
Potito Starace (born July 14, 1981 in Benevento) is a professional tennis player from Italy on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 44th on July 16, 2007. He is currently 44th in the ATP rankings. One of his most memorable parts of Starace's career was when he made the men's doubles quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open with Alberto Martin. They defeated eighth-seeded Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry along the way, …
- Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela (born August 30, 1979, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina, and his strongest surface is slow hardcourt, but like all Argentine players he is comfortable on the clay. Chela was suspended by the ATP in 2001 for 3 months and US$ 8,000 for the use of Methyltestosterone during the Cincinnati Masters. On August 9, 2004 he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 15. On January 19, 2006, …
- Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber (born October 16, 1983 in Augsburg) is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The righthander won one doubles title (2005, Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City) so far. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on June 18, 2007, when he became the number 28 of the world. He achieved his greatest result at a Masters event during the 2007 Monte Carlo Masters event, when he reached the quarterfinals after going through qualifying, …
- Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker (born June 16, 1981 in Merzig, Saarland, Germany) is a professional tennis player. Becker is not related to former "World No. 1" Boris Becker. He won the 2004 NCAA singles title while helping Baylor University to the team title. In June 2006, he qualified for Wimbledon and defeated Juan Ignacio Chela before losing in the second round to Fernando Verdasco.
- Bob Bryan
Robert ("Bob") Charles Bryan (born on April 29, 1978 in Camarillo, California) is an American male professional tennis player. Bob stands 6'4" tall, weighs 202 lbs, and plays left handed. He turned Pro in 1998. He played for Stanford University in 1997 and 1998, where he helped the Cardinal win back-to-back NCAA team championships. In 1998, he won the 'Triple Crown' by taking the NCAA singles, doubles (with his twin brother Mike) and team titles.
- Ilie Năstase
Ilie Năstase is a former Romanian professional tennis player and one of the top players of the 1970s. Năstase was the World No. 1 in 1973 according to the Association of Tennis Professionals computer rankings, which placed him first from August 23, 1973, to June 2, 1974.
- Mike Bryan
Michael ("Mike") Carl Bryan (born April 29, 1978 in Camarillo, California) is an American male professional tennis player. Mike stands 6'3" tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned pro in 1998. He played for Stanford University in 1997 and 1998, where he helped the Cardinal win back-to-back NCAA team championships. In 1998, he won the NCAA doubles title with his twin brother Bob. Together with his twin brother Bob he has been very successful in doubles.
- Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson is a professional tennis player. He joined the pro tour for the first time in 1994 and has won 9 top-level singles titles and 1 doubles title, including the 1999 Canada Masters (df. Yevgeny Kafelnikov) and the 2002 Australian Open Grand Slam championship, which he unexpectedly won (on his 25th attempt at winning a Grand Slam title) after defeating his heavily favored opponent, Marat Safin, in four sets, 3-6 6-4 6-4 7-6.
- Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. At the 2007 Queen's Club Championships, Mahut defeated both fifth-seed Ivan Ljubičić and top-seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets, and on the same day, to reach the semi-finals, …
- Albert Costa
Albert Costa Casals (born June 25 1975, in Lleida) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002. Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. He first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1993, he reached the French Open junior final and won the Orange Bowl.
- Paradorn Srichaphan
Paradorn Srichaphan is a tennis player from Thailand. He is the highest ranked player from Thailand in history, reaching a career high World No. 9. His nickname is "Ball". He is currently 84th in the ATP rankings.
- Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde (born September 23, 1965) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. He is most famously remembered as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge. Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joined the men's professional tennis ATP Tour in 1984. Woodforde won four singles titles, including his hometown Adelaide tournament twice. Woodforde won twelve Grand Slam doubles titles in his career - one French Open, …
- Hamilton Jordan
William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan (born September 21, 1944) served as White House Chief of Staff in 1979 - 1980 and was a key advisor and strategist for President Jimmy Carter. Jordan was born in Charlotte, Georgia, in 1944 and raised in Albany, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and graduated with an A.B. in Political Science in 1967. In 1986, he ran for the Democratic nomination for one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate.
- Tom Okker
Tom Okker (born February 22 1944, in the Netherlands), nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tom the Twitch", is a former Dutch tennis player. Okker was ranked (ATP) among the World's Top 10 Singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968 thru 1974. He reached # 3 in singles in 1969 (ATP rankings began in 1968.) In 1969 he was ranked # 1 in doubles.
- Frank Dancevic
Frank Dancevic (born 26 September 1984 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a professional touring and Canadian Davis Cup tennis player. He is currently the country's top singles player at 107 in the ATP Rankings and 101 in the 2007 ATP Race.
- Jan-Michael Gambill
Jan-Michael Charles Gambill (born June 3, 1977 in Spokane, Washington, USA) is an American tennis player, who made his professional debut in 1996. He's best known for his unusual double-handed forehand. At just 5 years old, Gambill began playing tennis, looking up to tennis stars Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe. He currently lives in Hawaii. Jan-Michael Gambill is coached by his father Chuck Gambill, who also coaches Jan-Michael's younger brother Torrey Gambill.
- Carlos Berlocq
Carlos Alberto Berlocq (born March 2 , 1983 in Chascomus) is an Argentine professional male tennis player. He is nicknamed "Charly". Berlocq's favourite surface is clay and he is currently coached by Jorge Gerosi. Berlocq started playing tennis at the age of four and has had his success on the ATP Futures and Challenger circuits. In 2004 he made six consecutive finals in the Futures events, winning three of them, two finals each in Argentina, France and Slovenia.
- Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden, who played on the ATP circuit since turning pro in 1991. He announced his retirement from tennis in April, 2006. He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 (which he attained in 1999) on the ATP Rankings. Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team.
- Aaron Krickstein
Aaron Krickstein (born August 2, 1967, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American former professional tennis player on the ATP Tour who competed from 1983 to 1996. He currently competes on the Outback Champions Series Over-30 tour. Krickstein reached his career high ATP ranking of World # 6, on February 26, 1990.
- Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer (born October 5, 1983) is a professional male tennis player from Germany. On September 27, 2004 Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking: World No. 33. As of July 09, 2007, he is ranked No. 35 in the world, and is the No. 3 ranked German player, behind Tommy Haas and Philipp Kohlschreiber. He has reached two ATP singles finals in his career: 2005 and 2006 Sopot (lost to Gael Monfils of France and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, …
- Marcelo Ríos
Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga is a former world number one tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed "El Chino" ("The Chinese") and "El zurdo de Vitacura" ("The lefty of Vitacura"), he became the first Hispanic player to reach the number one position on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles rankings in 1998. He also held the number one ranking in juniors and seniors.
- Jan Hernych
Jan Hernych is a professional male tennis player from Czech Republic. Born in Prague, he turned pro in 1998 and achieved his highest ranking (60) on July 4, 2005. He is currently 97th in the ATP rankings. In 2006 he contested his first final on the Tour, losing to Mario Ančić in a tournament on grass in the Netherlands.
- Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman (born March 23, 1972, Alvesta, Sweden) is a Swedish professional male tennis player and former World No. 4 in singles and World No. 1 in doubles. He is as of the 2006 season the oldest player in the ATP Top 100 (singles).
- Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Ignacio 'Willy' Cañas is an Argentine professional tennis player. He was born in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. His highest singles ranking was 8th (June 2005). Canas plays a defensive counter-punching game from the baseline, and utilises his retrieving skills in order to frustrate opponents. He uses a two-handed backhand and his favourite surface is clay, but he is adept on hardcourt and grass too.
- Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien René Grosjean (born May 29, 1978, Marseille, France) is a professional tennis player from France. He currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, where he trains at the Evert tennis academy. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 (achieved on October 28, 2002).
- Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 3, and his current Entry list ranking is No. 13 (as of June 2007). Tall and powerfully built, he is noted for his strong serve and has achieved his best results in indoor tournaments played on carpet or hardcourt. He uses a one-handed backhand and often plays from the baseline. Ljubičić is using the Head Microgel Extreme Pro Racquet, …
- Butch Buchholz
Earl "Butch" Buchholz, Jr., (born September 16 1940, in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who was one of the game's top players in the late-1950s and early-1960s. Buchholz won the boy's singles title at Wimbledon and Roland Garros in 1958, and at the Australian Championships in 1959. Buchholz was ranked the World No. 5 player in 1960, and was ranked four times in the US Top 10.
- Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Gaudio, is a professional tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 5 in 2005. Gaudio is one of the most unpredictable players in the modern game, as he is capable of spectacular shotmaking especially with his outstanding single hand backhand and clever dropshots and within a short timeframe can self-destruct, …
- Kristian Pless
Kristian Peter Pless is a professional male tennis player from Denmark. In 1999, he won the Australian Open for juniors (defeated Mikhail Youzhny), and reached the junior finals at Wimbledon (lost to Jürgen Melzer), and the US Open (lost to Jarkko Nieminen). He finished 1999 as the no. 1 ranked junior player in the world. He turned professional in 1999, and on January 28, 2002, Kristian Pless reached his career-high ATP singles ranking: World No. 65.
- Vince Spadea
Vincent Spadea (born July 4, 1974 in Chicago) is an ATP Tour professional tennis player from the United States. Spadea turned professional in 1993. Going into the 2006 season, he has won one singles and three doubles titles and over $4,105,000 in prize money. He is credited with overcoming the longest losing streak in pro tennis history (21 matches). Working hard on the challenger circuit after his fall, …