- Roger Federer
Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss tennis professional, currently ranked World No. 1. Many experts and many of his own tennis peers believe Federer may be the best player in the history of the game. Federer has won eleven Grand Slam men's singles titles in 33 appearances (all eleven coming in a record 17 consecutive appearances), three Tennis Masters Cup titles, and 13 ATP Masters Series titles.
- Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams, (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player who has won eight Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles.. She is the last player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slams at the same time. In 2005, "Tennis" magazine ranked her as the 17th-best player of the preceding forty years. She is the younger sister of another former world no.
- Marat Safin
Marat Safin ; b. January 27, 1980) is a Russian former World No. 1 tennis player of Tatar ethnicity. Safin began his professional career in 1997 and held the No. 1 world ranking for 9 weeks in November and December of 2000. He is known for his large physical size, athleticism, controversial antics, and aggressive "power" style of play. He is fluent in Russian, English and Spanish.
- Venus Williams
Venus Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California) is an American professional tennis player. As of July 2007, she is the reigning Wimbledon ladies' singles champion. She was formerly ranked as the World No. 1 tennis player. Venus has won the Olympic gold medal in women's tennis and 14 Grand Slam titles, including six singles (four at Wimbledon), six women's doubles, and two mixed doubles titles. Williams is the older sister of fellow former World No.
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (Cyrillic: ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. She is currently the fourth ranked women's player in the world.
- Justine Henin
Justine Henin; (born June 1, 1982 in Liège) is a Belgian professional tennis player from the Walloon region of Belgium. She is the current World No. 1. She has won six Grand Slam singles titles, including four French Open singles titles (four of the last five and the last three, consecutively). She also has won a WTA Tour Championships singles title and the singles gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- 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.
- Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional female tennis champion. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments: the 1998 U.S. Open, 1999 Wimbledon, and the 2000 Australian Open. She also won an Olympic gold medal in singles in 1996. Davenport has earned over US $21 million in prize money.
- Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a former World No. 1 Swiss tennis player. Known as the "Swiss Miss", she has won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, and one US Open). She has also won nine Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar year Grand Slam in 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. She spent a total of 209 weeks as World No.
- 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, …
- Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is one of only five male players to have won all four Grand Slam singles events during his career. He is the only player in the open era to have won every Grand Slam singles title, to have won the Tennis Masters Cup, …
- Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie is a Chinese professional female tennis player. She was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. She made her WTA rankings debut in 2000. She turned professional in 2003 and ended the year for the first time in the top 100. Zheng has won three career WTA singles titles: Hobart 2005, Estoril 2006 and Nordea Nordic Light 2006. In addition, she has won seven WTA doubles titles, all with Yan Zi: Hobart and Hyderabad (both 2005), …
- 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).
- Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce (born on January 15, 1975, in Montreal, Canada) is a French-American women's professional tennis player on the WTA and one of the leading women in professional sports with multiple "Grand Slam" tennis championships to her name. She has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles. Pierce plays for France. During her long career, she has reached six Grand Slam singles finals, including the 2005 U.S. Open.
- Rod Laver
Rodney George ("Rod") Laver MBE (born August 9 1938, in Rockhampton, Australia) is a former tennis player from Australia who was the World No. 1 player for up to 7 consecutive years. More famously, he is the only player in tennis history to have twice won all four of tennis' Grand Slam singles titles in the same year—first as an amateur in 1962, and then again as a professional in 1969, and the only male player in the open era to have achieved a calendar Grand Slam.
- Lisa Raymond
Lisa Raymond is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the #1 spot in the world in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was 15, in October 1997. Raymond has earned over 7 million dollars in prize money in her career, and reached the quarterfinals in singles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon. Raymond, who plays right-handed, has wins over Venus Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Monica Seles and Martina Hingis.
- Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Marie Capriati (born March 29, 1976, in New York City) is a former world number one women's tennis player from the United States. During her career, she has won three Grand Slam singles titles (2 Australian Open, 1 French Open), as well as the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.
- Alicia Molik
Alicia Molik (born January 27, 1981) is a professional female tennis player from Australia. Molik was born in Adelaide, Australia, and currently lives in Melbourne. She attended Our Lady of Perpetual Succour West Pymble, before completing her schooling in Adelaide.
- Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur (born March 30, 1984 in Brisbane, Australia) is a professional tennis player from Australia. She is currently world No. 1 on WTA Tour in doubles, together with Lisa Raymond from the USA.
- Monica Seles
I read two books (biographies) about Monica Seles . I suggest you to read Monica's official biography, Monica Seles : From Fear to Victory . Nancy Ann Richardson is the author of this book. Richardson wrote the book with the help of Monica, her friends and her family. The other book, Return of a Champion ; The Monica Seles Story , is from Joseph Layden . Here is my version of Monica's story.
- Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker (born November 22 1967) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17. Since he retired from the professional tour, media work and colourful aspects of his personal life have kept him in the headlines.
- Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf (born June 14, 1969, in Mannheim, West Germany) is a former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player from Germany. Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Smith Court's 24. In December 1999, Graf was named the greatest female tennis player of the 20th century by a panel of experts assembled by the Associated Press.
- Yan Zi
Yan Zi (晏紫), born November 12, 1984 in Sichuan, is a professional female tennis player from the People's Republic of China. In 2005, she won her first WTA Tour singles title. Currently, Yan Zi is one of the highest ranked Chinese Women's Doubles players at the rank of 4 with her partner Jie Zheng one place ahead of her at 3. In Women's Singles, …
- Virginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain. She has won three career singles titles but that's not the area where she has been most successful. In doubles, she has won 34 titles, including eight Grand Slam titles (all partnering Paola Suárez of Argentina) Between 2002 and 2004 Virginia and Paola reached nine consecutive Grand Slam finals (won five, …
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (born 18 February, 1974;, "yev-GHE-neey KAH-fill-nee-coff") is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. During his career, he won two Grand Slam singles titles (one French Open and one Australian Open), four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles Gold Medal at the Olympic Games
- Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander (born August 22 1964) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden who won seven Grand Slam singles titles and one Grand Slam doubles title. He is particularly remembered for winning three of the four Grand Slam singles events in 1988, his most successful year on the tour. He was also a driving force behind Sweden's run of seven consecutive Davis Cup finals in the 1980s.
- 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.
- Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World No. 1 woman tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book "The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century", named her as the second best female player of the 20th century, directly behind Steffi Graf.
- Jimmy Connors
James Scott ("Jimmy") Connors (born September 2, 1952 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former American tennis champion who was the world number one player for 160 consecutive weeks from July 1974 to August 1977. He was also the World No. 1 player an additional 8 times during his career. He won eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles titles. He is often considered to be one of the top male tennis players of all time.
- Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl (born March 7 1960) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. "Tennis magazine" named him as one of the ten greatest tennis players since 1966, calling him "the game’s greatest overachiever" and emphasizing his importance in the game’s history.
- Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. (born August 17 1970, in Sanford, Florida) is a former world number one professional tennis player from the United States. During his ATP career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles - two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. In 2004, he co-founded InsideOut Sports & Entertainment, a New York City based sports event company.
- Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor is a Canadian tennis player from the Toronto, Ontario area. In his career, he won 48 doubles titles, including one gold medal in 2000 Summer Olympics and three Grand Slam titles.
- 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.
- Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. (July 10, 1943 - February 6, 1993) was a prominent African American tennis player who was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his playing career, he won three Grand Slam titles. Ashe is also remembered for his efforts to further social causes.
- Petr Korda
Petr Korda (Pronounced: KOR-da) (b. January 23 1968, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998.
- Stefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player (in both singles and doubles play) from Sweden. During his career, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles. Edberg is well known as one of the best serve and volley players of all time, for his superb volleying skills, and as a gentleman and ambassador for the sport.
- Billie Jean King
Billie Jean Moffitt King (born November 22, 1943 in Long Beach, California) is a retired tennis player from the United States. During her career, she won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She is generally considered to be one of the greatest female tennis players and female athletes in history. King has been an outspoken advocate against sexism in sports and society.
- Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber is a tennis player from South Africa who won the women's doubles title in Wimbledon in 2005 and the Australian Open in 2007 with partner Cara Black. It was the first Wimbledon title for Huber, born in Durban on August 21, 1976. In 2005, Liezel started a foundation, Liezel's Cause, to raise money and gather basic supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
- Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo (born on 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player and is a former World No. 1. She is currently the sixth ranked player in the world. She has won two Grand Slam singles titles. Mauresmo first attained the top ranking on September 13, 2004, holding it for five weeks on that occasion. She was the fourteenth World No. 1 in women's tennis since the computer rankings began.
- Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born June 7, 1974, Chennai, India) is a professional tennis player from India. He turned professional in 1995. In 2001, he was awarded the Padma Shri. He currently resides in Bangalore and is among the best doubles tennis players in the world with 10 grand slam titles to his credit including mixed doubles. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament (with Rika Hiraki in Mixed Doubles).