- 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.
- Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born February 24, 1981), is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Australia. In 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one. His career best achievements are winning the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon men's singles titles. Hewitt is known for his competitiveness and wins most of his matches with relentless aggression, fitness, consistent shots, and highly skilled footwork. His serve improved greatly in 2004 and 2005.
- 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.
- 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.
- Natasha Zvereva
Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva (Belarusian: "Наталля Зверава", Russian: "Наташа Зверева"; born April 16, 1971) is a tennis player from Belarus. Playing initially for the Soviet Union, Zvereva won many doubles titles during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. As a junior, Zvereva won the Wimbledon girls singles title in 1986, defeating Leila Meskhi in the final 2-6, 6-2, 9-7.
- Cara Black
Cara Black (born February 17, 1979 in Harare) is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. As the daughter of Don and Velia Black, the tennis-playing Cara is the younger sister of Wayne Black and Byron Black, both professional male tennis players. All three compete mostly in doubles with Wayne being the 2001 US Open and 2005 Australian Open champion and Byron the 1994 French Open winner.
- Nathalie Dechy
Nathalie Dechy (born on February 21, 1979 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French professional tennis player. She is a two-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 U.S. Open ladies title with Vera Zvonareva and the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram. Her biggest singles achievement is reaching the semifinals of the 2005 Australian Open, where she was just two points away from the final, before eventually losing to Lindsay Davenport.
- 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.
- Wayne Black
Wayne Hamilton Black (born November 17, 1973 in Harare) is a professional male tennis player from Zimbabwe. He is the son of Don and Velia Black and the brother of Cara Black and Byron Black, also professional tennis players. He retired from the doubles circuit at the end of 2005.
- 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.
- Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes is an Indian male tennis professional who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. He is as one of the most successful professional Indian tennis players. He has won various doubles and mixed doubles events at the Tennis Grand Slam events. He is also the recipient of India’s highest sporting honour, …
- Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (born February 12 1980) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the French Open in 2003, and in October that year he became the 21st player to hold the World No. 1 ranking. He has also been a runner-up at two other Grand Slams during his career. His nickname is "Mosquito" due to his speed and wiry, strong physique.
- 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.
- Lee Hyung-Taik
Lee Hyung-taik (Pronounced: Hyung-taek) (born January 3, 1976) is the most successful South Korean male tennis player in history. Lee was born in a potato-farming village in Hoengseong County, South Korea. He began playing tennis at age nine and turned pro in 1995. He made a splash at the 2000 US Open Grand Slam tournament, reaching the 4th round before losing to Pete Sampras.
- Anke Huber
Anke Huber (born December 4, 1974) is a former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996. Huber was born in Bruchsal, Germany. She started playing tennis at the age of seven, after being introduced to the game by her father, Edgar. In junior competition, she won the under-12 German Championships in 1986, the under-14s in 1987, the under-16s in 1988, …
- 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.
- Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi (nicknamed "The Beast"; ; born July 6, 1977) is a tennis player from Belarus. Like Natasha Zvereva (a Belarusian tennis star from 1980s and early 1990s), Max Mirnyi focuses on doubles. His biggest achievements so far are the two victories in doubles at the US Open in 2000 and 2002 and his 2005 and 2006 French Open titles. In 2003 he reached the doubles final at Wimbledon. On June 9, 2003, he reached 1st position in ATP Doubles Entry Ranking.
- 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, …
- 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).
- Ai Sugiyama
Ai Sugiyama is a Japanese professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1992. In her career so far, she has won 6 singles titles and 33 doubles titles, including three Grand Slam women's doubles titles (1 with Frenchwoman Julie Halard-Decugis and 2 partnering Belgian Kim Clijsters). Coached by her mother, Ai plays a more aggressive game than her predecessor Kimiko Date, using her fitness and speed, as well as aggressive serve and volley whenever feasible.
- 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
- Elena Dementieva
Elena Vyacheslavovna Dementieva (pronounced: L-e-nuh de-MENT-ye-vuh Russian:); born October 15, 1981, Moscow), is a professional tennis player from Russia.
- Anastasia Myskina
Anastasia Andreyevna Myskina (born July 8, 1981, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia.
- Tim Henman
Timothy Henry Henman OBE (born 6 September 1974 in Oxford) is an English tennis player. He is the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. Having reached 6 grand slam semis and been ranked number 4 in the world he is Britain's most successful open era player. Nevertheless, he has been criticised by some for not winning a Grand Slam event and for refusing to retire.
- Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett (born on May 23, 1972 in Harare) is a professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His success on the tour has come playing doubles. In his career, he has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black. In Mixed Doubles, Ullyett won the 2002 Australian Open with Daniela Hantuchova. He reached the final of Wimbledon in 2002, with Hantuchova, …
- Mark Philippoussis
Mark Anthony Philippoussis (born November 7, 1976) is an Australian tennis player. He turned professional in 1994 and as of 2007 resides in Nevada, USA. He regards himself as both Australian and Greek, and as a child spoke Greek as his first language though his mother is Italian. He has also had a minor career in modeling and is the current star of the American reality television dating show "Age of Love".
- Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo Kuerten (born September 10, 1976 in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001. Kuerten is also known as "Guga", an affectionate nickname which is a common abbreviation of the name "Gustavo" in Portuguese-speaking countries.
- Patrick Rafter
Patrick Michael Rafter (born 28 December 1972) is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He was twice men's singles champion at the US Open, and twice runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He lives in Bermuda.
- Li Na
Li Na (Chinese: 李娜, "Lǐ Nà"; born February 26, 1982), is a professional women's tennis player from the People's Republic of China. She was born in Wuhan, Hubei.
- Goran Ivanišević
Goran Šimun Ivanišević is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević's name is synonymous with his strong serve, which is one of the greatest to date. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 2 (behind Pete Sampras) in 1994.
- 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, …
- Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario Haas (born April 3, 1978) is a German tennis player. He is 187 cm tall and plays right-handed. He is currently ranked #10 in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 2 in May 2002. Haas is particularly well-known for his strong forehand.
- Magnus Norman
Magnus Norman (born May 30, 1976 in Filipstad) is a retired Swedish professional tennis player. A former World No. 2 (June 12, 2000), despite being considered average at best by most respected tennis insiders, Norman braved all criticisms and won 12 career singles titles (including a Tennis Masters Series in Rome, Italy), but perhaps is best known for his unique running ability. In 2000, he competed in the men's singles at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, …
- 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, …
- Julie Halard-Decugis
Julie Halard-Decugis (born September 10, 1970) is a former professional female tennis player from Versailles, France. Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland. She turned professional in June 1987 after wining the French Open junior singles title in 1986 and 1988 and reaching the Wimbledon junior singles final in 1987. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit at the end of the 2000 season.
- Conchita Martínez
Inmaculada Concepción ("Conchita") Martínez Bernát is a former professional tennis player from Spain. She won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1994. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open.
- 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, …
- 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.