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'''''100 Greatest of All Time''''' was a sports [[television series]] of five one-hour episodes, produced and first aired by the [[Tennis Channel]] in March 2012. It presented a list of 100 tennis players to be considered the greatest of all time, both men and women. The series was hosted by [[Jack Nicklaus]], [[Jerry Rice]], [[Wayne Gretzky]], [[Lisa Leslie]] and [[Carl Lewis]].<ref name="list">{{cite web|url=http://www.tennispanorama.com/archives/tag/100-greatest-of-all-time|title=Tennis Panorama News|work=Tennis Panorama|accessdate=2012-03-23}}</ref> Many retired tennis luminaries provided commentary, including [[Rod Laver]], [[Billie Jean King]], [[Chris Evert]], [[Björn Borg]], [[John McEnroe]], [[Martina Navratilova]], [[Pete Sampras]], and [[Andre Agassi]].
'''''100 Greatest of All Time''''' was a sports [[television series]] of five one-hour episodes, produced and first aired by the [[Tennis Channel]] in March 2012. It presented a list of 100 tennis players to be considered the greatest of all time, both men and women. The series was hosted by [[Jack Nicklaus]], [[Jerry Rice]], [[Wayne Gretzky]], [[Lisa Leslie]] and [[Carl Lewis]].<ref name="list">{{cite web|url=http://www.tennispanorama.com/archives/tag/100-greatest-of-all-time|title=Tennis Panorama News|work=Tennis Panorama|accessdate=2012-03-23}}</ref> Many retired tennis luminaries provided commentary, including [[Rod Laver]], [[Billie Jean King]], [[Chris Evert]], [[Björn Borg]], [[John McEnroe]], [[Martina Navratilova]], [[Pete Sampras]], and [[Andre Agassi]].


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An international panel of tennis experts determined this ranking of 62 men and 38 women.<ref name="list"/> The United States was credited with the most great players (38), followed by Australia (17), France (7), Great Britain (6) and [[Czechoslovakia]] (5). Forty-three players made the list from the Americas, 39 from Europe and 18 from Oceania.
An international panel of tennis experts determined this ranking of 62 men and 38 women.<ref name="list"/> The United States was credited with the most great players (38), followed by Australia (17), France (7), Great Britain (6) and [[Czechoslovakia]] (5). Forty-three players made the list from the Americas, 39 from Europe and 18 from Oceania.


Grand Slam singles titles ([[Australian Open|Australian]], [[French Open|French]], [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] and [[US Open (tennis)|US]] tournaments) column figures reflect number of wins as of March 2012 when the list was published. In addition to that, the pre-Open Era [[Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era|Pro major tournaments]] (three professional events) were included: the [[U.S. Pro Championships]] (first held in 1927), [[French Pro Championship]] (first held in 1930) and [[Wembley Championships]] (started in 1934). Only male tennis players that turned from amateurs to pros were able to participate in those.{{efn|name=women|except for 1960 [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships]] where also women could have participate. Althea Gibson won the event}} The [[Open Era]] started in 1968 and all three pro majors tournaments were quickly relegated to lesser events and were all defunct by the 1990s.
Grand Slam singles titles ([[Australian Open|Australian]], [[French Open|French]], [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] and [[US Open (tennis)|US]] tournaments) column figures reflect number of wins as of March 2012 when the list was published. In addition to that, the pre-Open Era [[Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era|Pro major tournaments]] (three professional events) were included: the [[U.S. Pro Championships]] (first held in 1927), [[French Pro Championship]] (first held in 1930) and [[Wembley Championships]] (started in 1934). Only male tennis players that turned from amateurs to pros were able to participate in those.{{efn|name=women|except for 1956 & 1960 [[U.S. Pro Tennis Championships]] where also women could have participate. Pauline Betz and Althea Gibson won one event each respectively}} The [[Open Era]] started in 1968 and all three pro majors tournaments were quickly relegated to lesser events and were all defunct by the 1990s.


Prior to 1924, the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) recognized two other events as world championships. The "World Hard Court Championships" (WHCC) and the "World Covered Court Championships" (WCCC). Between 1913 and 1923 Wimbledon was known as the World Grass Court Championships (WGCC), also sanctioned by the ILTF.
Prior to 1924, the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) recognized two other events as world championships. The "World Hard Court Championships" (WHCC) and the "World Covered Court Championships" (WCCC). Between 1913 and 1923 Wimbledon was known as the World Grass Court Championships (WGCC), also sanctioned by the ILTF.
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◊ [[Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era|The Pro Grand Slam]], winning all three professional slam singles titles ([[U.S. Pro Championships|U.S.]], [[French Pro Championship|French]] and [[Wembley Championships|Wembley]]) in one calendar year was achieved by [[Ken Rosewall]] in 1963 and by [[Rod Laver]] in 1967.
◊ [[Major professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era|The Pro Grand Slam]], winning all three professional slam singles titles ([[U.S. Pro Championships|U.S.]], [[French Pro Championship|French]] and [[Wembley Championships|Wembley]]) in one calendar year was achieved by [[Ken Rosewall]] in 1963 and by [[Rod Laver]] in 1967.


† Anthony Wilding is the only [[Anthony Wilding|Triple World Champion]]. In 1913, he won all three ILTF singles titles, the [[World Covered Court Championships]] (WCCC), the [[World Hard Court Championships]] (WHCC) and [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships]] (also known as World Grass Court Championships or simply WGCC).
† [[Anthony Wilding]] is the only Triple World Champion. In 1913, he won all three ILTF singles titles, the [[World Covered Court Championships]] (WCCC), the [[World Hard Court Championships]] (WHCC) and [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships]] (also known as World Grass Court Championships or simply WGCC).


==Top 100 ranking per Tennis Channel in 2012==
==Top 100 ranking per Tennis Channel in 2012==
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| 39 ||[[Althea Gibson]]||{{Hs|Female}}♀||{{flag|USA}}|| || 1 || 5 ||6
| 39 ||[[Althea Gibson]]||{{Hs|Female}}♀||{{flag|USA}}|| || 1 || 5 ||6
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| 40 ||'''[[Novak Djokovic]]'''||{{Hs|Male}}♂||{{flag|SCG}}/{{flag|SRB}}|| || || 5 ||22
| 40 ||'''[[Novak Djokovic]]'''||{{Hs|Male}}♂||{{flag|SCG}}/{{flag|SRB}}|| || || 5 ||24
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| 41 ||[[Guillermo Vilas]]||{{Hs|Male}}♂||{{flag|ARG}}|| || || 4 ||4
| 41 ||[[Guillermo Vilas]]||{{Hs|Male}}♂||{{flag|ARG}}|| || || 4 ||4
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| 74 ||[[Tony Roche]]||{{Hs|Male}}♂||{{flag|AUS}}|| || || 1 ||1
| 74 ||[[Tony Roche]]||{{Hs|Male}}♂||{{flag|AUS}}|| || || 1 ||1
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| 75 ||[[Pauline Betz Addie]]||{{Hs|Female}}♀||{{flag|USA}}|| || || 5 ||5
| 75 ||[[Pauline Betz Addie]]||{{Hs|Female}}♀||{{flag|USA}}|| || 1 || 5 ||6
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| 76 ||[[William Renshaw]]||{{Hs|Male}}♂||{{flag|GBR}}|| || || 7 ||7
| 76 ||[[William Renshaw]]||{{Hs|Male}}♂||{{flag|GBR}}|| || || 7 ||7
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| 91 ||[[Shirley Fry Irvin]]||{{Hs|Female}}♀||{{flag|USA}}|| || || 4 ||4
| 91 ||[[Shirley Fry Irvin]]||{{Hs|Female}}♀||{{flag|USA}}|| || || 4 ||4
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| 92 ||'''[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]]'''||{{Hs|Female}}♀||{{flag|RUS}}|| || || 2 ||2
| 92 ||[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]]||{{Hs|Female}}♀||{{flag|RUS}}|| || || 2 ||2
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| 93 ||[[Nicola Pietrangeli]]||{{Hs|Male}}♂||{{flag|ITA}}|| || || 2 ||2
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Latest revision as of 19:37, 7 September 2024

This article is about a television series about tennis players. For similarly-named listings or shows, see 100 greatest. For film, see The Greatest of All Time.
100 Greatest of All Time
GenreSports
Presented by
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Original release
NetworkTennis Channel
ReleaseMarch 2012 (2012-03)

100 Greatest of All Time was a sports television series of five one-hour episodes, produced and first aired by the Tennis Channel in March 2012. It presented a list of 100 tennis players to be considered the greatest of all time, both men and women. The series was hosted by Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, Lisa Leslie and Carl Lewis.[1] Many retired tennis luminaries provided commentary, including Rod Laver, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras, and Andre Agassi.

Background

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An international panel of tennis experts determined this ranking of 62 men and 38 women.[1] The United States was credited with the most great players (38), followed by Australia (17), France (7), Great Britain (6) and Czechoslovakia (5). Forty-three players made the list from the Americas, 39 from Europe and 18 from Oceania.

Grand Slam singles titles (Australian, French, Wimbledon and US tournaments) column figures reflect number of wins as of March 2012 when the list was published. In addition to that, the pre-Open Era Pro major tournaments (three professional events) were included: the U.S. Pro Championships (first held in 1927), French Pro Championship (first held in 1930) and Wembley Championships (started in 1934). Only male tennis players that turned from amateurs to pros were able to participate in those.[a] The Open Era started in 1968 and all three pro majors tournaments were quickly relegated to lesser events and were all defunct by the 1990s.

Prior to 1924, the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) recognized two other events as world championships. The "World Hard Court Championships" (WHCC) and the "World Covered Court Championships" (WCCC). Between 1913 and 1923 Wimbledon was known as the World Grass Court Championships (WGCC), also sanctioned by the ILTF.

In 1924 ILTF designated the Australasian, French, British and American championship tournaments as the new four majors. 1925 was the first season held with all these four major tournaments opened to all amateurs.

Achievements

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‡ The Grand Slam, winning all four Grand Slam tournament singles titles (Australian, French, Wimbledon and US) in one calendar year was achieved six times by five different players: Don Budge in 1938, Maureen Connolly in 1953, Rod Laver in 1962 & 1969, Margaret Court in 1970 and Steffi Graf in 1988.

◊ The Pro Grand Slam, winning all three professional slam singles titles (U.S., French and Wembley) in one calendar year was achieved by Ken Rosewall in 1963 and by Rod Laver in 1967.

† Anthony Wilding is the only Triple World Champion. In 1913, he won all three ILTF singles titles, the World Covered Court Championships (WCCC), the World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) and Wimbledon Championships (also known as World Grass Court Championships or simply WGCC).

Top 100 ranking per Tennis Channel in 2012

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Rank Name Gender Nationality Majors
ILTF chps. Pro Slam Grand Slam
(March 2012)		 Total
(Current)
1 Roger Federer ♂   SUI 16 20
2 Rod Laver ‡ ◊ ‡ ♂  AUS 8 11 19
3 Steffi Graf ‡ ♀  FRG/ GER 22 22
4 Martina Navratilova ♀  USA 18 18
5 Pete Sampras ♂  USA 14 14
6 Rafael Nadal ♂  ESP 10 22
7 Björn Borg ♂  SWE 11 11
8 Margaret Court ‡ ♀  AUS 24 24
9 Chris Evert ♀  USA 18 18
10 Billie Jean King ♀  USA 12 12
11 Don Budge ‡ ♂  USA 4 6 10
12 Andre Agassi ♂  USA 8 8
13 John McEnroe ♂  USA 7 7
14 Serena Williams ♀  USA 13 23
15 Jimmy Connors ♂  USA 8 8
16 Bill Tilden ♂  USA 1 4 10 15
17 Roy Emerson ♂  AUS 12 12
18 Ivan Lendl ♂  TCH/ USA 8 8
19 Monica Seles ♀  YUG/ USA 9 9
20 Ken Rosewall ◊ ♂  AUS 15 8 23
21 Boris Becker ♂  FRG/ GER 6 6
22 Venus Williams ♀  USA 7 7
23 Fred Perry ♂  GBR 2 8 10
24 Suzanne Lenglen ♀  FRA 4 8 12
25 Stefan Edberg ♂  SWE 6 6
26 Justine Henin ♀  BEL 7 7
27 Maureen Connolly ‡ ♀  USA 9 9
28 Arthur Ashe ♂  USA 3 3
29 Helen Wills ♀  USA 19 19
30 Martina Hingis ♀   SUI 5 5
31 John Newcombe ♂  AUS 7 7
32 Lew Hoad ♂  AUS 1 4 5
33 Mats Wilander ♂  SWE 7 7
34 Jack Kramer ♂  USA 2 3 5
35 Pancho Gonzalez ♂  USA 12 2 14
36 René Lacoste ♂  FRA 7 7
37 Evonne Goolagong Cawley ♀  AUS 7 7
38 Maria Bueno ♀  BRA 7 7
39 Althea Gibson ♀  USA 1 5 6
40 Novak Djokovic ♂  SCG/ SRB 5 24
41 Guillermo Vilas ♂  ARG 4 4
42 Jim Courier ♂  USA 4 4
43 Lindsay Davenport ♀  USA 3 3
44 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ♀  ESP 4 4
45 Kim Clijsters ♀  BEL 4 4
46 Henri Cochet ♂  FRA 3 1 7 11
47 Jean Borotra ♂  FRA 4 4
48 Frank Sedgman ♂  AUS 2 5 7
49 Ilie Năstase ♂  ROU 2 2
50 Tony Trabert ♂  USA 2 5 7
51 Doris Hart ♀  USA 6 6
52 Jack Crawford ♂  AUS 6 6
53 Tracy Austin ♀  USA 2 2
54 Manuel Santana ♂  ESP 4 4
55 Gustavo Kuerten ♂  BRA 3 3
56 Stan Smith ♂  USA 2 2
57 Jennifer Capriati ♀  USA 3 3
58 Alice Marble ♀  USA 5 5
59 Margaret Osborne duPont ♀  USA 6 6
60 Virginia Wade ♀  GBR 3 3
61 Neale Fraser ♂  AUS 3 3
62 Hana Mandlíková ♀  TCH 4 4
63 Lleyton Hewitt ♂  AUS 2 2
64 Ellsworth Vines ♂  USA 5 3 8
65 Pancho Segura ♂  ECU 4 0 4
66 Bobby Riggs ♂  USA 3 3 6
67 Fred Stolle ♂  AUS 2 2
68 Helen Hull Jacobs ♀  USA 5 5
69 Louise Brough ♀  USA 6 6
70 Patrick Rafter ♂  AUS 2 2
71 Maria Sharapova ♀  RUS 3 5
72 Gottfried Von Cramm ♂ Germany/Germany/ FRG 2 2
73 Jaroslav Drobný ♂  TCH 3 3
74 Tony Roche ♂  AUS 1 1
75 Pauline Betz Addie ♀  USA 1 5 6
76 William Renshaw ♂  GBR 7 7
77 Molla Mallory ♀  NOR/ USA 8 8
78 Ashley Cooper ♂  AUS 4 4
79 Gabriela Sabatini ♀  ARG 1 1
80 Marat Safin ♂  RUS 2 2
81 Vic Seixas ♂  USA 2 2
82 Yevgeny Kafelnikov ♂  RUS 2 2
83 Jan Kodeš ♂  TCH 3 3
84 Norman Brookes ♂  AUS 3 3
85 Yannick Noah ♂  FRA 1 1
86 Anthony Wilding † ♂  NZL 3 6 9
87 Mary Pierce ♀  FRA 2 2
88 Amélie Mauresmo ♀  FRA 2 2
89 Dorothea Lambert Chambers ♀  GBR 7 7
90 Bill Johnston ♂  USA 1 3 4
91 Shirley Fry Irvin ♀  USA 4 4
92 Svetlana Kuznetsova ♀  RUS 2 2
93 Nicola Pietrangeli ♂  ITA 2 2
94 Andy Roddick ♂  USA 1 1
95 Thomas Muster ♂  AUT 1 1
96 Manuel Orantes ♂  ESP 1 1
97 Pat Cash ♂  AUS 1 1
98 Bunny Austin ♂  GBR 0 0
99 Ann Haydon-Jones ♀  GBR 3 3
100 Michael Chang ♂  USA 1 1

Notes:

  • Bolded players are still active today.
  • Empty spots in the table mean player did not participate in any of those tournaments.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ except for 1956 & 1960 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships where also women could have participate. Pauline Betz and Althea Gibson won one event each respectively

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tennis Panorama News". Tennis Panorama. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
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