Who Are The Top Tennis Players?
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Wondering who the top tennis players are? Check out this list of the current top female and male tennis players in the world.
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 17 Grand Slam singles titles, the fourth most in history, and 77 ATP Tour titles, the second most in history.
Early Life
Novak Djokovic was born on May 22, 1987, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). The only son of Srđan and Dijana Djokovic, he has two older Sisters named Marko and Ivanka. His father owned a pizza parlor while his mother was a lawyer. When he was four years old, he started playing tennis with the help of his father.
Djokovic showed great potential early on and was admitted to the Tennis Academy of Niki Pilic in Munich when he was just 12 years old. He later enrolled at the Pilgrim School in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A few years later, Djokovic moved to the prestigious tennis academy in Engelholm, Sweden to continue his training. In 2003, at the age of 16, he turned professional.
Professional Career
Djokovic turned professional in 2003 and joined the ATP Tour in 2005. He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2006 Australian Open, reaching the third round before losing to Fabrice Santoro. In 2007, Djokovic reached his first Grand Slam singles final at the 2007 U.S. Open, where he lost to Roger Federer in straight sets. In 2008, Djokovic reached the semifinals of both the French Open and Wimbledon, losing to eventual champions Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer respectively. In 2009, he won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 2009 Australian Open after defeating Federer in a five-set final that lasted almost five hours. At Wimbledon, he reached his second Grand Slam singles final, losing to Federer in four sets.
Major Achievements
-Won the Wimbledon singles title in 2019
-Won the French Open in 2016
-Won the US Open in 2011
-Won the Australian Open in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal is a Spanish tennis player who is currently ranked number one in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals. He has won nineteen Grand Slam singles titles, the most of any male player in history. Nadal has also won four Olympic gold medals, which is more than any other tennis player in history.
Early Life
Rafael Nadal was born on June 3, 1986, in Mallorca, Spain. He is the son of Sebastián Nadal, a businessman who owns an insurance company, and Ana María Parera, a housewife. Nadal’s paternal grandfather, Miguel Ángel Nadal, was a professional footballer for RCD Mallorca. Rafael has two sisters: María Isabel (“Mariana”) and Ana María (“Toni”). At the age of four he began playing tennis at his home club Club de Tenis Reial de Pedralbes with his uncle Toni Nadal. In 2001 he defeated Roy Emerson in the final of the Boys’ Singles tournament at Wimbledon.
Professional Career
In 2005, Nadal became the youngest man to finish the year ranked in the Top 10 by the ATP. His biggest win that year came in September at the age of 18, when he defeated world No. 2 and four-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final of the Rogers Cup hard court tournament in Toronto. This was Nadal’s first ever win over Federer, who had been undefeated on hard courts up to that point. Later that month, Nadal helped Spain win the Davis Cup for the first time in 19 years. He won both his singles matches in Spain’s 3-2 victory over Argentina in the final, played on clay courts in Seville.
In 2006, Nadal won a record nine tournaments on clay, including three of the four grand slam events held on that surface: The French Open ( his first grand slam title), The Madrid Open and Roland Garros (his second consecutive French Open title). In winning Roland Garros for a second straight year, Nadal became only the sixth man in tennis history to achieve this feat (joining Fred Perry, Don Budge, Billy Jean King, Björn Borg and Ivan Lendl). He also helped Spain retain its Davis Cup title with wins over Slovakia and Argentina in the semifinal and final respectively.
Major Achievements
Rafael Nadal has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 20 ATP Tour 500 titles, and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. In majors, Nadal has won a record 12 French Open titles, three Wimbledon titles, two US Open titles, and two Australian Open titles. He was also a member of the winning Spanish Davis Cup team in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2011. In 2010, he became the seventh player in history and youngest of four in the Open Era to achieve the Career Grand Slam at age 24. He is the only male player in tennis history to win one Grand Slam and Masters 1000 title for ten consecutive years from 2005-2014. According to Forbes, he has been ranked as the world’s second highest-paid athlete over the past decade.
Roger Federer
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male tennis player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record 302 weeks.
Early Life
Roger Federer was born on August 8, 1981, in Basel, Switzerland. He began playing tennis at age eight, and turned professional in 1998 at the age of 17. That same year, he won his first ATP tourney at the Marseille Open.
Federer quickly established himself as one of the top tennis players in the world. He reached the Wimbledon finals in 2002 and 2003, losing both times to Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt. In 2004, Federer finally captured his first Wimbledon title by defeating Hewitt in straight sets. The following year, he successfully defended his Wimbledon crown by defeating American Andy Roddick in a five-set marathon that lasted nearly five hours.
Professional Career
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks, including 237 consecutive weeks. After turning professional in 1998, he was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016. He re-entered the top ten following his victory at the 2017 Australian Open. In majors, Federer has won a record eight Wimbledon titles, six Australian Open titles, five US Open titles (tied for second most all-time with Pete Sampras), and one French Open title (tied for eighth all-time). Federer’s ATP tournament records include holding the longest title streak in Open Era history at 65 consecutive wins, as well as winning the most Masters 1000 series titles with 36, and Most Finals appearance with 57 (shared with Andre Agassi).
Federer has appeared in more Grand Slam finals than any other player in history (30), while his total of 23 major titles ranks second all-time among men’s players behind Nadal’s 19. In addition to these achievements, he has reached a record 31 men’s singles finals and 10 doubles finals on the ATP Tour. Many players and analysts have called him the greatest tennis player of all time, although some have objected to this characterization calling instead that such distinctions are subjective or that other players such as Rod Laver or Pete Sampras were greater during their individual primes.
Major Achievements
Roger Federer has won 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles, an all-time record. He has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks – including 237 consecutive weeks – and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. He also holds several other tennis records, including the most Wimbledon men’s singles titles (8), the joint most ATP Masters 1000s singles titles (36) and is second behind Connors in total week’s at No. 1 (310 to Connors’ 268).
Serena Williams
Serena Williams is an American professional tennis player and winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles. She is currently ranked number one in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association. She is also the most recent female player to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously.
Early Life
Serena Jameka Williams was born on September 26, 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan, to Richard Williams and Oracene Price. The youngest of Price’s five daughters, Serena has four older sisters: Yetunde, Lyndrea and Isha (full siblings from her father’s first marriage to sandy Williams), as well as her half-sister Venus (from her father’s second marriage to Linda Haywood). When the girls were young, the family moved to Compton, California, where they started playing tennis.
Professional Career
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women’s single tennis. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second most of all time behind Margaret Court (24). The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranked her world No. 1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002. On her sixth occasion, she held the ranking for 186 consecutive weeks, tying the record set by Steffi Graf for the most consecutive weeks as world No. 1 by a female tennis player. In total, she has been world No. 1 for 319 weeks, which ranks third in the Open Era among female tennis players behind Graf and Martina Navratilova.
Williams is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.[6][7][8] She is credited with helping to revamp women’s tennis with her power game style.[9][10] Williams has won an all-time record of 13 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Venus Williams and is also a five-time winner of the WTA Tour Championships in singles and a four-time winner in women’s doubles.[11] From 2009 to 2010, Williams won five Grand Slam singles titles in a row (the “Serena Slam”), equaling Steffi Graf’s Open Era record set between 1987 and 1990; this achievement was surpassed by Margaret Court, who won six straight majors between 1970 and 1973.[12][13] Between 2002 and 2016, Williams won 21 of 28 Grand Slam tournaments she competed in singles finals,[8] including six Australian Opens; three Wimbledons; three U.Sopens; four French Opens– making Serena Williams one of only two female players who have won more than two majors at Roland Garros–and one Olympics gold medal in singles.[14][15] By winning three Wimbledon titles after turning 30 years old; Serena became only fourth female player to win at least three Wimbledon championships after Martina Navratilova (4), Billie Jean King (4),and Dorothea Lambert Chambers (3). Also – with 17 major titles spanning from 1999 US Open till 2016 Wimbledon – Serena became first player in Open Era history to win all 4 major tournaments at least 4 times each.[16][17] With 49 total major tournament wins (singles + doubles),she became only 5th woman – after Julie Heldman ,Virginia Wade ,Martina Navratilova,[18]and Chris Evert[19]-to win 50 or more major tournaments combined across both disciplines throughout whole career
In 2016,she equaled Evert’sOpen Era record of 306 main-level tournament wins (singles + doubles + mixed)[20][21]and also became second player after Martina Navratilova[22]-to have 300 or more main-level tournament wins across 3 disciplines throughout career .Currently Serena holds several other Open Era records including most prize money earned ($88 million)[23],most Grand Slam tournament wins in combined disciplines ($39 million)and overall($22 million),most Tiger Woods Award /ESPYs wins(15),most Laureus Sportswoman Of The Year Awards(5)as well as most WTA year-end Championships wins(7).[24 seeforcedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serena_Williams&oldid=916937091 edit edit source ]
Serena has also won 14 Grand Slam Women’s doubles titles ,all with her sister Venus Williams ,most recently at 2018 Wimbledon Championships ,becoming outright second most succesful female player in history of this discipline-(after Martina Navratilova ,who has 18 Major Women’s doubletitles ).[25 see footnote https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serena_Williams&oldid=916937091#cite_note-25 edit edit source ]She also holds two mixed doubles Grand Slam championships ,one Olympic gold medal won alongside her sister Venus at 2000 Sydney olympics as well as WTA Tour records for:most years as year end no1(5–2002 ,2009–2010 ,2012–2013 ,2015–2016 )and best winning % during calendar year(82%–2015 ).
In January 2018 Serena took maternity leave due to her pregnancy During this break from competition she gave birth to daughter Olympia Ohanian Jr .In September 2018 she returned to competition losing US open final against Naomi Osaka .
Major Achievements
Serena Williams is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in women’s singles tennis. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles championships, which is more than any other player in the Open Era. Additionally, she has reached a record 29 Grand Slam finals and has won four Olympic gold medals.
