40 greatest players

La revista Tennis Magazine celebró en el 2005 su 40 aniversario y publicó esta lista de los 40 mejores tenistas de los últimos 40 años.

1.Pete Sampras United States
2.Martina Navratilova* Czechoslovakia/United States
3.Steffi Graf Germany
4.Chris Evert United States
5.Bjorn Borg Sweden
6.Margaret Court Australia
7.Jimmy Connors United States
8.Rod Laver Australia
9.Billie Jean King United States
10.Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia/United States
11.John McEnroe United States
12.Andre Agassi* United States
13. Monica Seles Yugoslavia/United States
14.Stefan Edberg Sweden
15.Mats Wilander Sweden
16.John Newcombe Australia
17.Serena Williams* United States
18.Boris Becker Germany
19.Roger Federer* Switzerland
20.Ken Rosewall Australia
21.Roy Emerson Australia
22.Martina Hingis* Switzerland
23.Evonne Goolagong Australia
24.Guillermo Vilas Argentina
25.Venus Williams* United States
26.Jim Courier United States
27.Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Spain
28.Ilie Nastase Romania
29.Lindsay Davenport* United States
30.Arthur Ashe United States
31.Justine Henin-Hardenne* Belgium
32.Tracy Austin United States
33.Hana Mandlikova Czechoslovakia/Australia
34.Lleyton Hewitt* Australia
35.Stan Smith United States
36.Jennifer Capriati* United States
37.Gustavo Kuerten* Brazil
38.Virginia Wade Great Britain
39.Patrick Rafter Australia
40.Gabriela Sabatini Argentina

* siguen jugando actualmente

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Lance Armstrong ---Cycling
David Beckham ---Soccer
Kobe Bryant ---Basketball
Lindsay Davenport ---Tennis
Oscar de la Hoya ---Boxing
Jeff Gordon ---Auto Racing
Matt Hasselbeck ---Football Americano
LeBron James ---Basketball
Derek Jeter ---Baseball
Walter Jones ---Football Americano
Michael Jordan ---Basketball
Phil Mickelson ---Golf
Shaquille O'neal ---Basketball
Many Ramirez ---Baseball
Alex Rodriguez ---Baseball
Ronaldo ---Soccer
Valento Rossi ---Motorcycling
Michael Schumacher ---Auto Racing
Maria Sharapova ---Tennis
Annika Sorenstam ---Golf
Michael Vick ---Football Americano
Serena Williams ----Tennis
Venus Williams ---Tennis
Tiger Woods ---Golf