# Listas de melhores tenistas

Este artigo traz listas elaboradas por revistas, sites e canais especializados no desporto ténis, sobre os melhores tenistas.

## "TENNIS Magazine: Os 40 Melhores Tenistas da Era Aberta"

No ano de 2005, para comemorar os seus 40 anos, a revista TENNIS Magazine publicou um ranking, elaborado por seus editores, em que constavam os 40 melhores tenistas, masculinos e/ou femininos, da era aberta (ou era moderna).
* Pete Sampras
* Martina Navratilova
* Steffi Graf
* Chris Evert
* Björn Borg
* Margaret Court
* Jimmy Connors
* Rod Laver
* Billie Jean King
* Ivan Lendl
* John McEnroe
* Andre Agassi
* Monica Seles
* Stefan Edberg
* Mats Wilander
* John Newcombe
* Serena Williams
* Boris Becker
* Roger Federer
* Ken Rosewall
* Roy Emerson
* Martina Hingis
* Evonne Goolagong Cawley
* Guillermo Vilas
* Venus Williams
* Jim Courier
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
* Ilie Năstase
* Lindsay Davenport
* Arthur Ashe
* Justine Henin
* Tracy Austin
* Hana Mandlíková
* Lleyton Hewitt
* Stan Smith
* Jennifer Capriati
* Gustavo Kuerten
* Virginia Wade
* Patrick Rafter
* Gabriela Sabatini

## Tennis Channel: Os 100 Melhores Tenistas da história

Em março de 2012, o canal Tennis Channel elaborou uma lista dos 100 melhores tenistas da história (em inglês: 100 Greatest of All Time), em que foram inlcusos tant tenistas masculinos, quanto femininos.
O Brasil contou com 2 representantes nesta lista: Maria Esther Bueno (38o) e Gustavo Kuerten (55o).
| Rank | Tenista | Sexo | Nacionalidade | Grand Slams | Pro Slams |
| 1 | Roger Federer | Male | SUI | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Rod Laver | Male | AUS | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | Steffi Graf | Female | GER | 22 | 0 |
| 4 | Martina Navratilova | Female | TCH/ USA | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | Pete Sampras | Male | USA | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Rafael Nadal | Male | ESP | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | Björn Borg | Male | SWE | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | Margaret Court | Female | AUS | 24 | 0 |
| 9 | Chris Evert | Female | USA | 18 | 0 |
| 10 | Billie Jean King | Female | USA | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Don Budge | Male | USA | 6 | 4 |
| 12 | Andre Agassi | Male | USA | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | John McEnroe | Male | USA | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | Serena Williams | Female | USA | 20 | 0 |
| 15 | Jimmy Connors | Male | USA | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | Bill Tilden | Male | USA | 10 | 4 |
| 17 | Roy Emerson | Male | AUS | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | Ivan Lendl | Male | TCH | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | Monica Seles | Female | YUG/ USA | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | Ken Rosewall | Male | AUS | 8 | 15 |
| 21 | Boris Becker | Male | GER | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | Venus Williams | Female | USA | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | Fred Perry | Male | GBR | 8 | 2 |
| 24 | Suzanne Lenglen | Female | FRA | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | Stefan Edberg | Male | SWE | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Justine Henin | Female | BEL | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | Maureen Connolly | Female | USA | 9 | 0 |
| 28 | Arthur Ashe | Male | USA | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Helen Wills | Female | USA | 19 | 0 |
| 30 | Martina Hingis | Female | SUI | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | John Newcombe | Male | AUS | 7 | 0 |
| 32 | Lew Hoad | Male | AUS | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | Mats Wilander | Male | SWE | 7 | 0 |
| 34 | Jack Kramer | Male | USA | 3 | 2 |
| 35 | Pancho Gonzalez | Male | USA | 2 | 15 |
| 36 | René Lacoste | Male | FRA | 7 | 0 |
| 37 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | Female | AUS | 7 | 0 |
| 38 | Maria Bueno | Female | BRA | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | Althea Gibson | Female | USA | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | Novak Djokovic | Male | SRB | 9 | 0 |
| 41 | Guillermo Vilas | Male | ARG | 4 | 0 |
| 42 | Jim Courier | Male | USA | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | Lindsay Davenport | Female | USA | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Female | ESP | 4 | 0 |
| 45 | Kim Clijsters | Female | BEL | 4 | 0 |
| 46 | Henri Cochet | Male | FRA | 7 | 1 |
| 47 | Jean Borotra | Male | FRA | 4 | 0 |
| 48 | Frank Sedgman | Male | AUS | 5 | 2 |
| 49 | Ilie Năstase | Male | ROU | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | Tony Trabert | Male | USA | 5 | 2 |
| 51 | Doris Hart | Female | USA | 6 | 0 |
| 52 | Jack Crawford | Male | AUS | 6 | 0 |
| 53 | Tracy Austin | Female | USA | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | Manuel Santana | Male | ESP | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | Gustavo Kuerten | Male | BRA | 3 | 0 |
| 56 | Stan Smith | Male | USA | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Jennifer Capriati | Female | USA | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | Alice Marble | Female | USA | 5 | 0 |
| 59 | Margaret Osborne duPont | Female | USA | 6 | 0 |
| 60 | Virginia Wade | Female | GBR | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | Neale Fraser | Male | AUS | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | Hana Mandlíková | Female | TCH | 4 | 0 |
| 63 | Lleyton Hewitt | Male | AUS | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | Ellsworth Vines | Male | USA | 3 | 5 |
| 65 | Pancho Segura | Male | ECU | 0 | 3 |
| 66 | Bobby Riggs | Male | USA | 3 | 3 |
| 67 | Fred Stolle | Male | AUS | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | Helen Hull Jacobs | Female | USA | 5 | 0 |
| 69 | Louise Brough | Female | USA | 6 | 0 |
| 70 | Patrick Rafter | Male | AUS | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Maria Sharapova | Female | RUS | 5 | 0 |
| 72 | Gottfried Von Cramm | Male | GER | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | Jaroslav Drobný | Male | TCH | 3 | 0 |
| 74 | Tony Roche | Male | AUS | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Pauline Betz Addie | Female | USA | 5 | 0 |
| 76 | William Renshaw | Male | GBR | 7 | 0 |
| 77 | Molla Mallory | Female | USA | 8 | 0 |
| 78 | Ashley Cooper | Male | AUS | 4 | 0 |
| 79 | Gabriela Sabatini | Female | ARG | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Marat Safin | Male | RUS | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | Vic Seixas | Male | USA | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Male | RUS | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Jan Kodeš | Male | TCH | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | Norman Brookes | Male | AUS | 3 | 0 |
| 85 | Yannick Noah | Male | FRA | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Tony Wilding | Male | NZL | 6 | 0 |
| 87 | Mary Pierce | Female | FRA | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | Amélie Mauresmo | Female | FRA | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | Dorothea Lambert Chambers | Female | GBR | 7 | 0 |
| 90 | Bill Johnston | Male | USA | 3 | 0 |
| 91 | Shirley Fry Irvin | Female | USA | 4 | 0 |
| 92 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Female | RUS | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | Nicola Pietrangeli | Male | ITA | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | Andy Roddick | Male | USA | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Thomas Muster | Male | AUT | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | Manuel Orantes | Male | ESP | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Pat Cash | Male | AUS | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | Bunny Austin | Male | GBR | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Ann Haydon-Jones | Female | GBR | 3 | 0 |
| 100 | Michael Chang | Male | USA | 1 | 0 |

## Bleachreport.com: Os 25 Melhores Tenistas Homens da Era Aberta

Em 2009, o site Bleachreport.com divulgou sua lista dos "The 25 Greatest Male Tennis Players of the Open Era"
25a. Patrick Rafter 25b. Lleyton Hewitt
24. Andy Roddick
23. Manuel Orantes
22. Yevgeny Kafelnikov
21. Michael Chang
20. Thomas Muster
19. Gustavo Kuerten
18. Ilie Nastase
17. Jim Courier
16. John Newcombe
15. Arthur Ashe
14. Guillermo Vilas
13. Stefan Edberg
12. Boris Becker
11. Mats Wilander
10. Rafael Nadal
09. Ken Rosewall
08. Ivan Lendl
07. Jimmy Connors
06. John McEnroe
05. Andre Agassi
04. Pete Sampras
03. Roger Federer
02. Bjorn Borg
01. Rod Laver

## Revista Time: 30 Lendas do Ténis Feminino: Passado, Presente e Futuro

Em Junho de 2011, a revista Time divulgou a lista "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future". A lista elaborada não era um ranking.
01. Li Na 02. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 03. Andrea Petkovic 04. Petra Kvitova 05. Caroline Wozniacki 06. Yanina Wickmayer 07. Victoria Azarenka 08. Agnieszka Radwanska 09. Bethanie Mattek-Sands 10. Ana Ivanovic 11. Samantha Stosur 12. Vera Zvonareva 13. Maria Sharapova 14. Kim Clijsters 15. Justine Henin 16. Serena Williams 17. Venus Williams 18. Martina Hingis 19. Monica Seles 20. Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 21. Gabriela Sabatini 22. Steffi Graf 23. Tracy Austin 24. Martina Navratilova 25. Chris Evert 26. Evonne Goolagong 27. Virginia Wade 28. Rosie Casals 29. Margaret Court 30. Billie Jean King