Nadal, Williams, Djokovic, Federer: Ranking the greatest tennis players of all-time

Over the years, tennis fans have marvelled at a number of outstanding individual players. 

Amid all the talented stars to conquer the tennis circuit, there has long been a debate surrounding which player is the best to ever grace the court.

So, in honour of this year’s Wimbledon, which has just got underway, we thought now was as good a time as any to settle the greatest of all time debate once and for all. 

With so many exceptional players to pick from, we’ve devised a Tiermaker to separate the greats from the GOAT. 

Our list comprises 20 players in total, separated across five categories. 

Both male and female players have been included, though there is no attempt to compare each women’s achievements with the respective men in the list. 

As a result, we’ve chosen one man and one woman in our top category, in order to crown both the greatest male star and the best female player of all time. 

It’s also worth clarifying that as much we’re confident in our ranking here, this is purely subjective and there may well be some of you who disagree with our list. 

But enough rambling. Check out our list below and decide for yourselves: 

Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors

It’s important to stress that every tennis star featured on this list is among the best to ever play the game, but in the case of this category, these players may well consider themselves unfortunate not to have won more. 

Connors won more overall titles than any man in the Open era, but as everyone knows, it’s all about the Grand Slams. While the American did win eight majors in total, he could easily have had more. 

The same is true of Lendl, who was world number one for 270 weeks during the 1980s but won just eight of his 19 Grand Slam