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).^[1]

1. Pete Sampras
2. Martina Navratilova
3. Steffi Graf
4. Chris Evert
5. Björn Borg
6. Margaret Court
7. Jimmy Connors
8. Rod Laver
9. Billie Jean King
10. Ivan Lendl
11. John McEnroe
12. Andre Agassi
13. Monica Seles
14. Stefan Edberg
15. Mats Wilander
16. John Newcombe
17. Serena Williams
18. Boris Becker
19. Roger Federer
20. Ken Rosewall
21. Roy Emerson
22. Martina Hingis
23. Evonne Goolagong Cawley
24. Guillermo Vilas
25. Venus Williams
26. Jim Courier
27. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
28. Ilie Năstase
29. Lindsay Davenport
30. Arthur Ashe
31. Justine Henin
32. Tracy Austin
33. Hana Mandlíková
34. Lleyton Hewitt
35. Stan Smith
36. Jennifer Capriati
37. Gustavo Kuerten
38. Virginia Wade
39. Patrick Rafter
40. 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.^[2]

O Brasil contou com 2 representantes nesta lista: Maria Esther Bueno (38o) e Gustavo Kuerten (55o).^[3]

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"^[4]

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.^[5][6]

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

Referências

1. Thomaselli, Rich (6 de outubro de 2003). «PETE SAMPRAS BECOMES PART OWNER OF 'TENNIS' MAGAZINE». Advertising Age. Consultado em 19 de setembro de 2011 
2. new.d24am.com/ Federer é eleito o maior tenista da história; Guga fica em 55º
3. esportes.terra.com.br/ Canal elege Federer o melhor da história do tênis; Guga é 55°
4. bleacherreport.com/ The 25 Greatest Male Tennis Players of the Open Era
5. time.com/ 30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future
6. tennisforum.com/ 30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future