100 Greatest of All Time

2012 television series about tennis players August 2026 March 2025 Sports Jack Nicklaus Jerry Rice Wayne Gretzky Lisa Leslie Carl Lewis 1 5 Tennis Channel 2012 03 2012 03 23 100 Greatest of All Time was a sports television series of five one-hour episodes, produced and first aired by the Tennis Channel in March 2012. It presented a list of 100 tennis players to be considered the greatest of all time, both men and women. The series was hosted by Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, Lisa Leslie and Carl Lewis.http://www.tennispanorama.com/archives/tag/100-greatest-of-all-time Tennis Panorama News Tennis Panorama March 23, 2012 Many retired tennis luminaries provided commentary, including Rod Laver, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras, and Andre Agassi. Background An international panel of tennis experts determined this ranking of 62 men and 38 women. The United States was credited with the most great players (38), followed by Australia (17), France (7), Great Britain (6) and Czechoslovakia (5). Forty-three players made the list from the Americas, 39 from Europe and 18 from Oceania. Grand Slam singles titles (Australian, French, Wimbledon and US tournaments) column figures reflect number of wins as of March 2012 when the list was published. In addition to that, the pre-Open Era Pro major tournaments (three professional events) were included: the U.S. Pro Championships (first held in 1927), French Pro Championship (first held in 1930) and Wembley Championships (started in 1934). Only male tennis players that turned from amateurs to pros were able to participate in those.women except for 1956 & 1960 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships where also women could have participate. Pauline Betz and Althea Gibson won one event each respectively The Open Era started in 1968 and all three pro majors tournaments were quickly relegated to lesser events and were all defunct by the 1990s. Prior to 1924, the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) recognized two other events as world championships. The "World Hard Court Championships" (WHCC) and the "World Covered Court Championships" (WCCC). Between 1913 and 1923 Wimbledon was known as the World Grass Court Championships (WGCC), also sanctioned by the ILTF. In 1924 ILTF designated the Australasian, French, British and American championship tournaments as the new four majors. 1925 was the first season held with all these four major tournaments opened to all amateurs. Achievements ‡ The Grand Slam, winning all four Grand Slam tournament singles titles (Australian, French, Wimbledon and US) in one calendar year was achieved six times by five different players: Don Budge in 1938, Maureen Connolly in 1953, Rod Laver in 1962 & 1969, Margaret Court in 1970 and Steffi Graf in 1988. ◊ The Pro Grand Slam, winning all three professional slam singles titles (U.S., French and Wembley) in one calendar year was achieved by Ken Rosewall in 1963 and by Rod Laver in 1967. † Anthony Wilding is the only Triple World Champion. In 1913, he won all three ILTF singles titles, the World Covered Court Championships (WCCC), the World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) and Wimbledon Championships (also known as World Grass Court Championships or simply WGCC). Top 100 ranking per Tennis Channel in 2012 RankNameGenderNationalityMajors ILTF chps. Pro Slam Grand Slam(March 2012) Total (Current) 1 Roger FedererMale♂SUI 16 20 2 Rod Laver ‡ ◊ ‡ Male♂AUS 8 11 19 3 Steffi Graf ‡ Female♀FRG/GER 22 22 4 Martina NavratilovaFemale♀TCH/USA 18 18 5 Pete SamprasMale♂USA 14 14 6 Rafael NadalMale♂ESP 10 22 7 Björn BorgMale♂SWE 11 11 8 Margaret Court ‡ Female♀AUS 24 24 9 Chris EvertFemale♀USA 18 18 10 Billie Jean KingFemale♀USA 12 12 11 Don Budge ‡ Male♂USA 4 6 10 12 Andre AgassiMale♂USA 8 8 13 John McEnroeMale♂USA 7 7 14 Serena WilliamsFemale♀USA 13 23 15 Jimmy ConnorsMale♂USA 8 8 16 Bill TildenMale♂USA 1 4 10 15 17 Roy EmersonMale♂AUS 12 12 18 Ivan LendlMale♂TCH/USA 8 8 19 Monica SelesFemale♀YUG/USA 9 9 20 Ken Rosewall ◊ Male♂AUS 15 8 23 21 Boris BeckerMale♂FRG/GER 6 6 22 Venus WilliamsFemale♀USA 7 7 23 Fred PerryMale♂GBR 2 8 10 24 Suzanne LenglenFemale♀FRA 4 812 25 Stefan EdbergMale♂SWE 6 6 26 Justine HeninFemale♀BEL 7 7 27 Maureen Connolly ‡ Female♀USA 9 9 28 Arthur AsheMale♂USA 3 3 29 Helen WillsFemale♀USA 19 19 30 Martina HingisFemale♀SUI 5 5 31 John NewcombeMale♂AUS 7 7 32 Lew HoadMale♂AUS 1 4 5 33 Mats WilanderMale♂SWE 7 7 34 Jack KramerMale♂USA 2 3 5 35 Pancho GonzalezMale♂USA 12 2 14 36 René LacosteMale♂FRA 7 7 37 Evonne Goolagong CawleyFemale♀AUS 7 7 38 Maria BuenoFemale♀BRA 7 7 39 Althea GibsonFemale♀USA 1 5 6 40 Novak DjokovicMale♂SCG/SRB 5 24 41 Guillermo VilasMale♂ARG 4 4 42 Jim CourierMale♂USA 4 4 43 Lindsay DavenportFemale♀USA 3 3 44 Arantxa Sánchez VicarioFemale♀ESP 4 4 45 Kim ClijstersFemale♀BEL 4 4 46 Henri CochetMale♂FRA 3 1 7 11 47 Jean BorotraMale♂FRA 4 4 48 Frank SedgmanMale♂AUS 2 5 7 49 Ilie NăstaseMale♂ROU 1965 2 2 50 Tony TrabertMale♂USA 2 5 7 51 Doris HartFemale♀USA 6 6 52 Jack CrawfordMale♂AUS 6 6 53 Tracy AustinFemale♀USA 2 2 54 Manuel SantanaMale♂ESP 1945 4 4 55 Gustavo KuertenMale♂BRA 3 3 56 Stan SmithMale♂USA 2 2 57 Jennifer CapriatiFemale♀USA 3 3 58 Alice MarbleFemale♀USA 5 5 59 Margaret Osborne duPontFemale♀USA 6 6 60 Virginia WadeFemale♀GBR 3 3 61 Neale FraserMale♂AUS 3 3 62 Hana MandlíkováFemale♀TCH 4 4 63 Lleyton HewittMale♂AUS 2 2 64 Ellsworth VinesMale♂USA 5 3 8 65 Pancho SeguraMale♂ECU 4 0 4 66 Bobby RiggsMale♂USA 3 3 6 67 Fred StolleMale♂AUS 2 2 68 Helen Hull JacobsFemale♀USA 5 5 69 Louise BroughFemale♀USA 6 6 70 Patrick RafterMale♂AUS 2 2 71 Maria SharapovaFemale♀RUS 3 5 72 Gottfried Von CrammMale♂GER 1933/GER Nazi/FRG 2 2 73 Jaroslav DrobnýMale♂TCH 3 3 74 Tony RocheMale♂AUS 1 1 75 Pauline Betz AddieFemale♀USA 1 5 6 76 William RenshawMale♂GBR 7 7 77 Molla MalloryFemale♀NOR/USA 8 8 78 Ashley CooperMale♂AUS 4 4 79 Gabriela SabatiniFemale♀ARG 1 1 80 Marat SafinMale♂RUS 2 2 81 Vic SeixasMale♂USA 2 2 82 Yevgeny KafelnikovMale♂RUS 2 2 83 Jan KodešMale♂TCH 3 3 84 Norman BrookesMale♂AUS 3 3 85 Yannick NoahMale♂FRA 1 1 86 Anthony Wilding † Male♂NZL 3 6 9 87 Mary PierceFemale♀FRA 2 2 88 Amélie MauresmoFemale♀FRA 2 2 89 Dorothea Lambert ChambersFemale♀GBR 7 7 90 Bill JohnstonMale♂USA 1 3 4 91 Shirley Fry IrvinFemale♀USA 4 4 92 Svetlana KuznetsovaFemale♀RUS 2 2 93 Nicola PietrangeliMale♂ITA 2 2 94 Andy RoddickMale♂USA 1 1 95 Thomas MusterMale♂AUT 1 1 96 Manuel OrantesMale♂ESP 1945 1 1 97 Pat CashMale♂AUS 1 1 98 Bunny AustinMale♂GBR 0 0 99 Ann Haydon-JonesFemale♀GBR 3 3 100 Michael ChangMale♂USA 1 1 Notes: Bolded players are still active today. Empty spots in the table mean player did not participate in any of those tournaments. See also The 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era The 50 Greatest Players of the Open Era Notes References External links Official site Category:2012 American television series debuts Category:2012 English-language television series debuts Category:2012 American television series endings Category:2012 English-language television series endings Category:Tennis-related lists Category:Top sports lists Category:Cultural depictions of tennis players Category:2010s American documentary television series Category:Documentary television series about sports Category:Tennis television series