The Greatest Male Tennis Players Of All Time

Published on 11/09/2017
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Rafael Nadal

Of course, Rafael Nadal makes the list, the man’s a walking legend. Nadal started his professional tennis career in 2001 and so far has earned over 78 million dollars, has 69 career titles to his name with 14 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 1 Australian, 9 French, 2 US Open, and 2 Wimbledon. Talk about impressive. After his 9th French Open title, Nadal ibecame known as “The King of Clay” because of his domination over all others on the clay court. Despite injury bouts, Nadal will go on to win more titles and climb up the world rankings.

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal

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Andy Murray

Ahem, pardon us, it is Sir Andrew Barron Murray. Sir Murray is currently the world number 1 in men’s singles, people, this pro isn’t messing around. Although Scottish, he represents Great Britain, most impressively, at the 2012 US Open, Murray became the first British player since 1977, and the first British man since 1936, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final. In 2013, Murray won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first British player to win a Wimbledon senior singles title since 1977, and the first British man to win the men’s singles title since Fred Perry, 77 years before. In 2016, he won his second Wimbledon title and become the first British man to win multiple Wimbledon singles titles since 1935. He is also the men’s singles 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, making him the only tennis player, male or female, to have won two Olympic singles titles.

Andy Murray

Andy Murray

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