TENNIS Magazine's 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era

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This is a list of the 40 Greatest Tennis Players over the last 40 Years compiled by TENNIS Magazine, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2005. Those with asterisks after their names were actively competing as of 2007:

# Name Country
1. Pete Sampras Flag of United States United States
2. Martina Navrátilová Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (naturalized United States citizen)
3. Steffi Graf Flag of Germany Germany
4. Chris Evert Flag of United States United States
5. Bjorn Borg Flag of Sweden Sweden
6. Margaret Smith Court Flag of Australia Australia
7. Jimmy Connors Flag of United States United States
8. Rod Laver Flag of Australia Australia
9. Billie Jean King Flag of United States United States
10. Ivan Lendl Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (naturalized United States citizen)
11. John McEnroe Flag of United States United States
12. Andre Agassi Flag of United States United States
13. Monica Seles Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (naturalized United States citizen)
14. Stefan Edberg Flag of Sweden Sweden
15. Mats Wilander Flag of Sweden Sweden
16. John Newcombe Flag of Australia Australia
17. Serena Williams* Flag of United States United States
18. Boris Becker Flag of Germany Germany
19. Roger Federer* Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
20. Ken Rosewall Flag of Australia Australia
21. Roy Emerson Flag of Australia Australia
22. Martina Hingis* Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
23. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Flag of Australia Australia
24. Guillermo Vilas Flag of Argentina Argentina
25. Venus Williams* Flag of United States United States
26. Jim Courier Flag of United States United States
27. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Flag of Spain Spain
28. Ilie Năstase Flag of Romania Romania
29. Lindsay Davenport Flag of United States United States
30. Arthur Ashe Flag of United States United States
31. Justine Henin* Flag of Belgium Belgium
32. Tracy Austin Flag of United States United States
33. Hana Mandlíková Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (naturalized Australian citizen)
34. Lleyton Hewitt* Flag of Australia Australia
35. Stan Smith Flag of United States United States
36. Jennifer Capriati Flag of United States United States
37. Gustavo Kuerten* Flag of Brazil Brazil
38. Virginia Wade Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
39. Patrick Rafter Flag of Australia Australia
40. Gabriela Sabatini Flag of Argentina Argentina
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