Tennis
He gave his name to the list of the best tennis players in history. Djokovic beats Federer
The well-known tennis resource Tennis Abstract has published a list of the best tennis players of the last century.
in the first line Rod Laver – the only tennis player to win all 4 Grand Slam tournaments in one year (1962). German tennis player Steffi Graf took the second place. The top three were closed by Martina Navratilova.
Note that the legendary Roger Federer is in fifth place. It was overtaken by fourth-placed Novak Djokovic. Rafael Nadal, another representative of BIG-3, is eighth.
Top 10 tennis players of the last century:
- Rod Laver (Australia)
- Steffi Graf (Germany)
- Martina Navratilova (CZ/USA)
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
- Roger Federer (Switzerland)
- Serena Williams (USA)
- Bill Tilden (USA)
- Rafael Nadal (Spain)
- Chris Evert (USA)
- Helen Willis (USA)
Source: Sport UA
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