List of Famous Tennis Players
Petr Korda
Petr Korda is a Czech former professional tennis player. He won the 1998 Australian Open and was runner-up at the 1992 French Open, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 2 in February 1998. Korda tested positive for doping in June 1998 at Wimbledon, was subsequently banned from September 1999 for 12 months, although he retired shortly before the ban.
Ivo Karlović
Ivo Karlović is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has won eight ATP singles titles between 2007 and 2016. Karlović's height of 211 cm makes him the joint tallest ranked tennis player in history, along with Reilly Opelka.
Greg Rusedski
Gregory Rusedski is a British and Canadian former tennis player. He was the British No. 1 in 1997, 1999 and 2006, and reached the ATP ranking of world No. 4 for periods from 6 October 1997 to 12 October 1997 and from 25 May 1998 to 21 June 1998.
Botic van de Zandschulp
Botic van de Zandschulp is a Dutch tennis player. Van de Zandschulp has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 117 achieved on 30 August 2021. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 232 achieved on 23 October 2017. Van de Zandschulp is the current Dutch No. 1 men's singles player. Van de Zandschulp has won 1 ATP Challenger singles title in Hamburg and 1 ATP Challenger doubles title in Alphen.
Nicolas Mahut
Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French professional tennis player. In singles, he reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking of world No. 37 on 5 May 2014. In doubles, he reached a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 1 on 6 June 2016. Mahut is well known for being skilled on grass, on which he has won the fourth-most titles amongst active players in singles behind Roger Federer (19), Andy Murray (8) and Novak Djokovic (5) and tying with Rafael Nadal (4); he also has the 2nd most singles titles on grass won over the age of 30 amongst active players, behind Federer (5). He is a distinguished doubles player, having completed the Career Grand Slam at the 2019 Australian Open, following victories at the 2015 US Open, 2016 Wimbledon Championships and 2018 French Open partnering Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Mahut was a part of the longest match in professional tennis history against John Isner in the first round of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.
Denis Istomin
Denis Olegovich Istomin is an Uzbek professional tennis player born in Russia. He has won two singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in August 2012. In January 2017, he defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Australian Open.
Marco Cecchinato
Marco Cecchinato is an Italian professional tennis player. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hungarian Open. He became the first Sicilian tennis player to win an ATP title. His best Grand Slam result is a semifinal at the 2018 French Open. However, in the other three Majors he has not won a match.
Taylor Townsend
Taylor Townsend is an American professional tennis player. She reached a career-best WTA ranking of No. 61 in July 2018.
Alison Riske
Alison Riske-Amritraj is an American professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on November 4, 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014 at the Tianjin Open.
Jack Sock
Jack Sock is an American professional tennis player. He and doubles partner Vasek Pospisil won the 2014 Wimbledon championship, a victory that helped vault them into the Top 10 of the ATP doubles rankings. Additionally, he won the 2011 US Open mixed doubles title with fellow U.S. player Melanie Oudin, as well as the 2018 Wimbledon, 2018 US Open, and 2018 ATP Finals men's doubles titles with Mike Bryan. Following his US Open win, Sock reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 2 in the world, behind Bryan. He has won four career ATP singles titles and 14 doubles titles. Sock also won an Olympic gold medal in mixed doubles with his partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and an Olympic bronze medal in doubles with partner Steve Johnson, at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.