List of Famous Tennis Players
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He is a left-handed tennis player, but is right-handed in everyday life. He has a younger brother, Gerald Melzer, with whom he has played doubles in several tournaments.
Alizé Lim
Alizé Lim is a French professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 135, which she reached on 26 May 2014. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is world No. 148, attained on 7 November 2016.
Marcus Willis
Marcus Willis is a professional British tennis player. Willis made his tour debut at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships having qualified for the main draw.
Alex Bolt
Alex Bolt is an Australian professional tennis player. His career-high ranking is World No. 125 in singles and World No. 81 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Highlights of Bolt's career thus far include a quarterfinal appearance at the 2014 Australian Open men's doubles, and also winning the China International Challenger with his partner Andrew Whittington.
Nadia Podoroska
Nadia Podoroska is an Argentine professional tennis player. Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 October 2020, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 48 after reaching the semifinals of the French Open. On 23 October 2017, she peaked at No. 111 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Justine Henin
Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player known for her all-court style of play and notably being one of the few female players to use a single-handed backhand. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin, coming from a country with limited success in men's or women's tennis, helped establish Belgium as a leading force in women's tennis with Kim Clijsters, and led the country to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001.
Karolína Muchová
Karolína Muchová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranking of No. 21 in the world. Muchová has reached two finals on the WTA Tour, winning one title, the International-level Korea Open in 2019.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 52 achieved on 9 November 2020 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 219 achieved on 19 October 2020.
Tsvetana Pironkova
Tsvetana Kirilova Pironkova is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. Considered to be one of the best grass court players of her generation, she has been noted for her "cerebral" skills on the surface. Pironkova also found success playing on the quick hard-courts throughout her career, winning a title in Sydney and reaching the quarterfinals of the US Open.
Aljaž Bedene
Aljaž Bedene is a professional tennis player from Slovenia. He was naturalised British and played with this nationality from 2015 to 2017, returning to represent Slovenia in 2018.