List of Famous Tennis Players

Ilie Theodoriu Năstase is a Romanian former world No. 1 professional tennis player, and one of the world's top players of the 1970s. He was ranked world No. 1 from 23 August 1973 to 2 June 1974.

Mary Carillo is a U.S. sportscaster and former professional tennis player. She is a reporter for NBC Sports and NBC Olympics.

Michael Detlef Stich is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991, the men's doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in 1992, and was a singles runner-up at the 1994 US Open and the 1996 French Open. Stich won 18 singles titles and ten doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 2 in 1993.

Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea is a Romanian tennis player. In singles, she achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-high ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March 2009. Her biggest achievements: reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 French Open and reaching the final at the 2013 Rogers Cup. Over her career, Cîrstea has defeated top-ten players Anna Chakvetadze, Sara Errani, Jelena Janković, Angelique Kerber, Petra Kvitová, Li Na, Karolína Plíšková, Francesca Schiavone, Sam Stosur, Caroline Wozniacki, Vera Zvonareva, Johanna Konta.

Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 71, which she achieved on 17 November 2014. On 21 February 2011, she peaked at No. 60 in the doubles rankings.

Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam tournament titles. He is the only male player to have completed a career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles, and first of two men to have completed a double career Grand Slam in singles. His 28 major titles are the all-time record for a male player. In 1964, he was ranked world No. 1.

Liudmila Dmitriyevna Samsonova is a Russian tennis player. She competed for Italy from 2014 to 2018. Samsonova has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 63 in singles, achieved on 21 June 2021, and 666 in doubles, reached on 7 August 2017. She won her maiden WTA Tour title at the 2021 German Open. She has also won four singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Henri Leconte is a French former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte's career-high singles ranking was world No. 5.

Mansour Bahrami is a former professional tennis player. He is Iranian with dual French nationality since 1989. While only moderately successful on the ATP Tour, his showmanship has made him a long-standing and popular figure in invitational tournaments.

Denis Kudla is an American professional tennis player of Ukrainian descent.