List of Famous Tennis Players
Dinara Safina
Dinara Mubinovna Safina is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. Safina was runner-up in singles at the 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, and the 2009 French Open, falling to Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams, and Svetlana Kuznetsova, respectively. She had success at Grand Slam events in women's doubles by winning the 2007 US Open with Nathalie Dechy. She also won the Olympic silver medal in women's singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Safina retired in 2014 after a lengthy absence from the tour since 2011 due to an ongoing back injury.She is the younger sister of former world No. 1 men's player Marat Safin. The brother–sister pair are the first to both achieve No. 1 rankings.
Alejandro Falla
Alejandro Falla Ramírez is a retired professional male tennis player from Colombia. The left-hander turned pro in 2000 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in July 2012. At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in straight sets. He reached the semifinals of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in 2007, beating players such as the 5th seed Ivan Ljubičić.
Naoko Sato
Naoko Sato is a retired Japanese professional tennis player.
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is a retired Italian tennis player. She turned professional in 1998 and won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. Her career-high ranking is world No. 4, achieved on 31 January 2011. To date, Schiavone is the last one-handed-backhand player to win a Grand Slam title on the women's tour.
Mariana Duque
Mariana Duque Mariño is a Colombian retired tennis player. Having turned professional in 2005, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 in October 2015.
Leonie Küng
Leonie Küng is a Swiss tennis player. Küng has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 156, achieved on 17 February 2020. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 331, achieved on 19 August 2019. As a qualifier, Küng reached the singles final of the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2018.
Kristína Kučová
Kristína Kučová is a Slovak tennis player.
Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Charievna Amanmuradova is a professional tennis player from Uzbekistan. At 1.90 metres in height, she is one of the tallest female tennis players in history.
Rosemary Casals
Rosemary "Rosie" Casals is a former American professional tennis player.
Dianne Fromholtz
Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1979.