Tennis Channel's 100 greatest tennis players of all-time

Tennis Channel has been airing a special five-part series this week counting down the top 100 players of all-time and they just finished the list today. Federer was #1 followed by Laver, Graf, Navratilova, and Sampras.

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100 – Michael Chang, USA
99 – Ann Haydon Jones, GBR
98 – Henry Bunny Austin, GBR
97 – Pat Cash, AUS
96 – Manuel Orantes, ESP
95 – Thomas Muster, AUT
94 – Andy Roddick, USA
93 – Nicola Pietrangeli, ITA
92 – Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS
91 – Shirley Fry Irvin, USA
90 – Bill Johnston, USA
89 – Dorothea Lambert Chambers, GBR
88 – Amelie Mauresmo, FRA
87 – Mary Pierce, FRA
86 – Tony Wilding, NZL
85 – Yannick Noah, FRA
84 – Norman Brookes, AUS
83 – Jan Kodes, CZE
82 – Yevgeny Kafelnikov, RUS
81 – Vic Seixas, USA
80 – Marat Safin, RUS
79 – Gabriela Sabatini, ARG
78 – Ashley Cooper, AUS
77 – Molla Mallory, USA
76 – William Renshaw, GBR
75 – Pauline Betz Addie, USA
74 – Tony Roche, AUS
73 – Jaroslav Drobny, CZE
72 – Gottfried Von Cramm, GER
71 – Maria Sharapova, RUS
70 - Patrick Rafter, AUS
69 - Louise Brough Clapp, USA
68 - Helen Hull Jacobs, USA
67 - Fred Stolle, AUS
66 - Bobby Riggs, USA
65 - Pancho Segura, ECU
64 - Ellsworth Vines, USA
63 - Lleyton Hewitt, AUS
62 - Hana Mandlikova, CZE
61 - Neale Fraser, AUS
60 - Virginia Wade, GBR
59 - Margaret Osborne DuPort, USA
58 - Alice Marble, USA
57 - Jennifer Capriati, USA
56 - Stan Smith, USA
55 - Gustavo Kuerten, BRA
54 - Manolo Santana, ESP
53 - Tracy Austin, USA
52 - Jack Crawford, AUS
51 - Doris Hart, USA
50 - Tony Trabert, USA
49 - Ilie Nastase, ROU
48 - Frank Sedgman, AUS
47 - Jean Borotra, FRA
46 - Henri Cochet, FRA
45 - Kim Clijsters, BEL
44 - Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, ESP
43 - Lindsay Davenport, USA
42 - Jim Courier, USA
41 - Guillermo Vilas, ARG
40 - Novak Djokovic, SRB
39 - Althea Gibson, USA
38 - Maria Bueno, BRA
37 - Evonne Goolagong, AUS
36 - René Lacoste, FRA
35 - Pancho Gonzales, USA
34 - Jack Kramer, USA
33 - Mats Wilander, SWE
32 - Lew Hoad, AUS
31 - John Newcombe, AUS
30 - Martina Hingis, SUI
29 - Helen Wills Moody, USA
28 - Arthur Ashe, USA
27 - Maureen Connolly, USA
26 - Justine Henin, BEL
25 - Stefan Edberg, SWE
24 - Suzanne Lenglen, FRA
23 - Fred Perry, GBR
22 - Venus Williams, USA
21 - Boris Becker, GER
20 - Ken Rosewall, AUS
19 - Monica Seles, USA
18 - Ivan Lendl, CZE/USA
17 - Roy Emerson, AUS
16 - Bill Tilden, USA
15 - Jimmy Connors, USA
14 - Serena Williams, USA
13 - John McEnroe, USA
12 - Andre Agassi, USA
11 - Don Budge, USA
10 - Billie Jean King, USA
9 - Chris Evert, USA
8 - Margaret Court, AUS
7 - Bjorn Borg, SWE
6 - Rafael Nadal, ESP
5 - Pete Sampras, USA
4 - Martina Navratilova, USA
3 - Steffi Graf, GER
2 - Rod Laver, AUS
1 - Roger Federer, SUI

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The top 5 looks OK but there are some other rankings which seems a little puzzling. For example, Serena's at 14 behind McEnroe and Agassi. I know men's tennis is a lot harder to dominate but Serena has 13 grand slam titles including four GS titles in a row in 2002-2003 and also has 12 doubles GS titles. I don't see how McEnroe or Andre had better careers than her. Also with the bias towards men's tennis, I have no idea how Martina Hingis is ranked above Pancho Gonzales (who is ranked way too low) and Djokovic.