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The Top 101 Male and Female Players of the Open Era

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Note: this ranking reflects results through the US Open 2010. With the Australian and French Open 2011 played, the new Dai-Yokozuna Rafael Nadal is #6, Kim Clijsters (now a Yokozuna) takes 14th place from Lindsay Davenport, and new male Yokozuna Novak Djokovic enters the top 20 (at #17), Na Li gains more than 50 spots and is #35, Schiavone #40. Murray is #43, Kvitova #46.

The Top 101 Male and Female Tennis Players of the Open Era

	Male Players	Highest Rank			Female Players	Highest Rank
1	Rod Laver	Dai-Y		1	Margaret Court	Dai-Y
2	Roger Federer	Dai-Y		2	Steffi Graf	Dai-Y
3	Ken Rosewall	Dai-Y		3	Martina Navratilova	Dai-Y
3	Pete Sampras	Dai-Y		4	Chris Evert	Dai-Y
4	Bjorn Borg	Dai-Y		5	Serena Williams	Dai-Y
6	Ivan Lendl	Y		6	Billie Jean King	Dai-Y
7	Rafael Nadal	Y		7	Monica Seles	Dai-Y
8	Jimmy Connors	Y		8	Evonne Goolagong	Y
9	Andre Agassi	Y		9	Venus Williams	Y
10	John McEnroe	Y		10	Justine Henin	Y
11	Mats Wilander	Y		11	Martina Hingis	Y
12	Boris Becker	Y		12	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	Y
13	Stefan Edberg	Y		13	Hana Mandlikova	Y
14	John Newcombe	Y		14	Lindsay Davenport	Y
15	Jim Courier	Y		15	Kim Clijsters	O
16	Guillermo Vilas	O		16	Jennifer Capriati	Y
17	Arthur Ashe	O		17	Ann Haydon-Jones	O
18	Ilie Nastase	O		18	Maria Sharapova	O
19	Lleyton Hewitt	O		19	Virginia Wade	O
20	Marat Safin	O		20	Gabriela Sabatini	O
21	Pat Rafter	O		21	Mary Pierce	O
22	Stan Smith	O		22	Amelie Mauresmo	O
23	Jan Kodes	O		23	Svetlana Kuznetsova	O
24	Gustavo Kuerten	O		24	Nancy Richey Gunter	O
25	Yevgeni Kafelnikov	O		25	Jana Novotna	O
26	Andy Roddick	O		26	Conchita Martinez	O
27	Michael Chang	O		27	Tracy Austin	O
28	Goran Ivanisevic	S		28	Mima Jausovec	O
29	Tony Roche	O		29	Ana Ivanovic	O
30	Andres Gimeno	S		30	Francoise Durr	S
31	Novak Djokovic	O		31	Virginia Ruzici	O
32	Michael Stich	O		32	Helena Sukova	O
33	Pat Cash	O		33	Kerry Melville Reid	O
34	Vitas Gerulaitis	O		34	Mary Joe Fernandez	O
35	Roscoe Tanner	O		35	Wendy Turnbull	S
36	Sergi Bruguera	O		36	Sue Barker	O
37	Juan Carlos Ferrero	O		37	Elena Dementieva	O
38	Johann Kriek	O		38	Rosie Casals	O
39	Carlos Moya	O		39	Andrea Jaeger	O
40	Richard Krajicek	O		40	Dinara Safina	O
41	Manuel Orantes	S		41	Pam Shriver	S
42	Thomas Muster	S		42	Anastasia Myskina	O
43	Petr Korda	O		43	Iva Majoli	O
44	Yannick Noah	S		44	Zina Garrison	S
45	Adriano Panatta	S		45	Francesca Schiavone	S
46	Miroslav Mecir	O		46	Helen Gourlay	S
47	Todd Martin	S		47	Olga Morozova	O
48	Cedric Pioline	S		48	Renata Tomanova	O
49	Thomas Johansson	S		49	Jelena Jankovic	S
50	Andy Murray	S		50	Vera Zvonareva	O
51	Alex Corretja	S		51	Helga Masthoff	S
52	Albert Costa	S		52	Dianne Fromholtz	O
53	Kevin Curren	O		53	Claudia Kohde	S
54	Juan M. Del Potro	O		54	Judy Tegart	S
55	Andres Gomez	S		55	Anke Huber	S
56	Mark Philippoussis	S		56	Natalia Zvereva	S
57	Robin Soderling	S		57	Manuela Maleeva	S
58	Tom Okker	S		58	Karen Krantzcke	S
59	David Nalbandian	S		59	July Heldman	S
60	Henri Leconte	S		60	Amanda Coetzer	S
61	Alex Metreveli	S		61	Kimiko Date	K
62	Harold Solomon	S		62	Regina Marsikova	S
63	Mark Edmondson	S		63	Nathalie Tauziat	S
64	Tim Henman	S		64	Sylvia Hanika	S
65	Brian Teacher	S		65	Kathy Jordan	S
66	Sebastian Grosjean	S		66	Natalia Petrova	S
67	Nikolay Davydenko	S		67	Caroline Wozniacki	S
68	Fernando Gonzalez	S		68	Samantha Stosur	S
69	Raul Ramirez	S		69	Betty Stove	O
70	Gaston Gaudio	S		70	Chris O'Neil	S
71	Tommy Haas	S		71	Barbara Jordan	S
72	Brian Gottfried	S		72	Florenta Mihai	S
73	Phil Dent	S		73	Lesley Hunt	S
74	Andrei Medvedev	S		74	Marion Bartoli	S
75	Marcelo Rios	S		75	Patty Schnyder	K
76	Guillermo Coria	S		76	Caterina Lindqvist	K
77	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	S		77	Nicole Vaidisova	S
78	Dick Crealy	S		78	Katerina Maleeva	K
79	Tim Mayotte	K		79	Jo Durie	S
80	Magnus Norman	O		80	Wendy Shaw	K
81	Tomas Berdych	O		81	Lori McNeil	K
82	Zeljko Franulovic	S		82	Janet Newberry	K
83	Marcos Bagdhatis	S		83	Barbara Potter	K
84	Patrick Proisy	S		84	Naoko Sawamatsu	K
85	Onny Parun	S		85	Jie Zheng	K
86	Steve Denton	S		86	Na Li	S
87	Jonas Bjorkman	S		87	Paola Suarez	S
88	Eddie Dibbs	K		88	Carling Bassett	K
89	Victor Pecci	S		89	Chandra Rubin	K
90	Rainer Schuettler	S		90	Daniela Hantuchova	K
91	Thomas Enqvist	S		91	Jelena Dokic	K
92	Arnaud Clement	S		92	Katja Ebbinghaus	-
93	Kim Warwick	S		93	Sharon Walsh	S
94	John Alexander	K		94	Betsy Nagelsen	S
95	Roger Taylor	S		95	Gigi Fernandez	S
96	Cliff Richey	S		96	Elena Likhotseva	K
97	Clark Graebner	S		97	Kathy Rinaldi	K
98	Wayne Ferreira	K		98	Ana Chakvetadze	K
99	Tom Gorman	S		99	Claudia Porvik	K
100	Greg Rusedski	S		100	Raquel Giscafre	K
101	Niki Pilic	S		101	Bettina Bunge	K