Top Ten Best Grass-Court Players In Tennis History

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The Top Ten

1 Roger Federer Roger Federer Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in history for a male tennis player. He has held the world No. 1 spot ...read more.

After failing to get past the quarterfinals in 2010 and 2011, Federer won his seventh Wimbledon title in 2012 at the age of 30 - MatrixGuy

Obviously the king of grass, we can all guess how many GS titles he would have on the green surface if like in the sixties 3 out of four were played on grass. He is also successful in the toughest competitive era.

2 Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova

Number 1 with 9 Wimbledon singles titles - MatrixGuy

3 Pete Sampras

He has a 57-1 record at Wimbledon, only lost with Federer in 2001 - MatrixGuy

4 Steffi Graf Steffi Graf

Graf is second in women's tennis with most wins at Wimbledon with 7 titles - MatrixGuy

5 Billie Jean King

11 Grand Slam titles on grass - MatrixGuy

6 Rod Laver

Laver won nine Grand Slam titles on grass in a period when three of the four Grand Slam events were played on grass - MatrixGuy

7 Bill Tilden

Won 10 Grand Slam events on grass, three at Wimbledon and seven at the U.S. championships - MatrixGuy

8 Bjorn Borg

Should be at the top 5 in my opinion. - EpicJake

9 Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal

2 titles for a spanaird, who is best on clay. 2, 5 set finals against Federer, (1 win, 1 runner-up)

10 Helen Wills Moody

She won 15 Grand Slam singles events played on grass, eight Wimbledon titles and seven U.S. championships - MatrixGuy

The Contenders

11 Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No.1 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals.
12 Andy Murray Andy Murray
13 Suzanne Lenglen

Never lost a match on the court at Wimbledon, won six Wimbledon titles from 1919 to 1925 - MatrixGuy

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