Top 10 Fastest Tennis Players of All Time

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has held the world No. 1 ranking in men's singles multiple times, spending a record total of 428 weeks at No. 1 across 13 different years. He has also finished a record eight seasons as the year-end world No. 1.

Rafael Nadal

Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles. Nadal is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players in history and is especially known for his dominance on clay courts.

Gael Monfils

Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 6 on November 7, 2016. Known for his athleticism and showmanship on the court, Monfils has remained a fan favorite throughout his career.

If you were to make a top 100 tennis shots of all time I feel almost certain Gael Monfils would be on there more than any other player.

Michael Chang

Andy Murray

Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis coach and former player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016... read more

Lleyton Hewitt

Björn Borg

Björn Rune Borg is a Swedish former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 during his career. He won 11 Grand Slam singles titles, including six French Opens and five consecutive Wimbledon titles between 1976 and 1980. Borg retired in 1983 at the age of 26 and remains a prominent figure... read more

Mark Philippoussis

Alex de Minaur

Gilles Simon

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Steffi Graf

Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf (born June 14, 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association for a record 377 weeks and finished as the year-end No. 1 eight times, which is also a record. Graf won 107 singles titles, including 22 Grand... read more

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Carlos Alcaraz

Andre Agassi

Andre Kirk Agassi is an American retired professional tennis player and former world No. 1. He is an eight-time Grand Slam champion and an Olympic gold medalist, having won the men's singles gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Agassi is also one of the few players to have achieved a Career Grand... read more

Serena Williams

Serena Jameka Williams is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on eight occasions between 2002 and 2017. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002, and went on to win 23 Grand Slam singles titles,... read more

Maria Sharapova

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (born April 19, 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player of Belarusian descent. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2001 until her retirement in February 2020 and was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA on five occasions, for a total of 21 weeks. She is one of... read more

Roger Federer

Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in men's singles by the ATP for a total of 310 weeks, which is the second-most of all time. He also held the top ranking for a record 237 consecutive weeks and finished the year as world No. 1... read more

Ivan Lendl

Pete Sampras

Petros "Pete" Sampras is an American former professional tennis player who reached world No. 1 in the ATP rankings. He won 14 Grand Slam singles titles during his career, including a record seven Wimbledon championships at the time. Sampras retired in 2002 and is considered one of the greatest players... read more

Boris Becker

Boris Franz Becker, born November 22, 1967, is a German former world No. 1 professional tennis player. He won six major singles titles during his career, including Wimbledon at age 17, making him the youngest ever male Grand Slam singles champion. Becker also won an Olympic gold medal in doubles and... read more