







Occupation
TENNIS PLAYERS
With 1,569 biographies, Tennis Players are the 14th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Painters, Basketball Players, and Cyclists.
People
Pantheon has 1,576 people classified as tennis players born between 1849 and 2007. Of these 1,576, 1,339 (84.96%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living tennis players include Lukáš Klein, Astra Sharma, and Regina Maršíková. The most famous deceased tennis players include Luis Ayala, Vic Seixas, and Peter Lundgren.
Living Tennis Players
Go to all RankingsBjörn Borg
1956 - Present
HPI: 74.07
Novak Djokovic
1987 - Present
HPI: 72.30
Rod Laver
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.59
Martina Navratilova
1956 - Present
HPI: 71.15
Ilie Năstase
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.82
Billie Jean King
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.55
Margaret Court
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.53
Steffi Graf
1969 - Present
HPI: 70.36
Andre Agassi
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.16
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.92
Roger Federer
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.90
Jimmy Connors
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.63
Deceased Tennis Players
Go to all RankingsSuzanne Lenglen
1899 - 1938
HPI: 71.73
René Lacoste
1904 - 1996
HPI: 71.65
Fred Perry
1909 - 1995
HPI: 69.29
Helen Wills
1905 - 1998
HPI: 68.46
Major Ritchie
1870 - 1955
HPI: 67.76
Arthur Ashe
1943 - 1993
HPI: 67.72
Charlotte Cooper
1870 - 1966
HPI: 67.28
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
1878 - 1960
HPI: 67.21
Anthony Wilding
1883 - 1915
HPI: 66.50
Manuel Santana
1938 - 2021
HPI: 66.12
Bill Tilden
1893 - 1953
HPI: 65.61
Shirley Fry
1927 - 2021
HPI: 65.15
Places
Most tennis players were born in United States (254), Australia (110), and Russia (82). By city, the most common birth places were Moscow (50), Sydney (20), and Melbourne (20).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as tennis players in Pantheon are James Dwight, Spencer Gore, and John Hartley. The concentration of tennis players was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier tennis players are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Tennis Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Tennis Players since 1700.