Who is the best tennis player in the world?

Let me put it this way,

#1 rank Roger Federer has nearly twice the amount points (8210) than #2 rank Rafael Nadal (4420) in the the ATP men's ranking in the world. Hypothetically, Roger Federer can literally retire and not play tennis for 2 years, come back and still be rank #1 with Nadal winning every single tournament for him to catch up.

Currently, the greatest non-active tennis player is Pete Sampras, who holds 14 grand slam titles, the most ever in history.

2007-03-10 20:00:06 · answer #1 · answered by Go For Broke 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋

2006 Roger Federer P. (Sui.) Rafael Nadal P. (Esp.) Tennis Magazine (France); ITF; ATP; as in 2004 Federer has done a Little Slam and even slightly better : only 5 defeats and wins in the Australian Open (Marcos Baghdatis runner-up), in Wimbledon (Nadal finalist), in the U.S. Open (over Roddick) and in the Tennis Masters Cup (James Blake runner-up); the Swiss also reached the Roland Garros final won by Nadal; probably no one will contest the ATP Race hierarchy : 1) Federer 1674 points, 2) Nadal 894 points, the two players having completely dominated the circuit until Wimbledon before the Spaniard both physically tired and improving his technique, let the Swiss capture all the big titles. Federer said that his Tennis Masters Cup final match against Blake was probably the best of his entire career (in 2006); Tennis Magazine (France), privileging the great events, ranked Federer #1, Nadal #2, Nikolay Davydenko #3, Nalbandian #4, Roddick #5, Marcos Baghdatis #6, Ivan Ljubicic #7, Blake #8, Tommy Robredo #9, Mario Ancic #10, Tommy Haas #11, Hewitt #12, Fernando Gonzalez #13, Tomas Berdych #14, Novak Djokovic #15 (ATP ranking : Federer #1, Nadal #2, Davydenko #3, Blake #4, Ljubicic #5, Roddick #6, Robredo #7, Nalbandian #8, Ancic #9, Gonzalez #10, Haas #11, Baghdatis #12, Berdych #13, David Ferrer #14, Jarkko Nieminen #15).

2007-03-11 05:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

The best active tennis player in the world is Roger Federer.

2007-03-11 12:42:50 · answer #3 · answered by DarkCond0 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Roger Federer

2007-03-11 05:02:15 · answer #4 · answered by howardlee1977 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Male: Roger Federer; Female: a fully-fit Serena Williams.

2007-03-11 11:05:00 · answer #5 · answered by Timothy M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

To be the best tennis player, It should be someone who can play consistently good tennis in all different types of courts ( from the clay courts of french open to the grass of wimbledon to the hard courts elsewhere) against all opponents.

Going by that yardstick of consistency and superiority over contemporaries, Undoubtedly it should be the one who answers to the name of 'Roger Federer'

Since the time of his ascent to the Number#1 in the ATP rankings in february, 2004. he has kept his rankings intact.
check this link out for more details on the ranking ( choose the appropriate year to see the ranking details)

http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/players/playerprofiles/rankhistory.asp?playernumber=F324&selyear=2004

2007-03-11 05:22:06 · answer #6 · answered by kamesh n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

on the mens side right now, for sure Roger Feder.. on the womens side, truly the 2 most complete players are Justine henin and Amelia Mauresmo, they got the best game on the womens tour. But i believe when the willam sisters are 100% healthy and put there soul to it, they can be the best..

2007-03-11 12:52:07 · answer #7 · answered by tennislover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Roger Federer, Amelie Mauresmo

2007-03-11 04:59:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋

Roger Federer without doubt

2007-03-11 05:08:19 · answer #9 · answered by cassidy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋

The only answer possible for the men is Roger Federer and I'd say Justine Henin for the women.

2007-03-11 11:10:10 · answer #10 · answered by CXL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Who is the best tennis player in the world?

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