Justine Henin Tracy Austin Hana Mandlíková Lleyton Hewitt Stan Smith Jennifer Capriati Gustavo Kuerten Virginia Wade Patrick Rafter Gabriela Sabatini "The 50 Greatest Players of the Open Era" (2018) In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Open Era in tennis (1968–2018), the magazine published a series rating the 50 best players of those five decades (25 men and 25 women). Active players are marked in boldface. Men 1. Roger Federer 2. Rod Laver 3. Rafael Nadal 4. Pete Sampras 5. Novak Djokovic 6. Björn Borg 7. Ken Rosewall 8. Ivan Lendl 9. John McEnroe 10. Jimmy Connors 11. Andre Agassi 12. Mats Wilander 13. Boris Becker 14. Stefan Edberg 15. John Newcombe 16. Guillermo Vilas 17. Jim Courier 18. Andy Murray 19. Ilie Năstase 20. Arthur Ashe 21. Gustavo Kuerten 22. Lleyton Hewitt 23. Stan Smith 24. Stan Wawrinka 25. Andy Roddick Women 1. Serena Williams 2. Steffi Graf 3. Martina Navratilova 4. Margaret Court 5. Chris Evert 6. Billie Jean King 7. Monica Seles 8. Venus Williams 9. Justine Henin 10. Evonne Goolagong 11. Martina Hingis 12. Maria Sharapova 13. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 14. Kim Clijsters 15. Lindsay Davenport 16. Virginia Wade 17. Jennifer Capriati 18. Tracy Austin 19. Hana Mandlíková 20. Gabriela Sabatini 21. Amélie Mauresmo 22. Victoria Azarenka 23. Angelique Kerber 24. Caroline Wozniacki 25. Na Li See also Inside Tennis Tennis Week References External links Tennis Eight times annually magazines published in the United States Tennis Magazines established in 1965 Magazines published in New York City Tennis magazines 2017 mergers and acquisitions Sinclair Broadcast Group