Vote for the greatest tennis player of all time. Before you decide, make sure to read these interesting facts to help you give you a better decision.
- Rod Laver was the World No. 1 tennis player for seven consecutive years. He is the only tennis player to have twice won all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year — first as an amateur in 1962 and second as a professional in 1969. If he was allowed to play in the Grand Slams before the Open Era, who knows how many more Grand Slams Rod Laver could have won.
- Don Budge was the World No. 1 tennis player for five years as an amateur and professional. He is the first man to win the four tournaments that comprise the Grand Slam of tennis. 1937-1939
- Margaret Court became the first woman during the open era and and one of the few women to win all four Grand Slamsingles titles in the same calendar year. (1970)
- Laver, Budge and Court won their grand slams during a time when 3 of the 4 Grand Slams were played on grass courts with the other being on clay.
- Martina Navratilova has won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam women's doubles titles (an all-time record), and 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
- Many would argue that Steffi Graf is easily the best player of all time, but Navratilova won titles in in doubles and mixed doubles, while Steffi focused on her singles career.
- Steffi Graf has 22 Grand Slam singles titles.Graf is the only person who has won the Golden Slam which is a Grand Slam plus winning the Oympic gold medal in the same year.
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