Centre Court GOATs
A greatest-hits deck of tennis icons: Grand Slam record-breakers, era-defining rivals, and champions whose names still echo around Centre Court.
24 faces
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Novak Djokovic
Grand Slam record-holder and all-time great · Tennis
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for a record 428 weeks, finished as the year-end No.
Roger Federer
Grand Slam champion and era-defining icon · Tennis
Roger Federer is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No.
Rafael Nadal
Grand Slam champion and clay-court legend · Tennis
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera, 1st Marquess of Llevant de Mallorca is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 209 weeks, and finished as the year-end No.
Serena Williams
Grand Slam champion and all-time great · Tennis
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, and finished as the year-end No.
Steffi Graf
Grand Slam champion and Golden Slam winner · Tennis
Stefanie Maria Graf, known professionally as Steffi Graf and preferring to be called Stefanie since 2001, is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.
Martina Navratilova
Grand Slam champion and all-court legend · Tennis
Martina Navratilova is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in women's singles for 332 weeks, including as the year-end No.
Rod Laver
Two-time calendar Grand Slam winner · Tennis
Rodney George Laver is an Australian former professional tennis player. Laver was ranked as the world number 1 professional player indisputably for five years from 1965 to 1969, and by some sources also in 1964 and 1970. He was also ranked as the number 1 amateur in 1961 and 1962.
Björn Borg
Grand Slam champion and 1970s icon · Tennis
Björn Rune Borg is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 109 weeks.
Pete Sampras
Grand Slam champion and serve-and-volley great · Tennis
Pete Sampras is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful tennis players of all time, he was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 286 weeks, and finished as the year-end No.
Margaret Court
Grand Slam record-holder · Tennis
Margaret Court, also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian former world number 1 tennis player. Her 24 women's singles major titles and total of 64 major titles are the most in women's tennis history.
Chris Evert
Grand Slam champion and baseline great · Tennis
Christine Marie Evert is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful players of all time, she was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 260 weeks, and finished as the year-end No.
Billie Jean King
Grand Slam champion and tennis trailblazer · Tennis
Billie Jean King is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles.
Andre Agassi
Career Grand Slam champion · Tennis
Andre Kirk Agassi is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 weeks, including as the year-end No.
John McEnroe
Grand Slam champion and shotmaking icon · Tennis
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. is an American former professional tennis player. Often ranked amongst the greatest tennis players of all time, McEnroe was ranked as the world No.
Jimmy Connors
Grand Slam champion and former world number one · Tennis
James Scott Connors is an American former professional tennis player as well as an author, a tennis commentator, and a coach. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 268 weeks, and finished as the year-end No.
Ivan Lendl
Grand Slam champion and former world number one · Tennis
Ivan Lendl is a Czech–American former professional tennis player and coach. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, he was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 270 weeks, and finished as the year-end No.
Venus Williams
Grand Slam champion and modern-era icon · Tennis
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in both women's singles and doubles by the Women's Tennis Association.
Monica Seles
Grand Slam champion and teenage phenomenon · Tennis
Monica Seles is a retired professional tennis player who represented Yugoslavia and the United States. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 178 weeks, and finished as the year-end No.
Boris Becker
Grand Slam champion and Wimbledon icon · Tennis
Boris Franz Becker is a German former professional tennis player, tennis coach and a commentator. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
Arthur Ashe
Grand Slam champion and barrier-breaking legend · Tennis
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles.
Martina Hingis
Grand Slam champion and former world number one · Tennis
Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 209 weeks and as the world No.
Justine Henin
Grand Slam champion and former world number one · Tennis
Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 117 weeks, including as the year-end No.
Maria Sharapova
Career Grand Slam champion · Tennis
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks.
Naomi Osaka
Grand Slam champion and modern global star · Tennis
Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA for 25 weeks starting in January 2019, the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles.