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1. Flo W. (11/14/2007 5:08:58 PM) 

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   Arthur Ashe is my favorite male player. The man played & won matches, even though he was being heckled by fans. He was also spat at and obscene gestures were made by another player. Players now can't concentrate if someone is walking in the stands. ....I have several favorite female players. Steffi Graf-Agassi, Monica Seles, Venus & Serena Williams, & Lindsay Davenport.

2. TENNIS FAN (11/14/2007 4:32:45 PM) 

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   The list on this page may be "fan favorites" but certainly not greatest players... ..In my book to be a CANDIDATE for "the greatest ever" a player must win AT LEAST 10 Grand Slams. However, just because a player wins more grand slams than another does not make him a greater player than the player winning a lesser number of grand slams... ..This reduces the list to just 5 players. Laver, Federer, Borg, Sampras, and Roy Emerson.....You can now sort the list by the ability of the player to WIN GRAND SLAMS ON ALL SURFACES. Only Laver and Emerson have won all four Grand Slams. A further distinguishing factor is to have won all four in one year. This puts Laver over Emerson. The list therefore becomes; Laver, Emerson, (the remaining three)....Now you can further sort the list by a players ability to WIN (not necessarily Grand Slams) ON ALL SURFACES. This sorts Sampras to the last place. The list now becomes; Laver, Emerson, (the remaining two), Sampras.....For a final sort you can use ITEMS SUCH AS the winning percentage, no. of consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the ATP list, no. of consecutive appearances at a Grand Slam Final, the number of Grand Slams won, number of consecutive years that the player finished as No. 1, etc. This puts Federer over Borg.....Therefore my list is:....Greatest Player Ever: Rod Laver..Second Greatest Player Roy Emerson..Third Greatest Player Roger Federer..Fourth Greatest Player Bjorn Borg..Fifth Greatest Player Pete Sampras....The above is for open era. But regardless of the era, nobody (yet) comes close to the GREAT ROD LAVER who won the GRAND SLAM twice (open and non-open era)...

3. Nat D. Potter (11/14/2007 3:39:23 PM) 

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   Rod Laver is/was the best tennis player of all time, in my humble opinion.....Also, who is the Australian under John McEnroe? I recognize Pete Sampras under Rafael Nadal. Could that be Pat Cash under McEnroe?....THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. Karen (11/14/2007 3:12:37 PM) 

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   There is, and NEVER will be a player like the Swiss Master- ROGER FEDERER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5. Joe Cary (11/14/2007 3:40:12 PM) 

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   Arthur Ashe is my favorite player because he persevered through the rough times to become a champion. Many black tennis players of today were inspired by his talent, grace and intelligence on and off the court.

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