I’ve decided to start a series of videos on my YouTube Channel to provide my analysis of the greatest tennis player of all time and try to come up with a definite answer to this never ending debate.

The way I went about it is to break down the candidates and rank them into five tiers or classes from D to S, D being the lowest, followed by C, B, A and finally S. Players will be grouped in each tier after a detailed analysis of their careers, based on common achievements and similar resumes. This is because tennis has undergone a huge amount of considerable changes over the past fifty years, therefore it is almost impossible to evenly compare in terms of simple accountable achievements the careers of players who competed in the 1920s and 30s, to players who competed in the 1980s and 90s, without analyzing their contexts.

Another point that I’ll be bringing up is the lack of recognition of players of the past. Recently Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are the highlights in every single
headline. However players like Bill Tilden, Pancho Gonzales, Don Budge, Rod Laver and Jack Kramer deserve equal if not more recognition than the current big three. After all, Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb -who played in the 1910s, 20s and 30s- are always mentioned in the discussion of the greatest baseball player of all time, right? Just like Capablanca, Morphy and Alekhine -who also played over 100 years ago- are mentioned among the greatest chess players of all time. So why not do the same with tennis players of the past? Where will I rank them? Tune in my channel and find out for yourself!

HR