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Top 50 Tennis Grand Slam Men's Players in Open Era

Guess the 50 best players in the Grand Slam (Wimbledon, Roland Garros, US Open, Australian Open) men's singles during the Open Era (since 1968) according to the criteria written in the comments.
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Player
Country
1
Novak Djokovic
Serbia
2
Roger Federer
Switzerland
3
Rafael Nadal
Spain
4
Jimmy Connors
United States
5
Ivan Lendl
Czechoslovakia
6
Pete Sampras
United States
7
Andre Agassi
United States
8
Andy Murray
United Kingdom
9
John McEnroe
United States
10
Björn Borg
Sweden
11
Stefan Edberg
Sweden
12
Boris Becker
Germany
13
Mats Wilander
Sweden
14
Guillermo Vilas
Argentina
15
John Newcombe
Australia
16
Stanislas Wawrinka
Switzerland
17
Lleyton Hewitt
Australia
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Player
Country
18
Ken Rosewall
Australia
19
Jim Courier
United States
20
Arthur Ashe
United States
21
Andy Roddick
United States
22
Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic
23
David Ferrer
Spain
24
Marin Čilić
Croatia
25
Michael Chang
United States
26
Alexander Zverev
Germany
27
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
France
28
Marat Safin
Russia
29
Goran Ivanišević
Croatia
30
Stan Smith
United States
31
Daniil Medvedev
Russia
32
Ilie Năstase
Romania
33
Jan Kodeš
Czechoslovakia
34
Rod Laver
Australia
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Player
Country
35
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Russia
36
Vitas Gerulaitis
United States
37
Juan Martín del Potro
Argentina
38
Tony Roche
Australia
39
Carlos Alcaraz
Spain
40
Jannik Sinner
Italy
41
Roscoe Tanner
United States
42
Johan Kriek
South Africa
43
Todd Martin
United States
44
Kei Nishikori
Japan
45
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Spain
46
Patrick Rafter
Australia
47
Dominic Thiem
Austria
48
Michael Stich
Germany
49
Yannick Noah
France
50
Tom Okker
Netherlands
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Level 68
Nov 8, 2020

Criteria:

Elimination in Round of 16 = 1 point

Elimination in Quarters Finals = 2 points

Elimination in Semi Finals = 3 points

Elimination in Final = 4 points

Winner = 6 points

If 2 players have the same number of points, the player in front is the one with the most tournament win, then the most finals, then most semi finals, quarters finals and finally round of 16.

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Level 45
Jun 29, 2020
moret time please! that's a lot of names
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Level 73
Oct 31, 2022
I think the formula could use a bit of a tweak, because this one leaves you with some very strange results and you certainly couldn’t call this an accurate list of the best players. Nishikori, for example, has made one final (which he lost), yet Kuerten (3 slams) and Bruguera (2) are not. He has a similar record to say, Ivanisavic (I.e lots of quarters), except that Goran won his final. He’s arguably not a better than a player than someone like Marcelo Rios, who similarly made and lost one slam final. Rios did win five Masters titles, the year end championships and briefly held the world No. 1 spot. Nishikori’s career high has been World Number 4. I’d also question a few of the others, like Roche, Okker, Martin etc. Good players, sure, but shouldn’t be pushing out actual champions. And Henman? I’m British and raising an eyebrow.
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Level 68
Nov 1, 2022
Thanks for the feedback.

To begin, let's be honest: we can't judge the best player according to stats. So let's see this as a list, with the best players according to a specific criteria. This criteria only takes into account Grand Slam performances, so no Master or N°1 spot. Then, it rewards regularity. A player who reached Round of 16 every year in the 4 Grand Slam will be high ranked. That's the problem with Kuerten and Bruguera whose careers were a bit short, without a lot of great performances in Grand Slam other than Roland Garros. Maybe a should give more points for a win. I will think about this

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Level 60
Jul 19, 2024
I understand why Rod Laver is so low, due to not playing as much in the Open Era, but that looks so wrong to me