clayqueen
Talk Tennis Guru
So here is my top 100 using this more streamlined technique. However, I am fairly ignorant on the comparative greatness of pre-open era stars so I will leave it to someone more knowledgeable to fill in the blanks :grin:
Top 25 Open Era Males
1. Roger Federer
2. Rafael Nadal
3. Pete Sampras
4. Rod Laver
5. Bjorn Borg
6. Novak Djokovic (based on where I think he will end up in his career)
7. Ivan Lendl
8. John McEnroe
9. Jimmy Connors
10. Andre Agassi
11. Boris Becker
12. Stefan Edberg
13. Mats Wilander
14. John Newcombe
15. Guillermo Vilas
16. Jim Courier
17. Arthur Ashe
18. Ilie Nastase
19. Andy Murray
20. Lleyton Hewitt
21. Yevgeny Kafelnikov
22. Stan Smith
23. Jan Kodes
24. Gustavo Kuerten
25. Patrick Rafter
You were doing well until your caveat against Djokovic. You either rank them where you think they are today and leave it at that or don't do it at all. Looking into a crystal ball for Djokovic negates everything.