Who do you consider the best 10 players of the last 15 years?

[cuddles26]

If you were to make a list of the greatest players of the last 15 years who would they be, in which order. Keep it mind it would evaluating players based on what they did in only those last 15 years, which would explain people like Lendl and Navratilova(all their slams were 1990 or earlier)not being picked probably. Mine would be:


Men:

1)Sampras
2)Federer
3)Agassi
4)Edberg
5)Becker
6)Courier
7)Kuerten
8)Hewitt
9)Nadal
10)Rafter



Women:

1)Graf
2)Seles
3)Serena Williams
4)Venus Williams
5)Henin Hardenne
6)Hingis
7)Davenport
8)Sanchez Vicario
9)Mauresmo
10)Capriati

 

[SonicSpeed]

If you were to make a list of the greatest players of the last 15 years who would they be, in which order. Keep it mind it would evaluating players based on what they did in only those last 15 years, which would explain people like Lendl and Navratilova(all their slams were 1990 or earlier)not being picked probably. Mine would be:


Men:

1)Sampras
2)Federer
3)Agassi
4)Edberg
5)Becker
6)Courier
7)Kuerten
8)Hewitt
9)Nadal
10)Rafter



Women:

1)Graf
2)Seles
3)Serena Williams
4)Venus Williams
5)Henin Hardenne
6)Hingis
7)Davenport
8)Sanchez Vicario
9)Mauresmo
10)Capriati

I agree with your men's list except I'd put Kafelnikov in the #9 spot (knocking out Rafter for top 10). Kafelnikov seems to be so easily forgotten, but he did win 2 slams (equalling Nadal and Rafter), at two different slams (AO and RG), and won 20 something titles, more than Nadal and Rafter as well. He also won the 2000 Olympic Gold medal.

 

[cuddles26]

I agree with your men's list except I'd put Kafelnikov in the #9 spot (knocking out Rafter for top 10). Kafelnikov seems to be so easily forgotten, but he did win 2 slams (equalling Nadal and Rafter), at two different slams (AO and RG), and won 20 something titles, more than Nadal and Rafter as well. He also won the 2000 Olympic Gold medal.

Good points, and you might be right that Kafelnikov deserves more then I give him. I would like to point out though, for me, his not winning a single Masters title weights heavily against him. That is a huge minus for me. I cant think of another 2-time slam winner with no Masters title. Also not reaching a single final at the big two slams-Wimbledon and the U.S Open, the fact he never once beat Sampras on a non-clay surface, also negative when compared to Rafter for example.

 

[DarkSephiroth]

X Hewitt and Nadal, and your list looks ok.

 

[travlerajm]

list looks fine to me, but i might bump rafter up higher. and it's too bad there's not room for ivanisevic (four wimbledon finals). He'd be my #11, ahead of Kafelnikov.

 

[djones]

I think Chang deserves to be in the list as well.

 

[35ft6]

- Federer
- Sampras
- Agassi
- Becker
- Edberg
- Hewitt
- Kuertan
- Safin
- Courier
- Roddick

 

[TGV]

If you were to make a list of the greatest players of the last 15 years who would they be, in which order. Keep it mind it would evaluating players based on what they did in only those last 15 years, which would explain people like Lendl and Navratilova(all their slams were 1990 or earlier)not being picked probably. Mine would be:

1)Sampras
2)Federer
3)Agassi
4)Edberg
5)Becker
6)Courier
7)Kuerten
8)Hewitt
9)Nadal
10)Rafter

Looks good. If it's strictly the last 15 years, Becker might be a little too high in your list. Becker only has 2 AO's and was like 1-10 vs Agassi. Safin is a tough omission: has a USO and a AO, and has beaten Sampras, Agassi, and Federer in slams.