Grand Slam: The Greatest Tennis Players Of All Time

Published on 11/26/2017
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Guillermo Vilas

Guillermo Vilas is retired now from Argentina, and was a part of the N°1 of the Grand Prix tennis circuit’s Season in 1974, 1975 and 1977, who won four majors, one Master and 62 ATP titles. He was also inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991. He is remembered for his prolific match play and he became the second man to win more than 900 matches in the Open Era, and his 659 wins on clay are by far the most of the era. Vilas is also the athlete that popularized the between-the-legs tweener shot, known as the “Gran Willy” in his honor.

Guillermo Vilas

Guillermo Vilas

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Ilie Năstase

Năstase is the Romanian former world No. 1 and was one of the world’s top players of the 70s. Năstase is just one of the five players in history to have won more than 100 ATP professional titles (58 singles and 45 in doubles). In 1991, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He’s also the second male player to have won a Grand Slam event without dropping a set and was the first one to achieve this feat at the French Open (1973).

Ilie Năstase

Ilie Năstase

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