Jimmy Connors
I’ll admit, I’ve never heard of Jimmy Connors but after a little digging, here’s what I learned – the man is a tennis God. He may have only earned over 8 million dollars from career titles but it wasn’t the money that fueled Connors. He lives and breathes tennis – the man has won over 109 career titles! This includes 8 Grand Slam Singles Titles: 1 Australian, 2 Wimbledon, and 5 US Open. In 1974, he dominated the court with an impeccable 99-4 record (yes, our jaws dropped too, but he carried on to dominate the court for 24 years). Connors still holds the record for ATP tour titles of 109 and was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1998. What an impressive career, he certainly didn’t have that make money now attitude but rather a love for the game.
Jimmy Connors
Marat Safin
Safin is actually a Russian politician and a retired professional tennis player. He first achieved the Association of Tennis Professionals world No. 1 singles ranking back in 2000. If you know follow tennis then you remember him for his emotional outbursts and sometimes quite fiery temper on court. Safin is also the older brother of former world No. 1 WTA player, Dinara Safina. They are the first ever and only brother–sister tandem in tennis history to both achieved No. 1 rankings. Then just in 2016, Safin became the first Russian tennis player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Marat Safin
