Top 13 male tennis players of all time

#2 Rafael Nadal

A montage of Nadal's 11 French Open victories

The greatest clay-court player of all-time, Rafael Nadal simply had to make this list. Mere words cannot convey the greatness that this man has achieved on clay.

To put things in terms of numbers - Nadal has 57 claycourt titles under his belt, with 11 French Open titles - the most any player active or retired, man or woman, has ever won in a single Grand Slam competition.

Nadal has only lost twice at the French Open in 13 years. The closest that any other player comes with respect to complete domination on a single surface is Chris Evert on clay. It still mystifies many how Robin Soderling beat Nadal on the dirt of Paris in 2009.

At 32 years of age, Nadal has a good 3-4 years at least left in him. and it wouldn't be a surprise at all if he inches towards the 20 benchmark. At present, Nadal has 17 Grand Slam titles to his name.