Top 3 Grass Court Players of all time

Grass court surface is widely considered as the fastest of all the tennis courts. This surface is usually associated with Wimbledon which happens ever year in the month of July. some of the all time greats have enjoyed a huge success on grass court tournaments. The court is slippery and is known for its uneven bounce because of the grass.

Until 1975, three of the four grand slams were played on grass courts. Today, while the other two grand slams ( US Open and Australian Open ) are being played on hard courts, Wimbledon is the only grand slam still being played on grass courts. The grass court season is relatively very small, with only few tournaments that happen before Wimbledon.

Grass court favors players with good serve because of the low bounce and the faster pace. The maintenance cost of grass court is higher than that of a clay court or a hard court. A grass court favors serve and volley style of play. We look at 3 players who enjoyed high amount of success on grass court.

#3 Rod Laver

Tennis - Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles - Final - Rod Laver v Martin Mulligan

Rod Laver is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. He was a player who did well on any court he played. He holds the record for most number of singles titles in tennis history.

He won 11 grand slam titles and is also the only player to achieve calendar-year grand slam twice in the career, winning it in 1962 and 1969. He is the only one to achieve it in open era. Laver was part of of five Davis Cup winning Australian teams. Rod Laver did extremely well on grass court and won 4 Wimbledon titles, 2 in open era and 2 in amateur era. Both the times he achieved calendar-year grand slam, three ( US Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open ) of the four grand slams have been won on grass court.

Rod Laver was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981. The centre court at Melbourne Park, where Australian Open is played has been named as Rod Laver Arena in his honour.

#2 Pete Sampras

1993 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships

Pete Sampras is one of the all time greats and held the record for highest number of grand slams for a lot of years before Federer leapfrogged him. He has won 7 grand slams titles at Wimbledon and is one of the greatest player to ever play on a grass court. He was known as " Pistol Pete " during his playing days because of his precision and powerful serve. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2007.

From 1997-2000, Sampras won four consecutive Wimbledon titles and was one of the most feared players to play on grass court. He is also the only player to never lose in a Wimbledon finals and his finals record stands at 7-0.

Sampras was handled a shocking defeat in the fourth round of the Wimbledon 2001 by a very young Roger Federer, who was just 19 years old, in an epic 5-setter. This defeat ended Sampras' winning streak of 31 games at Wimbledon.

He won 14 grand slams and is currently third on the list of all-time grand slams leaders.

#1 Roger Federer

The Championships - Wimbledon 2017

You did expect this. Didn't you ? Roger Federer is arguably the greatest grass court player of all time. He has won 8 Wimbledon titles and is the oldest player to ever win a Wimbledon grand slam. From 2004 to 2008, he won 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles and no one could ever stop him.

He is also the frontrunner to win this year's Wimbledon and increase his grand slam tally to 21. A player without any significant weakness, Federer is known as one of the greatest serve-and-volley players of all time, a strength that has helped him become the player he is on grass courts.

Federer has been into 11 Wimbledon Finals which is a record currently. He is an all-court player but has excelled on grass courts like no one else could. It has to be Federer who is #1 on this list. There's no two ways about it.

The Swiss Maestro has won the highest number of grand slams in Men's tennis history and his current grand slam count stands at 20.