Table 3. Top 20 ranked players in male competition.
Best L-L
Best L-R
Best R-R
Best R-L
1
Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors
Roger Federer
Ivan Lendl
2
John McEnroe
Rafael Nadal
Ivan Lendl
Bjorn Borg
3
Rafael Nadal
John McEnroe
Andre Agassi
Boris Becker
4
Goran Ivanišević
Guillermo Vilas
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras
5
Feliciano Lopez
Manuel Orantes
Stefan Edberg
Ilie Nastase
6
Jurgen Melzer
Roscoe Tanner
Boris Becker
Roger Federer
7
Fernando Verdasco
Goran Ivanišević
Andy Roddick
Novak Djoković
8
Guillermo Vilas
Rod Laver
Arthur Ashe
Stefan Edberg
9
Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster
Ilie Nastase
Andre Agassi
10
Greg Rusedski
Andres Gomez
Bjorn Borg
Michael Chang
11
Manuel Orantes
Greg Rusedski
Brian Gottfried
Mats Wilander
12
Petr Korda
Fernando Verdasco
Stan Smith
Nikolay Davydenko
13
Jarkko Nieminen
Petr Korda
Lleyton Hewitt
Jim Courier
14
Mark Woodforde
Marcelo Rios
Carlos Moya
Andy Roddick
15
Guy Forget
Jarkko Nieminen
Michael Chang
Eddie Dibbs
16
Jan Siemerink
Francisco Clavet
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Vitas Gerulaitis
17
Roscoe Tanner
Feliciano Lopez
Novak Djoković
Lleyton Hewitt
18
Marcelo Rios
Guy Forget
Ivan Ljubičić
Arthur Ashe
19
Francisco Clavet
Jurgen Melzer
Eddie Dibbs
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
20
Andres Gomez
Henri Leconte
Harold Salomon
Tim Henman
Best L-L: best left-handed players against left-handers; Best L-R: best left-handed players against right-handers; Best R-R: best right-handed players against right-handers; Best R-L: best right-handed players against left-handers.