tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

history there have been a number of notable rivalries. This is a list of some of the greatest rivalries.
For the pre-1991 eras, complete statistics on all matches is difficult to obtain in definitive form. In many years there were significant numbers of minor events and exhibition matches outside the designated tours, some of which were not reported in newspapers or recorded by the respective amateur or professional tour management. The approximate nature of these results should be understood and kept in mind while reading this data. For the purpose of this article only, the criteria for inclusion are (all must be met): * Both players must have a career high ranking of world No. 3 or better, and at least one of them must have reached No. 1. * Both must have met multiple times in semi-final or final stages of

Grand Slam Grand Slam most often refers to: * Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category te ...

events (or Pro Slam and also WCCC and WHCC count). * At least twelve of the career match-ups between them must be in main (regular) tour or circuit series of tournaments.

Men

Open Era

* Including walkovers or abandoned matches (not counted in head to heads, same as the official ATP head to heads).

Men

Open Era

Amateur Era

Women

Open Era

Amateur Era

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