List of male tennis players

To keep it at a reasonable length, the following is (only) a list of male tennis players from over the years who in singles have been ranked in the top 25 in the 'open era', in the top few prior to the open era, quarter-finalists or better in a Grand Slam tournament, or medalists at the Olympic Games, or who in doubles have won a Grand Slam or Olympic tournament or been ranked No 1.

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• Galo Blanco - (Argentina) - 1997 French Open quater-finalist
• Corrado Barazzutti (1953-) - (Italy) - World No. 7 in 1978
• Pierre Barthes (1941-) (France) - one of the "Handsome Eight"
• Jeremy Bates (1962-) - (Great Britain) - 1987 Wimbledon and 1991 Australian Open mixed doubles champion parterning Jo Durie
• Boris Becker (1967-) - (West Germany/Germany) - 1985, 1986 and 1989 Wimbledon champion, 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1995 finalist; 1989 U.S. Open champion; 1991 and 1996 Australian Open champion, 1984 quater-finalist (first appearence); ranked World No. 1
• Mike Belkin (1945-) - (Canada) - 1968 Australian Championships quarter-finalist
• Alberto Berasategui (1973-) - (Spain) - 1994 French Open finalist; 1998 Australian Open quater-finalist; World No. 7 in 1994
• Jay Berger (1966-) - (U.S.) - 1989 U.S. Open and French Open quarter-finalist; World No. 7 in 1990
• Christian Bergstrom (1967) - (Sweden) - 1993 Australian Open quarter-finalist
• Paolo Bertolucci (1954) - (Italy) - 1973 French Open quater-finalist; World No. 12 in 1973
• Mahesh Bhupathi (1974-) - (India) - 1999 and 2001 French Open champion; 1999 Wimbledon champion (all partnering Leander Paes); 2002 U.S. Open doubles champion (partnering Max Mirnyi)
• Jonas Björkman (1972-) - (Sweden) - 1997 U.S. Open semi-finalist; 1998 and 2002 Australian Open quarter-finalist; 2003 Wimbledon quarterfinalist; 1998, 1999, 2001 Australian Open doubles champion (partnering Jacco Eltingh, Patrick Rafter, Todd Woodbridge respectively); 2002, 2003, and 2004 Wimbledon doubles champion (partnering Woodbridge); World No. 4 in 1997; Ranked World doubles No. 1 for 70 weeks
• Byron Black (1969-) - (Zimbabwe) - 1995 U.S. Open quarter-finalist; 2000 Wimbledon quarter-finalist; 1994 French Open doubles champion; World No. 22 in 1996
• Wayne Black - (Zimbabwe) - 2001 U.S. Open doubles champion and 2005 Australian Open doubles champion (partnering Kevin Ullyett)
• James Blake - (U.S.) - 2005 U.S. Open quater-finalist; World No. 22 in 2003
• Arnaud Boetsch (1968-) - (France) - World No. 12 in 1996
• Björn Borg (1956-) - (Sweden) - 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981 French Open champion, 1976 quater-finalist; 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 Wimbledon champion, 1981 finalist; 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1981 U.S. Open finalist; spent 109 weeks ranked World No. 1
• Jeff Borowiak (1949-) - (U.S.) - World No. 25 in 1977
• John Bromwich (1918-1999) - (Australia) - 1939 and 1946 Australian Championships champion; 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 Australian Championships doubles champion (partnering Adrian Quist)
• Jean Borotra (1898-1994) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"
• William Bowrey (1943-) - (Australia) - 1968 Australian Championships champion, 1969 Australian Open quarter-finalist
• Sir Norman Brookes (1877-1967) - (Australia)
• Jacques Brugnon (1895-1978) - (France) - one of the "Four Musketeers"
• Sergi Bruguera (1971-) - (Spain) - 1993 and 1994 French Open champion, 1997 finalist
• Bob Bryan (1978-) - (U.S.) - doubles specialist
• Mike Bryan (1978) - (U.S.) - doubles specialist
• Earl "Butch" Buchholz (1940-) - (U.S.) - 1969 Australian Open quarter-finalist; one of the "Handsome Eight"
• Don Budge (1915-2000) - (U.S.)