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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• René Lacoste (1904-1996) - (France) - 1925, 1927 and 1929 French Championships champion; 1925 and 1928 Wimbledon champion; 1926 and 1927 U.S. Championships champion; one of the "Four Musketeers"
• Nicolas Lapentti - (Ecuador) - 1999 Australian Open semi-finalist; 2002 Wimbledon quater-finalist
• Sebastien Lareau - (Canada) - doubles specialist
• William Larned (1872-1926) - (U.S.)
• Art Larsen (1925-) - (U.S.)
• Magnus Larsson (1970-) - (Sweden) -
• Rod Laver (1938-) - (Australia) - Singles 1960, 1962 and 1969 Australian Open champion; 1962 and 1969 French Open champion; 1961, 1962, 1968 and 1969 Wimbledon champion; 1962 and 1969 U.S. Open champion
• Rick Leach - (USA) - doubles specialist
• Henri Leconte (1963-) - (France)
• Ivan Lendl (1960-) - (Czechoslovakia/U.S.) - 1984, 1986 and 1987 French Open champion; 1985,1986 and 1987 U.S. Open champion; 1989 and 1990 Australian Open champion; ranked World No. 1 for 270 weeks
• Chris Lewis (1957-) - (New Zealand)
• Ivan Ljubicic - (Croatia) - 2004 Olympic Games doubles bronze medalist
• John Lloyd (1954-) - (Britain)
• Feliciano López (1981 - (Spain) - 2005 Wimbledon quater-finalist
• George Lott (1906-1991) (U.S.)
• Bob Lutz (1949-) - (United States)