Who Are The Most Overrated Players In Tennis History? 

Monfils on the list because of his lack of wins and then having Jimmy Connors who knew nothing but winning on the same list? Suspect.

I disagree with Monfils because I never see media claiming him to be better than he is, or expecting him to win titles that he can't. A lot of us WANTED him to win more and really establish himself as a top ten, but I always saw people being very realistic with the level he was at.

Connors on the list is utterly ridiculous. Dimitrov has been derailed by injuries the last few years, but he's still won a M1000 (Cincy), won an ATP Finals, and has been to a couple of GS semis

When you add Rod Laver and Jimmy Connors in the list, as overrated, then you know we are dealing with a person with zero knowledge in tennis. The impact of these legends can not be measured only in stats. Grow up.

Connors has 8 major titles despite playing in Australia just twice -- winning once and a finalist the other time. What would be his total if he played there every year? Yes he was blown off the court by the next generation. It happens to them all.

How is Kournikova overrated? Her tennis game was always talked down and her lack of slams and tournament wins was constantly talked about and today, she's never mentioned when talking about great players in women's tennis history. She earned her way into the top ten but she was only popular to the paparazzi and the media. Tennis fans and analysts never embraced her nor tried to make her career sound better than it ever was.

Saying that Sampras surpassed Becker on grass in "No time" is really not accurate. Boris Becker is four years older than Pete Sampras. He won two grand slam titles before his 20th birthday and had four grand slam titles by his 22nd birthday (the same number of slam titles that Nadal had at that age.) Boris broke up with his longtime girlfriend at the beginning of 1990 and his mind wasn't focused on the game in the same way that it had been. Becker won 12 consecutive grand slam matches before he lost to Agassi in the semifinals of the 1991 French Open. That's equal to the first half of Djokovic's legendary 2011 season. The guy was one of the best tennis players of his era.

Watching to the end but lost 80% of my attention when you said connors was overrated. Ridiculous tale yes he’s not in the goat conversation but you might as well say Agassi was overrated

Connors is CLEARLY NOT overrated ! Same for Roddick, Laver, Court and Becker...

Nick Kyrgios is a good player. But definitelly overrated. But not only him, the entire next gen is and now this younger generation. Some people even compared them with the big 3, i find that laughable.

Laver won all 4 during the open Era. Saying he only won during the time when pros couldn't play the grand slams was a huge lazy mistake on your part.

People tend to forget that Kournikova was back in the day one of the most promising players. Yes, she got a ton of money for her looks, but it was not only her looks, she was a junior GS champion, and played Wimbledon semifinals at 15. She was supposed to be one of the next big things with Venus, Serena and Lucic (Hingis was a reality back then). But she was blinded by the fashes and then there were injuries and she became miss double fault and all derailed. Emma is in danger of being in the same situation. Of course she won a GS (let's be real, a player like Emma would never won a GS back in the 90's or early 00's when a lot of top players fought for the GS) but the impression is that it came too soon and she is not remotely prepared. And Gasquet probably gives the award. Back in the day he was supposed to be the next big thing. He was going to rival Nadal for years (for some people he was better than Rafa) but that never happened. In my oppinion French federation simply puts too much pressure in their young stars and that don't do them any favours

*Raducanu* is currently massively overrated but she’s young. She has done nothing on the court since her 2021 USO title. Too many off the court distractions. *Connors* is NOT overrated. Some like to talk about his competition but there were a lot of great players in the 1970s. His game was revolutionary. You don’t win 109 titles, win 1,274 matches and 82% of your matches by being overrated. He had longevity and a killer instinct. He was banned and then participate in FO. Outside of Australians few competed at the AO in the 1970s.

I agree with what you said about Raducanu. This was her first full year on tour, and while the US Open championship was partly due to luck, the talent and skills are definitely there. She needs to find the right team and stick with them. I would swap her for Sofia Kenin. In all honesty WTA is seriously lacking consistency. If we are going by the quality, perhaps Iga would make it such a list in couple of years simply because she's been consistent while her contemporaries have not. This is not to take anything away from her talent and achievements this year. I don't know if the same can be said about ATP because with Alcaraz and Sinner the new generation is really coming to the forefront.

I actually think Kournikova is underrated for her tennis. The overwhelming narrative that I always heard was that all she has is looks and wasn't any good at tennis. The truth is that she was actually a pretty talented tennis player and her doubles success shows this (#1 in doubles at one point) along with her getting as high as #8 in singles.

Tennis has a rating system so no one can be overrated but they can be overhyped

Laver, Connors and Court need to be taken off of this list. Court won the grand slam the first year as a professional. Connors was so dominant. Laver really!!!

Bit harsh to Dimitrov. He's made three GS semi finals, won a masters 1000, had a beautiful game. I don't know who rates him that highly anyway. Not his fault the media put high expectations on him. It seems to happen often with very good looking players, they get all of this pressure and only some can deliver (Sharapova).

Andy Roddick is def not overrated. Maybe under archived because of the lack of grand slams. I think the big 3 are so godly they made him look weak. 5 grandslam finals, 4 1000 titles and was in 9 finals. I would say the big 3 are at the top, and then right below the big 3 is Murray and the right below Murray is either Roddick or Wawrinka. Roddick has less grandslams than Wawrinka but Roddick has more titles and more wins in his career. Probably achieved more than Wawrinka overall accept the grandslam.

might aswell mention everyone with 1 or 2 slams or anyone in arguably a weak era. Is Fed overrated because he won most of his slams against Roddick, Safin and hewit? I mean he has a losing record to Rafa and Novak.

I think people need to remember that saying some is overrated doesn't mean that you don't rate them at all. You can think someone is an all-time great and still think they're overrated relative to other players of a similar rank.

Some on the list are actually great champions; no one wins 1 slam by accident far less multiple or getting to world no 1! The rest are underachievers who either didn’t or as yet haven’t achieved all they could

Zverev. I remember when he first started on the tour. They were calling him future number 1. Still never got there.

would like to see an "underrated" players list...first that comes to mind for me, is Michael Stich

Kyrgios: he is can afford to be spectacular because he does not care that much about winning. David Ferrer: politely heralded as one of the best to never have won a slam, but boring, and actually was never close. Andy Murray: some people still talk about a big4. Gasquet: elegant but weak and ineffective

Personality plays a large part. If the crowd likes BadBoy Attitude ,then a player tends to focus on that rather than working on their game. Some are focused on their personal life rather than their Game. Djokovic, Nadal, Federer Focus on their Tennis . Putting in the Time and Effort to work on their Stamina, etc.

I'm glad this is just your opinion and not the gospel truth! Jimmy Connors does not deserve to be in this group. The man accomplished more than most players ever with the tools that he had. He also had a very long career which should account for something. Get him off this list!

This list is bizarre

i understuud many points. But with this argumention you can also say that Zverev ist overrated at the moment because of his painfull slam situation

Only serious error here is Becker. First and only unseeded player to win Wimbledon, and the youngest to boot. Racking up 6 majors can hardly be called “overrated”, particularly as his competition was first class, including Lendl and Edberg. Not winning RG is hardly a fault, as neither McEnroe nor Sampras won the title either. (Becker was a semi finalist there at least once). Classing him with Roddick, Hewitt and Monfils is simple bad judgment.

Connors losing to incredible players years his junior is the rule rather than the exception. So many have seemed to collectively forget that Federer is 6 years Novak and Rafa's senior. Plus the man made a semi-final run at 39, which no one thought was possible at that point.

Well, Dimitrov is back into top 10.

It’s always kinda hard to judge who is overrated and what the criteria’s are out of the whole list I would say kyrgios, gasquet and dimitrov are the only ones I agree with. They were talked about for years as contenders and never did anything and were never in the top 10 or if they were for a small amount of time. Honestly over roddick you could replace him for isner, probably add in there Caroline Wozniaki, Mardy fish

This man literally put jimmy connors on here😂🥲

Roddick and ferrero. Women...Sharapova or davenport

Rios, Nalbandian, Ferrer, Berdych, Soderling

Casper Ruud reaching #2 rank for sure. Barely deserves top 10

I love that you included some sacred cows here.

In my opinion, Rod Laver, Margaret Smith-Court and Jimmy Connors should not be on this list. If anything, I would say that Roy Emerson and Ken Rosewall are "underrated", because we always talk about Rod Laver but then we forget about the other two. Rosewall won 8 slams in the late 50s and early 70s, and was a professional in between. Emerson won 12 individual slams, all in the 60s, and never became a professional (until maybe late in his career, when the Open Era began). Jimmy Connors (or even Roger Federer) should not have to apologise for the fact that his major rivals were several years younger than him. You can only play against whomever is at the other side of the net. If the field of opponents is weak, it's not your fault. I see some parallels between Carlos Alcaraz and the start of Roger Federer's run of slams back in Wimbledon 2003. It took Federer a while to have serious contenders in Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. There is a lot of talk about Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune, but who knows, maybe the true rivals of Carlos Alcaraz are in their early teens right now.

Not fair for Emma. Every single attractive champion gets large endorsements and has no financial reason whatsoever to compete any longer. It happened to Bouchard as well.

I’d say Murray. Just because people were always saying “the big four” when he won nowhere near as much grand slams as the other 3.

Connors Margaret laver monfils gasquet Andy are not overrated, there is difference between overtalked and overrated, Zverev is missing on the list age 26 but didn't win a slam and has been hyped because of 3 sets since 2016 and claimed as future world no 1 by rafa in 2017 , still many think he is threat

Isnt Serena a bit overrated?

Dimitrov has been overrated just for 2-3 years, everyone has forgotten him now

To call Rod Laver overrated, must be a joke. He belongs to the best players of all time, was far ahead of his time. It would be the same to call Roger Federer overrated. Maybe agree with Gasquet and Roddick. Connors was great, does not belong on that list.

6:39 is crazy💀

You have no idea what you're talking about if you say Jimmy Connor is overrated.

Emma raducanu tops every one on this list tbh

What do you mean, "tennis was missing an era"?

What a terrible list 🤣🤣 Though I will admit I didn't know that about Margaret Court.

Murray, how tf was there ever a 'big 4'?? A good player but far below the big 3.

Regarding Nick he isn't really overrated as some think, he has a great record vs top 10 players, but that doesn't mean if he is serious he would have won multiple slams, he has many weaknesses in his game, his game is majorly relied on serve and he has one of the worst return win% in 2022

Nalbandian. Hewitt, Osaka

Eugenie Bouchard man.. And probably Dinara Safina

David Nalbandian. Realistically, he was far worse than the likes of Tsonga, Berdych, Ferrer etc. but for some reason he seems to get this hero worship from certain fans who claim he is the biggest wasted talent ever / most naturally gifted player who was just lazy etc. In reality, he was a decent top 10 player for a few years who had a great backhand and decent all court ability, but an average forehand, an average serve, and pretty poor movement and athletic ability. At his best, he was obviously still a great player and was even able to beat the best of the best, but he was nothing special and nowhere near the level of the other players mentioned above.

I would add two more tennis players to this list. Dominic Thiem. True, Thiem won the US Open, but now he is not even in the top 100 ranking and is unlikely to achieve anything again. The second player is Alexander Zverev. He's a guy who has phenomenal talent, but no mental toughness. I remember him losing a match in AO 2022 to Denis Shapovalov, just because of his weak psyche.

Bro what is this video 💀💀 my man doesn't know tennis 💀💀💀

And who is the most underrated?

Interesting and provocative.....but 'overrated' is a matter of opinion. opinion.

Easily Kyrios as his talent doesn't translate into many tournament crowns and not even one major except for doubles. Even disappointing Jack Sock has major doubles wins.

Looking for a Comment where some random dude is declaring Big 3 overrated... Is there anyone?

EMMA IS REALLY TRUE

Connors?? How on earth is Connors overrated? The weak era theory night apply also for young federer and old Novak, it doesnt make sense

Jabeur, Raducanu, Gauf, Pegula , Barretini, Tiafoe, Kyrgios only talent but it is not enough

Starts with Emma, ends with Raducanu

Andy Murray and Tim Henman should be on the list

People conveniently overlook the fact that this year was Emma's first full season on the WTA tour. To suggest that her entire career is at risk based on one injury plagued season is ludicrous, but hey as long as it gets you some views.... I don't know why I am bothering to comment.

Bro I agree with everything but Andy Roddick nah the dude had huge serves and nice forehands. He only got ruined by fed. If fed wasn’t there he’s atleast 6 grandslam winner more than murray

I may surprise you, but I think Carlos Alcaraz is a bit overrated. The guy makes a huge number of unforced errors, plays spectacularly and has a lot of winners, but that's not all. I remember Mats Wilander raving about him. For me, the guy may be a good tennis player, but he won't stay on top like Federer, Djokovic and Nadal for a long time.

The first name that came to my mind is Zverev. I agree that the late 90's / early 2000's era was rather poor, and your list misses Guillermo Coria. I'll also add Andy Murray. He deserves being the fourth of the big four much less than Wawrinka. As a french, I agree with what you said about Gasquet and Monfils : they didn't achieve all their potential, unlike Tsonga and Simon.

Bernard Tomic!!!!

Are you guys kidding about Margareth Court being recast? This woman has won as many as 64 Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. In singles alone she has won 24 titles. That's more than Djokovic currently has. No one else has accomplished something like that. In addition, she has won a classic Grand Slam. Roger, Nadal and Djokovic only play singles and still have fewer singles titles than this woman. Margareth is probably the best and most underrated tennis player in the history of the sport. Usually when the best female tennis players are mentioned they are: Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams, and hardly anyone remembers Margareth Court. Besides, she won 191 singles titles. Roger has only 103.

Kyrgios is so overrated.

Marcelo Rios, David Nalbandian, Fernando Gonzalez, Gaston Gaudio, Guillermo Coria, Mark Philipoussis, J.C. Ferrero and Carlos Moya are some pretty notable overrated players who’ve been omitted

you don´t know anything about tennis

Rune and Sinner.

And he says Nadal and Federer weren't greats

Roddick played superbly in 2009 Wimbledon final, he adjusted his game and instead of instinctively running into the fire with serve and volley he adjusted his game superbly. And just like in 2019 Wimbledon dished out a cruel results 2009 did the same....in both instances the better player lost....also he consistently made good runs in the slams...he should not even be in this list.

Monfils is the GOAT! of tennis entertainment. I love this crazy guy.

"The brit emma reducana" haha. Must be friends with the frenchman poomjaja pakajuja.

Well, one player that was ridiculously overrated was Tommy haas remember? And then Raducanu of course. Not saying she wasnt talented, but cleaely overrated

Absolutely ridiculous that Boris Becker is on this list and Stefan Edberg isn't. HUH???!!

Gael Monfils is not overrated. He is a waste of potencial.

How dare you call Monfils overrated!!! 🤣 But seriously, no one was ever touting him as one of the greats or a grand slam contender - so not overrated at all. He's been accurately rated as a walking, jumping, running highlight reel and pure joy to watch. Dimitrov definitely overrated - both in "baby Fed" nickname and "best looking" on tour. He's a talented tennis player, some great highlight shots, cutie pie for sure. But we got Matteo Berrettini and Stefanos Tsitsipas on tour. I mean, get real. Is anyone really calling Margaret Court goat? I don't think so.

Rodger Federer is overrated. I know he is exceptional player but a lot of tennis fans putting him in the GOAT race with Nadal and Novak. He doesn't deserve it. Most of his GS came at weak era(like you mentioned) Safin,Hewitt, Roddick. Novak and Rafa were too young at his peak(2003-2007). Ones they got matured and raised their game he was outplayed.

Stan wawrinka , Casper ruud , monfils, dimitrov, tiafoe, roddick , any American player past 2000

I'd definitely add Federer

Nadal is the most over rated, as he hasn't taken A SET off of novak on hardcourt in 9 years and he is still considered a close contender in the goat debate. You gotta be kidding me. He is so scared of facing novak he gets injured just thinking about it.

Andy Roddick was not overrated. He's a very good player. Just federer was too good for him.

I think many of your points are fair, but I feel like you could make the same argument against Federer, there wasn’t a whole lot of competition may be beyond Roddick, that’s when he won most of his slams.

The Most Overrated Player In Tennis History is david nalbandian. If there would be not wikipedia, who telling us the true with stats , david nalbandian would be the second greatest player of all time, when it comes to federer fans, when they talking about him like if he would be a king or tennis giant something like that.

So unless your name is djokovic, federer, or nadal, you are overrated? Ok lol

Court is totally overrated. On top of being a bigot. She cleaned up at the recreational AO of the 60's. The fact that she, unfortunately for the rest of the world, ended up with the most grand slams ever is the only reason anyone ever considers her as much as they do. Clearly she was an excellent player, but so far less than her record indicates on paper.

If you are gonna put Jimmy Connors in the overrated, you better put Federer in there as well. Federer also arrived at a time when there was little competition in tennis and set records against guys who were either retiring and barely played against guys who were at the top at that time. Then when Nadal came around the story changed. And when Djokovic arrived the story took a full twist.

U posted connors was so good now saying overrated

Raduccanu the Fluke

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Talking about overrated, no list would be complete without the "Big 3". Yes, they are great tennis players, but they all play(ed) in the weakest era professional tennis ever had, with essentially only three players capable of winning slams. Plus, for many years Federer was literally the only truly complete player on the tour, with 99% of his opponents being one-dimensional baseline robots. Back in the 1970-1990s, there were dozens of complete tennis players around. That´s straight up unthinkable today. And don´t forget that, on top of it all, today´s top players are protected very securely by the seeding system with 32 players (instead of 16, as normal). That way it´s made sure that their [major] torunaments effectively start at the semifinal stage most of the time.

Good morning it is utterly foolish to have Connors on this list. Did you check your own headline.

Was this video an aprils fool joke ore something?