Ranking THE GREATEST PLAYER EVER From Every GRAND SLAM Winning Country!

[@thepuristsnightmare]

I kinda expected that some people won't understand the premise of this video, cause it is a bit convoluted, and the ability to interact with humans on a normal level and great comprehension skills is something that is really missing in tennis discourse, but holy shh, some of y'all are slow😂 Arguing about someone being a single spot below or above someone is definitely not worth it, y'all need to learn how to have some fun, it's not that deep, I promise you And didn't think that there would be te**orist ruzzia's apologists in this comment section saying that I didn't mention that place(even though I clearly did, is Sharapova not from there?) Again, that's proof that some of y'all are slow P.S. Disagreeing with me on tennis things is ok, and actually fun, so thank you to those who can do that in a civilized way

[@chenzo6165]

navratilova being the only person to win every slam available to her (all 4 womens singles, womens doubles and mixed doubles) is an underrated achievement

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Fairs, cause even I kinda underrated it tbh

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

Margaret Court did this way before Navratilova did it. Court won at least 4 of each title (singles, doubles & mixed) at the Australian Open. She won at least 4 of each title at the French Open. She won at least 5 of each title at the US Open. And she won at least 2 of each title at Wimbledon. So she did the career Grand Slam in singles, doubles and mixed doubles at each of the 4 slams TWICE. And she lost a couple of close doubles finals at Wimbledon - or she would have the career slam in singles, doubles & mixed at every slam FOUR times. She did all of this while playing just 12 full seasons. She had dominated the sport, winning 13 slams in singles, 9 slams in doubles and 14 slams in mixed by 1966 - and she decided to get married and retire from the sport. After missing 5 consecutive slams (the 1966 US Open and all 4 slams in 1967), she decided to make a comeback in 1968. She made 4 slam finals and won 2 of them that year. In 1969 she was all the way back to her domination of the sport... She won 3 singles slams, 2 doubles slams and 3 mixed slams in 1969. She was even better in 1970 when she won all 4 singles slams. In 1971 she made 4 slam finals and won 2... but then left the game to have her first baby and missed 4 consecutive slams (the 1971 US Open, the 1972 Australian, French and Wimbledon). She came back to play the 1972 US Open and made the SF of the singles, the finals of the doubles and won the mixed. Fully recovered in 1973... she won 3 of the 4 GS singles titles and 3 of the 4 GS doubles titles. She missed the entire 1974 year to have her second baby. She came back in 1975 and made 3 slam final - and won one more GS doubles title and one more GS mixed title She played a full schedule for 15 years (1961 - 1975) but missed three full years of slams. Got married and had two babies... and still has the best Grand Slam record of any tennis player ever.

[@chenzo6165]

@@aBeatleFan4ever not open era, not the same thing

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

​@@chenzo6165 - Margaret Court was so GREAT... that she won singles, doubles & mixed GS titles at every GS tournament before the open era.... AND then she did it again AFTER the open era. You really should try to check your facts before posting.

[@chenzo6165]

@@aBeatleFan4ever early open era is basically still closed era, like how lavers 4 slams in 1969 dont count for much

[@al1976-v7m]

The fact that you considered Melzer instead of Thiem but failed to even mention Muster is proof that your rankings are somewhat flawed. Without Muster, neither Melzer nor Thiem would have happened.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

I didn't consider him, just mentioned that he has more gs I did the same for Federer/Hingis, and believe it or not, I didn't consider her as the best from Switzerland

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

You said... "Naomi Osaka was the best tennis player in the world for a solid 4 years". She was never the best player in the world. She was #5 in 2018, #3 in 2019, #3 in 2020 and #13 in 2022. And she won just 2 Masters 1000 events in her entire career. And... she has won just 7 WTA titles in her entire career. The best players win that many in one year.

[@yiftachcohen470]

4:20 and no one ever heard from The Purists Nightmare again

[@arkine11]

Sorry but Rod Laver >>>>>>>>>>>> Margaret Court, who won most of her slams in 16-32 person draws. There's zero reasons to not have Rod Laver as the greatest ever from Australia.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Sure, I won't argue that

[@rajusaha855]

​@@thepuristsnightmareyeah Laver is greater than Court. Many of Court 11 Australian open titles came in a 27/32/48 field draw with no competition. But Laver was banned from entering slam in his peak because of turning pro otherwise players like him, Rosewall or Pancho Gonzalez would have won nearly 20 slams. You can't judge greatness solely on majors counts. Nobody in tennis world considers Margaret Court as the GOAT despite winning most slams.

[@solnin9715]

Greatest player from Australia is Bernard Tomic! Not joking, the only true GOAT

[@thepuristsnightmare]

2010 joke tbh😁

[@kugelblitz2001]

The only player to fully utlise both ends of the raquet

[@awateilrahc]

I’m confused, I thought this was a list based purely on grand slam titles? I assume we are going from the start of the open era (always healthy to mention that) and that there were no biases (how is Cara Black lower than Hseih?) 10>8

[@thepuristsnightmare]

It's based on my opinion, cause if I went about it by simply comparing numbers, it would be a very boring list And honestly speaking, every single list like this is biased, people just choose to "call it out" based on whether they agree with it or not

[@nicolasmatsikas8704]

Djokovic is the GOAT. 🐐

[@brendajohnson5525]

Boring

[@gauravgummaraju]

Thanks for letting us know bro

[@SawsyDawsy]

Want a cookie?

[@gauravgummaraju]

@@SawsyDawsy Make sure it's gluten free

[@MysteriousBlue2]

Roger

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

You didn't even mention that Maria Sharapova won all four of the major singles titles. That is a huge achievement. Iga had the same number of singles titles (5) but she has won just 2 of the 4 major events. Sorry, but that's a joke decision.

[@adrianonline69]

iga is polish. Maria ia Russian

[@LéonardK-z8e]

Maria Sharapova was just admitted into the hall of fame😮

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Deserved

[@BigOllieSpin]

Ranking Men and Women together is pointless

[@thepuristsnightmare]

No, it's actually really fun

[@al1976-v7m]

I think treating singles and doubles equally is the bigger problem here. I love doubles but it just doesn't generate the same prestige. A singles player with several big titles but no slams would not even be considered on the list. Milos Raonic should replace Daniel Nestor for example.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Where did I treat them equally? All doubles players are lower on the list than singles

[@al1976-v7m]

@@thepuristsnightmare sure. I just meant by excluding players without any GS titles even though they've won singles titles that multiple doubles grand slam winners could only dream of

[@TheNitrohp]

agree with u .... nobody care women wta

[@yesterdaysmeanings]

Meddy?

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Over Sharapova?

[@tennisbutshorts]

Kinda funny that if zverev wasn’t always choking in finals Germany probably would’ve had to be top 20 but just because of him they can’t even make the list

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Zverev could win almost every single gs in the next 10 years and he still wouldn't be the greatest German player ever😁

[@Kili2807]

Steffi Graf?

[@tennis-man22]

Nadal GOAT

[@WestleyWelinskivitch]

Watched the first two rankings then gave up. Maleeva made the year-end top 10 9 years in a row and 12 QFs and 2 SFs in singles majors. Horna made one 3rd round in singles majors.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Yeah, 45th and 44th are very important spots on the list, that was a crucial mistake by me

[@ja-kl8rg]

Alcaeaz became no 1 because Novak points were stolen from Wimbledon. Sinner became no 1 because Novak was attacked in Rome with flask and tortured in Paris.

[@redtord7194]

nothing but cope

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Like wtf even is this comment?😂😂😂 And these are the people that genuinely think that they are profound

[@ja-kl8rg]

@@redtord7194 nothing but truth

[@adrianonline69]

Seles ? I assume for Australia it will be Magaret court.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Didn't include countries that no longer exist

[@georgewashington6497]

@@thepuristsnightmare Steffi Graf won half of he accomplishments playing for a country called Western Germany. That golden slam you mentioned, she won in 1988 playing for Western Germany. Western Germany also does not exist any more.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Yes, but she was born in the territory that we call Germany nowadays Seles was born in Serbia and she simply just isn't better than Novak

[@adrianonline69]

@@thepuristsnightmare true. i forgot that.

[@federicosztern2663]

Vilas is the best south American player in history better than kuerten and rios

[@adrianonline69]

Russia?

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Fuck them

[@MagicMan-h3b]

@@thepuristsnightmaredon’t you speak the their language ?

[@thepuristsnightmare]

That's completely irrelevant, but good job on trying to "expose" me I can expose YOU for being a racist tho, so pipe down, bud

[@gablan1468]

There are so many players from Russia, why didn't you include them?

[@thepuristsnightmare]

I literally did, you bot

[@udipibhaskeracharya4413]

To pick one player from a county and mixing men and ladies is not ideal. Also combining singles doubles is adding to the confusion. But your conclusion that Djokovic is the GOAT is correct.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

People take things too seriously, this video was made for fun and to shine a light on grand slam winners(and their countries) that do not get talked about much

[@mirkom4599]

@@thepuristsnightmareabsolutely. The idea of the video is not if someone spent 3 months on the research to have a flawless rank (even though making a video like this takes time and effort). My tiny nitpick is not having honourable mentions of Azarenka or Venus. But the vid is super cool and nostalgic, especially now that the top 4 members of this list are retiring (or soon going to).

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

The fact that you place Federer above Nadal is another joke. Roger won 20 GS singles titles in 81 GS played. 20/81 (a .247 event winning percentage). Rafa won 22 GS singles titles in 68 GS played. 22/68 (a .324 event winning percentage). Novak has won 24 GS singles in 76 GS played. 24/76 (a .316 event winning percentage). If you are going to title your video as being about the greatest Grand Slam player... then you should use that as your criteria. Nadal has been the best GS player out of the big 3. And he has done that despite 3/4 of the GS events being played on courts that favor Novak and Roger. Nadal's head to head record vs. the other two in GS matches is also much greater. Rafa's record vs. Novak at the Grand Slams is 11-7 (.611) and his record vs. Roger is 10-4 (.714). Rafa is 21-11 vs. his two great rivals in Grand Slam matches (.656 W%). Novak is 18-17 vs. his two great rivals in GS matches (.514 W%). Novak is 11-6 vs. Roger and 7-11 vs. Rafa. Roger is 10-21 vs. his two great rivals in GS matches (.323 W%). Roger is 4-10 vs. Rafa and 6-11 vs. Novak. Rafa owns this huge lead vs. his two biggest rivals in GS matches... even though only 1 of the 4 GS tournaments is played on clay. Imagine how huge his lead would be if 2 of them were on clay...

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Don't care, Roger is cooler

[@Melajied]

​@@thepuristsnightmare bias rankings doesn't work

[@thepuristsnightmare]

@@Melajied unless it's made by AI, every ranking made by a human is biased And being the goat is more than just on court accomplishments

[@Melajied]

@@thepuristsnightmare by that logic, I would expect Roger at the top, he's the most influential in account with his accomplishments.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Yes, I did consider that, and if someone had him at no.1 I would not bat an eye

[@rajusaha855]

Osaka is one of the greatest players of all time lmao😂😂. What are you smoking man ?? She just won 4 slams but that's it's, then knock out in every slam in early round. She didn't even touch double digit titles. She is way too inconsistent.

[@sportifymedia]

The disrespect on some of these players 😠 Your knowledge is mid

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Sure, it's definitely not just an opinion based list

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

You take the time to list that Martina Navratilova won 18 in singles, 31 in doubles and 10 in mixed doubles (for a total of 59 GS titles)... and yet you rate her at #7. She is obviously #2 behind Margaret Court. The fact that you place her at #7 is a ridiculous joke. Why even bother making a video..? Check out this huge difference between Court and Navratilova... Martina won 59 GS titles out of 202 events entered (.292 event winning percentage) Margaret won 64 GS titles out of just 127 entered (for that unbelievable .504 event winning percentage).

[@meldkmo9290]

Rod Laver won two...TWO calender grand slams, Novak Djokovic did not achieve this. How is he not one of the greatest players ever. Even Federer named a competition after him. Sorry...did you saw Rafa is below on his list of achievements, who beat Djokovic the most?

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Well, he and Court are interchangeable, he still isn't in the top 10 of the greatest players

[@gauravgummaraju]

I can't imagine how long it would've taken to put together this video. I'm guessing the research and sorting alone would've taken a few days, if not weeks. The names and details, especially in the first half of the video, are such an eye-opener to the lesser famous champions of the sport. Great job, LVP!

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Thank you very much!💪 It definitely took me a few days, but tbh wikipedia was of huge help here😁

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

The fact that you put Steffi Graf ahead of Navratilova is another unbelievable joke. Steffi's last GS title was in 1999. Martina's was in 2006. Graf won 23 GS titles in 88 events entered (.261 event winning percentage). 22 GS singles titles, 1 GS doubles titles and zero GS mixed titles. Martina won 59 GS titles out of 202 entered (.292 event winning percentage). It ain't close, dude. Navratilove was WAY WAY WAY better at winning Grand Slam titles than Steffi. And THAT is what your video is supposed to be about. Navratilova won almost three times as many GS titles as Graf - and she won them at a higher W% as well. Get a clue, dude.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Warra golden slam in a single year that is for Navratilova

[@rajusaha855]

In singles Graf is greater than Navratilova.

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

@@rajusaha855 - Yes, Graf won 22 GS singles to Navratilova's 18. But Martina had to play at the same time as Chris Evert and they both won 18 GS singles titles. Steffi would have had a similar rival in Seles... but an insane Graf fan stabbed Seles - and THAT allowed Graf to accumulate so many more GS titles than she would have - had Seles not been stabbed. Also... the person who made this video talks about ALL GS titles... not just singles titles. So in any conversation about total GS titles - it is not close at all. Navratilova won a TON more than Graf. It ain't close.

[@rajusaha855]

@@aBeatleFan4ever yeah but Graf played in far more competitive era than Evert & Navratilova. During Evert & Navratilova era it was two horse race. It impossible now that two players from the same era can win 167 & 157 titles. BTW it you judge a players with singles, doubles & mixed then McEnroe would have been in GOAT debate in men's tennis but sadly nobody mentioned his doubles records or Hingis should be GOAT contender with 25 slams lmao.

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

@@rajusaha855 - He mentioned that Hingis has more GS titles than Federer (but just couldn't make himself pick Hingis over Roger). So, yes, it is obvious that he is talking about ALL their GS titles (not just singles). And McEnroe is a deserving candidate for best male in US (he won 7 singles, 9 doubles & 1 mixed title at the GS's). Serena beats him easily... and Navratilova beats them both.

[@RealisticAndTrue]

Steffi is greatest female player, also female list should be separate, and Federer is the greatest followed by Nadal

[@Milan1988Z]

Seles would do to Steffi what Novak did to Federer and Nadal (become better in any way possible) if she wasn't stabbed anb bullied politically.

[@RealisticAndTrue]

@@Milan1988Z Well you can always dream. Djokovic was never better then Federer at his best, he was never better then Nadal at his best, only reason why he got the chance to win a lot is because other 2 were no longer at their best which gave djokovic a chance to compete against them

[@Milan1988Z]

@@RealisticAndTrue I don't have to dream about anything because I have seen reality. And reality is Novak dethroned Nadal (who dethroned Federer a year earlier) by beating him in 7 straight finals of the most important tournaments in 2011. That was the most epic dethronement of all times and he went on to rule tennis with the iron fist for 13 years taking every important record there is. Same would happen to Seles who started to dominate tennis when she was still a teenager and could only be stopped by a bloodthirsty German maniac. (making all Graff "records" worth shit) Thanks God some crazy Fedal fan didn't do the same to Djokovic, it's not like there aren't out there.

[@RealisticAndTrue]

@@Milan1988Z Well let me "dethrone" everything you wrote here 😎. Federer had not 1 but 2 better seasons then djokovic ever played in his life, 2005, 81-4, 11 titles won and 2006, 92-5, 12 titles won compared to djokovic 2011, 70-6, 10 titles, and 2015, 82-6, 11 titles. Federer and Nadal are both 2/3 players, other being Borg who dominated tennis by winning a GS 5x in a row, djokovic never manage to do that, both Federer and Nadal won a GS without losing a single set, djokovic never manage to do that, both Federer and Nadal are in top 3 most invincible players, Federer won 24 consecutive tournament finals, Borg 15, Nadal 14, djokovic in not even close with 10, both Federer and Nadal hold all 3 surffices in terms of dominance and invincibility, Federer holds grass and hard court with 65 and 56 invincibility win streaks, he has won 5x gs in a row on both surffices and has won gs without dropping a single set on both surffices, Nadal holds clay with 81 invincibility win streak and has also won 5x gs in a row on clay, and has won gs without dropping a single set on clay, djokovic never did that, and both Federer and Nadal destroyed djokovic by handing him a 6:0 loss, djokovic once again, never did that to any of them. And Steffi Graf is the best female player ever. People who are fans of Federer and Nadal are class, just like what those 2 players represent, same cant be said for djokovic fanbase 😎

[@Milan1988Z]

@@RealisticAndTrue We all know that Federer is the king of ATP 500 and 250 titles, you don't have to repeat that. However there are these things called "big titles" and they are called that for a reason. And it's also the reason why Djokovic 2015 season is the best season in tennis history (10 big titles + highest point score ever) no matter how many Mickey Mouse tournaments Federer vultured. Your list is quite cute, falls into a trivia category. Here is a list of things Federer and Nadal never managed to do: - they never won 24 grand slams - they never held all 4 grand slams at the same time - they never won each slam at least 3 times - they didn't win 7 ATP finals (Nadal has 0) - they dind't win 40 masters titles - they didn't win every masters at least 2 times (neither of them did it even once) - they weren't no 1 for 428 weeks -they weren't year end no1 8 times But I am sure they hold some other important record like hitting the ball with left hand the most times etc..

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

A good argument can be made that Monica Seles is the best GS player from Serbia (better than Novak). Monica had made the finals of the last EIGHT Grand Slam tournaments she had entered before she was stabbed. And she had WON 7 of them!!!! She won 7 of the last 8 GS tournaments she entered before she was attacked by an insane Steffi Graf fan. And... she was just 19 years old when she was stabbed. She still had THREE more GS tournaments to play as a teenager - before she was stabbed. She had already won EIGHT grand slam singles titles before she was stabbed. She realistically could have won ELEVEN grand slam singles titles as a teenager - had she not been stabbed. Monica just might have been the greatest GS player of them all. We were robbed of what might have been. She is very deserving of being listed among the candidates for best player ever.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

What happened to her was very, very,very sad, disgraceful and unfortunate, but there is no argument to be made that she was a better player than Novak without making projections of her career, I am sorry

[@allenzhang9900]

Djokovic the GOAT, all others are all trash and not deserved to compare with him

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Sad guy, you are

[@whisper2441]

Serena only won 72 singles titles in an incredibly long career, no way is she top 10. Graf is twice as great as Serena.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Crazy to say that she is not top 10

[@rajusaha855]

Serena 73 titles is of the 5th most in the open era. But yeah Graf is better than her. She was more consistent & dominant than Serena ever was.

[@mirkom4599]

Serena's competition was tough, while Graff's not much, and was treated with a kitchen knife.

[@rajusaha855]

@@mirkom4599 Graf competition until Seles stabbing was very tough & even after stabbing her competition wasn't that weak but Serena's competition post Henin's retirement in 2008 was absolutely garbage in which she won 15 of her 23 slams. I mean players like Safina, Wozniacki, Jankovic & Ivanovic were #1, players like Zvonareva, Safarova, Schiavone were reaching slam final lol😂😂. And last but not the least a 40 years old journeywomen Kimiko Date on her comeback started beating many of Serena's rivals like Safina, Sharapova, Penetta, Stosur, Petrova lmao. She literally exposed that weak era. In no other era a 40 journeywomen like her beating top 10 players who were half of her age.

[@diamanteblu7789]

And Sinner? In foto of beginning there isnt Sinner the number one currently! He won Australian Open and US Open. Who is he in the foto?😡😡😡 Alcaraz yes and Sinner not? It's shame

[@thepuristsnightmare]

WHAT???😂

[@yeetsauceyi9471]

For your top 50 most entertaining players video, you should also add what spot they had last year to really see if they changed in entertainment

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Will consider that, but the only problem with that is that I wanted to combine both wta/atp in this years list, but I didn't do that last year, so the position changes might feel skewed

[@yeetsauceyi9471]

@@thepuristsnightmare gotchaaaaaaa

[@deelak2329]

Nice list

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

And the fact that you placed Bjorn Borg ahead of Navratilova makes you an absurd hypocrite. You are obviously lowering Navratilova because of when she played... but you don't lower Borg to the same extent... WHEN MARTINA PLAYED WAY LATER!!! Martina made the Wimbledon singles final in 1994! She won the US Open Mixed in 2006! Your rankings are a joke. Borg's career was 1973-81. Navratilova's career was 1973-2006. Btw... The thing that makes Borg's career so extra interesting is that he accomplished all his great deeds by the time he was 25. He won 9 of the last 16 GS singles titles he entered (56%).

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Just listen to the last seconds of the video, I beg, you seem so stressed about something that's so trivial

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

@@thepuristsnightmare - Your entire video is "trivial". I'm just telling you what seems incorrect... in my view.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

@@aBeatleFan4ever you are not just telling me what you disagree with, you are being a weirdo about it, and that's the bigger problem

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

@@thepuristsnightmare - I'm giving you meaningful criticism that has well reasoned arguments. You just don't seem to want to hear it.

[@thepuristsnightmare]

Literally, in the first sentence you called me an "absolute hypocrite" for having a different opinion to yours, so you can smd with that "constructive criticism"

[@brendajohnson5525]

Nice list.

[@edwardkrauland3259]

I agree Federer is obviously above Rafa (because he changed the sport more than anyone and paved the way for every player to come after including Rafa and Novak), but tbh, I don't think Novak is the "greatest" but I think he is the "best." GOAT v. BOAT. Fed is just GOAT status. Look at him lol. Anyway, good list though. I thought the take on Rafa and then Serena was good, but I would've switched Fed and Novak tbh.

[@WonderWhatHappened]

What a fun list. I can imagine the difficulty you had coming up with your ranking but you brought it on yourself. I appreciate the effort and hope you continue to come up with these lists.