MCM ATP/WTA TOP 5

 by JoJo  

GUIDELINES TOP 5 PICKS (Updated June, 10, 2023)

1. Picks limited to 15 individuals as follows:

• 5 active ATP players
• 5 active WTA players
• 5 retired/legends/doubles specialists that are not active in singles. 

Favorite = player who tops your viewing enjoyment (may have no personal affinity toward); favorite all-around current player - but either way takes a spot as ONE of your FIVE. Ideally those two qualities are the same player!

In the past, submission of changes were relegated to twice a year: Week after Roland Garros and Last Week of the off season. However, since our membership has not only shrunk but few remaining even remembered about the List or the time to change your picks, the new Rule is now more flexible. 

If anyone feels extremely convinced they need to remove and/or replace a player from either their WTA or ATP Top 5, alert one of the two, active Sheriffs.  We'll do our best to accommodate This applies just for the two active players lists. The legends list (if you've chosen any) remains a one-time deal. 

Due to popular whining from whining whiners who whine and who likely always will, just a small point of order: Guidelines were widely debated on the threads preceding the posting of THE LIST. So, although not originally enumerated here in print, "rules" aka "guidelines" were thought to be generally understood at the time before publication. And this was a huge, ginormous mistake for "this" Sheriff to assume all posters were paying attention to, let alone remember, the numerous comments in prior thread(s) debating the issue and guidelines culminating in the publication of The List. So there were accommodations to requests immediately post-pub - exchanges, deletions and additions due to lack of written rules, guidelines, memories and subsequent confusion. So as before, it's Be Kind to Sheriffs Year👮

Alphabetically:

BEACHFAN

ATP: Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Matteo Berrettini, Holger Rune, Jack Draper.

WTA: Iga Switek, Paula Badosa, Daria Kasatkina, Simona Halep, Emma Raducanu

CARLY JONI

ATP: Roger Federer, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Dominic Thiem, Feliciano Lopez, Nick Kyrgios
WTA: Naomi Osaka, Bianca Andreescu, Kiki Bertens, Garbine Muguruza, Li Na

DANIEL

ATP: Roger Federer, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov, Frances Tiafoe
WTA: Naomi Osaka, Bianca Andreescu, Iga Swiatek, Leylah Fernandez, Coco Gauff

DAVID0NIS

ATP: Felix Auger-Aliassime, Karen Khachanov, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Stefanos Tsitsipas
WTA: Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Timea Bacsinszky, Elena Dementieva

DROPPER

ATP: Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem
WTA: Naomi Osaka, Sloane Stephens, Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki, Serena Williams

FARADUBII

ATP: Stan Wawrinka, Gael Monfils, David Goffin, Kei Nishikori, Dominic Thiem
WTA: Simona Halep, Iga Świątek, Petra Kvitova, Elena Rybakina, Veronika Kudermetova

GENETICA

ATP: Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Diego Schwartzman, Jannik Sinner, Roberto Baustista-Agut

WTA: Garbine Muguruza, Iga Swiatek, Su-Wei Hsieh, Petra Kvitova, Bianca Andreescu

PAST: David Ferrer, Justine Henin, Elena Dementieva, Stefan Edberg, Fabrice Santoro

GENNIE DOVIC

ATP: Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie
WTA: Caroline Garcia, Coco Gauff, Bianca Andreescu, Emma Raducanu, Iga Swiatek

ALTERNATES: Alex D Minaur, Matteo Berrettini, Jannik Sinner, Hubert Hurkacz; Ons Jabeur, Maria Sakkari

HARTT

ATP: Felix Auger-Aliassime, Carlos Alcaraz, Dominic Thiem, Denis Shapovalov, Stefanos Tsitsipas.

WTA: Iga Swiatek, Bianca Andreescu, Leylah Fernandez, Zheng Qinwen, CoCo Gauff

PAST: Rod Laver, Roger Federer, Stefan Edberg, Daniel Nestor, Martina Navratilova

HEDAKE

ATP: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Aslan Karatsev, *Daniil Medvedev, Sir Andrew Murray

WTA: Iga Swiatek, Bianca Andreescu, Victoria Azarenka, Garbine Muguruza, Simona Halep

PAST: Stefan Edberg, Steffi Graf, Marat Safin, David Ferrer, Justine Henin

ILMA

ATP: Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Félix Auger-Aliassime, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Cristian Garín
WTA: Petra Kvitova, Ashleigh Barty, Belinda Bencic, Bianca Andréescu, Venus Williams

INESE

ATP: Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Juan Martin del Potro, Roger Federer, Gael Monfils
WTA: Anastasija Sevastova, Naomi Osaka, Elina Svitolina, Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova

JOHN SINGKIT

WTA:  Cori Gauff, Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek, Zheng Qinwen, Karolina Muchova

ATP: Carlos Alcaraz, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti, Stefanos Tsitsipas

PAST: Evonne Goolagong, Hana Mandlikova, Martina Hingis, Ken Rosewall, Rod Laver

JOJO

ATP: Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud, Sebastian Korda, Andrey Rublev
WTA: Simona Halep, Ons Jabeur, Daria Kasatkina, Veronika Kudermetova, Anna Kalinskaya

PAST: Steffi Graf, Justine Henin, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro

LEAPING LAURA

ATP: Nick Kyrgios, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Hugo Gaston, Emil Ruusuvuori
WTA: Cori Gauff, Venus Williams, Veronika Kudermetova, Taylor Townsend, Aryna Sabalenka

PAST: Roger Federer, John McEnroe, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Bjorn Borg, Rod Laver

LOW4 PLAYER

ATP: Sir Andrew Murray, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Dominic Thiem, Denis Shapovalov, John McEnroe
WTA: Ashleigh Barty, Belinda Bencic, Venus Williams, Bianca Andreescu, Billie Jean King

PETER F

ATP: Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund, Cameron Norrie, Jamie Murray, Jay Clarke
WTA: Johanna Konta, Katie Boulter, Harriet Dart, Katie Swan, Laura Robson

PRIME THIEM

ATP: Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Grigor Dimitrov, Lorenzo Musetti, Stan Wawrinka

WTA: Tatjana Maria, Viktorija Golubic, Caroline Garcia, Diane Parry, CoCo Gauff

PAST: Stefan Edberg, Gustavo Kuerten, Steffi Graf, Justine Henin, Roger Federer

RICH SIMMONS

ATP: Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro, Stan Wawrinka, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Rafa Nadal
WTA: Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova, Julia Goerges, Kiki Bertens, Daria Kasatkina

TENNISMONKEY

ATP: Milos Raonic, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Vasek Pospisil, Jan-Lennard Struff, Dan Evans

WTA: Ashleigh Barty, Taylor Townsend, Ons Jabeur, Bianca Andreescu, Jil Teichmann

PAST: Suzanne Lenglen, Gilles Müller, John McEnroe, Daniel Nestor, Martina Navratilova

TRINIGIRL

ATP: ATP: Felix Auger-Aliassime, Frances Tiafoe, Casper Ruud, Novak Djokovic, Cameron Norrie

WTA: Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina, Taylor Townsend, Ons Jabeur
Past: Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Arthur Ashe, Jo Willy Tsonga, John McEnroe

UCHE UCHEZ

ATP: Rafa Nadal, Juan Martin del Potro, Roger Federer, Alex de Minaur, Gael Monfils
WTA: Vika Azarenka, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Daria Kasatkina, Su-Wei Hsieh