An international panel of experts gave Federer the edge over No. 2 Rod Laver. Rounding out the top 10, in order, were Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Bjorn Borg, Margaret Court, Chris Evert and Billie Jean King.
Federer, 30, holds men's records of 16 Grand Slam singles titles and 237 consecutive weeks at No. 1 (2004-08). Currently ranked No. 3, he needs one more week at No. 1 to tie Sampras for the most total weeks at the top (286).
Federer is one of seven men to win a career Grand Slam. The others are Oakland native Don Budge, Fred Perry, Laver, Roy Emerson, former Sacramento Capital Andre Agassi and Nadal. Budge and Laver are the only men to do it in a calendar year. Laver accomplished the feat twice (1962 and 1969).
Below is the complete list.
Djokovic on "60 Minutes" -- Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will be profiled on "60 Minutes" on Sunday at 6 p.m. PDT on CBS, the ATP World Tour announced on its website.
Sony Ericsson Open -- It was a bad day for players with Northern California ties in the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. Only one of five players won in the opening round of doubles.
Jean-Julien Rojer, a Netherlands Antilles native and resident who will play for the Capitals of World TeamTennis in July, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan defeated Pablo Andujar of Spain and Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-1, 6-4.
Capitals teammates Mardy Fish of Los Angeles and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas fell to Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins of Great Britain 6-1, 7-6 (5). Knowles won the 2002 doubles crown at Key Biscayne with Daniel Nestor.
Sam Querrey, a San Francisco native, and Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus lost to seventh-seeded Leander Paes of India and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-2, 7-6 (3). Querrey was coming off a runner-up finish in doubles at Indian Wells with John Isner. Paes, who has won the last two doubles titles at Key Biscayne with other partners, and Stepanek won the Australian Open in January.
Raquel Kops-Jones, a former Cal All-American from Fresno, and Abigail Spears of San Diego succumbed to sixth-seeded Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-2, 6-1.
Cal women blank Sac State -- The No. 10 Cal women (12-4) breezed to a 7-0 victory over No. 69 Sacramento State (9-9) in Berkeley. Sixth-ranked Jana Juricova, the defending NCAA champion, crushed Tatsiana Kapshai 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles.
Sac State did pick up a victory at No. 3 doubles as Katharina Knoebl and Sophie Lohscheidt topped Tayler Davis of San Jose and Alice Duranteau 8-3.
Cal's Zsofi Susanyi, ranked 17th, edged Rebeca Delgado 2-6, 6-3, 10-7 tiebreak at No. 2 singles.
Tennis Channel top 100 -- Here's the list:
| 100 - Michael Chang, M, USA |
| 99 - Ann Haydon Jones, Female, GBR |
| 98 - Henry Bunny Austin, GBR |
| 97 - Pat Cash, M, AUS |
| 96 - Manuel Orantes, M, ESP |
| 95 - Thomas Muster, M, AUT |
| 94 - Andy Roddick, M, USA |
| 93 - Nicola Pietrangeli, M, ITA |
| 92 - Svetlana Kuznetsova, F, RUS |
| 91 - Shirley Fry Irvin, F, USA |
| 90 - Bill Johnston, M, USA |
| 89 - Dorothea Lambert Chambers, F, GBR |
| 88 - Amelie Mauresmo, F, FRA |
| 87 - Mary Pierce, F, FRA |
| 86 - Tony Wilding, M, NZL |
| 85 - Yannick Noah, M, FRA |
| 84 - Norman Brookes, M, AUS |
| 83 - Jan Kodes, M, CZE |
| 82 - Yevgeny Kafelnikov, M, RUS |
| 81 - Vic Seixas, M, USA |
| 80 - Marat Safin, M, RUS |
| 79 - Gabriela Sabatini, F, ARG |
| 78 - Ashley Cooper, M, AUS |
| 77 - Molla Mallory, F, USA |
| 76 - William Renshaw, M, GBR |
| 75 - Pauline Betz Addie, F, USA |
| 74 - Tony Roche, M, AUS |
| 73 - Jaroslav Drobny, M, CZE |
| 72 - Gottfried Von Cramm, M, GER |
| 71 - Maria Sharapova, F, RUS |
| 70 - Patrick Rafter, M, AUS |
| 69 - Louise Brough, F, USA |
| 68 - Helen Hull Jacobs, F, USA |
| 67 - Fred Stolle, M, AUS |
| 66 - Bobby Riggs, M, USA |
| 65 - Pancho Segura, M, ECU |
| 64 - Ellsworth Vines, M, USA |
| 63 - Lleyton Hewitt, M, AUS |
| 62 - Hana Mandlikova, F, CZE |
| 61 - Neale Fraser, M, USA |
| 60 - Virginia Wade, F, GBR |
| 59 - Margaret Osborne Dupont, F, USA |
| 58 - Alice Marble, F, USA |
| 57 - Jennifer Capriati, F, USA |
| 56 - Stan Smith, M, USA |
| 55 - Gustavo Kuerten, M, BRA |
| 54 - Manuel Santana, M, ESP |
| 53 - Tracy Austin, F, USA |
| 52 - Jack Crawford, M, AUS |
| 51 - Doris Hart, F, USA |
| 50 - Tony Trabert, M, USA |
| 49 - Ilie Nastase, M, ROM |
| 48 - Frank Sedgman, M, AUS |
| 47 - Jean Borotra, M, FRA |
| 46 - Henri Cochet, M, FRA |
| 45 - Kim Clijsters, F, BEL |
| 44 - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, F, ESP |
| 43 - Lindsay Davenport, F, USA |
| 42 - Jim Courier, M, USA |
| 41 - Guillermo Vilas, M, ARG 40 - Novak Djokovic, M, SRB 39 - Althea Gibson, F, USA 38 - Maria Bueno, F, BRA 37 - Evonne Goolagong, F, AUS 36 - Rene Lacoste, M, FRA 35 - Pancho Gonzales, M, USA 34 - Jack Kramer, M, USA 33 - Mats Wilander, M, SWE 32 - Lew Hoad, M, AUS 31 - John Newcombe, M, AUS 30 - Martina Hingis, F, SUI 29 - Helen Wills Moody, F, USA 28 - Arthur Ashe, M, USA 27 - Maureen Connolly Brinker, F, USA 26 - Justine Henin, F, BEL 25 - Stefan Edberg, M, SWE 24 - Suzanne Lenglen, F, FRA 23 - Fred Perry, M, GBR 22 - Venus Williams, F, USA 21 - Boris Becker, M, GER 20 - Ken Rosewall, M, AUS 19 - Monica Seles, F, USA 18 - Ivan Lendl, M, CZE 17 - Roy Emerson, M, AUS 16 - Bill Tilden, M, USA 15 - Jimmy Connors, M, USA 14 - Serena Williams, F, USA 13 - John McEnroe, M, USA 12 - Andre Agassi, M, USA 11 - Don Budge, M, USA 10 - Billie Jean King, F, USA 9 - Christ Evert, F, USA 8 - Margaret Court, F, AUS 7 - Bjorn Borg, M, SWE 6 - Rafael Nadal, M, ESP 5 - Pete Sampras, M, USA 4 - Martina Navratilova, F, USA/CZE 3 - Steffi Graf, F, GER 2 - Rod Laver, M, AUS 1 - Roger Federer, M, SUI |
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