Tennis Channel Top 100 of All-Time
March 19, 2012
LOS ANGELES, CA. — Tennis Channel’s 100 Greatest of all Time Presented by Ally Bank, a first-of-its-kind, five-night series intended to rank the top tennis players of all-time, kicked-off tonight by preseting players ranked #71-100. The series, hosted by all-time sporting greats Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, Lisa Leslie and Carl Lewis will air for five consecutive nights this week at 7 p.m. ET with the #1 player of all time unveiled on Friday, March 23.
Determined by an international panel of tennis experts, 100 Greatest of all Time Presented by Ally Bank ranks both men and women on the same top 100 list. Throughout the spring, Tennis Channel is supporting the 100 Greatest of all Timeproject with online activity on its Web site (tennischannel.com/goat), Facebook page (facebook.com/tennischannel), YouTube channel (youtube.com/tennischannel) and Twitter feed (@TennisChannel – twitter.com/tennischannel.
Here’s a look at the players featured in Monday’s episode.
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