Tennis Channel Top 100 Countdown

Tennis Channel’s 100 Greatest of all Time, a first-of-its-kind, five-night series intended to rank the top tennis players of all-time, kicked-offÂ on Monday night by presenting players ranked #71-100.Â Â The series, hosted by all-time sporting greats Jack Nicklaus, Jerry Rice, Wayne Gretzky, Lisa Leslie and Carl LewisÂ Â will air for five consecutive nights this week at 7 p.m. ETÂ 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 PresentedÂ by Ally BankÂ 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 (www.tennischannel.com/goat), Facebook page (www.facebook.com/tennischannel), YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/tennischannel) and Twitter feed (@TennisChannel – www.twitter.com/tennishcannel.

Here’s a look at the players featured in Monday’s episode.

100 – Michael Chang, M, USA

99 – Ann Haydon Jones, F, GBR

98 – Henry Bunny Austin, M, 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