| Modern tennis has gone through many changes, and | | | | Another great 1990s tennis player was Michael Chang, |
| the 1990s were the years that served as the transition | | | | perhaps my favorite player to ever play the sport. |
| for this. Racquets quickly went from wooden ones to | | | | With his mentally tough approach to the sport and |
| graphite ones, and much more happened as well. | | | | never say die attitude, Chang was a hero. |
| I'd like to take a trip down memory lane by writing | | | | Jim Courier was one of the world's best for a short |
| about my favorite five 1990s tennis players. These all | | | | time period, and he was absolutely dominant during the |
| come down to my personal preferences and they're | | | | few years that he sat atop the rankings. He burned |
| not based on merit. Nonetheless, I'll be curious to see | | | | out early like many tennis players do, but he gave us |
| how these compare with yours. | | | | some great matches. |
| Andre Agassi is a legend, and one of the best to ever | | | | The last player who I'd like to mention is Alex Corretja, |
| play the sport. Not only did he have a major impact on | | | | a Spanish player who may have been the fastest |
| the way the sport was played, but his fashion sense | | | | player I've ever seen during his prime. He's best known |
| set the trend for so many great tennis clothes and | | | | for a near win over Pete Sampras at the US Open, |
| sneakers. | | | | but rose to as high as number two in the rankings |
| Pete Sampras is thought by some to be the best | | | | during the 1990s. |
| tennis player in the history of the sport, even better | | | | It was hard to narrow this list down to just five, as |
| than Roger Federer. How's that for a bold statement? | | | | there are many others I could have mentioned. How |
| If you saw the two play a few years ago after | | | | do these players compare to yours? |
| Sampras' retirement, you might be a believer too. | | | | |