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The’80s were a great decade for tennis. A long decade that saw the face of the sport change.

This brief article will focus on my favorite 5 tennis players from the’80s. These aren’t ordered by who was best, simply by my favorites. I hope you enjoy it!

The early’80s were dominated by Bjorn Borg before his early retirement. At the top of his game, he was undoubtedly the best in the world and one of the best to ever play the sport.

When I think of great net players, Stefan Edberg is one of the first names to come to mind. His serve and volley approach was simplistic in nature, but dominant enough to propel him to the world’s number one ranking in the later part of the decade.

Boris Becker. Ah, the jump serve. Becker popularized this method of serving in the’80s, and just about everyone I knew tried to emulate it in their own way. Becker was a true warrior on the tennis court, and I’m a big fan of what he did for the sport.

Ivan Lendl. One of the most under-appreciated players in tennis history, in my mind. Lendl anchored the number one spot in the world for years, a streak that often goes overlooked. He was simply a machine, and one of the best.

John McEnroe is one of those players who comes along once in a lifetime. Forget about his arguments with the chair umpires, as great as those were. He was one of the best in the sport for well over a decade and he can surprisingly still play really well today.

When I think of tennis in the’80s, I think of the five players mentioned above. All made significant contributions to the sport that still have a lasting effect to this day.

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