federer, the best or not?

Federer The Best Player in Tennis

If Muhammad Ali, Pele, Tiger Woods, Michael Schumacher and Michael Jordan are arguably the greatest proponents of their respective sports, Roger Federer made a compelling case for joining that pantheon of greats after securing a record-equaling seventh Wimbledon title on Sunday.

At the age of 30, considered a grand old age in tennis, he came from behind to leave Andy Murray -- an opponent five years his junior -- shattered and tearful after a gripping three and a half hours on Centre Court.

It ended Federer's two-and-a-half-year wait for a record-extending 17th grand slam title, and equaled his hero Pete Sampras' seven successes at the All England Club.

"I believe Roger is the best player to have ever played the game," American tennis coach Nick Bollettieri told CNN.

So from the conversation above, is this right that federer is the best player in tennis? Who knows,

But as seen on rankopedia.com federer has the first rank of the top male tennis player, and this is the list :

		Player	Nat.	Score*
		Roger Federer		66.34 (=)
		Pete Sampras		53.36 (=)
		Björn Borg		42.45 (=)
4.		Rafael Nadal		29.39 (+ 2)
5.		Andre Agassi		29.08 (=)
6.		Rod Laver		29.04 (- 2)
7.		John McEnroe		24.38 (=)
8.		Jimmy Connors		20.66 (=)
9.		Ivan Lendl		17.75 (=)
10.		Boris Becker		12.06 (=)
11.		Stefan Edberg		7.30 (=)
12.		Novak Djokovic		6.81 (=)
13.		Ken Rosewall		5.53 (=)
14.		Bill Tilden		4.90 (=)
15.		Roy Emerson		4.78 (=)
16.		Pancho Gonzales		4.07 (=)
17.		Mats Wilander		4.01 (+ 4)
18.		Ilie Nastase		3.91 (- 1)
19.		Andy Murray		3.57 (=)
20.		Guillermo Vilas		3.46 (=)
21.		Andy Roddick		3.31 (- 3)
22.		Gustavo Kuerten		3.04 (=)
23.		Jim Courier		2.30 (+ 2)
24.		Patrick Rafter		2.07 (- 1)
25.		Marat Safin		2.07 (+ 5)