TENNIS magazine presents its first annual list of the
"50 Most Influential People In Tennis," as voted on by the
magazine's editors (TENNIS, 3/00 issue):
RK NAME ORGANIZATION/POSITION
1) The Williams Family WTA players, coaches and managers
2) John McEnroe Broadcaster, Davis Cup Captain
3) Bob Kain IMG/Senior Exec VP
4) Mark Miles ATP Tour/CEO
5) Jim Baugh Wilson Sporting Goods/President
6) Bart McGuire Sanex WTA Tour/CEO
7) Judy Levering USTA/President
8) Andre Agassi ATP Tour player
9) Phil Knight Nike/CEO
10) Pete Sampras ATP Tour player
11) Phil de Picciotto Octagon/Athlete Rep President
12) Chris Renner ISL/Tennis Managing Dir
13) Sean McManus CBS Sports/President
14) Billie Jean King U.S. Fed Cup/Captain
15) Jeff Schwartz AMG Sports/President
16) Nick Bollettieri Coach, tennis academy Founder
17) Ivan Blumberg SFX Sports/Talent President
18) Tim Phillips All England Club/Chair
19) Anna Kournikova Sanex WTA Tour player
20) Christian Bimes French Tennis Federation/President
21) Geoff Pollard Tennis Australia/President
22) Rick Ferman USTA/Exec Dir
23) Francesco Ricci Bitti ITF Federation
24) Butch Buchholz Tournament Promoter
25) Burghard Count Vitzthum Daimler-Chrysler/Alternative
Communications Head
26) Martina Hingis Sanex WTA Tour player
27) Stephanie Tolleson IMG/Senior Corporate VP
28) Tim Heckler USPTA/CEO
Dennis van der Meer USPT Registry/President
29) Frank Meysman Sara Lee/DE (Netherlands) Chair
30) Patrick Rafter ATP Tour player
31) Dick Ebersol NBC Sports/Chair
32) Jimmy Connors Senior Tour player
33) Angelo Codignoni Eurosport/CEO
34) Arnon Milchan New Regency Productions/Founder
35) Ivan Brixi Octagon/Athlete Rep VP
36) J. Wayne Richmond ATP Tour/Exec VP
37) Tony Godsick IMG/Racquet Sports VP
38) Peachy Kellmeyer Sanex WTA Tour/Senior VP
39) Johan Eliasch Head Racquet Sports/President
40) Tom Ross Octagon/Senior VP
41) Steve Risser ESPN VP/Programming
42) Gregg Weida Penn Worldwide/President
43) Gordon Beck USA Networks/Senior VP
44) Dave Holland Prince/Senior Dir Product Marketing
45) Bud Collins Commentator, journalist
46) J. Pierce O'Neil USTA/Chief Marketing Officer
47) John Korff Tournament Promoter
48) Andrew Coe ITF/Technical Dir
49) Eugene Scott Tennis Week/Publisher & Editor
50) Kurt Kamperman Tennis Industry Assoc./President
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