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The Top Ranked Tennis Players of All-Time from California
| Rnk | Athlete | Rookie Yr | Birthplace | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Bobby Riggs | 1933 | Los Angeles | 33 |
| 2 | Ellsworth Vines | 1931 | Los Angeles | 34 |
| 3 | Pancho Gonzales | 1947 | Los Angeles | 44 |
| 4 | Stan Smith | 1964 | Pasadena | 58 |
| 5 | Bill Johnston | 1913 | San Francisco | 64 |
| 6 | Don Budge | 1932 | Oakland | 66 |
| 7 | Arthur Larsen | 1948 | Hayward | 88 |
| 8 | Joseph Hunt | 1935 | San Francisco | 103 |
| 9 | Brian Teacher | 1973 | San Diego | 113 |
| 10 | Welby Van Horn | 1938 | Los Angeles | 157 |
| 11 | Robert Lindley Murray | 1913 | San Francisco | 167 |
| 12 | Dennis Ralston | 1967 | Bakersfield | 184 |
| 13 | Frank Froehling | 1958 | San Diego | 215 |
| 14 | Frank Kovacs | 1936 | Oakland | 219 |
| 15 | Keith Gledhill | 1930 | Santa Barbara | 249 |
| 16 | Hank Pfister | 1977 | Bakersfield | 276 |
| 17 | Sam Querrey | 2006 | San Francisco | 318 |
| 18 | Bob Lutz | 1970 | San Clemente | 331 |
| 19 | Tom Bundy | 1910 | Los Angeles | 435 |
| 20 | Taylor Dent | 1998 | Newport Beach | 451 |
| 21 | Robert Murray | 1913 | San Francisco | 456 |
| 22 | Carl Earn | 1946 | Los Angeles | 458 |
| 23 | Harvey Snodgrass | 1923 | Los Angeles | 467 |
| 24 | Elia Fottrell | 1913 | Unknown | 488 |
| 25 | Foxhall Keene | 1883 | San Francisco | 490 |
| 26 | John Strachan | 1913 | San Francisco | 499 |
| 27 | Brad Gilbert | 1982 | Oakland | 519 |
| 28 | Eliot Teltscher | 1977 | Rancho Palos Verdes | 553 |
| 29 | Stevie Johnson | 2012 | Orange | 562 |
| 30 | Scott Davis | 1983 | Santa Monica | 565 |
| 31 | Derrick Rostagno | 1986 | Hollywood | 592 |
| 32 | Taylor Fritz | 2015 | Rancho Santa Fe | 609 |
| 33 | Bruce Manson | 1977 | Los Angeles | 647 |
| 34 | Butch Walts | 1975 | Modesto | 697 |
| 35 | Allen Fox | 1955 | Los Angeles | 702 |
| 36 | Whitney Reed | 1950 | Oakland | 713 |
| 37 | Drew Gitlin | 1981 | Los Angeles | 745 |
| 38 | Harry Likas | 1946 | San Francisco | 757 |
| 39 | Clifton Mayne | 1950 | Alameda | 759 |
| 40 | George Richards | 1942 | Montebello | 792 |
| 41 | Jeff Tarango | 1989 | Manhattan Beach | 823 |
| 42 | Jeff Borowiak | 1967 | Berkeley | 852 |
| 43 | Martin Davis | 1981 | San Jose | 868 |
| 44 | Erik Van Dillen | 1973 | San Mateo | 875 |
| 45 | David Pate | 1982 | Los Angeles | 876 |
| 46 | Jim Pugh | 1985 | Burbank | 911 |
| 47 | Matt Mitchell | 1976 | Berkeley | 917 |
| 48 | Lloyd Bourne | 1981 | Los Angeles | 947 |
| 49 | Mike Bauer | 1982 | Oakland | 952 |
| 50 | Chuck Adams | 1990 | Pacific Palisades | 955 |
| 51 | Matt Anger | 1984 | Walnut Creek | 960 |
| 52 | Jonathan Canter | 1983 | Los Angeles | 968 |
| 53 | Robert Van't Hof | 1980 | Lynwood | 969 |
| 54 | Matt Doyle | 1980 | Redwood City | 979 |
| 55 | Brandon Nakashima | 2020 | San Diego | 1014 |
| 56 | Samuel Match | 1946 | Los Angeles | 1026 |
| 57 | Robert Harman | 1935 | Oakland | 1034 |
| 58 | Jerry De Witts | 1951 | San Francisco | 1052 |
| 59 | Norval Craig | 1930 | Santa Monica | 1081 |
| 60 | Glenn Layendecker | 1984 | Stanford | 1120 |
| 61 | Cecil Mamiit | 1996 | Los Angeles | 1133 |
| 62 | John Austin | 1979 | Long Beach | 1155 |
| 63 | Skip Strode | 1982 | El Cajon | 1191 |
| 64 | John Ross | 1987 | San Diego | 1194 |
| 65 | Tony Graham | 1978 | Sepulveda | 1199 |
| 66 | Dave Siegler | 1979 | Burbank | 1201 |
| 67 | Jim McManus | 1968 | Oakland | 1217 |
| 68 | Mackenzie McDonald | 2016 | Piedmont | 1280 |
| 69 | John Frost | 1956 | Monterey | 1284 |
| 70 | Greg Holmes | 1983 | Covina | 1286 |
| 71 | Tom Edlefsen | 1962 | Piedmont | 1304 |
| 72 | Hugh Stewart | 1953 | Los Angeles | 1307 |
| 73 | Roy Barth | 1969 | San Diego | 1313 |
| 74 | Bob Perry | 1952 | Los Angeles | 1320 |
| 75 | Myron Franks | 1954 | Los Angeles | 1362 |
| 76 | Bill Bond | 1958 | San Diego | 1372 |
| 77 | Michael Joyce | 1991 | Santa Monica | 1377 |
| 78 | Dick Bohrnstedt | 1973 | Redlands | 1380 |
| 79 | Elmer Griffin | 1924 | Los Angeles | 1384 |
| 80 | James Brink | 1942 | San Diego | 1407 |
| 81 | Larry Nagler | 1957 | Los Angeles | 1420 |
| 82 | Jenson Brooksby | 2018 | Sacramento | 1435 |
| 83 | Clarence Carter | 1946 | San Francisco | 1517 |
| 84 | David Freeman | 1939 | Pasadena | 1529 |
| 85 | Bud Chandler | 1926 | Santa Cruz | 1545 |
| 86 | Ray Casey | 1925 | San Francisco | 1613 |
| 87 | Kevin Kim | 1996 | Torrance | 1668 |
| 88 | William Robertson | 1935 | Los Angeles | 1671 |
| 89 | George Hardie | 1972 | Long Beach | 1690 |
| 90 | Marcos Giron | 2014 | Thousand Oaks | 1705 |
| 91 | Robert Siska | 1959 | Alameda | 1734 |
| 92 | Scott McCain | 1980 | Merced | 1818 |
| 93 | Bill Maze | 1977 | Bakersfield | 1900 |
| 94 | Norman Perry | 1956 | Los Angeles | 1906 |
| 95 | George Toley | 1937 | Los Angeles | 1994 |
| 96 | Jack Tidball | 1931 | Van Nuys | 2071 |
| 97 | William Cranston | 1952 | Unknown | 2193 |
| 98 | Edward Kauder | 1953 | Unknown | 2216 |
| 99 | John Fleitz | 1955 | San Pedro | 2249 |
| 100 | Lawrence Huebner | 1951 | Fresno | 2315 |
| 101 | Ken Stuart | 1970 | El Monte | 2351 |
| 102 | Conway Catton | 1951 | San Francisco | 2402 |
| 103 | Mort Ballagh | 1938 | Los Angeles | 2501 |
| 104 | Robert Kendrick | 2000 | Fresno | 2567 |
| 105 | Bradley Klahn | 2010 | Poway | 2577 |
| 106 | Chauncey Steele III | 1961 | Long Beach | 2590 |
| 107 | Mike Machette | 1970 | Belvedere | 2608 |
| 108 | Rick Leach | 1987 | Arcadia | 2647 |
| 109 | Ernesto Escobedo | 2014 | Los Angeles | 2651 |
| 110 | Robert Kreiss | 1971 | San Diego | 2666 |
| 111 | Carsten Ball | 2005 | Newport Beach | 2676 |
| 112 | Julius Heldman | 1937 | Hollywood | 2836 |
| 113 | Bob Bryan | 1998 | Camarillo | 2855 |
| 114 | Brian MacPhie | 1994 | San Jose | 2856 |
| 115 | Alejandro Cortes | 1979 | Los Angeles | 2871 |
| 116 | Chris Dunk | 1981 | San Francisco | 2880 |
| 117 | Jacque Grigry | 1951 | Riverside | 2915 |
| 118 | Ramsey Earnhart | 1959 | Santa Monica | 2961 |
| 119 | Luis Glass | 1964 | San Diego | 3012 |
| 120 | Clyde Hippenstiel | 1941 | San Bernardino | 3047 |
| 121 | Richard Leach | 1966 | Arcadia | 3077 |
| 122 | Sam Warburg | 2005 | Sacramento | 3084 |
| 123 | Woody Blocher | 1969 | Pasadena | 3087 |
| 124 | Forrest Stewart | 1957 | Malibu | 3136 |
| 125 | Mark Keil | 1988 | Mountain View | 3177 |
| 126 | Steve Avoyer | 1965 | San Diego | 3211 |
| 127 | Thomas Karp | 1964 | Los Angeles | 3212 |
| 128 | Zack Fleishman | 2000 | Santa Monica | 3219 |
| 129 | Alan Fox | 1970 | Los Angeles | 3227 |
| 130 | William Beale | 1955 | San Francisco | 3296 |
| 131 | William Aydelotte | 1928 | Santa Cruz | 3310 |
| 132 | Dale Junta | 1958 | San Leandro | 3359 |
| 133 | Emilio Nava | 2018 | West Hills | 3372 |
| 134 | Eugene Cantin | 1965 | Berkeley | 3374 |
| 135 | Hugh Ditzler | 1952 | Berkeley | 3396 |
| 136 | Michael Sell | 1997 | Berkeley | 3431 |
| 137 | Ron Hightower | 1981 | Los Angeles | 3457 |
| 138 | Scott Lipton | 1982 | San Diego | 3464 |
| 139 | Zachary Svajda | 2018 | San Diego | 3483 |
| 140 | Allen Tong | 1961 | Los Angeles | 3516 |
| 141 | Brad Rowe | 1979 | Modesto | 3540 |
| 142 | Brandon Holt | 2020 | Rolling Hills | 3541 |
| 143 | Cary Stansbury | 1978 | San Francisco | 3558 |
| 144 | Charles Rombeau | 1964 | North Hollywood | 3564 |
| 145 | Harper Ink | 1951 | San Diego | 3681 |
| 146 | Jeff Klaparda | 1984 | Los Angeles | 3733 |
| 147 | Joe Meyers | 1982 | Fremont | 3740 |
| 148 | Malcolm Allen | 1989 | Los Angeles | 3797 |
| 149 | Oscar Johnson | 1953 | Los Angeles | 3836 |
| 150 | Richard Doss | 1953 | Laguna Woods | 3886 |
| 151 | Robert Kimbrell | 1946 | Los Angeles | 3896 |
| 152 | Brian Garrow | 1988 | Santa Clara | 4088 |
| 153 | Buzz Strode | 1982 | El Cajon | 4090 |
| 154 | George Stoesser | 1958 | Carmel | 4109 |
| 155 | Jason Jung | 2012 | Torrance | 4123 |
| 156 | John Holladay | 1975 | San Diego | 4129 |
| 157 | Carl Eltzholtz | 1956 | San Diego | 4218 |
| 158 | Collin Altamirano | 2013 | Sacramento | 4230 |
| 159 | Craig Edwards | 1981 | Los Angeles | 4233 |
| 160 | Steve Foster | 1965 | North Hollywood | 4396 |
| 161 | Alex Reichel | 1992 | Los Angeles | 4449 |
| 162 | Andrew Park | 1998 | San Marino | 4469 |
| 163 | Brett Hansen-Dent | 1995 | Newport Beach | 4517 |
| 164 | Brian Wilson | 2004 | Oceanside | 4523 |
| 165 | Butch Krikorian | 1952 | Sanger | 4532 |
| 166 | Darrell Hudlow | 1939 | Redlands | 4591 |
| 167 | George Druliner | 1955 | Unknown | 4724 |
| 168 | Gerald Stratford | 1936 | Pasadena | 4732 |
| 169 | Greg Peebles | 1973 | Anaheim | 4748 |
| 170 | Howard Sands | 1984 | Santa Monica | 4799 |
| 171 | Jack Darrah | 1966 | Orinda | 4832 |
| 172 | Jim Frolik | 1949 | Fresno | 4874 |
| 173 | John Yeomans | 1967 | Los Angeles | 4908 |
| 174 | Learner Tien | 2022 | Irvine | 4966 |
| 175 | Mark Woolridge | 1985 | Los Angeles | 5016 |
| 176 | Merrill Ehmke | 1951 | Unknown | 5032 |
| 177 | Michael McClune | 2007 | Long Beach | 5037 |
| 178 | Mike Bryan | 1998 | Camarillo | 5051 |
| 179 | Mike Kreiss | 1971 | San Diego | 5053 |
| 180 | Norm Perry | 1968 | Los Angeles | 5076 |
| 181 | Pat Crow | 1991 | Long Beach | 5092 |
| 182 | Paul Hildebrand | 1954 | Alta Loma | 5106 |
| 183 | Peter Barizon | 1961 | San Francisco | 5113 |
| 184 | Peter Pearson | 1978 | Sunnyvale | 5119 |
| 185 | Prakash Amritraj | 2002 | Los Angeles | 5130 |
| 186 | Randy Nixon | 1984 | Coronado | 5146 |
| 187 | Richard Anderson | 1965 | San Francisco | 5157 |
| 188 | Robert Delgado | 1957 | Los Angeles | 5175 |
| 189 | Robert Yim | 2003 | Glendale | 5193 |
| 190 | Sam Riffice | 2021 | Sacramento | 5224 |
| 191 | Scott Melville | 1988 | Fort Ord | 5229 |
| 192 | Scott Warner | 1989 | Sacramento | 5230 |
| 193 | Terry Neudecker | 1967 | Temple City | 5258 |
| 194 | Tom Karp | 1973 | Los Angeles | 5270 |
| 195 | Verne Hughes | 1938 | Laguna Woods | 5285 |
| 196 | William Demas | 1955 | Sacramento | 5308 |
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