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1084:Ken Rosewall
1067:John McEnroe
890:Brad Gilbert
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841:Boris Becker
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1226:Arthur Ashe
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1212:Rod Laver
962:1982 fall
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294:Rod Laver
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197:Detroit
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120:tennis
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