Editing Lew Hoad (section)

===By journalists===

In ''The Encyclopedia of Tennis'' (1973) veteran sportswriters [[Allison Danzig]] and [[Lance Tingay]] as well as tennis coach, writer and former player [[Harry Hopman]] listed their personal choices of the ten greatest players in tennis history. Only Tingay included Hoad in his list,{{efn|name=encyclopedia_of_tennis|Hopman left both of his "Tennis Twins", Hoad and Rosewall, off his selection and ranked Tilden, Budge, Perry, Laver, Cochet, Lacoste, H. Doherty, Vines as his first nine and listed Gonzales and Emerson in shared tenth position. Danzig rated Tilden, Cochet, Budge, Lacoste, Kramer, Perry, Johnston, Laver and Vines at the top of his list, and also listed Gonzales and Emerson in shared tenth position.<ref name="robertson1974"/>}} ranking him in fifth position, behind Tilden, Budge, Laver and Gonzales.<ref name="robertson1974">{{cite book|last=Robertson|first=Max|author-link=Max Robertson|title=The Encyclopedia of Tennis|year=1974|publisher=Allen & Unwin|location=London|isbn=9780047960420|page=175}}</ref>

[[Max Robertson]], tennis author and commentator, rated Hoad as the best post-war Wimbledon player, followed by Gonzales and Laver, in his 1977 book ''Wimbledon 1877–1977''.<ref name="robertson1977">{{cite book|last=Robertson|first=Max|author-link=Max Robertson|title=Wimbledon 1877–1977|year=1977|publisher=Arthur Baker Limited|location=London|isbn=0213166437|page=164}}</ref>  In his second book about Wimbledon, ''Wimbledon – Centre Court of the Game'' (1981) his list was unchanged but in the second edition in 1987 he listed Hoad second behind [[Boris Becker]].<ref name="robertson1981">{{cite book|last=Robertson|first=Max|author-link=Max Robertson|title=Wimbledon – Centre Court of the Game|year=1981|publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]]|location=London|isbn=0563179236|page=307}}</ref><ref name="robertson1987">{{cite book|last=Robertson|first=Max|author-link=Max Robertson|title=Wimbledon – Centre Court of the Game|year=1987|publisher=[[BBC Books]]|location=London|isbn=0563204540|page=463}}</ref>

In ''[[100 Greatest of All Time]]'', a 2012 television series broadcast by the Tennis Channel, Hoad was ranked the 19th greatest male player, just behind fellow Australian John Newcombe at 18th, and just ahead of tour promoter Jack Kramer, who had signed Hoad to the professional ranks, at 21st, and Hoad's longtime tennis rival Gonzales at 22nd.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tennischannel.com/goat/71.aspx |title=The List ::Tennis Channel |website=www.tennischannel.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605022801/http://www.tennischannel.com/goat/71.aspx |archive-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2016, tennis journalist Richard Evans stated that in his judgment Hoad was the greatest player in the world before the emergence of Federer,<ref>10sballs, 11 February 2016.  https://archive.10sballs.com/2016/02/11/lew-hoad-profile-by-richard-evans/</ref> and "was without question the strongest man who ever played the game."<ref name="archive.10sballs.com"/>

In 2017, tennis journalist Shuvam Chakraborty stated that "winning the biggest titles has always been a hallmark of greatness for players throughout the ages. But for [the] old pros, if you ask them who the greatest player of their day was, they will all say one man – Lew Hoad." And "compared to some of his contemporaries, Hoad's resume may not stand out. However, his peaks might have been the highest of all time. His peers would certainly agree with that."<ref name="Chasing Greatness: GOAT or GOATs">{{cite web |author1=Shuvam Chakraborty |title=Chasing Greatness: GOAT or GOATs? |url=https://www.perfect-tennis.com/chasing-greatness-goat-or-goats/? |website=peRFect Tennis |date=22 June 2017}}</ref>

In 2021, tennis journalist Rémi Bourrières (former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Tennis Magazine (2007–2019)) ranked Hoad at No. 3 among the pre-Open players, behind Tilden and Budge.<ref>Rémi Bourrières,"From Santana to Lacoste: the 10 GOATs among the lost legends of men's tennis", 30 December 2021. https://www.tennismajors.com/others-news/from-santana-to-lacoste-the-10-goats-among-the-lost-legends-of-mens-tennis-522421.html</ref> Bourrières ranking was (1) Tilden (2) Budge (3) Hoad (4) Gonzales (5) Perry (6) Cochet (7) Lacoste (8) Santana (9) Renshaw (10) Ashe. Bourrières summarized Hoad as: "This tall blond man with the physique of an Apollo and almost animal strength was perhaps the best of that glorious Australian generation that was to dominate the world in the middle of the 20th century: Laver, Rosewall and others."