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Revision as of 17:28, 25 November 2021
World number 1 ranked male tennis players is a year-by-year listing of the male tennis players who were ranked as world No. 1 by various contemporary and modern sources. The annual source rankings from which the No. 1 players are drawn are cited for each player's name, with a summary of the most important tennis events of each year also included.
History of rankings
Before 1913
For the period between the birth of lawn tennis to 1913, few contemporary worldwide rankings exist. Some national tennis federations such as the USLTA (USTA) in the United States did create national rankings, however. Also, British publications ranking British players are listed. Retrospective world rankings made by the International Tennis Hall of Fame are also listed.
Between 1913 and 1973: opinion-based worldwide rankings and professional tournament series point rankings
Before the Open Era of tennis arrived in 1968, opinion-based rankings for amateur players were generally compiled either for a full year of play or in September following the U.S. Championships. Professional players were ranked by journalists, promoters, and players' associations in opinion-based rankings either at the end of the year or in the spring or summer when the world pro tours finished. There were also performance-based point ranking systems attached to professional tournament series in 1946, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968, and performance-based pro rankings from the pro tours in 1942, 1954, 1961, and 1963. Even for amateurs, however, there was no single official overall ranking that encompassed the entire world. Instead, national rankings were compiled by the national tennis association of each country, with world rankings being the preserve of tennis journalists or newspaper reporters. The end-of-year amateur rankings issued by official organizations such as the United States Lawn Tennis Association were based on judgments and opinions and not on mathematical formulae assigning points for wins and losses.
Professional tennis in Europe before 1926
Thomas Burke, tutor of the Tennis Club de Paris and former teacher of two-time Wimbledon champion Joshua Pim, was reportedly as good a player as the leading amateurs.[1] Charles Haggett was the best English teaching professional during the early 20th century. In 1913, Haggett settled in the United States, having been invited by the West Side Tennis Club of Forest Hills, New York and became the coach of the American Davis Cup team. In practice matches, he beat the leading amateurs Anthony Wilding, Wimbledon winner and Maurice McLoughlin, Wimbledon All Comer's winner.[2]
In the 1920s, Karel Koželuh, Albert Burke (son of Thomas Burke), and Roman Najuch were probably the most notable, as well as the best, of these players. The Bristol Cup, held at Beaulieu or at Cannes on the French Riviera and won seven consecutive times by Koželuh, was "the world's only significant pro tennis tournament."[3] Koželuh went on to become one of the best of the touring professionals in the 1930s. He and Burke, however, were not listed among the top players before 1928, as this was the first year when a retrospective ranking was published for all the top players, amateur and professional.
Major professional tournaments before 1968
Three major tournaments held a certain tradition and usually had the best of the leading players. The most prestigious of the three was generally the London Indoor Professional Championship. Played in most years between 1934 and 1990 at the Wembley Arena in the United Kingdom, the tournament was authorised by the Lawn Tennis Association from the 1950s onwards. The oldest of the three was the United States Professional Championship, played between 1927 and 1999 (except 1944 and 1996) with the approval and participation of the USPLTA from 1928 to 1954. In 1950, the USPLTA U.S. Pro was held in Cleveland. In 1951, the USPLTA U.S. Pro was held at Forest Hills, however there was also in 1951 the PTPA-approved U.S. Pro (under the billed name International Pro) held at Cleveland. Between 1952–53 and 1955–62 the PTPA version of the U.S. Pro was played in Cleveland (under the billed name International or World Professional Championships). The USPLTA U.S. Pro was held again at the L.A. Tennis Club in 1954 under Kramer's management, however the Cleveland version of the U.S. Pro was also held in 1954 under the billed name World Professional Championships. The third major tournament was the French Professional Championship, played at Roland Garros in the years 1930–1932, 1934–1939, 1956, 1958–62 and 1968, and at Stade Coubertin from 1963 to 1967. The British and American championships continued into the Open Era, but devolved to the status of minor tournaments.
These three tournaments (Wembley Pro, French Pro and U.S. Pro) through 1967 are often referred to retrospectively as the major pro events by tennis historians.[4] However, in some years other tournaments had stronger fields and larger money prizes. The 1957 Forest Hills Tournament of Champions was broadcast live in its entirety on the CBS national television network in the U.S.[5][6] The Forest Hills professional tournament in 1966 boasted the largest prize money of the season, and a film was made of the final.[7] The Wimbledon Pro in 1967 was broadcast complete in colour on BBC television in Britain and awarded the largest prize money of any pro tournament up to that time.[8]
Before 1973, there were only a few rankings based on the points players obtained for achieving a certain level of performance in particular tournaments, but there were journalists or officials (on their personal behalf) or promoters or players themselves who listed their own subjective annual rankings. In 1946, 1959, 1960 and 1964–1968 there were point ranking systems and seeding lists applied to professional series of tournaments involving all of the best pros. In 1946, 1959 and 1960 there were also World Professional Championship tours with a small number of pros, which did not produce point rankings. The winners of the 1946, 1959 and 1960 World Professional Championship Tours were described as "world champion" in many reports, as distinct from the point series "world No. 1".[9][10] In 1961 and 1963, the ITPTA World Championship Tour produced an official ranking order for the contract professionals. In some years, however, only a small number of professional promoters, players or journalists released opinion-based rankings at the end of the tennis year. Retrospective opinion-based-rankings by tennis historians or sports statisticians many years after the tennis year ended (e.g. in the 2000s for a year in the 1950s) are also listed.
From 1973 onward: modern ATP rankings
In August 1973, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) introduced its own rankings.[11] These mathematical merit-based rankings were published 11 times that year and with increasing frequency the following years until they were published weekly from 1979 onward.[12] In the 1970s and 1980s they did not take into account certain events, such as the Davis Cup, the WCT Finals and the year-end Masters (currently named the ATP Finals). Stan Smith, a leading player in the 1970s when ATP rankings started said "there was a great deal of conversation and tweaking during the formative years as to the weight of the various tournaments and even the weight of the rounds in the tournaments. The prize money per round was also debated in conjunction with the ranking points."[12] Since 1990 the ATP has awarded points for ATP Finals.[13]
Disputed rankings
In the early years after the ATP rankings were introduced, other rankings proposed by tennis experts or by the players themselves were possibly more accurate because they included those events and adjusted the rankings to reflect the actual importance of particular tournaments. In 1977, Connors was No. 1 in the ATP ranking but it was generally considered that Borg and Vilas were the top two players in the world.[citation needed] Since the 1990s, the ATP rankings have generally been accepted as the official rankings. Since 1978 the ITF (represented initially by a panel of experts consisting of Don Budge, Lew Hoad and Fred Perry) designated the yearly ITF World Champions.[a][14]
List of No. 1 ranked players
1877–1912: National and world rankings
Early tennis era rankings are more variable in nature due to limited sourcing. Few contemporary worldwide rankings exist for this period.
Year | Sources of ranking and tournament results summary |
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1877 | Rankings:
Year summary: Gore was the Wimbledon champion. |
1878 | Rankings:
Year summary: Hadow was the Wimbledon champion. |
1879 | Rankings:
Year summary: Hartley was the Wimbledon champion. |
1880 | Rankings:
Year summary: Hartley won the only match he played, against Lawford in the Wimbledon final. |
1881 | Rankings:
Year summary: |
1882 | Rankings:
Year summary: William Renshaw was the Irish and Wimbledon champion, his brother Ernest being the challenger both times. |
1883 | Rankings:
Year summary: William Renshaw won the only singles match he played at Wimbledon against Irish champion Ernest Renshaw. |
1884 | Rankings:
Year summary: William Renshaw won the only singles match he played at Wimbledon against Irish champion Lawford. |
1885 | Rankings:
Year summary: William Renshaw won the only singles match he played at Wimbledon against Irish champion Lawford. |
1886 | Rankings:
Year summary: William Renshaw won the only singles match he played at Wimbledon against Irish champion Lawford. |
1887 | Rankings:
Year summary: Lawford beat Ernest Renshaw at Wimbledon and lost to him at the Irish. |
1888 | Rankings:
Year summary: Ernest Renshaw was the Irish and Wimbledon champion. Hamilton was the Irish challenger, and the Northern England champion. |
1889 | Rankings:
Year summary: Renshaw won the Wimbledon title. Hamilton beat William Renshaw at the Irish, won the Northern England title as well, but lost in the Wimbledon semis to Harry Barlow. |
1890 | Rankings:
Year summary: Hamilton won Wimbledon, but lost to Pim in Liverpool and Lewis in Dublin (although he was the Irish champ, he had severe defeats by Pim and G. Chaytor). |
1891 | Rankings:
Year summary: Lewis won the Irish, Baddeley was the Wimbledon champion, but they did not meet. Both of them beat Pim, although Pim also beat Baddeley at the Northern Championships. |
1892 | Rankings:
Year summary: Ernest Renshaw won the Irish, Baddeley was the Wimbledon champion but they did not meet. |
1893 | Rankings:
Year summary: Pim won Wimbledon, the Irish and Northern England titles as well (first player to win all three titles in the same year). He defeated Baddeley twice. |
1894 | Rankings:
Year summary: Pim defended his Wimbledon and Irish titles. Wilfred Baddeley was the Wimbledon challenger and won the Northern England title beating Pim. |
1895 | Rankings:
Year summary: Pim was the Irish champion demolishing Wilberforce Eaves, but he was absent from Wimbledon that Baddeley won narrowly beating Eaves. |
1896 | Rankings:
Year summary: Baddeley beat Mahony both at the Irish and Northern England Championships, but lost to him at Wimbledon. John Pius Boland won the Olympic gold. |
1897 | Rankings:
Year summary: Doherty was beaten by Irish champion Eaves in Dublin, by Baddeley at the Northern England Championships and by Mahony at an international match, however he beat all of them at Wimbledon. Wrenn beat Eaves at the U.S. but lost to Larned in Boston. |
1898 |
Rankings:
Year summary: Wimbledon champion Reginald Doherty lost to Irish Mahony in Dublin. Laurie Doherty defeated Mahony at Wimbledon, but lost the challenge round final to his brother. |
1899 | Rankings:
Year summary: Reginald Doherty won both the Wimbledon and the Irish titles and had an unbeaten season. Whitman won all the important US tournaments, and according to Potter (in his Kings of the Court book) he played magnificently.[46][page needed] |
1900 | Rankings:
Year summary: Doherty won both the Wimbledon and the Irish titles. Whitman won all the important US titles and demolished Gore in Davis Cup. Laurence Doherty won the Olympic gold. |
1901 | Rankings:
Year summary: Doherty (defending Irish champion) lost his Wimbledon title to Gore. Larned was the best American in the absence of Whitman. |
1902 | Rankings:
Year summary: Irish and Wimbledon champion Laurence Doherty was not selected for Davis Cup. U.S. champion Larned was 1–1 with Reginald, who did not play singles anymore in England. |
1903 | Rankings:
Year summary: Laurence Doherty won Wimbledon, the U.S. Championships and Davis Cup. Larned nearly beats Doherty at Davis Cup. |
1904 | Rankings:
Year summary: Laurence Doherty won Wimbledon. Ward won the U.S. Championships. |
1905 | Rankings:
Year summary: Doherty was the Wimbledon champion. U.S. champion Wright beat Wimbledon challenger Brookes twice, but lost to Gore at Wimbledon. |
1906 | Rankings:
Year summary: Laurence Doherty was the Wimbledon champion. Clothier won the U.S. Championships. Brookes won the Victorian Championships against Wilding but did not play outside Australia. |
1907 | Rankings:
Year summary: Brookes was undefeated in Great Britain, he won Wimbledon, the Northern Championships and the Davis Cup preliminary and challenge rounds. Larned was the U.S. and Boston champion (both Clothier and Wright were absent). |
1908 |
Rankings:
Year summary: Larned wan the U.S. and Boston champion. Brookes won the Davis Cup but lost his match to U.S. No. 2 Wright and narrowly beat Fred Alexander. Arthur Gore was the Wimbledon champion in a weak field. Gore won the Olympic indoor tennis gold medal while Josiah Ritchie won the Olympic outdoor tennis gold medal. |
1909 |
Rankings:
Year summary: Larned was the U.S. and Boston and won all his Davis Cup matches. Anthony Wilding defeated Brookes at the Victorian Championships. |
1910 |
Rankings:
Year summary: Larned was once again the U.S. and Boston champion (he was named the best player of the world next April by British journalist and author, A. E. Crawley).[55] Anthony Wilding was the Wimbledon champion. |
1911 | Rankings:
Year summary: Wilding barely defended his Wimbledon title. Brookes won the Australasian Championships and Davis Cup. Larned was the U.S. and Boston champion. |
1912 |
Rankings:
Year summary: Wilding was the Wimbledon champion, but lost on wood to Gobert and Dixon. McLoughlin won the U.S. Championships. |
1913–present
From 1913 sources are more detailed and better documented. All players who received a world number one ranking citation during the year are listed in the number one column.
Year | No. 1 professional | No. 1 amateur | Source of ranking and tournament results summary |
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1913 | N/A | Anthony Wilding (NZL) |
Rankings:
Year summary: Brookes only played in Australia and gave a walkover in the final of the Victorian Championships (then the most important tournament in Australia even ahead the Australasian Championship). Wilding won all three of the ILTF's World Championships – Wimbledon, the World Hard Court Championships (Clay) and the World Covered Court Championships (Indoor). Maurice McLoughlin won the U.S. Championships. |
1914 | Norman Brookes (AUS) Maurice McLoughlin (USA) James Cecil Parke (IRE) |
Rankings:
Year summary: Norman Brookes won Wimbledon, Wilding won the World Hard Court Championships (Clay). | |
1915– 1918 |
World War I, no world rankings | ||
1919 | N/A | Bill Johnston (USA) Gerald Patterson (AUS) |
Rankings:
Year summary: |
1920 | Bill Tilden (USA) |
Rankings:
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1921 | Bill Tilden (USA) |
Rankings:
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1922 | Bill Johnston (USA) Bill Tilden (USA) |
Rankings:
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1923 | Bill Tilden (USA) |
Rankings:
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1924 | Bill Tilden (USA) |
Rankings: Year summary: | |
1925 | Bill Tilden (USA) |
Rankings:
Year summary: Tilden won the U.S. Championships. | |
1926 | René Lacoste (FRA) |
Rankings:
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1927 | Karel Koželuh (TCH) Vincent Richards (USA) |
René Lacoste (FRA) |
Rankings:
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1928 | Karel Koželuh (TCH) | Henri Cochet (FRA) |
Rankings:
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1929 | Karel Koželuh (TCH) | Henri Cochet (FRA) |
Rankings:
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1930 | Vincent Richards (USA) |
Jean Borotra (FRA) |
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1931 | Bill Tilden (USA) | Henri Cochet (FRA) |
Rankings:
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1932 | Martin Plaa (FRA) Bill Tilden (USA) |
Ellsworth Vines (USA) |
Rankings:
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1933 | Hans Nüsslein (Weimar Republic) Bill Tilden (USA) |
Jack Crawford (AUS) |
Rankings:
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1934 | Ellsworth Vines (USA) | Fred Perry (GBR) |
Rankings:
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1935 | Ellsworth Vines (USA) | Fred Perry (GBR) |
Rankings:
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1936 | Ellsworth Vines (USA) | Fred Perry (GBR) |
Rankings:
Year summary |
1937 | Fred Perry (GBR) Ellsworth Vines (USA) |
Don Budge (USA) |
Rankings:
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1938 | Ellsworth Vines (USA) | Don Budge (USA) |
Rankings:
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1939 | Don Budge (USA) | Bobby Riggs (USA) |
Rankings:
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1940 | Don Budge (USA) | N/A |
Rankings:
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1941 | Fred Perry (GBR) |
Rankings:
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1942 | Don Budge (USA) |
Rankings:
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1943– 1944 |
World War II, no world rankings | ||
1945 | N/A | N/A |
Rankings:
Year summary: |
1946 | Bobby Riggs (USA) | Jack Kramer (USA) |
Rankings:
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1947 | Bobby Riggs (USA) | Jack Kramer (USA) |
Rankings:
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1948 | Jack Kramer (USA) | Pancho Gonzales (USA) Frank Parker (USA) |
Rankings:
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1949 | Bobby Riggs (USA) | Pancho Gonzales (USA) Ted Schroeder (USA) |
Rankings:
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1950 | Pancho Segura (ECU) | Budge Patty (USA) Frank Sedgman (AUS) |
Rankings:
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1951 | Frank Kovacs (USA) Pancho Segura (ECU) |
Frank Sedgman (AUS) |
Rankings:
Year summary: |
1952 | Pancho Gonzales (USA) Pancho Segura (ECU) |
Frank Sedgman (AUS) |
Rankings:
Year summary: |
1953 | Pancho Gonzales (USA) Jack Kramer (USA) Frank Sedgman (AUS) |
Lew Hoad (AUS) Ken Rosewall (AUS) Vic Seixas (USA) Tony Trabert (USA) |
Rankings:
Year summary: |
1954 | Pancho Gonzales (USA) | Jaroslav Drobný (EGY) Vic Seixas (USA) Tony Trabert (USA) |
Rankings:
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1955 | Pancho Gonzales (USA) | Tony Trabert (USA) |
Rankings:
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1956 | Pancho Gonzales (USA) | Lew Hoad (AUS) |
Rankings:
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1957 | Pancho Gonzales (USA) | Ashley Cooper (AUS) |
Rankings:
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1958 | Pancho Gonzales (USA) | Ashley Cooper (AUS) |
Rankings:
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1959 | Pancho Gonzales (USA) Lew Hoad (AUS) |
Neale Fraser (AUS) |
Rankings:
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1960 | Pancho Gonzales (USA) Ken Rosewall (AUS) |
Neale Fraser (AUS) |
Rankings:
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1961 | Pancho Gonzales (USA) Ken Rosewall (AUS) |
Rod Laver (AUS) |
Rankings:
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1962 | Ken Rosewall (AUS) | Rod Laver (AUS) |
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1963 | Ken Rosewall (AUS) | Rafael Osuna (MEX) |
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1964 | Rod Laver (AUS) Ken Rosewall (AUS) |
Roy Emerson (AUS) |
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1965 | Rod Laver (AUS) | Roy Emerson (AUS) Manolo Santana (ESP) |
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1966 | Rod Laver (AUS) | Manolo Santana (ESP) |
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1967 | Rod Laver (AUS) | John Newcombe (AUS) |
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Open Era
- Professional players were allowed to compete with amateurs in one unified tour starting 1968 (all players in the Open Era are professional unless otherwise indicated).
Year | No. 1 player | Source of ranking and tournament results summary |
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1968 | Rod Laver (AUS) | Rankings:
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1969 | Rod Laver (AUS) | Rankings:
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1970 | Rod Laver (AUS) John Newcombe (AUS) Ken Rosewall (AUS) |
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1971 | John Newcombe (AUS) Ken Rosewall (AUS) Stan Smith (USA) |
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1972 | Ken Rosewall (AUS) Stan Smith (USA) |
Rankings:
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ATP Ranking was introduced in 1973 to establish proper tournament seeding. | ||
1973 | Ilie Năstase (ROM) John Newcombe (AUS) |
Rankings:
Year summary |
1974 | Jimmy Connors (USA) | Rankings:
Year summary: |
ATP Player of the Year was introduced in 1975, but the ATP Ranking Year-end points leader wasn't always the ATP Player of the Year.[g] | ||
1975 | Arthur Ashe (USA) (ATP player of the year) Jimmy Connors (USA) |
Rankings:
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1976 | Björn Borg (SWE) (ATP player of the year) Jimmy Connors (USA) |
Rankings:
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1977 | Björn Borg (SWE) (ATP player of the year) chosen by majority of sources in 1978. Jimmy Connors (USA) (ATP year-end points leader) Guillermo Vilas (ARG) chosen by about half of sources by the 2010s. |
Rankings:
Year summary: |
ITF award was introduced in 1978. From now on, players listed in the number one column were ATP Point leaders, ATP Players of the Year and ITF award recipients only. | ||
1978 | Björn Borg (SWE) (ATP player of the year & ITF world champion) Jimmy Connors (USA) |
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1979 | Björn Borg (SWE) | Rankings:
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1980 | Björn Borg (SWE) | Rankings:
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1981 | John McEnroe (USA) | Rankings:
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1982 | Jimmy Connors (USA) (ATP player of the year & ITF world champion) John McEnroe (USA) |
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1983 | John McEnroe (USA) | Rankings:
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1984 | John McEnroe (USA) | Rankings:
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1985 | Ivan Lendl (TCH) | Rankings:
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1986 | Ivan Lendl (TCH) | Rankings:
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1987 | Ivan Lendl (TCH) | Rankings:
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1988 | Mats Wilander (SWE) | Rankings:
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1989 | Boris Becker (GER) (ATP player of the year & ITF world champion) Ivan Lendl (TCH) |
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ATP Rankings' (Average system) was replaced with a (Best of) system in 1990.[h] | ||
1990 | Stefan Edberg (SWE) (ATP) Ivan Lendl (TCH) (ITF) |
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1991 | Stefan Edberg (SWE) | Rankings:
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1992 | Jim Courier (USA) | Rankings:
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1993 | Pete Sampras (USA) | Rankings:
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1994 | Pete Sampras (USA) | Rankings:
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1995 | Pete Sampras (USA) | Rankings:
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1996 | Pete Sampras (USA) | Rankings:
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1997 | Pete Sampras (USA) | Rankings:
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1998 | Pete Sampras (USA) | Rankings:
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1999 | Andre Agassi (USA) | Rankings:
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With a streamlined ATP points ranking system, the ATP Player of the Year award must now always go to the year-end No. 1 points leader.[citation needed] | ||
2000 | Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) | Rankings:
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2001 | Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) | Rankings:
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2002 | Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) | Rankings:
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2003 | Andy Roddick (USA) | Rankings:
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2004 | Roger Federer (SUI) | Rankings:
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2005 | Roger Federer (SUI) | Rankings:
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2006 | Roger Federer (SUI) | Rankings:
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2007 | Roger Federer (SUI) | Rankings:
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2008 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Rankings:
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2009 | Roger Federer (SUI) | Rankings:
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2010 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Rankings:
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2011 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | Rankings:
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2012 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | Rankings:
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2013 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) (ITF) Rafael Nadal (ESP) (ATP) |
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2014 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | Rankings:
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2015 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | Rankings:
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2016 | Andy Murray (GBR) | Rankings:
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2017 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Rankings:
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2018 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | Rankings:
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2019 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Rankings:
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2020 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) (ATP) | Rankings:
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2021 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | Rankings:
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Players
Modern rankings
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Novak Djokovic, 7-time year-end ATP No. 1 (ATP Player of the Year) & 7-time ITF World Champion.
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Pete Sampras, 6-time year-end ATP No. 1 (ATP Player of the Year) & 6-time ITF World Champion.
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Roger Federer, 5-time year-end ATP No. 1 (ATP Player of the Year) & 5-time ITF World Champion.
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Rafael Nadal, 5-time year-end ATP No. 1 (ATP Player of the Year) & 4-time ITF World Champion.
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Jimmy Connors, 5-time year-end ATP points leader, 1-time ATP Player of the Year & 1-time ITF World Champion.
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Bjorn Borg, 2-time year-end ATP points leader, 5-time ATP Player of the Year & 3-time ITF World Champion.
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Ivan Lendl, 4-time year-end ATP points leader, 3-time ATP Player of the Year & 4-time ITF World Champion.
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John McEnroe, 4-time year-end ATP points leader, 3-time ATP Player of the Year & 3-time ITF World Champion.
Pre-ATP ranking No. 1s
- Note: Calculating how many years each player was world No. 1 before the ATP rankings is not possible as there were separate tours and no point ranking systems for most of the years.
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Bill Tilden, a top player in the 1920s–30s.
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Ellsworth Vines, a top player in 1930s.
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Fred Perry, a top player in the 1930s-40s.
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Don Budge, a top player in the 1930s–40s.
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Pancho Gonzales, a top player in the 1950–60s.
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Ken Rosewall, a top player in the 1960s-70s.
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Rod Laver, a top player in the 1960s–70s.
See also
- List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
- ITF World Champions
- Top ten ranked male tennis players
- Top ten ranked male tennis players (1913–1972)
- World number 1 ranked female tennis players
Notes
- ^ When ITF announced the World Champion title it indicated that it would be based on player performances at the Grand Slam tournaments, the Davis Cup, the Masters and the WCT Finals.[14]
- ^ He ranked Von Cramm first on ability.[127]
- ^ See:[190][191][192][193][194][195][196][197][198][199][200]
- ^ Lance Tingay, London Telegraph; CM Jones, British Lawn Tennis; Réné Mathieu, Smash magazine; Philippe Chatrier, Tennis de France; Umberto Mezzanote, Tennis Italiano; Arthur Goldman, Anson Press; Allison Danzig, New York Times; Jack Russell, Tennis Australia
- ^ L'Impartial on 6 January 1960 declared Hoad "world champion" and winner of "the world title" following Ampol Open Trophy win; Australian sources stated Hoad was "world tournament champion".,[261] and referred to the Ampol series as "the world's open tennis championship" and also as "the world series".[262] Sydney Morning Herald on 10 January 1960 stated that Hoad had won "the title of world's top professional tennis player". There were also news reports during the 1960 4-man tour of Gonzales being the defending world champion or winning a "world series".[263] On 10 January 1960, The Philadelphia Inquirer called Pancho Gonzales "world professional tennis champion".[264] On 15 January 1960, Lawn Tennis and Badminton said Hoad was taking a six month rest and the article stated "J. Kramer is urging Hoad not to take this step, as during this year he will have his best chance of taking R. A. Gonzales' world professional title from him".[265] On 24 January 1960, Gonzales was billed as "World Pro Champion" in The Boston Globe.[266] On 29 January 1960, the Los Angeles Times said "Gonzales goes after an unprecedented sixth straight world crown".[267] In April 1960, near the conclusion of the 4-man pro tour of the following year, some newspaper reports described Pancho Gonzales as "world professional tennis champion since 1954".[268][269][270][271][272][273][274][275] Gonzales was described as the "titleholder" of the "World Professional Tennis Championship" in The Age on 12 April 1960.[276]
- ^ Match records for players other than Laver are from the ATP website.
- ^ See 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1989.
- ^ Originally, best of 14 events but expanded to 18 in 2000.
- ^ Collins & Hollander (1997), p. 652 has Edberg, Lendl and Sampras equal at No. 2, with no No. 1.
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External links
- History of the Pro Tennis Wars, by Ray Bowers
- Chapter I: Suzanne Lenglen and the First Pro Tour
- Chapter II, Part 1: The eminence of Karel Kozeluh and Vincent Richards 1927–1928
- Chapter II, Part 2: Deja vu 1929–1930
- Chapter III: Tilden's Year of Triumph in 1931
- Chapter IV: Tilden and Nusslein, 1932–1933
- Chapter V: The Early Ascendancy of Vines, 1934
- Chapter VI: Vines's Second Year: 1935
- Chapter VII: Awaiting Perry, 1936
- Chapter VIII: Perry and Vines, 1937
- Chapter IX: Readying for Budge, 1938
- Chapter X: Budge's Great Pro Year, 1939
- Chapter XI: America, 1940–1941
- Chapter XII: America, 1942
- Chapter XIII: The high war years, 1943–1945