The
ATP RankingsThe ATP Rankings, as defined by the Association of Tennis Professionals , are the "objective merit-based method used for determining qualification for entry and...
are the
Association of Tennis ProfessionalsThe Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the principal worldwide tennis tour for men, the ATP Tour, which was renamed in January 2009 and is now known as the ATP World Tour...
' (ATP) merit-based method for determining the rankings in men's tennis. The top ranked player is the player who, over the immediate cumulative 52 weeks, has gathered the most ATP Rankings points. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The ATP has used a computerised system for determining the rankings since August 1973.
Since the introduction of the ATP rankings the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times.
The
ATP RankingsThe ATP Rankings, as defined by the Association of Tennis Professionals , are the "objective merit-based method used for determining qualification for entry and...
are the
Association of Tennis ProfessionalsThe Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the principal worldwide tennis tour for men, the ATP Tour, which was renamed in January 2009 and is now known as the ATP World Tour...
' (ATP) merit-based method for determining the rankings in men's tennis. The top ranked player is the player who, over the immediate cumulative 52 weeks, has gathered the most ATP Rankings points. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The ATP has used a computerised system for determining the rankings since August 1973.
Since the introduction of the ATP rankings the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times. As of 2009, it is calculated by totalling the points from the four
Grand SlamThe four Grand Slam tournaments, also called the Majors, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open...
tournaments and eight mandatory ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments. It also includes points from the player's best four eligible
ATP World Tour 500 seriesThe ATP World Tour 500 series is a new series for tennis tournaments of the Association of Tennis Professionals from the 2009 ATP World Tour, replacing the ATP International Series Gold, and incorporating many of the same events...
tournaments and their best two results from
ATP World Tour 250 seriesThe ATP World Tour 250 series is a new series for tennis tournaments of the Association of Tennis Professionals from the 2009 ATP World Tour...
,
ATP Challenger SeriesThe ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments that allow players to win enough ranking points to earn an entry into an ATP-level main draw or qualifying draw...
, and Futures Series. The ranking points of players who qualify for the year-end ATP World Tour Finals will additionally include points gained at that tournament.
Since the ATP began a ranking system for the first time in 1973, 24 men have been ranked world number 1.
Pete SamprasPete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
holds the record for most weeks (286) as the top ranked player while
Roger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of October 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals , having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks...
holds the record for the most consecutive weeks (237) as the top ranked player. Two players have reached the number 1 ranking without having won a
Grand SlamThe four Grand Slam tournaments, also called the Majors, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open...
tournament. Czech player
Ivan LendlIvan Lendl is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl later became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s...
reached the top of the rankings on February 21, 1983, despite not winning his first Grand Slam title until the
1984 French OpenList of the 1984 French Open champions:- Men's singles : Ivan Lendl def. John McEnroe, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5*It was Lendl's 1st career Grand Slam title.- Women's singles : Martina Navrátilová def...
.
Marcelo RíosMarcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga is a retired and former World No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino and El zurdo de Vitacura , he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings in 1998. He held the World No...
reached the number 1 position on March 30, 1998, and remains the only top ranked player who did not win a Grand Slam singles title during his career.
Patrick RafterPatrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is a retired Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006...
holds the record of the shortest time as world number 1, only holding the coveted position for one week during his entire career. His fellow countryman
Lleyton HewittLleyton Glynn Hewitt is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one at age 20...
holds the record for being the youngest world number 1, reaching the top ranking at the age of 20 years, 268 days. After winning his first Grand Slam tournament at the US Open, he replaced
Gustavo KuertenGustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000...
at the top of the rankings on November 27, 2001.
Andre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...
was the oldest number 1, last holding the top spot at the age of 33 years, 131 days, on September 7, 2003.
Number 1 ranked players
Key
| * |
Current number 1 player as of October 19, 2009 |
| # |
Country |
Player |
Start date |
End date |
Number of weeks |
Accumulated total |
| 1 |
ROU |
|
|
| 40 |
40 |
| 2 |
AUS |
|
|
| 8 |
8 |
| 3 |
USA |
|
|
| 160 |
160 |
| 4 |
SWE |
|
|
| 1 |
1 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 84 |
244 |
| |
SWE |
|
|
| 6 |
7 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 7 |
251 |
| |
SWE |
|
|
| 34 |
41 |
| 5 |
USA |
|
|
| 3 |
3 |
| |
SWE |
|
|
| 20 |
61 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 1 |
4 |
| |
SWE |
|
|
| 46 |
107 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 2 |
6 |
| |
SWE |
|
|
| 2 |
109 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 58 |
64 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 7 |
258 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 1 |
65 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 1 |
259 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 11 |
76 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 1 |
260 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 1 |
77 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 2 |
262 |
| 6 |
TCH |
|
|
| 11 |
11 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 3 |
265 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 1 |
78 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 3 |
268 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 17 |
95 |
| |
TCH |
|
|
| 6 |
17 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 4 |
99 |
| |
TCH |
|
|
| 9 |
26 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 13 |
112 |
| |
TCH |
|
|
| 1 |
27 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 3 |
115 |
| |
TCH |
|
|
| 5 |
32 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 53 |
168 |
| |
TCH |
|
|
| 1 |
33 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 2 |
170 |
| |
TCH |
|
|
| 157 |
190 |
| 7 |
SWE |
|
|
| 20 |
20 |
| |
TCH |
|
|
| 80 |
270 |
| 8 |
SWE |
|
|
| 24 |
24 |
| 9 |
GER |
|
|
| 3 |
3 |
| |
SWE |
|
|
| 20 |
44 |
| |
GER |
|
|
| 9 |
12 |
| |
SWE |
|
|
| 22 |
66 |
| 10 |
USA |
|
|
| 6 |
6 |
| |
SWE |
|
|
| 3 |
69 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 22 |
28 |
| |
SWE |
|
|
| 3 |
72 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 27 |
55 |
| 11 |
USA |
|
|
| 19 |
19 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 3 |
58 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 82 |
101 |
| 12 |
USA |
|
|
| 30 |
30 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 12 |
113 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 2 |
32 |
| 13 |
AUT |
|
|
| 1 |
1 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 3 |
116 |
| |
AUT |
|
|
| 5 |
6 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 102 |
218 |
| 14 |
CHI |
|
|
| 4 |
4 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 15 |
233 |
| |
CHI |
|
|
| 2 |
6 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 29 |
262 |
| 15 |
ESP |
|
|
| 2 |
2 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 5 |
267 |
| 16 |
RUS |
|
|
| 6 |
6 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 3 |
270 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 3 |
35 |
| 17 |
AUS |
|
|
| 1 |
1 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 6 |
276 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 52 |
87 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 10 |
286 (record) |
| 18 |
RUS |
|
|
| 2 |
2 |
| 19 |
BRA |
|
|
| 8 |
8 |
| |
RUS |
|
|
| 4 |
6 |
| |
BRA |
|
|
| 5 |
13 |
| |
RUS |
|
|
| 3 |
9 |
| |
BRA |
|
|
| 30 |
43 |
| 20 |
AUS |
|
|
| 75 |
75 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 2 |
89 |
| |
AUS |
|
|
| 5 |
80 |
| |
USA |
|
|
| 12 |
101 |
| 21 |
ESP |
|
|
| 8 |
8 |
| 22 |
USA |
|
|
| 13 |
13 |
| 23 |
SUI |
|
|
| 237 (record) |
237 |
| 24 |
ESP |
|
|
| 46 |
46 |
| |
SUI |
* |
| Present |
16 |
253 |
Weeks at number 1
The table on the left shows the total number of weeks that each player has held the ATP number 1 ranking;
Pete SamprasPete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
holds the record at 286 weeks.
The table on the right shows the longest streaks of being ranked ATP number 1, including all streaks of at least 20 weeks;
Roger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of October 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals , having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks...
holds the record at 237 weeks.
Key
| (1) |
Rank by length of this streak compared to this player's other turns as ATP number 1 |
| * |
Active streak as of October 19, 2009 |
| + |
Active players |
| Rank | | Player | | Total |
|---|
| 1. |
| 286 |
| 2. |
| 270 |
| 3. |
| 268 |
| 4. |
SUI + |
253* |
| 5. |
| 170 |
| 6. |
| 109 |
| 7. |
| 101 |
| 8. |
AUS + |
80 |
| 9. |
| 72 |
| 10. |
| 58 |
| 11. |
ESP + |
46 |
| 12. |
| 43 |
| 13. |
| 40 |
| 14. |
| 20 |
| 15. |
USA + |
13 |
| 16. |
| 12 |
| 17. |
RUS + |
9 |
| 18. |
| 8 |
| 18. |
ESP + |
8 |
| 20. |
| 6 |
| 20. |
| 6 |
| 20. |
| 6 |
| 23. |
ESP + |
2 |
| 24. |
| 1 |
|
| Rank | | Player | | Consecutive |
|---|
| 1. |
SUI (1) + |
237 |
| 2. |
(1) |
160 |
| 3. |
(1) |
157 |
| 4. |
(1) |
102 |
| 5. |
(2) |
84 |
| 6. |
(2) |
82 |
| 7. |
(2) |
80 |
| 8. |
AUS (1) + |
75 |
| 9. |
(1) |
58 |
| 10. |
(2) |
53 |
| 11. |
(1) |
52 |
| 12. |
ESP (1) + |
46 |
| 12. |
(1) |
46 |
| 14. |
(1) |
40 |
| 15. |
(2) |
34 |
| 16. |
(1) |
30 |
| 16. |
(2) |
30 |
| 18. |
(3) |
29 |
| 19. |
(1) |
27 |
| 20. |
(1) |
24 |
| 21. |
(2) |
22 |
| 21. |
(2) |
22 |
| 23. |
(3) |
20 |
| 23. |
(1) |
20 |
| 23. |
(3) |
20 |
|
Year-end number 1
Only five players have been number 1 every week of a calendar year. Federer is the only player to have been ranked number 1 every week for three consecutive calendar years.
Key
| (1) |
Cumulative number of times as year-end number 1 |
|
|
| Year | | Player |
|---|
| 1973 |
(1) |
| 1974 |
(1) |
| 1975 |
(2) ∞ |
| 1976 |
(3) ∞ |
| 1977 |
(4) |
| 1978 |
(5) ∞ |
| 1979 |
(1) |
| 1980 |
(2) |
| 1981 |
(1) |
| 1982 |
(2) |
| 1983 |
(3) |
| 1984 |
(4) |
| 1985 |
(1) |
| 1986 |
(2) ∞ |
| 1987 |
(3) ∞ |
| 1988 |
(1) |
| 1989 |
(4) |
| 1990 The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. In 1990 the ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Tour World Championships, the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series and the ATP World Series tournaments.This was...
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(2) |
| 1992 The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...
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| 1995 The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...
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| 1996 The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...
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| 1999 The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The 1999 ATP Tour season comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP International Series Gold, the ATP International Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the...
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| 2000 The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold tennis tournaments and the International Series Tournaments tournaments.-Schedule:This...
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| 2005 |
(2) ∞ |
| 2006 |
(3) ∞ |
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(4) ∞ |
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Players who were ranked World No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament
| Player | Date of first No. 1 position | First Grand Slam final reached | First Grand Slam title |
|---|
TCH Ivan LendlIvan Lendl is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl later became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s...
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February 28, 1983 |
1981 French Open List of the 1981 French Open Champions:-Men's Singles: Björn Borg def. Ivan Lendl, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1...
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1984 French Open List of the 1984 French Open champions:- Men's singles : Ivan Lendl def. John McEnroe, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5*It was Lendl's 1st career Grand Slam title.- Women's singles : Martina Navrátilová def...
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| CHI Marcelo Rios Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga is a retired and former World No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino and El zurdo de Vitacura , he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings in 1998. He held the World No...
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March 30, 1998 |
1998 Australian Open List of the 1998 Australian Open champions:-Men's singles: Petr Korda def. Marcelo Ríos, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2*It was Korda's 2nd title of the year, and his 10th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title....
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