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The PIF ATP Rankings[1] (previously known as the Pepperstone ATP Rankings) are the merit-based method used by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for determining the qualification for entry as well as the seeding of players in all singles and doubles tournaments.[2] The first rankings for singles were published on 23 August 1973 while the doubles players were ranked for the first time on 1 March 1976. Ranking points are awarded according to the stage of tournament reached, and the prestige of the tournament, with the four Grand Slam tournaments awarding the most points. The rankings are updated every Monday, and points are dropped 52 weeks after being awarded (with the exception of the ATP Finals, from which points are dropped on the Monday following the last ATP Tour event of the following year). Jannik Sinner is the current men's singles world No. 1.
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The ATP began as the men's trade union in 1972, through the combined efforts of Jack Kramer, Cliff Drysdale, and Donald Dell, and rose to prominence when 81 of its members boycotted the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.[3] Just two months later, in August, the ATP introduced its ranking system intended to objectify tournament entry criteria, which up to that point were controlled by national federations and tournament directors.[4]
The ATP's new ranking system was quickly adopted by men's tennis.[5] While virtually all ATP members were in favor of objectifying event participation, the system's first No. 1, Ilie Năstase, lamented that "everyone had a number hanging over them", fostering a more competitive and less collegial atmosphere among the players.[6]
The original ATP ranking criteria, which were then regularly published weekly only from mid-1979 and persisted through the 1980s, were based on averaging each player's results, though the details were revised a number of times.[4][5] Starting in 1990, in conjunction with the expansion of ATP purview as the new men's tour operator, the ranking criteria were replaced with a 'best of' system modeled after competitive downhill skiing.[5] This 'best of' system originally used 14 events but expanded to 18 in 2000.[5] The computer that calculates the rankings is nicknamed "Blinky".[7]
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A player's ATP ranking is based on the total points they accrued in the following 20 tournaments (19 if they did not qualify for the ATP Finals):
- The four Grand Slam tournaments
- The eight mandatory ATP Masters 1000 tournaments,[a]
- The previous ATP Finals count until the Monday following the final regular-season ATP event of the following year.[8]
- The best seven results from the non-mandatory ATP Masters 1000, all ATP 500 series, ATP 250 series, ATP Challenger Tour, Futures Series and United Cup tournaments played in the calendar year[b]
Ranking points gained in a tournament are dropped 52 weeks later, with the exception of the ATP Finals, from which points are dropped on the Monday following the last ATP Tour event of the following year.[2]
The Monte-Carlo Masters 1000 became optional in 2009, but if a player chooses to participate in it, its result is counted and his fourth-best result in an ATP 500 event is ignored (his three best ATP 500 results remain). From 2009 until 2015, if a player did not play enough ATP 500 events and did not have an ATP 250 or Challenger appearance with a better result, the Davis Cup was counted in the 500's table.[9] The World Team Cup was also included before its cancellation in 2012.
For the Davis Cup, from 2009 until 2015, points were distributed for the World Group countries. Instead of having an exact drop date they were gradually updated at each phase of the competition, comparing the player's results with his results from the previous year. (e.g. if a player played two matches in a semifinal but plays one the next year only that one missing match would be extracted from his points).[9]
A player who is out of competition for 30 or more days, due to a verified injury, will not receive any penalty. The ATP Finals will count as an additional 20th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end.[10]
For every Grand Slam tournament or mandatory ATP Masters 1000 tournament for which a player is not in the main draw, and was not (and, in the case of a Grand Slam tournament, would not have been, had he and all other players entered) a main draw direct acceptance on the original acceptance list, and never became a main draw direct acceptance, the number of his results from all other eligible tournaments in the ranking period that count for his ranking is increased by one.[2]
Once a player is accepted in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament or ATP Masters 1000 tournament,[c] his result in this tournament counts for his ranking, regardless of whether he participates. A player's withdrawal from an ATP 500 event, regardless of whether the withdrawal was on time, results in a zero point included as one of his best of four results. Further non-consecutive withdrawals results in a zero point allocation replacing the next best positive result for each additional withdrawal.[2]
Players with multiple consecutive withdrawals who are out of competition for 30 days or longer because of injury are not subject to a ranking penalty as long as verified and approved medical forms are provided; or, a player will not have the ranking penalty imposed if he completes the Promotional Activities requirement as specified under "Repeal of Withdrawal Fines and/or Penalties" or if the on-site withdrawal procedures apply. Players may also appeal withdrawal penalties to a Tribunal who will determine whether the penalties are affirmed or set aside.[2]
Between 2000 and 2012, ranking points were awarded based on results in the Summer Olympics. This was changed before the 2016 Olympics where no ranking points were awarded.[11]
With these rules, a player playing and winning the mandatory 4 Grand Slams and 8 ATP Masters 1000 events, a further 6 ATP 500 events and the Monte-Carlo Masters 1000 can amass a total of 20,000 points before the ATP Finals and end the calendar year with a maximum of 21,500 points. As of 2022,[update] the maximum points achieved by any player since 2009 is 16,950 by Novak Djokovic, on June 6, 2016.[12]
For the 2024 season, the points breakdown was adjusted to award more points in ATP Tour events.[13]
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The ATP Race is an annual performance-based points race to determine the qualifiers for the year-end championship, in addition to the year-end No. 1 singles player and doubles team. The race, initially called the "ATP Champions Race", was introduced by the ATP for the 2000 season as part of their "21st Century Tennis" strategy announced in 1999.[14] All players and teams start the year with zero points, and accumulate points from tournament to tournament based on their performances.[15] The player and team who end the season with the most points are crowned as the year-end No. 1 in their disciplines, and the top-eight players and teams participate in the season-ending championship, the ATP Finals.
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Since the introduction of the ATP rankings the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times.[16][17] The last major overhaul to the points system was in 2009.
Points distribution (2024–present)
Ranking points are awarded as follows:[18]
| Tournament category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| ATP Tour | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | 2000 | 1300 | 800 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 10 | 30 | 16 | 8 | |
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| ATP Finals | +900 (1500 max) | +400 (1000 max) | 200 for each round robin match win (600 max) | |||||||||
| ATP Masters 1000 (96D) | 1000 | 650 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 10 | ||
| ATP Masters 1000 (56D) | 10 | 30 | 16 | |||||||||
| ATP 500 series (48D) | 500 | 330 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 25 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| ATP 500 series (32D) | 25 | 13 | ||||||||||
| ATP 250 series (48D) | 250 | 165 | 100 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| ATP 250 series (32D) | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||
| ATP Challenger Tour | ||||||||||||
| Challenger 175 | 175 | 90 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Challenger 125 | 125 | 64 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
| Challenger 100 | 100 | 50 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Challenger 75 | 75 | 44 | 22 | 12 | 6 | |||||||
| Challenger 50 | 50 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| ITF Men's World Tennis Tour | ||||||||||||
| Futures M25 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Futures M15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
- (ATP Masters 1000 series) Qualifying points changes to 12 points only if the main draw is larger than 56.
- (ATP 500 series) Qualifying points changes to 10 points only if the main draw is larger than 32.
- (ATP 250 series) Qualifying points changes to 5 points only if the main draw is larger than 32.
- Players who draw a bye in the first round in the ATP 1000 series and lose their first match in the second round are considered to have lost their first round and receive the points equivalent to first round loss. Similarly, loss in the second round of the ATP 500 series and the ATP 250 series after drawing bye in first round will result in 0 points being awarded.[19]
In addition qualifiers and main draw entry players will then also receive the points in brackets for the rounds they reached.[20]
Starting in 2016, points were no longer awarded for Davis Cup ties,[21] nor for the tennis tournament at the Summer Olympics.[22]
Points distribution (2009–2023)
| Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Grand Slam (128S) | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| Grand Slam (64D) | 0 | — | — | 0 | ||||||||
| ATP Finals (8S/8D) | 1500 (max) 1100 (min) | 1000 (max) 600 (min) | 600 (max) 200 (min) | 200 for each round robin match win, +400 for a semifinal win, +500 for the final win. | ||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 (96S) | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 25 | 10 | 16 | — | 8 | 0 |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 (56S/48S) | 10 | — | 25 | 16 | ||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 (32D) | 0 | — | ||||||||||
| ATP Tour 500 (48S) | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | — | 10 | — | 4 | 0 |
| ATP Tour 500 (32S) | 0 | — | 20 | 10 | ||||||||
| ATP Tour 500 (16D) | 0 | — | 45 | 25 | ||||||||
| ATP Tour 250 (48S) | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 0 | — | 5 | — | 3 | 0 |
| ATP Tour 250 (32S/28S) | 0 | — | 12 | 6 | ||||||||
| ATP Tour 250 (16D) | 0 | — | ||||||||||
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Active former No. 1 player.
| Weeks | World No. 1 player | First reached |
|---|---|---|
| 428 |  Novak Djokovic (SRB) | Jul 4, 2011 |
| 310 |  Roger Federer (SUI) | Feb 2, 2004 |
| 286 |  Pete Sampras (USA) | Apr 12, 1993 |
| 270 |  Ivan Lendl (TCH) | Feb 28, 1983 |
| 268 | Jimmy Connors (USA) | Jul 29, 1974 |
| 209 |  Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Aug 18, 2008 |
| 170 | John McEnroe (USA) | Mar 3, 1980 |
| 109 |  Björn Borg (SWE) | Aug 23, 1977 |
| 101 | Andre Agassi (USA) | Apr 10, 1995 |
| 80 |  Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) | Nov 19, 2001 |
| 72 | Stefan Edberg (SWE) | Aug 13, 1990 |
| 58 | Jim Courier (USA) | Feb 10, 1992 |
| 43 |  Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) | Dec 4, 2000 |
| 41 |  Andy Murray (GBR) | Nov 7, 2016 |
| 40 |  Ilie Năstase (ROU) | Aug 23, 1973 |
| 36 | Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) | Sep 12, 2022 |
| 29 |  Jannik Sinner (ITA) | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 20 | Mats Wilander (SWE) | Sep 12, 1988 |
| 16 |  Daniil Medvedev (RUS) | Feb 28, 2022 |
| 13 | Andy Roddick (USA) | Nov 3, 2003 |
| 12 |  Boris Becker (GER) | Jan 28, 1991 |
| 9 | Marat Safin (RUS) | Nov 20, 2000 |
| 8 | John Newcombe (AUS) | Jun 3, 1974 |
| Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) | Sep 8, 2003 | |
| 6 |  Thomas Muster (AUT) | Feb 12, 1996 |
 Marcelo Ríos (CHI) | Mar 30, 1998 | |
| Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) | May 3, 1999 | |
| 2 | Carlos Moyá (ESP) | Mar 15, 1999 |
| 1 | Patrick Rafter (AUS) | Jul 26, 1999 |
| 29 players | ||
| Year-end No. 1 | |
|---|---|
| 8 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) |
| 6 | Pete Sampras (USA) |
| 5 | Jimmy Connors (USA) |
| Roger Federer (SUI) | |
| Rafael Nadal (ESP) | |
| 4 | John McEnroe (USA) |
| Ivan Lendl (TCH) | |
| 2 | Björn Borg (SWE) |
| Stefan Edberg (SWE) | |
| Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) | |
| 1 | Ilie Năstase (ROU) |
| Mats Wilander (SWE) | |
| Jim Courier (USA) | |
| Andre Agassi (USA) | |
| Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) | |
| Andy Roddick (USA) | |
| Andy Murray (GBR) | |
| Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) | |
| Jannik Sinner (ITA) | |
| 19 players | |
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The following is a list of players who were ranked world No. 5 or higher but not No. 1 since the 1973 introduction of the ATP rankings (active players in bold).[31]
| World No. 2 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
 Manuel Orantes |
Aug 23, 1973 |
| Ken Rosewall |
Apr 30, 1975 |
 Guillermo Vilas | |
| Arthur Ashe |
May 10, 1976 |
| Michael Stich |
Nov 22, 1993 |
 Goran Ivanišević |
Jul 4, 1994 |
| Michael Chang |
Sep 9, 1996 |
| Petr Korda |
Feb 2, 1998 |
| Àlex Corretja |
Feb 1, 1999 |
| Magnus Norman |
Jun 12, 2000 |
| Tommy Haas |
May 13, 2002 |
| Alexander Zverev |
Jun 13, 2022 |
 Casper Ruud |
Sep 12, 2022 |
World No. 3 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Stan Smith |
Aug 23, 1973 |
 Tom Okker |
Mar 2, 1974 |
| Rod Laver |
Aug 9, 1974 |
| Brian Gottfried |
Jun 19, 1977 |
| Vitas Gerulaitis |
Feb 27, 1978 |
 Yannick Noah |
Jul 7, 1986 |
| Sergi Bruguera |
Aug 1, 1994 |
| Guillermo Coria |
May 3, 2004 |
| David Nalbandian |
Mar 20, 2006 |
| Ivan Ljubičić |
May 1, 2006 |
| Nikolay Davydenko |
Nov 6, 2006 |
| David Ferrer |
Jul 8, 2013 |
| Stan Wawrinka |
Jan 27, 2014 |
 Milos Raonic |
Nov 21, 2016 |
 Grigor Dimitrov |
Nov 20, 2017 |
| Marin Čilić |
Jan 29, 2018 |
| Juan Martín del Potro |
Aug 13, 2018 |
| Dominic Thiem |
Mar 2, 2020 |
 Stefanos Tsitsipas |
Aug 9, 2021 |
| World No. 4 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Adriano Panatta |
Aug 24, 1976 |
 Raúl Ramírez |
Nov 7, 1976 |
| Roscoe Tanner |
Jul 30, 1979 |
| Gene Mayer |
Oct 6, 1980 |
| José Luis Clerc |
Aug 3, 1981 |
| Miloslav Mečíř |
Feb 22, 1988 |
| Pat Cash |
May 9, 1988 |
| Brad Gilbert |
Jan 1, 1990 |
 Andrés Gómez |
Jun 11, 1990 |
| Guy Forget |
Mar 25, 1991 |
 Andrei Medvedev |
May 16, 1994 |
| Greg Rusedski |
Oct 6, 1997 |
| Jonas Björkman |
Nov 3, 1997 |
| Richard Krajicek |
Mar 29, 1999 |
| Todd Martin |
Sep 13, 1999 |
| Thomas Enqvist |
Nov 15, 1999 |
| Nicolas Kiefer |
Jan 10, 2000 |
| Tim Henman |
Jul 8, 2002 |
| Sébastien Grosjean |
Oct 28, 2002 |
| James Blake |
Nov 20, 2006 |
| Robin Söderling |
Nov 15, 2010 |
 Kei Nishikori |
Mar 2, 2015 |
| Tomáš Berdych |
May 18, 2015 |
 Holger Rune |
Aug 21, 2023 |
| Taylor Fritz |
Nov 18, 2024 |
| World No. 5 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Jan Kodeš |
Sep 13, 1973 |
| Eddie Dibbs |
Jul 24, 1978 |
| Harold Solomon |
Sep 8, 1980 |
| Jimmy Arias |
Apr 9, 1984 |
| Anders Järryd |
Jul 22, 1985 |
 / Kevin Curren | |
| Henri Leconte |
Sep 22, 1986 |
| Cédric Pioline |
May 8, 2000 |
| Jiří Novák |
Oct 21, 2002 |
| Rainer Schüttler |
Apr 26, 2004 |
| Gastón Gaudio |
Apr 25, 2005 |
| Tommy Robredo |
Aug 28, 2006 |
| Fernando González |
Jan 29, 2007 |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
Feb 27, 2012 |
 Kevin Anderson |
Jul 16, 2018 |
| Andrey Rublev |
Sep 13, 2021 |
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The following is a list of players who were ranked world No. 6 to No. 10 since the 1973 introduction of the ATP rankings (active players in bold).[31]
| World No. 6 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Eliot Teltscher |
Jun 7, 1982 |
| José Higueras |
Jun 13, 1983 |
| Henrik Sundström |
Oct 8, 1984 |
| Kent Carlsson |
Sep 19, 1988 |
| Aaron Krickstein |
Feb 26, 1990 |
| Wayne Ferreira |
May 8, 1995 |
 Karol Kučera |
Sep 14, 1998 |
| Nicolás Lapentti |
Apr 17, 2000 |
| Albert Costa |
Jul 22, 2002 |
| Gilles Simon |
Jan 5, 2009 |
| Gaël Monfils |
Nov 7, 2016 |
| Matteo Berrettini |
Jan 31, 2022 |
| Félix Auger-Aliassime |
Nov 7, 2022 |
| Alex de Minaur |
Jul 15, 2024 |
 Hubert Hurkacz |
Aug 5, 2024 |
World No. 7 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Corrado Barazzutti |
Aug 21, 1978 |
| Brian Teacher |
Oct 5, 1981 |
| Sandy Mayer |
Apr 26, 1982 |
| Peter McNamara |
Mar 14, 1983 |
| / Johan Kriek |
Sep 10, 1984 |
| Juan Aguilera |
Sep 17, 1984 |
| Joakim Nyström |
Mar 31, 1986 |
| Tim Mayotte |
Oct 31, 1988 |
| Jakob Hlasek |
Apr 17, 1989 |
| Jay Berger |
Apr 16, 1990 |
| Emilio Sánchez |
Apr 30, 1990 |
| Alberto Berasategui |
Nov 14, 1994 |
| Thomas Johansson |
Jun 10, 2002 |
| Mario Ančić |
Jul 10, 2006 |
| Richard Gasquet |
Jul 9, 2007 |
| Fernando Verdasco |
Apr 20, 2009 |
| Mardy Fish |
Aug 15, 2011 |
 David Goffin |
Nov 20, 2017 |
| World No. 8 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Tony Roche |
Nov 16, 1975 |
| John Alexander |
Dec 15, 1975 |
| Dick Stockton |
Oct 31, 1977 |
| Peter Fleming |
Jul 7, 1980 |
| Alberto Mancini |
Oct 9, 1989 |
| Karel Nováček |
Nov 18, 1991 |
| Mark Philippoussis |
Apr 19, 1999 |
| Guillermo Cañas |
Jun 6, 2005 |
| Radek Štěpánek |
Jul 10, 2006 |
 Marcos Baghdatis |
Aug 21, 2006 |
| Mikhail Youzhny |
Jan 28, 2008 |
| Jürgen Melzer |
Apr 18, 2011 |
| Janko Tipsarević |
Apr 2, 2012 |
| Jack Sock |
Nov 20, 2017 |
| John Isner |
Jul 16, 2018 |
| Karen Khachanov |
Jul 15, 2019 |
| Diego Schwartzman |
Oct 12, 2020 |
| Cameron Norrie |
Sep 12, 2022 |
| World No. 9 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
 Alex Metreveli |
Jun 3, 1974 |
 Víctor Pecci |
Mar 24, 1980 |
| Bill Scanlon |
Jan 9, 1984 |
| Andrei Chesnokov |
Apr 8, 1991 |
| Marc Rosset |
Sep 11, 1995 |
 Paradorn Srichaphan |
May 12, 2003 |
| Nicolás Massú |
Sep 13, 2004 |
| Joachim Johansson |
Feb 14, 2005 |
| Mariano Puerta |
Aug 15, 2005 |
| Nicolás Almagro |
May 2, 2011 |
| Fabio Fognini |
Jul 15, 2019 |
| Roberto Bautista Agut |
Nov 4, 2019 |
| World No. 10 | |
|---|---|
| Player | Date reached |
| Tom Gorman |
May 1, 1974 |
| Wojciech Fibak |
Jul 25, 1977 |
| Thierry Tulasne |
Aug 4, 1986 |
| Mikael Pernfors |
Sep 22, 1986 |
| Martín Jaite |
Jul 9, 1990 |
| Jonas Svensson |
Mar 25, 1991 |
| Magnus Gustafsson |
Jul 29, 1991 |
| Carlos Costa |
May 18, 1992 |
| Magnus Larsson |
Apr 17, 1995 |
| Félix Mantilla |
Jun 8, 1998 |
| Arnaud Clément |
Apr 2, 2001 |
| Juan Mónaco |
Jul 23, 2012 |
 Ernests Gulbis |
Jun 9, 2014 |
| Pablo Carreño Busta |
Sep 11, 2017 |
| Lucas Pouille |
Mar 19, 2018 |
| Denis Shapovalov |
Sep 21, 2020 |
| Frances Tiafoe |
Jun 19, 2023 |
- ★ indicates player's highest year-end ranking[32]
| Year | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | I. Năstase★ | J. Newcombe★ | J. Connors | T. Okker★ | S. Smith★ | K. Rosewall★ | M. Orantes | R. Laver | J. Kodeš★ | A. Ashe |
| 1974[d] | J. Connors★ | J. Newcombe | B. Borg | R. Laver★ | G. Vilas | T. Okker | A. Ashe | K. Rosewall | S. Smith | I. Năstase |
| 1975 | J. Connors | G. Vilas★ | B. Borg | A. Ashe★ | M. Orantes | K. Rosewall | I. Năstase | J. Alexander★ | R. Tanner | R. Laver |
| 1976 | J. Connors | B. Borg | I. Năstase | M. Orantes★ | R. Ramírez★ | G. Vilas | A. Panatta★ | H. Solomon | E. Dibbs | B. Gottfried |
| 1977 | J. Connors | G. Vilas | B. Borg | V. Gerulaitis★ | B. Gottfried★ | E. Dibbs★ |  M. Orantes | R. Ramírez | I. Năstase | D. Stockton★ |
| 1978[e] | J. Connors | B. Borg | G. Vilas | J. McEnroe | V. Gerulaitis | E. Dibbs | B. Gottfried | R. Ramírez | H. Solomon | C. Barazzutti★ |
| 1979[f] | B. Borg★ | J. Connors | J. McEnroe | V. Gerulaitis | R. Tanner★ | G. Vilas | A. Ashe | H. Solomon | J. Higueras | E. Dibbs |
| 1980[g] | B. Borg | J. McEnroe | J. Connors | G. Mayer★ | G. Vilas | I. Lendl | H. Solomon★ | JL. Clerc | V. Gerulaitis | E. Teltscher |
| 1981[h] | J. McEnroe★ | I. Lendl | J. Connors | B. Borg | JL. Clerc★ | G. Vilas | G. Mayer | E. Teltscher★ | V. Gerulaitis | P. McNamara★ |
| 1982[i] | J. McEnroe | J. Connors | I. Lendl | G. Vilas | V. Gerulaitis | JL. Clerc | M. Wilander | G. Mayer | Y. Noah | P. McNamara |
| 1983[j] | J. McEnroe | I. Lendl | J. Connors | M. Wilander | Y. Noah | J. Arias★ | J. Higueras★ | JL. Clerc | K. Curren★ | G. Mayer★ |
| 1984[k] | J. McEnroe | J. Connors | I. Lendl | M. Wilander | A. Gómez★ | A. Järryd★ | H. Sundström★ | P. Cash | E. Teltscher | Y. Noah |
| 1985 | I. Lendl★ | J. McEnroe | M. Wilander | J. Connors | S. Edberg | B. Becker | Y. Noah | A. Järryd | M. Mečíř | K. Curren[l] |
| 1986 | I. Lendl | B. Becker★ | M. Wilander | Y. Noah★ | S. Edberg | H. Leconte★ | J. Nyström★ | J. Connors | M. Mečíř | A. Gómez |
| 1987 | I. Lendl | S. Edberg | M. Wilander | J. Connors | B. Becker | M. Mečíř★ | P. Cash★ | Y. Noah | T. Mayotte★ | J. McEnroe |
| 1988 | M. Wilander★ | I. Lendl | A. Agassi | B. Becker | S. Edberg | K. Carlsson★ | J. Connors | J. Hlasek★ | H. Leconte | T. Mayotte |
| 1989 | I. Lendl | B. Becker | S. Edberg | J. McEnroe | M. Chang | B. Gilbert★ | A. Agassi | A. Krickstein★ | A. Mancini★ | J. Berger★ |
| 1990 | S. Edberg★ | B. Becker | I. Lendl | A. Agassi | P. Sampras | A. Gómez | T. Muster | E. Sánchez★ |  G. Ivanišević | B. Gilbert |
| 1991 | S. Edberg | J. Courier | B. Becker | M. Stich | I. Lendl | P. Sampras | G. Forget★ | K. Nováček★ | P. Korda | A. Agassi |
| 1992 | J. Courier★ | S. Edberg | P. Sampras | G. Ivanišević★ | B. Becker | M. Chang | P. Korda★ | I. Lendl[m] | A. Agassi | R. Krajicek |
| 1993 | P. Sampras★ | M. Stich★ | J. Courier | S. Bruguera★ | S. Edberg | A. Medvedev★ | G. Ivanišević | M. Chang | T. Muster | C. Pioline★ |
| 1994 | P. Sampras | A. Agassi | B. Becker | S. Bruguera | G. Ivanišević | M. Chang | S. Edberg | A. Berasategui★ | M. Stich | T. Martin |
| 1995 | P. Sampras | A. Agassi | T. Muster★ | B. Becker | M. Chang | Y. Kafelnikov | T. Enqvist | J. Courier | W. Ferreira★ | G. Ivanišević |
| 1996 | P. Sampras | M. Chang★ | Y. Kafelnikov |
G. Ivanišević | T. Muster | B. Becker | R. Krajicek★ | A. Agassi | T. Enqvist | W. Ferreira |
| 1997 | P. Sampras | P. Rafter★ | M. Chang | J. Björkman★ | Y. Kafelnikov | G. Rusedski★ | C. Moya | S. Bruguera | T. Muster | M. Ríos |
| 1998 | P. Sampras | M. Ríos★ | À. Corretja★ | P. Rafter | C. Moyá★ | A. Agassi | T. Henman | K. Kučera★ | G. Rusedski | R. Krajicek |
| 1999 | A. Agassi★ | Y. Kafelnikov★ | P. Sampras | T. Enqvist★ | G. Kuerten | N. Kiefer★ | T. Martin★ | N. Lapentti★ | M. Ríos | R. Krajicek |
| 2000 | G. Kuerten★ | M. Safin★ | P. Sampras | M. Norman★ | Y. Kafelnikov | A. Agassi | L. Hewitt | A. Corretja | T. Enqvist | T. Henman |
| 2001 | L. Hewitt★ | G. Kuerten | A. Agassi | Y. Kafelnikov | JC. Ferrero | S. Grosjean★ | P. Rafter | T. Haas★ | T. Henman | P. Sampras |
| 2002 | L. Hewitt | A. Agassi | M. Safin | JC. Ferrero | C. Moya | R. Federer | J. Novák★ | T. Henman | A. Costa★ | A. Roddick |
| 2003 | A. Roddick★ | R. Federer | JC. Ferrero★ | A. Agassi | G. Coria★ | R. Schüttler★ | C. Moyá | D. Nalbandian | M. Philippoussis★ | S. Grosjean |
| 2004 | R. Federer★ | A. Roddick | L. Hewitt | M. Safin | C. Moyá | T. Henman★ | G. Coria | A. Agassi | D. Nalbandian | G. Gaudio★ |
| 2005 | R. Federer | R. Nadal | A. Roddick | L. Hewitt | N. Davydenko | D. Nalbandian★ | A. Agassi | G. Coria | I. Ljubičić | G. Gaudio |
| 2006 | R. Federer | R. Nadal | N. Davydenko★ | J. Blake★ | I. Ljubičić★ | A. Roddick | T. Robredo★ | D. Nalbandian | M. Ančić★ | F. González |
| 2007 | R. Federer | R. Nadal |  N. Djokovic | N. Davydenko | D. Ferrer | A. Roddick | F. González★ | R. Gasquet★ | D. Nalbandian | T. Robredo |
| 2008 | R. Nadal★ | R. Federer | N. Djokovic | A. Murray | N. Davydenko | JW. Tsonga★ | G. Simon★ | A. Roddick | JM. del Potro | J. Blake |
| 2009 | R. Federer | R. Nadal | N. Djokovic | A. Murray | JM. del Potro★ | N. Davydenko | A. Roddick | R. Söderling | F. Verdasco★ | JW. Tsonga |
| 2010 | R. Nadal | R. Federer | N. Djokovic | A. Murray | R. Söderling★ | T. Berdych★ | D. Ferrer | A. Roddick | F. Verdasco | M. Youzhny★ |
| 2011 | N. Djokovic★ | R. Nadal | R. Federer | A. Murray | D. Ferrer | JW. Tsonga | T. Berdych | M. Fish★ | J. Tipsarević★ | N. Almagro★ |
| 2012 | N. Djokovic | R. Federer | A. Murray | R. Nadal | D. Ferrer | T. Berdych | JM. del Potro | JW. Tsonga | J. Tipsarević | R. Gasquet |
| 2013 | R. Nadal | N. Djokovic | D. Ferrer★ | A. Murray | JM. del Potro | R. Federer | T. Berdych | S. Wawrinka | R. Gasquet | JW. Tsonga |
| 2014 | N. Djokovic | R. Federer | R. Nadal | S. Wawrinka★ | K. Nishikori★ | A. Murray | T. Berdych | M. Raonic | M. Čilić | D. Ferrer |
| 2015 | N. Djokovic | A. Murray | R. Federer | S. Wawrinka | R. Nadal | T. Berdych | D. Ferrer | K. Nishikori | R. Gasquet | JW. Tsonga |
| 2016 | A. Murray★ | N. Djokovic | M. Raonic★ | S. Wawrinka | K. Nishikori | M. Čilić★ | G. Monfils★ | D. Thiem | R. Nadal | T. Berdych |
| 2017 | R. Nadal | R. Federer | G. Dimitrov★ | A. Zverev | D. Thiem | M. Čilić | D. Goffin★ | J. Sock★ | S. Wawrinka | P. Carreño Busta★ |
| 2018 | N. Djokovic | R. Nadal | R. Federer | A. Zverev | JM. del Potro | K. Anderson★ | M. Čilić | D. Thiem | K. Nishikori | J. Isner★ |
| 2019 | R. Nadal | N. Djokovic | R. Federer | D. Thiem | D. Medvedev | S. Tsitsipas | A. Zverev | M. Berrettini | R. Bautista Agut★ | G. Monfils |
| 2020 | N. Djokovic | R. Nadal | D. Thiem★ | D. Medvedev | R. Federer | S. Tsitsipas | A. Zverev | A. Rublev | D. Schwartzman★ | M. Berrettini |
| 2021 | N. Djokovic | D. Medvedev★ | A. Zverev | S. Tsitsipas★ | A. Rublev★ | R. Nadal | M. Berrettini★ | C. Ruud | H. Hurkacz★ | J. Sinner |
| 2022 | C. Alcaraz★ | R. Nadal | C. Ruud★ | S. Tsitsipas | N. Djokovic | F. Auger-Aliassime★ | D. Medvedev | A. Rublev | T. Fritz | H. Hurkacz |
| 2023 | N. Djokovic | C. Alcaraz | D. Medvedev | J. Sinner | A. Rublev | S. Tsitsipas | A. Zverev | H. Rune★ | H. Hurkacz | T. Fritz |
| 2024 | J. Sinner★ | A. Zverev★ | C. Alcaraz | T. Fritz★ | D. Medvedev | C. Ruud | N. Djokovic | A. Rublev | A. de Minaur★ | G. Dimitrov |
Total weeks
As of 20 January 2025[update], with currently-ranked players in boldface[33]
| # | No. 1 |
|---|---|
| 428 | Novak Djokovic |
| 310 | Roger Federer |
| 286 | Pete Sampras |
| 270 | Ivan Lendl |
| 268 | Jimmy Connors |
| # | Top 2 |
|---|---|
| 599 | Novak Djokovic |
| 596 | Rafael Nadal |
| 528 | Roger Federer |
| 387 | Jimmy Connors |
| 376 | Ivan Lendl |
| # | Top 3 |
|---|---|
| 756 | Novak Djokovic |
| 750 | Roger Federer |
| 686 | Rafael Nadal |
| 592 | Jimmy Connors |
| 499 | Ivan Lendl |
| # | Top 4 |
|---|---|
| 804 | Roger Federer |
| 796 | Novak Djokovic |
| 756 | Rafael Nadal |
| 669 | Jimmy Connors |
| 540 | Ivan Lendl |
| # | Top 5 |
|---|---|
| 859 | Roger Federer |
| 837 | Rafael Nadal |
| 818 | Novak Djokovic |
| 705 | Jimmy Connors |
| 563 | Ivan Lendl |
| # | Top 10 |
|---|---|
| 968 | Roger Federer |
| 912 | Rafael Nadal |
| 874 | Novak Djokovic |
| 817 | Jimmy Connors |
| 747 | Andre Agassi |
Year-end rankings
As of the end of 2024, with active players in boldface
| # | Top 2 |
|---|---|
| 13 | Rafael Nadal |
| 11 | Roger Federer |
| Novak Djokovic | |
| 8 | Jimmy Connors |
| 6 | John McEnroe |
| Ivan Lendl | |
| Pete Sampras |
| # | Top 3 |
|---|---|
| 15 | Roger Federer |
| Novak Djokovic | |
| 14 | Rafael Nadal |
| 12 | Jimmy Connors |
| 10 | Ivan Lendl |
| # | Top 4 |
|---|---|
| 15 | Roger Federer |
| Rafael Nadal | |
| Novak Djokovic | |
| 14 | Jimmy Connors |
| 10 | Ivan Lendl |
| # | Top 5 |
|---|---|
| 16 | Roger Federer |
| Rafael Nadal | |
| Novak Djokovic | |
| 14 | Jimmy Connors |
| 11 | Ivan Lendl |
| # | Top 10 |
|---|---|
| 18 | Roger Federer |
| Rafael Nadal | |
| 17 | Novak Djokovic |
| 16 | Jimmy Connors |
| Andre Agassi |
Players who were ranked No. 1 in both singles and doubles at any time in their careers.
| Player | Singles | Doubles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First held | Last held | Weeks | First held | Last held | Weeks | |
| John McEnroe | Mar 03, 1980 | Sep 08, 1985 | 170 | Apr 23, 1979 | Sep 24, 1989 | 269 |
| Stefan Edberg | Aug 13, 1990 | Oct 04, 1992 | 72 | Jun 09, 1986 | Feb 22, 1987 | 15 |
Active former No. 1 players.
- List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
- List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
- World number 1 ranked male tennis players
- Top ten ranked male tennis players
- Top ten ranked male tennis players (1912–1972)
- ITF World Champions
- List of highest ranked tennis players per country
- WTA rankings
- Current tennis rankings
- At least one of these tournaments must follow the US Open.
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