The International Tennis Federation (ITF) designates a World Champion each year based on performances throughout the year, emphasising the Grand Slam tournaments,[1] and also considering team events such as the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.[2] Men's and women's singles champions were first named in 1978; the title is now also awarded for doubles, wheelchair, and junior players.[3] It is sometimes named the "ITF Player of the Year" award, alluding to similar other year-end awards in tennis.[4]
The ITF's constitution states that no tennis tournament can be designated the "World Championships" without unanimous consent of the ITF Council.[5] There is currently no such tournament. The constitution also states:[6]
The ITF may award the title of World Champion to players who, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, are the most outstanding players in any one-year. The names of players who have been awarded this title shall be listed in the Roll of Honour.
Official Tennis Championships [i.e. the Grand Slam events] shall be the decisive factor in the determination of the ITF World Champions for each year.
The boys' and girls' singles and doubles titles prior to 2003 were awarded based on world ranking. Since then singles and doubles rankings have been combined in a single award each for boys and for girls.[7]
The world champion accolade has been extended by the ITF to wheelchair tennis players of the Men's and Women's division since 1991 and also based on world ranking. In November 2017, the ITF announced that the quad wheelchair tennis division is to be recognised in its annual list of ITF World Champions.[8]
In 1996, the Philippe Chatrier Award was introduced, honouring individuals or organisations who have made outstanding contributions to tennis globally, both on and off the court. The award is considered to be the ITF's highest accolade and is named after the former French tennis player Philippe Chatrier, who was President of the governing body between 1977 and 1991.[9]
The ITF World Champions Dinner takes place annually to honour the previous year's champions,[10] who are presented with a trophy, but not any monetary prize.[11] The dinner was held during the French Open up until 2022, but since 2023 has been held during Wimbledon.
For 2020 there were no ITF World Champion awards given due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tennis season was suspended for about 5 months for both the female and the male tennis players.[12]
Men's singlesedit
The first men's panel in 1978 had three members, Don Budge, Fred Perry, and Lew Hoad,[11][13] who attended the season's Grand Slam events at ITF expense to inform their choice.[14] The 1983 panel split two to one between John McEnroe (votes of Budge and Perry) and Mats Wilander (vote of Hoad).[15] The 1984 panel had five members,[16] while the 1985 panel had four: Budge, Perry, Hoad, and Tony Trabert.[17] When Ivan Lendl was chosen as champion for 1985, the panel's announcement was accompanied with a rebuke for Lendl's criticism of some tournaments and his refusal to play in the Davis Cup.[17] Perry and Trabert were on the 1986 panel, with performances outside the Grand Slams taken into consideration.[18]
The 1990 designation of Lendl as champion was a surprise.[19] That year, the Association of Tennis Professionals named Stefan Edberg its "Player of The Year", in accordance with the ATP rankings, while Tennis Magazine (France) ranked Edberg first, Andre Agassi second, and Lendl third.[20]Tennis also suggested the ITF was punishing Edberg for denigrating the Grand Slam Cup tournament it had introduced.[20] The ITF panel, of Perry, Trabert, and Frank Sedgman, called it "the toughest decision any of us can remember having to make", and stated it was Lendl's better average performance in the Grand Slams that made the difference.[19]
The choice to award Djokovic the ITF World Champion of 2013 over Nadal was unexpected. Nadal finished the year ranked #1 and with more Grand Slams (2 to 1), more Masters titles (5 to 3), and more tournament titles (10 to 7). Similar to the situation with Edberg in 1990, the ITF cited Nadal's failure to win a match at 2 of the 4 Grand Slams (DNP the Australian Open, 1st round loss at Wimbledon) to justify their decision and Djokovic's consistent results across all four Grand Slams (1 title, 2 runner-ups, 1 SF), Davis Cup (led Serbia to final, won 7/7 singles rubbers) and the ATP World Tour Finals (won title).[21]
Other instances when the ITF choices differed from the ATP rankings are 1978 (Jimmy Connors), 1982 (McEnroe), 1989 (Lendl), and 2022 (Carlos Alcaraz). None of these were controversial, with the 1978 and 1982 choices being particularly clear cut in favor of Borg (1978) and Connors (1982)[citation needed]. Nadal won in 2022, despite Alcaraz being the year-end number 1; Nadal won two Grand Slam titles, while Alcaraz failed to reach the semi-final stage in three of four Grand Slams.
^"ITF celebrates 2019 World Champions". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ abJoe Jares (February 13, 1978). "Champion by committee". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 48, no. 8. p. 11.
^"Wind, Herbert Warren (15 February 1978). "The Sports Scene: Budge and the Grand Slam". The New Yorker. Vol. 63. p. 76.
^UPI (17 January 1984). "McEnroe tapped as world's best". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. p. D-1. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^"McEnroe crowned World Champ by tennis panel". Gainesville Sun. 17 January 1985. p. 3E. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ abFogarty, Mark (21 January 1986). "All the awards, plus a rebuke". The Age. p. 48. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^"It's official: Lendl best in world". Boca Raton News. 11 December 1986. p. 4D. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ ab"Lendl, not Edberg, named tennis world champion". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Associated Press. 18 December 1990. p. 1C. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ abTennis (in French). France (179). February 1991. On' a choisi de sanctionner un champion qui n'avait pas craint d'avouer publiquement le peu d'importance qu'il accordait à la Coupe du Grand Chelem, la fameuse invention de la FIT pour 'casser' l'ATP Tour. (It was decided to punish a champion who was not afraid to admit publicly how little he thought of the Grand Slam Cup, the famous ITF invention to 'break' the ATP Tour){{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^. ITF. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
^Ron Rosen (January 17, 1978). "Fie to Computers, Let People Decide". Washington Post.
^Flink, Steve (30 September 2003). "Obituaries: Althea Gibson". The Independent. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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Not to be confused with World Tennis Championship or World Championship Tennis The International Tennis Federation ITF designates a World Champion each year based on performances throughout the year emphasising the Grand Slam tournaments 1 and also considering team events such as the Davis Cup and Fed Cup 2 Men s and women s singles champions were first named in 1978 the title is now also awarded for doubles wheelchair and junior players 3 It is sometimes named the ITF Player of the Year award alluding to similar other year end awards in tennis 4 Contents 1 Rules and procedures 2 Men s singles 3 Women s singles 4 Doubles 4 1 Men s doubles 4 2 Women s doubles 5 Junior 5 1 Boys combined 2004 5 2 Girls combined 2004 5 3 Singles 1978 2003 5 3 1 Boys singles 5 3 2 Girls singles 5 4 Doubles 1978 2003 5 4 1 Boys doubles 5 4 2 Girls doubles 6 Wheelchair 6 1 Men s wheelchair 6 2 Women s wheelchair 6 3 Quad s wheelchair 7 See also 8 References 8 1 Footnotes 9 External linksRules and procedures editThe ITF s constitution states that no tennis tournament can be designated the World Championships without unanimous consent of the ITF Council 5 There is currently no such tournament The constitution also states 6 The ITF may award the title of World Champion to players who in the opinion of the Board of Directors are the most outstanding players in any one year The names of players who have been awarded this title shall be listed in the Roll of Honour It also states 1 Official Tennis Championships i e the Grand Slam events shall be the decisive factor in the determination of the ITF World Champions for each year The boys and girls singles and doubles titles prior to 2003 were awarded based on world ranking Since then singles and doubles rankings have been combined in a single award each for boys and for girls 7 The world champion accolade has been extended by the ITF to wheelchair tennis players of the Men s and Women s division since 1991 and also based on world ranking In November 2017 the ITF announced that the quad wheelchair tennis division is to be recognised in its annual list of ITF World Champions 8 In 1996 the Philippe Chatrier Award was introduced honouring individuals or organisations who have made outstanding contributions to tennis globally both on and off the court The award is considered to be the ITF s highest accolade and is named after the former French tennis player Philippe Chatrier who was President of the governing body between 1977 and 1991 9 The ITF World Champions Dinner takes place annually to honour the previous year s champions 10 who are presented with a trophy but not any monetary prize 11 The dinner was held during the French Open up until 2022 but since 2023 has been held during Wimbledon For 2020 there were no ITF World Champion awards given due to the COVID 19 pandemic The tennis season was suspended for about 5 months for both the female and the male tennis players 12 Men s singles editThe first men s panel in 1978 had three members Don Budge Fred Perry and Lew Hoad 11 13 who attended the season s Grand Slam events at ITF expense to inform their choice 14 The 1983 panel split two to one between John McEnroe votes of Budge and Perry and Mats Wilander vote of Hoad 15 The 1984 panel had five members 16 while the 1985 panel had four Budge Perry Hoad and Tony Trabert 17 When Ivan Lendl was chosen as champion for 1985 the panel s announcement was accompanied with a rebuke for Lendl s criticism of some tournaments and his refusal to play in the Davis Cup 17 Perry and Trabert were on the 1986 panel with performances outside the Grand Slams taken into consideration 18 The 1990 designation of Lendl as champion was a surprise 19 That year the Association of Tennis Professionals named Stefan Edberg its Player of The Year in accordance with the ATP rankings while Tennis Magazine France ranked Edberg first Andre Agassi second and Lendl third 20 Tennis also suggested the ITF was punishing Edberg for denigrating the Grand Slam Cup tournament it had introduced 20 The ITF panel of Perry Trabert and Frank Sedgman called it the toughest decision any of us can remember having to make and stated it was Lendl s better average performance in the Grand Slams that made the difference 19 The choice to award Djokovic the ITF World Champion of 2013 over Nadal was unexpected Nadal finished the year ranked 1 and with more Grand Slams 2 to 1 more Masters titles 5 to 3 and more tournament titles 10 to 7 Similar to the situation with Edberg in 1990 the ITF cited Nadal s failure to win a match at 2 of the 4 Grand Slams DNP the Australian Open 1st round loss at Wimbledon to justify their decision and Djokovic s consistent results across all four Grand Slams 1 title 2 runner ups 1 SF Davis Cup led Serbia to final won 7 7 singles rubbers and the ATP World Tour Finals won title 21 Other instances when the ITF choices differed from the ATP rankings are 1978 Jimmy Connors 1982 McEnroe 1989 Lendl and 2022 Carlos Alcaraz None of these were controversial with the 1978 and 1982 choices being particularly clear cut in favor of Borg 1978 and Connors 1982 citation needed Nadal won in 2022 despite Alcaraz being the year end number 1 Nadal won two Grand Slam titles while Alcaraz failed to reach the semi final stage in three of four Grand Slams Year Player1978 nbsp Bjorn Borg1979 nbsp Bjorn Borg 2 1980 nbsp Bjorn Borg 3 1981 nbsp John McEnroe1982 nbsp Jimmy Connors1983 nbsp John McEnroe 2 1984 nbsp John McEnroe 3 1985 nbsp Ivan Lendl1986 nbsp Ivan Lendl 2 1987 nbsp Ivan Lendl 3 1988 nbsp Mats Wilander1989 nbsp Boris Becker1990 nbsp Ivan Lendl 4 1991 nbsp Stefan Edberg1992 nbsp Jim Courier1993 nbsp Pete Sampras1994 nbsp Pete Sampras 2 1995 nbsp Pete Sampras 3 1996 nbsp Pete Sampras 4 1997 nbsp Pete Sampras 5 1998 nbsp Pete Sampras 6 1999 nbsp Andre Agassi2000 nbsp Gustavo Kuerten2001 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt2002 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt 2 2003 nbsp Andy Roddick2004 nbsp Roger Federer2005 nbsp Roger Federer 2 2006 nbsp Roger Federer 3 2007 nbsp Roger Federer 4 2008 nbsp Rafael Nadal2009 nbsp Roger Federer 5 2010 nbsp Rafael Nadal 2 2011 nbsp Novak Djokovic2012 nbsp Novak Djokovic 2 2013 nbsp Novak Djokovic 3 2014 nbsp Novak Djokovic 4 2015 nbsp Novak Djokovic 5 2016 nbsp Andy Murray2017 nbsp Rafael Nadal 3 2018 nbsp Novak Djokovic 6 2019 nbsp Rafael Nadal 4 2020 No award due to COVID 19 pandemic2021 nbsp Novak Djokovic 7 2022 nbsp Rafael Nadal 5 2023 nbsp Novak Djokovic 8 Total Player8 nbsp Novak Djokovic SRB 6 nbsp Pete Sampras USA 5 nbsp Roger Federer SUI nbsp Rafael Nadal ESP 4 nbsp Ivan Lendl TCH 3 nbsp Bjorn Borg SWE nbsp John McEnroe USA 2 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt AUS 1 nbsp Jimmy Connors USA nbsp Mats Wilander SWE nbsp Boris Becker GER nbsp Stefan Edberg SWE nbsp Jim Courier USA nbsp Andre Agassi USA nbsp Gustavo Kuerten BRA nbsp Andy Roddick USA nbsp Andy Murray GBR Women s singles editThe women s panel initially featured three former women s champions Margaret Court Margaret duPont and Ann Jones 22 11 13 Althea Gibson was a member through the early 1980s 23 ITF world champions for women differed from the WTA year end rankings the following years 1978 Martina Navratilova 1994 Steffi Graf 2001 Lindsay Davenport 2004 Lindsay Davenport 2005 Lindsay Davenport 2011 Caroline Wozniacki 2012 Victoria Azarenka 2017 Simona Halep 2023 Iga Swiatek Year Player1978 nbsp Chris Evert1979 nbsp Martina Navratilova1980 nbsp Chris Evert 2 1981 nbsp Chris Evert 3 1982 nbsp Martina Navratilova 2 1983 nbsp Martina Navratilova 3 1984 nbsp Martina Navratilova 4 1985 nbsp Martina Navratilova 5 1986 nbsp Martina Navratilova 6 1987 nbsp Steffi Graf1988 nbsp Steffi Graf 2 1989 nbsp Steffi Graf 3 1990 nbsp Steffi Graf 4 1991 nbsp Monica Seles1992 nbsp Monica Seles 2 1993 nbsp Steffi Graf 5 1994 nbsp Arantxa Sanchez Vicario1995 nbsp Steffi Graf 6 1996 nbsp Steffi Graf 7 1997 nbsp Martina Hingis1998 nbsp Lindsay Davenport1999 nbsp Martina Hingis 2 2000 nbsp Martina Hingis 3 2001 nbsp Jennifer Capriati2002 nbsp Serena Williams2003 nbsp Justine Henin2004 nbsp Anastasia Myskina2005 nbsp Kim Clijsters2006 nbsp Justine Henin 2 2007 nbsp Justine Henin 3 2008 nbsp Jelena Jankovic2009 nbsp Serena Williams 2 2010 nbsp Caroline Wozniacki2011 nbsp Petra Kvitova2012 nbsp Serena Williams 3 2013 nbsp Serena Williams 4 2014 nbsp Serena Williams 5 2015 nbsp Serena Williams 6 2016 nbsp Angelique Kerber2017 nbsp Garbine Muguruza2018 nbsp Simona Halep2019 nbsp Ashleigh Barty2020 No award due to COVID 19 pandemic2021 nbsp Ashleigh Barty 2 2022 nbsp Iga Swiatek2023 nbsp Aryna Sabalenka Total Player7 nbsp Steffi Graf GER 6 nbsp Martina Navratilova USA nbsp Serena Williams USA 3 nbsp Chris Evert USA nbsp Martina Hingis SUI nbsp Justine Henin BEL 2 nbsp Monica Seles YUG nbsp Ashleigh Barty AUS 1 nbsp Arantxa Sanchez Vicario nbsp Lindsay Davenport nbsp Jennifer Capriati nbsp Anastasia Myskina nbsp Kim Clijsters nbsp Jelena Jankovic nbsp Caroline Wozniacki nbsp Petra Kvitova nbsp Angelique Kerber nbsp Garbine Muguruza nbsp Simona Halep nbsp Iga Swiatek nbsp Aryna SabalenkaDoubles editMen s doubles edit Year Player1996 nbsp Todd Woodbridge amp Mark Woodforde1997 nbsp Todd Woodbridge 2 amp Mark Woodforde 2 1998 nbsp Jacco Eltingh amp nbsp Paul Haarhuis1999 nbsp Mahesh Bhupathi amp nbsp Leander Paes2000 nbsp Todd Woodbridge 3 amp Mark Woodforde 3 2001 nbsp Jonas Bjorkman amp nbsp Todd Woodbridge 4 2002 nbsp Mark Knowles amp nbsp Daniel Nestor2003 nbsp Bob Bryan amp Mike Bryan2004 nbsp Bob Bryan 2 amp Mike Bryan 2 2005 nbsp Bob Bryan 3 amp Mike Bryan 3 2006 nbsp Bob Bryan 4 amp Mike Bryan 4 2007 nbsp Bob Bryan 5 amp Mike Bryan 5 2008 nbsp Daniel Nestor 2 amp nbsp Nenad Zimonjic2009 nbsp Bob Bryan 6 amp Mike Bryan 6 2010 nbsp Bob Bryan 7 amp Mike Bryan 7 2011 nbsp Bob Bryan 8 amp Mike Bryan 8 2012 nbsp Bob Bryan 9 amp Mike Bryan 9 2013 nbsp Bob Bryan 10 amp Mike Bryan 10 2014 nbsp Bob Bryan 11 amp Mike Bryan 11 2015 nbsp Jean Julien Rojer amp nbsp Horia Tecău2016 nbsp Jamie Murray amp nbsp Bruno Soares2017 nbsp Lukasz Kubot amp nbsp Marcelo Melo2018 nbsp Mike Bryan 12 amp nbsp Jack Sock2019 nbsp Juan Sebastian Cabal amp nbsp Robert Farah2020 No award due to COVID 19 pandemic2021 nbsp Nikola Mektic amp nbsp Mate Pavic2022 nbsp Joe Salisbury amp nbsp Rajeev Ram2023 nbsp Joe Salisbury 2 amp nbsp Rajeev Ram 2 Women s doubles edit Year Player1996 nbsp Lindsay Davenport amp nbsp Mary Joe Fernandez1997 nbsp Lindsay Davenport 2 amp nbsp Jana Novotna1998 nbsp Lindsay Davenport 3 amp nbsp Natasha Zvereva1999 nbsp Martina Hingis amp nbsp Anna Kournikova2000 nbsp Julie Halard Decugis amp nbsp Ai Sugiyama2001 nbsp Lisa Raymond amp nbsp Rennae Stubbs2002 nbsp Virginia Ruano Pascual amp nbsp Paola Suarez2003 nbsp Virginia Ruano Pascual 2 amp nbsp Paola Suarez 2 2004 nbsp Virginia Ruano Pascual 3 amp nbsp Paola Suarez 3 2005 nbsp Lisa Raymond 2 amp nbsp Samantha Stosur2006 nbsp Lisa Raymond 3 amp nbsp Samantha Stosur 2 2007 nbsp Cara Black amp nbsp Liezel Huber2008 nbsp Cara Black 2 amp nbsp Liezel Huber 2 2009 nbsp Serena Williams amp Venus Williams2010 nbsp Gisela Dulko amp nbsp Flavia Pennetta2011 nbsp Kveta Peschke amp nbsp Katarina Srebotnik2012 nbsp Sara Errani amp nbsp Roberta Vinci2013 nbsp Sara Errani 2 amp nbsp Roberta Vinci 2 2014 nbsp Sara Errani 3 amp nbsp Roberta Vinci 3 2015 nbsp Martina Hingis 2 amp nbsp Sania Mirza2016 nbsp Caroline Garcia amp nbsp Kristina Mladenovic2017 nbsp Martina Hingis 3 amp nbsp Chan Yung jan2018 nbsp Barbora Krejcikova amp nbsp Katerina Siniakova2019 nbsp Timea Babos amp nbsp Kristina Mladenovic 2 2020 No award due to COVID 19 pandemic2021 nbsp Barbora Krejcikova 2 amp nbsp Katerina Siniakova 2 2022 nbsp Barbora Krejcikova 3 amp nbsp Katerina Siniakova 3 2023 nbsp Storm Hunter amp nbsp Elise MertensJunior editBoys combined 2004 edit Year Player2004 nbsp Gael Monfils2005 nbsp Donald Young2006 nbsp Thiemo de Bakker2007 nbsp Ricardas Berankis2008 nbsp Yang Tsung hua2009 nbsp Daniel Berta2010 nbsp Juan Sebastian Gomez2011 nbsp Jiri Vesely2012 nbsp Filip Peliwo2013 nbsp Alexander Zverev2014 nbsp Andrey Rublev2015 nbsp Taylor Fritz2016 nbsp Miomir Kecmanovic2017 nbsp Axel Geller2018 nbsp Tseng Chun hsin2019 nbsp Thiago Agustin Tirante2020 No award due to COVID 19 pandemic2021 nbsp Shang Juncheng2022 nbsp Gilles Arnaud Bailly2023 nbsp Joao Fonseca Girls combined 2004 edit Year Player2004 nbsp Michaella Krajicek2005 nbsp Victoria Azarenka2006 nbsp Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova2007 nbsp Urszula Radwanska2008 nbsp Noppawan Lertcheewakarn2009 nbsp Kristina Mladenovic2010 nbsp Daria Gavrilova2011 nbsp Irina Khromacheva2012 nbsp Taylor Townsend2013 nbsp Belinda Bencic2014 nbsp Catherine CiCi Bellis2015 nbsp Dalma Galfi2016 nbsp Anastasia Potapova2017 nbsp Whitney Osuigwe2018 nbsp Clara Burel2019 nbsp Diane Parry2020 No award due to COVID 19 pandemic2021 nbsp Petra Marcinko2022 nbsp Lucie Havlickova2023 nbsp Alina KorneevaSingles 1978 2003 edit Boys singles edit Year Player1978 nbsp Ivan Lendl1979 nbsp Raul Viver1980 nbsp Thierry Tulasne1981 nbsp Pat Cash1982 nbsp Guy Forget1983 nbsp Stefan Edberg1984 nbsp Mark Kratzmann1985 nbsp Claudio Pistolesi1986 nbsp Javier Sanchez1987 nbsp Jason Stoltenberg1988 nbsp Nicolas Pereira1989 nbsp Nicklas Kulti1990 nbsp Andrea Gaudenzi1991 nbsp Thomas Enqvist1992 nbsp Brian Dunn1993 nbsp Marcelo Rios1994 nbsp Federico Browne1995 nbsp Mariano Zabaleta1996 nbsp Sebastien Grosjean1997 nbsp Arnaud Di Pasquale1998 nbsp Roger Federer1999 nbsp Kristian Pless2000 nbsp Andy Roddick2001 nbsp Gilles Muller2002 nbsp Richard Gasquet2003 nbsp Marcos Baghdatis Girls singles edit Year Player1978 nbsp Hana Mandlikova1979 nbsp Mary Lou Piatek1980 nbsp Susan Mascarin1981 nbsp Zina Garrison1982 nbsp Gretchen Rush1983 nbsp Pascale Paradis1984 nbsp Gabriela Sabatini1985 nbsp Laura Garrone1986 nbsp Patricia Tarabini1987 nbsp Natalia Zvereva1988 nbsp Cristina Tessi1989 nbsp Florencia Labat1990 nbsp Karina Habsudova1991 nbsp Zdenka Malkova1992 nbsp Rossana de los Rios1993 nbsp Nino Louarsabishvili1994 nbsp Martina Hingis1995 nbsp Anna Kournikova1996 nbsp Amelie Mauresmo1997 nbsp Cara Black1998 nbsp Jelena Dokic1999 nbsp Lina Krasnoroutskaya2000 nbsp Maria Emilia Salerni2001 nbsp Svetlana Kuznetsova2002 nbsp Barbora Strycova2003 nbsp Kirsten FlipkensDoubles 1978 2003 edit Boys doubles edit Year Player1982 nbsp Fernando Perez Pascal1983 nbsp Mark Kratzmann1984 nbsp Agustin Moreno1985 nbsp Petr Korda amp nbsp Cyril Suk1986 nbsp Tomas Carbonell1987 nbsp Jason Stoltenberg1988 nbsp David Rikl amp nbsp Tomas Anzari1989 nbsp Wayne Ferreira1990 nbsp Marten Renstrom1991 nbsp Karim Alami1992 nbsp Enrique Abaroa1993 nbsp Steven Downs1994 nbsp Benjamin Ellwood1995 nbsp Kepler Orellana1996 nbsp Sebastien Grosjean1997 nbsp Nicolas Massu1998 nbsp Jose de Armas1999 nbsp Julien Benneteau amp nbsp Nicolas Mahut2000 nbsp Lee Childs amp nbsp James Nelson2001 nbsp Bruno Echagaray amp nbsp Santiago Gonzalez2002 nbsp Florin Mergea amp nbsp Horia Tecău2003 nbsp Scott Oudsema Girls doubles edit Year Player1982 nbsp Beth Herr1983 nbsp Larisa Savchenko1984 nbsp Mercedes Paz1985 nbsp Mariana Perez Roldan amp nbsp Patricia Tarabini1986 nbsp Leila Meskhi1987 nbsp Natalia Medvedeva1988 nbsp Jo Anne Faull1989 nbsp Andrea Strnadova1990 nbsp Karina Habsudova1991 nbsp Eva Martincova1992 nbsp Nancy Feber amp nbsp Laurence Courtois1993 nbsp Cristina Moros1994 nbsp Martina Nedelkova1995 nbsp Ludmila Varmuzova1996 nbsp Jitka Schonfeldova amp nbsp Michaela Pastikova1997 nbsp Irina Selyutina amp nbsp Cara Black1998 nbsp Eva Dyrberg1999 nbsp Daniela Bedanova2000 nbsp Maria Emilia Salerni2001 nbsp Petra Cetkovska2002 nbsp Elke Clijsters2003 nbsp Andrea HlavackovaWheelchair editMen s wheelchair edit Year Player1991 nbsp Randy Snow1992 nbsp Laurent Giammartini1993 nbsp Kai Schramayer1994 nbsp Laurent Giammartini 2 1995 nbsp David Hall1996 nbsp Ricky Molier1997 nbsp Ricky Molier 2 1998 nbsp David Hall 2 1999 nbsp Stephen Welch2000 nbsp David Hall 3 2001 nbsp Ricky Molier 3 2002 nbsp David Hall 4 2003 nbsp David Hall 5 2004 nbsp David Hall 6 2005 nbsp Michael Jeremiasz2006 nbsp Robin Ammerlaan2007 nbsp Shingo Kunieda2008 nbsp Shingo Kunieda 2 2009 nbsp Shingo Kunieda 3 2010 nbsp Shingo Kunieda 4 2011 nbsp Maikel Scheffers2012 nbsp Stephane Houdet2013 nbsp Shingo Kunieda 5 2014 nbsp Shingo Kunieda 6 2015 nbsp Shingo Kunieda 7 2016 nbsp Gordon Reid2017 nbsp Gustavo Fernandez2018 nbsp Shingo Kunieda 8 2019 nbsp Gustavo Fernandez 2 2020 No award due to COVID 19 pandemic2021 nbsp Shingo Kunieda 9 2022 nbsp Shingo Kunieda 10 2023 nbsp Alfie Hewett Women s wheelchair edit Year Player1991 nbsp Chantal Vandierendonck1992 nbsp Monique Van Den Bosch1993 nbsp Monique Kalkman 2 1994 nbsp Monique Kalkman 3 1995 nbsp Monique Kalkman 4 1996 nbsp Chantal Vandierendonck 2 1997 nbsp Chantal Vandierendonck 3 1998 nbsp Daniela Di Toro1999 nbsp Daniela Di Toro 2 2000 nbsp Esther Vergeer2001 nbsp Esther Vergeer 2 2002 nbsp Esther Vergeer 3 2003 nbsp Esther Vergeer 4 2004 nbsp Esther Vergeer 5 2005 nbsp Esther Vergeer 6 2006 nbsp Esther Vergeer 7 2007 nbsp Esther Vergeer 8 2008 nbsp Esther Vergeer 9 2009 nbsp Esther Vergeer 10 2010 nbsp Esther Vergeer 11 2011 nbsp Esther Vergeer 12 2012 nbsp Esther Vergeer 13 2013 nbsp Aniek van Koot2014 nbsp Yui Kamiji2015 nbsp Jiske Griffioen2016 nbsp Jiske Griffioen 2 2017 nbsp Yui Kamiji 2 2018 nbsp Diede de Groot2019 nbsp Diede de Groot 2 2020 No award due to COVID 19 pandemic2021 nbsp Diede de Groot 3 2022 nbsp Diede de Groot 4 2023 nbsp Diede de Groot 5 Quad s wheelchair edit Year Player2017 nbsp David Wagner2018 nbsp Dylan Alcott2019 nbsp Dylan Alcott 2 2020 No award due to COVID 19 pandemic2021 nbsp Dylan Alcott 3 2022 nbsp Niels Vink2023 nbsp Niels Vink 2 See also editWorld number 1 ranked male tennis players World number 1 ranked female tennis players International Tennis Federation Philippe Chatrier Award ATP Awards WTA Awards Tennis statisticsReferences editITF ConstitutionFecci Vicki 6 January 2010 Memorandum Articles of Association and Bye laws of ITF LIMITED Trading as the International Tennis Federation PDF Nassau Bahamas ITF Archived from the original PDF on 18 January 2012 Retrieved 20 December 2013 Footnotes edit a b ITF Constitution p 26 Rule 2 2 a iii ITF opt for Hewitt and Capriati BBC Online 2 December 2001 Retrieved 20 December 2013 ITF Constitution p 53 Appendix E Rafael Nadal Garbine Muguruza win ITF Player of the Year awards ESPN com 2017 12 08 Retrieved 2018 12 14 ITF Constitution p 29 Article 29 a ITF Constitution p 38 Regulation 3 1 ITF Constitution Appendix E pp 53 60 ITF Tennis WHEELCHAIR Articles ITF to honour quad wheelchair world champions www itftennis com Archived from the original on 2017 12 13 Gillen Nancy 1 April 2020 Santana and Stolle receive ITF Philippe Chatrier Award Inside the Games Retrieved 15 July 2020 World Champions Dinner ITF 2013 Archived from the original on 16 August 2013 Retrieved 20 December 2013 a b c Borg Sitting on top of the World Evening Independent St Petersburg Florida Associated Press 17 January 1979 p 11C Retrieved 20 December 2013 via Google News Archive ITF celebrates 2019 World Champions www itftennis com Retrieved 29 May 2021 a b Joe Jares February 13 1978 Champion by committee Sports Illustrated Vol 48 no 8 p 11 Wind Herbert Warren 15 February 1978 The Sports Scene Budge and the Grand Slam The New Yorker Vol 63 p 76 UPI 17 January 1984 McEnroe tapped as world s best The Bulletin Bend Oregon p D 1 Retrieved 20 December 2013 McEnroe crowned World Champ by tennis panel Gainesville Sun 17 January 1985 p 3E Retrieved 20 December 2013 a b Fogarty Mark 21 January 1986 All the awards plus a rebuke The Age p 48 Retrieved 20 December 2013 It s official Lendl best in world Boca Raton News 11 December 1986 p 4D Retrieved 20 December 2013 a b Lendl not Edberg named tennis world champion Moscow Pullman Daily News Associated Press 18 December 1990 p 1C Retrieved 20 December 2013 a b Tennis in French France 179 February 1991 On a choisi de sanctionner un champion qui n avait pas craint d avouer publiquement le peu d importance qu il accordait a la Coupe du Grand Chelem la fameuse invention de la FIT pour casser l ATP Tour It was decided to punish a champion who was not afraid to admit publicly how little he thought of the Grand Slam Cup the famous ITF invention to break the ATP Tour a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Missing or empty title help Williams and Djokovic named 2013 ITF World Champion ITF 18 December 2013 Archived from the original on 24 January 2022 Retrieved 15 September 2018 Ron Rosen January 17 1978 Fie to Computers Let People Decide Washington Post Flink Steve 30 September 2003 Obituaries Althea Gibson The Independent Retrieved 20 December 2013 External links edit ITF World Champions Awards International Tennis Federation ITF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ITF World Champions amp oldid 1190010421, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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