The PIF ATP rankings[1] are the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) merit-based system for determining the rankings in men's tennis. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking points on the ATP Tour. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The ATP has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since August 23, 1973.[2] Starting in 1979, an updated rankings list is released at the beginning of each week. Since 1973, 28 players have been ranked No. 1 by the ATP,[3][4] of which 17 have been year-end No. 1.
Since the introduction of the rankings, the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times. As of 2019, the rankings are calculated by totaling the points a player wins in his best eighteen tournaments, subject to certain restrictions. For top players the counting tournaments are the four Grand Slam tournaments, the eight mandatory ATP Masters tournaments, the non-mandatory ATP Masters 1000 event in Monte-Carlo, the player's best four eligible ATP Tour 500 tournaments and his best two results from ATP Tour 250 tournaments. Lower-ranked players who are not eligible for some or all of the top tournaments may include additional ATP 500 and ATP 250 events, and also ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's Circuit tournaments. Players who qualify for the year-end ATP Finals also include any points gained from the tournament in their total, increasing the number of tournaments counted to 19.[5]
ATP singles rankingedit
1973–1982; ATP ranking's average system as introduced on 23 August 1973.[6]
1983–1989; ATP ranking's average system with bonus points for beating top ranked players.
1990–1999; ‘Best of 14’ ranking system, where a player’s best 14 results in the events counted.[7]
2000–2008; ‘Best of 18’ ranking system, where a player’s best 18 results in the events counted.
2009–2019; A new point scale for ATP rankings to the ‘Best of 18’ ranking system.[8]
2020[a]–2021; ‘Best of 24-month’ ranking system from Aug 23, 2020 to Aug 9, 2021 for the pandemic-impacted seasons.[9]
2022–present; Normal ATP’s ranking system over a 52-week period restored since August 2021.[10]
ATP records and distinctionsedit
Novak Djokovic has spent the most weeks as world No. 1, a record total 422 weeks.[11][12]Roger Federer has a record 237 consecutive weeks at No. 1.[13] Djokovic also holds the record for the most year-end No. 1 finishes, achieving the feat for eight years (including the pandemic-shortened season[14]).[15]Pete Sampras held the year-end No. 1 ranking for a record six consecutive years.[16][17]
Carlos Alcaraz is both the youngest world No. 1 (19 years, 4 months),[18] and the youngest year-end No. 1 (19 years, 7 months).[19] Djokovic is both the oldest world No. 1 (36 years, 11 months)[20] and the oldest year-end No. 1 (36 years, 7 months).[21]
Federer is the player with the longest time span (14 years) between his first and most recent dates at No. 1 (February 2004–June 2018),[22] while Rafael Nadal is the only player to hold the top ranking in three different decades, spanning 11 years and 5 months (2008–2020). Djokovic has the longest time span (12 years) between his first and last year-end No. 1 finish (2011–2023), and is the only player to be ranked No. 1 at least once in a year for 13 different years.[23]
Two players, Ivan Lendl and Marcelo Ríos, have reached No. 1 without previously having won a major singles title.[24] Lendl reached No. 1 on February 21, 1983, but did not win his first Grand Slam title until the 1984 French Open.[25] Ríos reached No. 1 on March 30, 1998, but retired without ever having won a Grand Slam title, making him the only No. 1 player with that distinction.[26][27]
Federer holds the record of wire-to-wire No. 1 for three consecutive calendar years. Since 1973 when the ATP rankings started, there have been 13 years in which one player held the top spot for the entire year: Jimmy Connors in 1975, 1976, and 1978; Lendl in 1986 and 1987; Pete Sampras in 1994 and 1997; Hewitt in 2002; Federer in 2005, 2006, and 2007; and Djokovic in 2015 and 2021. In contrast, 1999 saw five players hold the No. 1 ranking (the most in any single year): Sampras, Carlos Moyá, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Andre Agassi, and Patrick Rafter.
Prior to 2009, Federer accumulated the most year-end ATP ranking points in any season, with 8,370 points in 2006. Since the introduction of a new point scale for the ATP rankings from 2009, Djokovic achieved the same feat with 16,585 ranking points in 2015 season. Djokovic also holds the record of 16,950 ranking points on 6 June 2016, the most ATP points ever accumulated by any player.[28]
John McEnroe held the No. 1 ranking a record 14 times, Sampras and Djokovic are the only two other players to have held it 10 or more times, with 11 and 10 stints respectively. Rafter spent the least time at number 1 (one week).
ATP No. 1 ranked singles playersedit
The statistics are updated only when the ATP website revises its rankings (usually on Monday mornings except when tournament finals are postponed).
Novak Djokovic, the record holder for most weeks spent as world No. 1.Roger Federer spent a record 237 consecutive weeks at world No. 1. in the 2000s.Ivan Lendl spent the most weeks at the top of the ATP rankings in the 1980s.Jimmy Connors spent the most weeks at world No. 1 in the 1970s.Ilie Năstase became the first ATP world No. 1 ranked player on August 23, 1973.
First-time No. 1 player.
Current world No. 1 (weeks are automatically updated).
Novak Djokovic holds an all-time record of eight year-end No. 1 finishes.Pete Sampras finished six consecutive seasons as year-end No. 1 in the 1990s.John McEnroe finished as the year-end No. 1 for four consecutive years in the 1980s.
The ATP year-end No. 1 (ATP Player of the Year), in recent decades, has been determined as the player who ends the year as world No. 1 in the ATP rankings. Prior to the early 1990s this was not always the case, in some instances the "ATP Player of the Year" and the Year-end No. 1 in the rankings were different players (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1989). Novak Djokovic holds the ATP record of eight year-end No. 1 finishes.[15] Overall, 18 players have achieved the year-end No. 1 ranking, only four of them (Lendl, Federer, Djokovic, Nadal) have done so in non-consecutive years. Six players have stayed at No. 1 in the ATP rankings for every week of the calendar year. Connors and Federer have done so in three years, Connors non-consecutively and Federer consecutively.
* Player was ranked No. 1 throughout the calendar year.
^The ATP ranking was frozen due to coronavirus pandemic from 23 March to 23 August 2020.
^ abcdThe ATP rankings were frozen from March 23 to August 23, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic; thus, 22 weeks were not counted towards Djokovic's total.
^On 1 March 2022, the ATP announced that until further notice, players from Russia and Belarus would not be allowed to compete under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Daniil Medvedev thus competed under no nationality during all but his first week at number 1, and so only that week is attributed to Russia in the "Weeks at No. 1 by country" table.[73]
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List of ATP number 1 ranked male players redirects here For doubles players see List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players The PIF ATP rankings 1 are the Association of Tennis Professionals ATP merit based system for determining the rankings in men s tennis The top ranked player is the player who over the previous 52 weeks has garnered the most ranking points on the ATP Tour Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments The ATP has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since August 23 1973 2 Starting in 1979 an updated rankings list is released at the beginning of each week Since 1973 28 players have been ranked No 1 by the ATP 3 4 of which 17 have been year end No 1 Novak Djokovic the current men s singles world No 1 The current world number one is Novak Djokovic Contents 1 Ranking method 1 1 ATP singles ranking 2 ATP records and distinctions 3 ATP No 1 ranked singles players 4 Weeks at No 1 4 1 Total 4 2 Consecutive 4 3 Weeks as No 1 leaders timeline 4 3 1 No 1 leaders timeline 5 Year end No 1 players 5 1 Per year 5 2 Per player 6 Players who became No 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament 7 Time span between first and last dates No 1 was held 8 Weeks at No 1 by decade 8 1 1970s 8 2 1980s 8 3 1990s 8 4 2000s 8 5 2010s 8 6 2020s 9 No 1 players by country 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 External linksRanking method editSince the introduction of the rankings the method used to calculate a player s ranking points has changed several times As of 2019 the rankings are calculated by totaling the points a player wins in his best eighteen tournaments subject to certain restrictions For top players the counting tournaments are the four Grand Slam tournaments the eight mandatory ATP Masters tournaments the non mandatory ATP Masters 1000 event in Monte Carlo the player s best four eligible ATP Tour 500 tournaments and his best two results from ATP Tour 250 tournaments Lower ranked players who are not eligible for some or all of the top tournaments may include additional ATP 500 and ATP 250 events and also ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men s Circuit tournaments Players who qualify for the year end ATP Finals also include any points gained from the tournament in their total increasing the number of tournaments counted to 19 5 ATP singles ranking edit 1973 1982 ATP ranking s average system as introduced on 23 August 1973 6 1983 1989 ATP ranking s average system with bonus points for beating top ranked players 1990 1999 Best of 14 ranking system where a player s best 14 results in the events counted 7 2000 2008 Best of 18 ranking system where a player s best 18 results in the events counted 2009 2019 A new point scale for ATP rankings to the Best of 18 ranking system 8 2020 a 2021 Best of 24 month ranking system from Aug 23 2020 to Aug 9 2021 for the pandemic impacted seasons 9 2022 present Normal ATP s ranking system over a 52 week period restored since August 2021 10 ATP records and distinctions editNovak Djokovic has spent the most weeks as world No 1 a record total 422 weeks 11 12 Roger Federer has a record 237 consecutive weeks at No 1 13 Djokovic also holds the record for the most year end No 1 finishes achieving the feat for eight years including the pandemic shortened season 14 15 Pete Sampras held the year end No 1 ranking for a record six consecutive years 16 17 Carlos Alcaraz is both the youngest world No 1 19 years 4 months 18 and the youngest year end No 1 19 years 7 months 19 Djokovic is both the oldest world No 1 36 years 11 months 20 and the oldest year end No 1 36 years 7 months 21 Federer is the player with the longest time span 14 years between his first and most recent dates at No 1 February 2004 June 2018 22 while Rafael Nadal is the only player to hold the top ranking in three different decades spanning 11 years and 5 months 2008 2020 Djokovic has the longest time span 12 years between his first and last year end No 1 finish 2011 2023 and is the only player to be ranked No 1 at least once in a year for 13 different years 23 Two players Ivan Lendl and Marcelo Rios have reached No 1 without previously having won a major singles title 24 Lendl reached No 1 on February 21 1983 but did not win his first Grand Slam title until the 1984 French Open 25 Rios reached No 1 on March 30 1998 but retired without ever having won a Grand Slam title making him the only No 1 player with that distinction 26 27 Federer holds the record of wire to wire No 1 for three consecutive calendar years Since 1973 when the ATP rankings started there have been 13 years in which one player held the top spot for the entire year Jimmy Connors in 1975 1976 and 1978 Lendl in 1986 and 1987 Pete Sampras in 1994 and 1997 Hewitt in 2002 Federer in 2005 2006 and 2007 and Djokovic in 2015 and 2021 In contrast 1999 saw five players hold the No 1 ranking the most in any single year Sampras Carlos Moya Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andre Agassi and Patrick Rafter Prior to 2009 Federer accumulated the most year end ATP ranking points in any season with 8 370 points in 2006 Since the introduction of a new point scale for the ATP rankings from 2009 Djokovic achieved the same feat with 16 585 ranking points in 2015 season Djokovic also holds the record of 16 950 ranking points on 6 June 2016 the most ATP points ever accumulated by any player 28 John McEnroe held the No 1 ranking a record 14 times Sampras and Djokovic are the only two other players to have held it 10 or more times with 11 and 10 stints respectively Rafter spent the least time at number 1 one week ATP No 1 ranked singles players editThe statistics are updated only when the ATP website revises its rankings usually on Monday mornings except when tournament finals are postponed nbsp Novak Djokovic the record holder for most weeks spent as world No 1 nbsp Roger Federer spent a record 237 consecutive weeks at world No 1 in the 2000s nbsp Ivan Lendl spent the most weeks at the top of the ATP rankings in the 1980s nbsp Jimmy Connors spent the most weeks at world No 1 in the 1970s nbsp Ilie Năstase became the first ATP world No 1 ranked player on August 23 1973 First time No 1 player Current world No 1 weeks are automatically updated ATP rankings record No Player Start date 29 End date Weeks Total 1 nbsp Ilie Năstase ROU Aug 23 1973 Jun 2 1974 40 40 2 nbsp John Newcombe AUS Jun 3 1974 Jul 28 1974 8 8 3 nbsp Jimmy Connors USA Jul 29 1974 Aug 22 1977 160 160 4 nbsp Bjorn Borg SWE Aug 23 1977 Aug 29 1977 1 1 nbsp Jimmy Connors 2 Aug 30 1977 Apr 8 1979 84 244 nbsp Bjorn Borg 2 Apr 9 1979 May 20 1979 6 7 nbsp Jimmy Connors 3 May 21 1979 Jul 8 1979 7 251 nbsp Bjorn Borg 3 Jul 9 1979 Mar 2 1980 34 41 5 nbsp John McEnroe USA Mar 3 1980 Mar 23 1980 3 3 nbsp Bjorn Borg 4 Mar 24 1980 Aug 10 1980 20 61 nbsp John McEnroe 2 Aug 11 1980 Aug 17 1980 1 4 nbsp Bjorn Borg 5 Aug 18 1980 Jul 5 1981 46 107 nbsp John McEnroe 3 Jul 6 1981 Jul 19 1981 2 6 nbsp Bjorn Borg 6 Jul 20 1981 Aug 2 1981 2 109 nbsp John McEnroe 4 Aug 3 1981 Sep 12 1982 58 64 nbsp Jimmy Connors 4 Sep 13 1982 Oct 31 1982 7 258 nbsp John McEnroe 5 Nov 1 1982 Nov 7 1982 1 65 nbsp Jimmy Connors 5 Nov 8 1982 Nov 14 1982 1 259 nbsp John McEnroe 6 Nov 15 1982 Jan 30 1983 11 76 nbsp Jimmy Connors 6 Jan 31 1983 Feb 6 1983 1 260 nbsp John McEnroe 7 Feb 7 1983 Feb 13 1983 1 77 nbsp Jimmy Connors 7 Feb 14 1983 Feb 27 1983 2 262 6 nbsp Ivan Lendl TCH Feb 28 1983 May 15 1983 11 11 nbsp Jimmy Connors 8 May 16 1983 Jun 5 1983 3 265 nbsp John McEnroe 8 Jun 6 1983 Jun 12 1983 1 78 nbsp Jimmy Connors 9 Jun 13 1983 Jul 3 1983 3 268 nbsp John McEnroe 9 Jul 4 1983 Oct 30 1983 17 95 nbsp Ivan Lendl 2 Oct 31 1983 Dec 11 1983 6 17 nbsp John McEnroe 10 Dec 12 1983 Jan 8 1984 4 99 nbsp Ivan Lendl 3 Jan 9 1984 Mar 11 1984 9 26 nbsp John McEnroe 11 Mar 12 1984 Jun 10 1984 13 112 nbsp Ivan Lendl 4 Jun 11 1984 Jun 17 1984 1 27 nbsp John McEnroe 12 Jun 18 1984 Jul 8 1984 3 115 nbsp Ivan Lendl 5 Jul 9 1984 Aug 12 1984 5 32 nbsp John McEnroe 13 Aug 13 1984 Aug 18 1985 53 168 nbsp Ivan Lendl 6 Aug 19 1985 Aug 25 1985 1 33 nbsp John McEnroe 14 Aug 26 1985 Sep 8 1985 2 170 nbsp Ivan Lendl 7 Sep 9 1985 Sep 11 1988 157 190 7 nbsp Mats Wilander SWE Sep 12 1988 Jan 29 1989 20 20 nbsp Ivan Lendl 8 Jan 30 1989 Aug 12 1990 80 270 8 nbsp Stefan Edberg SWE Aug 13 1990 Jan 27 1991 24 24 9 nbsp Boris Becker GER Jan 28 1991 Feb 17 1991 3 3 nbsp Stefan Edberg 2 Feb 18 1991 Jul 7 1991 20 44 nbsp Boris Becker 2 Jul 8 1991 Sep 8 1991 9 12 nbsp Stefan Edberg 3 Sep 9 1991 Feb 9 1992 22 66 10 nbsp Jim Courier USA Feb 10 1992 Mar 22 1992 6 6 nbsp Stefan Edberg 4 Mar 23 1992 Apr 12 1992 3 69 nbsp Jim Courier 2 Apr 13 1992 Sep 13 1992 22 28 nbsp Stefan Edberg 5 Sep 14 1992 Oct 4 1992 3 72 nbsp Jim Courier 3 Oct 5 1992 Apr 11 1993 27 55 11 nbsp Pete Sampras USA Apr 12 1993 Aug 22 1993 19 19 nbsp Jim Courier 4 Aug 23 1993 Sep 12 1993 3 58 nbsp Pete Sampras 2 Sep 13 1993 Apr 9 1995 82 101 12 nbsp Andre Agassi USA Apr 10 1995 Nov 5 1995 30 30 nbsp Pete Sampras 3 Nov 6 1995 Jan 28 1996 12 113 nbsp Andre Agassi 2 Jan 29 1996 Feb 11 1996 2 32 13 nbsp Thomas Muster AUT Feb 12 1996 Feb 18 1996 1 1 nbsp Pete Sampras 4 Feb 19 1996 Mar 10 1996 3 116 nbsp Thomas Muster 2 Mar 11 1996 Apr 14 1996 5 6 nbsp Pete Sampras 5 Apr 15 1996 Mar 29 1998 102 218 14 nbsp Marcelo Rios CHI Mar 30 1998 Apr 26 1998 4 4 nbsp Pete Sampras 6 Apr 27 1998 Aug 9 1998 15 233 nbsp Marcelo Rios 2 Aug 10 1998 Aug 23 1998 2 6 nbsp Pete Sampras 7 Aug 24 1998 Mar 14 1999 29 262 15 nbsp Carlos Moya ESP Mar 15 1999 Mar 28 1999 2 2 nbsp Pete Sampras 8 Mar 29 1999 May 2 1999 5 267 16 nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov RUS May 3 1999 Jun 13 1999 6 6 nbsp Pete Sampras 9 Jun 14 1999 Jul 4 1999 3 270 nbsp Andre Agassi 3 Jul 5 1999 Jul 25 1999 3 35 17 nbsp Patrick Rafter AUS Jul 26 1999 Aug 1 1999 1 1 nbsp Pete Sampras 10 Aug 2 1999 Sep 12 1999 6 276 nbsp Andre Agassi 4 Sep 13 1999 Sep 10 2000 52 87 nbsp Pete Sampras 11 Sep 11 2000 Nov 19 2000 10 286 18 nbsp Marat Safin RUS Nov 20 2000 Dec 3 2000 2 2 19 nbsp Gustavo Kuerten BRA Dec 4 2000 Jan 28 2001 8 8 nbsp Marat Safin 2 Jan 29 2001 Feb 25 2001 4 6 nbsp Gustavo Kuerten 2 Feb 26 2001 Apr 1 2001 5 13 nbsp Marat Safin 3 Apr 2 2001 Apr 22 2001 3 9 nbsp Gustavo Kuerten 3 Apr 23 2001 Nov 18 2001 30 43 20 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt AUS Nov 19 2001 Apr 27 2003 75 75 nbsp Andre Agassi 5 Apr 28 2003 May 11 2003 2 89 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt 2 May 12 2003 Jun 15 2003 5 80 nbsp Andre Agassi 6 Jun 16 2003 Sep 7 2003 12 101 21 nbsp Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP Sep 8 2003 Nov 2 2003 8 8 22 nbsp Andy Roddick USA Nov 3 2003 Feb 1 2004 13 13 23 nbsp Roger Federer SUI Feb 2 2004 Aug 17 2008 237 237 24 nbsp Rafael Nadal ESP Aug 18 2008 Jul 5 2009 46 46 nbsp Roger Federer 2 Jul 6 2009 Jun 6 2010 48 285 nbsp Rafael Nadal 2 Jun 7 2010 Jul 3 2011 56 102 25 nbsp Novak Djokovic SRB Jul 4 2011 Jul 8 2012 53 53 nbsp Roger Federer 3 Jul 9 2012 Nov 4 2012 17 302 nbsp Novak Djokovic 2 Nov 5 2012 Oct 6 2013 48 101 nbsp Rafael Nadal 3 Oct 7 2013 Jul 6 2014 39 141 nbsp Novak Djokovic 3 Jul 7 2014 Nov 6 2016 122 223 26 nbsp Andy Murray GBR Nov 7 2016 Aug 20 2017 41 41 nbsp Rafael Nadal 4 Aug 21 2017 Feb 18 2018 26 167 nbsp Roger Federer 4 Feb 19 2018 Apr 1 2018 6 308 nbsp Rafael Nadal 5 Apr 2 2018 May 13 2018 6 173 nbsp Roger Federer 5 May 14 2018 May 20 2018 1 309 nbsp Rafael Nadal 6 May 21 2018 Jun 17 2018 4 177 nbsp Roger Federer 6 Jun 18 2018 Jun 24 2018 1 310 nbsp Rafael Nadal 7 Jun 25 2018 Nov 4 2018 19 196 nbsp Novak Djokovic 4 Nov 5 2018 Nov 3 2019 52 275 nbsp Rafael Nadal 8 Nov 4 2019 Feb 2 2020 13 209 nbsp Novak Djokovic 5 Feb 3 2020 Mar 22 2020 7 282 Rankings frozen Mar 23 2020 Aug 23 2020 22 nbsp Novak Djokovic 5 Aug 24 2020 Feb 27 2022 79 361 27 nbsp Daniil Medvedev RUS Feb 28 2022 Mar 20 2022 3 3 nbsp Novak Djokovic 6 Mar 21 2022 Jun 12 2022 12 373 nbsp Daniil Medvedev 2 Jun 13 2022 Sep 11 2022 13 16 28 nbsp Carlos Alcaraz ESP Sep 12 2022 Jan 29 2023 20 20 nbsp Novak Djokovic 7 Jan 30 2023 Mar 19 2023 7 380 nbsp Carlos Alcaraz 2 Mar 20 2023 Apr 2 2023 2 22 nbsp Novak Djokovic 8 Apr 3 2023 May 21 2023 7 387 nbsp Carlos Alcaraz 3 May 22 2023 Jun 11 2023 3 25 nbsp Novak Djokovic 9 Jun 12 2023 Jun 25 2023 2 389 nbsp Carlos Alcaraz 4 Jun 26 2023 Sep 10 2023 11 36 nbsp Novak Djokovic 10 Sep 11 2023 present 33 422 Weeks at No 1 edit Current No 1 player weeks are automatically updated Total edit Rank Player b Total 1 nbsp Novak Djokovic SRB 422 2 nbsp Roger Federer SUI 310 3 nbsp Pete Sampras USA 286 4 nbsp Ivan Lendl TCH 270 5 nbsp Jimmy Connors USA 268 6 nbsp Rafael Nadal ESP 209 7 nbsp John McEnroe USA 170 8 nbsp Bjorn Borg SWE 109 9 nbsp Andre Agassi USA 101 10 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt AUS 80 11 nbsp Stefan Edberg SWE 72 12 nbsp Jim Courier USA 58 13 nbsp Gustavo Kuerten BRA 43 14 nbsp Andy Murray GBR 41 15 nbsp Ilie Năstase ROU 40 16 nbsp Carlos Alcaraz ESP 36 17 nbsp Mats Wilander SWE 20 18 nbsp Daniil Medvedev RUS 16 19 nbsp Andy Roddick USA 13 20 nbsp Boris Becker GER 12 21 nbsp Marat Safin RUS 9 22 nbsp John Newcombe AUS 8 nbsp Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP 24 nbsp Thomas Muster AUT 6 nbsp Marcelo Rios CHI nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov RUS 27 nbsp Carlos Moya ESP 2 28 nbsp Patrick Rafter AUS 1 Active players in bold Consecutive edit Cons Player 30 237 nbsp Roger Federer 160 nbsp Jimmy Connors 157 nbsp Ivan Lendl 122 nbsp Novak Djokovic 102 nbsp Pete Sampras 86 nbsp Novak Djokovic 2 b 84 nbsp Jimmy Connors 2 82 nbsp Pete Sampras 2 80 nbsp Ivan Lendl 2 75 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt 58 nbsp John McEnroe 56 nbsp Rafael Nadal 53 nbsp John McEnroe 2 nbsp Novak Djokovic 3 52 nbsp Andre Agassi nbsp Novak Djokovic 4 minimum 50 weeks Weeks as No 1 leaders timeline edit Year span Leader Date achieved Duration Record 1973 1975 nbsp Ilie Năstase August 23 1973 1 year 8 months 40 1975 1990 nbsp Jimmy Connors May 5 1975 15 years 2 months 268 1990 1999 nbsp Ivan Lendl July 30 1990 9 years 270 1999 2012 nbsp Pete Sampras August 2 1999 31 12 years 11 months 286 2012 2021 nbsp Roger Federer July 16 2012 32 8 years 7 months 310 2021 present nbsp Novak Djokovic March 8 2021 33 3 years 1 month 422 Current record in bold No 1 leaders timeline editYear end No 1 players edit nbsp Novak Djokovic holds an all time record of eight year end No 1 finishes nbsp Pete Sampras finished six consecutive seasons as year end No 1 in the 1990s nbsp John McEnroe finished as the year end No 1 for four consecutive years in the 1980s The ATP year end No 1 ATP Player of the Year in recent decades has been determined as the player who ends the year as world No 1 in the ATP rankings Prior to the early 1990s this was not always the case in some instances the ATP Player of the Year and the Year end No 1 in the rankings were different players 1975 1976 1977 1978 1982 1989 Novak Djokovic holds the ATP record of eight year end No 1 finishes 15 Overall 18 players have achieved the year end No 1 ranking only four of them Lendl Federer Djokovic Nadal have done so in non consecutive years Six players have stayed at No 1 in the ATP rankings for every week of the calendar year Connors and Federer have done so in three years Connors non consecutively and Federer consecutively Player was ranked No 1 throughout the calendar year Per year edit Year Player Ref 1973 nbsp Ilie Năstase ROU 34 1974 nbsp Jimmy Connors USA 35 36 1975 nbsp Jimmy Connors 2 35 36 1976 nbsp Jimmy Connors 3 35 36 1977 nbsp Jimmy Connors 4 37 1978 nbsp Jimmy Connors 5 37 1979 nbsp Bjorn Borg SWE 37 1980 nbsp Bjorn Borg 2 37 1981 nbsp John McEnroe USA 37 38 1982 nbsp John McEnroe 2 37 38 1983 nbsp John McEnroe 3 37 38 1984 nbsp John McEnroe 4 37 38 1985 nbsp Ivan Lendl TCH 37 39 1986 nbsp Ivan Lendl 2 39 1987 nbsp Ivan Lendl 3 39 1988 nbsp Mats Wilander SWE 38 1989 nbsp Ivan Lendl 4 38 1990 nbsp Stefan Edberg SWE 40 1991 nbsp Stefan Edberg 2 40 41 1992 nbsp Jim Courier USA 42 1993 nbsp Pete Sampras USA 43 1994 nbsp Pete Sampras 2 44 1995 nbsp Pete Sampras 3 43 1996 nbsp Pete Sampras 4 43 1997 nbsp Pete Sampras 5 44 1998 nbsp Pete Sampras 6 43 1999 nbsp Andre Agassi USA 45 2000 nbsp Gustavo Kuerten BRA 41 46 2001 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt AUS 47 2002 nbsp Lleyton Hewitt 2 48 2003 nbsp Andy Roddick USA 49 2004 nbsp Roger Federer SUI 50 2005 nbsp Roger Federer 2 51 2006 nbsp Roger Federer 3 52 2007 nbsp Roger Federer 4 53 54 2008 nbsp Rafael Nadal ESP 55 2009 nbsp Roger Federer 5 56 2010 nbsp Rafael Nadal 2 57 58 2011 nbsp Novak Djokovic SRB 59 2012 nbsp Novak Djokovic 2 60 2013 nbsp Rafael Nadal 3 61 2014 nbsp Novak Djokovic 3 62 2015 nbsp Novak Djokovic 4 63 64 2016 nbsp Andy Murray GBR 65 2017 nbsp Rafael Nadal 4 66 2018 nbsp Novak Djokovic 5 67 2019 nbsp Rafael Nadal 5 68 2020 nbsp Novak Djokovic 6 b 69 2021 nbsp Novak Djokovic 7 70 15 2022 nbsp Carlos Alcaraz ESP 19 2023 nbsp Novak Djokovic 8 71 2024 Per player edit No Total 8 nbsp Novak Djokovic 6 nbsp Pete Sampras 5 nbsp Jimmy Connors nbsp Roger Federer nbsp Rafael Nadal 4 nbsp John McEnroe nbsp Ivan Lendl 2 nbsp Bjorn Borg nbsp Stefan Edberg nbsp Lleyton Hewitt 1 nbsp Ilie Năstase nbsp Mats Wilander nbsp Jim Courier nbsp Andre Agassi nbsp Gustavo Kuerten nbsp Andy Roddick nbsp Andy Murray nbsp Carlos Alcaraz No Consecutive 6 nbsp Pete Sampras 5 nbsp Jimmy Connors 4 nbsp John McEnroe nbsp Roger Federer 3 nbsp Ivan Lendl 2 nbsp Bjorn Borg nbsp Stefan Edberg nbsp Lleyton Hewitt nbsp Novak Djokovic x3 Players who became No 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament editPlayer First ranked No 1 First Grand Slam final First Grand Slam title Ref nbsp Ivan Lendl February 28 1983 1981 French Open 1st of 19 1984 French Open 1st of 8 72 nbsp Marcelo Rios March 30 1998 1998 Australian Open only final None retired in 2004 24 Time span between first and last dates No 1 was held edit Current No 1 player date and age are updated automatically Active players and age records indicated in bold Time span Player First held No 1 Last held No 1 Date Age Date Age 14 years 142 days nbsp Roger Federer Feb 2 2004 22 years 178 days Jun 24 2018 36 years 320 days 12 years 297 days nbsp Novak Djokovic Jul 4 2011 24 years 43 days April 26 2024 36 years 340 days 11 years 168 days nbsp Rafael Nadal Aug 18 2008 22 years 76 days Feb 2 2020 33 years 244 days 8 years 339 days nbsp Jimmy Connors Jul 29 1974 21 years 330 days Jul 3 1983 30 years 304 days 8 years 150 days nbsp Andre Agassi Apr 10 1995 24 years 346 days Sep 7 2003 33 years 100 days 7 years 221 days nbsp Pete Sampras Apr 12 1993 21 years 243 days Nov 19 2000 29 years 99 days 7 years 165 days nbsp Ivan Lendl Feb 28 1983 22 years 358 days Aug 12 1990 30 years 158 days 5 years 189 days nbsp John McEnroe Mar 3 1980 21 years 16 days Sep 8 1985 26 years 204 days 3 years 344 days nbsp Bjorn Borg Aug 23 1977 21 years 78 days Aug 2 1981 25 years 57 days 2 years 52 days nbsp Stefan Edberg Aug 13 1990 24 years 206 days Oct 4 1992 26 years 259 days 1 year 214 days nbsp Jim Courier Feb 10 1992 21 years 177 days Sep 12 1993 22 years 360 days 1 year 208 days nbsp Lleyton Hewitt Nov 19 2001 20 years 268 days Jun 15 2003 22 years 111 days 363 days nbsp Carlos Alcaraz Sep 12 2022 19 years 129 days Sep 10 2023 20 years 128 days 349 days nbsp Gustavo Kuerten Dec 4 2000 24 years 85 days Nov 18 2001 25 years 69 days 286 days nbsp Andy Murray Nov 7 2016 29 years 176 days Aug 20 2017 30 years 97 days 283 days nbsp Ilie Năstase Aug 23 1973 27 years 35 days Jun 2 1974 27 years 318 days 223 days nbsp Boris Becker Jan 28 1991 23 years 67 days Sep 8 1991 23 years 290 days 195 days nbsp Daniil Medvedev Feb 28 2022 26 years 17 days Sep 11 2022 26 years 212 days 153 days nbsp Marat Safin Nov 20 2000 20 years 298 days Apr 22 2001 21 years 85 days 146 days nbsp Marcelo Rios Mar 30 1998 22 years 94 days Aug 23 1998 22 years 240 days 139 days nbsp Mats Wilander Sep 12 1988 24 years 21 days Jan 29 1989 24 years 160 days 90 days nbsp Andy Roddick Nov 3 2003 21 years 65 days Feb 1 2004 21 years 155 days 62 days nbsp Thomas Muster Feb 12 1996 28 years 133 days Apr 14 1996 28 years 195 days 55 days nbsp John Newcombe Jun 3 1974 30 years 11 days Jul 28 1974 30 years 66 days nbsp Juan Carlos Ferrero Sep 8 2003 23 years 177 days Nov 2 2003 23 years 263 days 41 days nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov May 3 1999 25 years 74 days Jun 13 1999 25 years 115 days 13 days nbsp Carlos Moya Mar 15 1999 22 years 200 days Mar 28 1999 22 years 213 days 6 days nbsp Patrick Rafter Jul 26 1999 26 years 210 days Aug 1 1999 26 years 216 daysWeeks at No 1 by decade editCurrent No 1 player indicated in italic 1970s edit 251 Connors 40 Năstase 33 Borg 8 Newcombe 1980s edit 238 Lendl 170 McEnroe 76 Borg 20 Wilander 17 Connors 1990s edit 276 Sampras 72 Edberg 58 Courier 51 Agassi 32 Lendl 12 Becker 6 Muster Rios Kafelnikov 2 Moya 1 Rafter 2000s edit 262 Federer 80 Hewitt 50 Agassi 46 Nadal 43 Kuerten 13 Roddick 10 Sampras 9 Safin 8 Ferrero 2010s edit 275 Djokovic 159 Nadal 48 Federer 41 Murray 2020s edit 147 Djokovic b 36 Alcaraz 16 Medvedev 4 Nadal Stats are automatically updated on Mondays UTC No 1 players by country editCurrent No 1 player indicated in bold No Country Total Players Players Weeks 1 nbsp United States 6 896 Jimmy Connors John McEnroe Jim Courier Pete Sampras Andre Agassi Andy Roddick 2 nbsp Serbia 1 422 Novak Djokovic 3 nbsp Switzerland 1 310 Roger Federer 4 nbsp Czechoslovakia 1 270 Ivan Lendl 5 nbsp Spain 4 255 Carlos Moya Juan Carlos Ferrero Rafael Nadal Carlos Alcaraz 6 nbsp Sweden 3 201 Bjorn Borg Mats Wilander Stefan Edberg 7 nbsp Australia 3 89 John Newcombe Patrick Rafter Lleyton Hewitt 8 nbsp Brazil 1 43 Gustavo Kuerten 9 nbsp United Kingdom 1 41 Andy Murray 10 nbsp Romania 1 40 Ilie Năstase 11 nbsp Russia c 3 16 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Marat Safin Daniil Medvedev 12 nbsp Germany 1 12 Boris Becker 13 nbsp Austria 1 6 Thomas Muster nbsp Chile 1 Marcelo Rios Weeks are updated automatically See also editWorld number 1 ranked male tennis players includes rankings before 1973 List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players List of WTA number 1 ranked 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