ITF world champion

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) selects a world champion each year based on performance during the year.

Rating

Performance in the Grand Slams and the Davis Cup and Fed Cup team competitions organized by the ITF are decisive for the assessment .

The title was awarded to the men and women for the first time in 1978, and meanwhile the double championships as well as wheelchair tennis and the juniors are also awarded.

Men's singles

year	player
1978	Bjorn Borg
1979	Bjorn Borg (2)
1980	Bjorn Borg (3)
1981	John McEnroe
1982	Jimmy Connors
1983	John McEnroe (2)
1984	John McEnroe (3)
1995	Ivan Lendl
1986	Ivan Lendl (2)
1987	Ivan Lendl (3)
1988	Mats Wilander
1989	Boris Becker
1990	Ivan Lendl (4)
1991	Stefan Edberg
1992	Jim Courier
1993	Pete Sampras
1994	Pete Sampras (2)
1995	Pete Sampras (3)
1996	Pete Sampras (4)
1997	Pete Sampras (5)
1998	Pete Sampras (6)
1999	Andre Agassi
2000	Gustavo Kuerten
2001	Lleyton Hewitt
2002	Lleyton Hewitt (2)
2003	Andy Roddick
2004	Roger Federer
2005	Roger Federer (2)
2006	Roger Federer (3)
2007	Roger Federer (4)
2008	Rafael Nadal
2009	Roger Federer (5)
2010	Rafael Nadal (2)
2011	Novak Đoković
2012	Novak Đoković (2)
2013	Novak Đoković (3)
2014	Novak Đoković (4)
2015	Novak Đoković (5)
2016	Andy Murray
2017	Rafael Nadal (3)
2018	Novak Đoković (6)
2019	Rafael Nadal (4)

total	player
6th	Pete Sampras
	Novak Đoković
5	Roger Federer
4th	Ivan Lendl
	Rafael Nadal
3	Bjorn Borg
	John McEnroe
2	Lleyton Hewitt

Ladies singles

Three previous world champions have been named: Margaret Court , Margaret Osborne duPont and Ann Haydon-Jones .

Althea Gibson was a member in the early 80's.

The ITF women's world champions differ from the WTA world rankings at the end of the year in the following years: 1978 ( Martina Navratilova ), 1994 ( Steffi Graf ), 2001 ( Lindsay Davenport ), 2004 (Lindsay Davenport), 2005 (Lindsay Davenport), 2011 ( Caroline Wozniacki ), 2012 ( Wiktoryja Asaranka ), 2017 ( Simona Halep ).

year	player
1978	Chris Evert
1979	Martina Navratilova
1980	Chris Evert (2)
1981	Chris Evert (3)
1982	Martina Navratilova (2)
1983	Martina Navratilova (3)
1984	Martina Navratilova (4)
1985	Martina Navratilova (5)
1986	Martina Navratilova (6)
1987	Steffi Graf
1988	Steffi Graf (2)
1989	Steffi Graf (3)
1990	Steffi Graf (4)
1991	Monica Seles
1992	Monica Seles (2)
1993	Steffi Graf (5)
1994	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1995	Steffi Graf (6)
1996	Steffi Graf (7)
1997	Martina Hingis
1998	Lindsay Davenport
1999	Martina Hingis (2)
2000	Martina Hingis (3)
2001	Jennifer Capriati
2002	Serena Williams
2003	Justine Henin
2004	Anastassija Myskina
2005	Kim Clijsters
2006	Justine Henin (2)
2007	Justine Henin (3)
2008	Jelena Janković
2009	Serena Williams (2)
2010	Caroline Wozniacki
2011	Petra Kvitová
2012	Serena Williams (3)
2013	Serena Williams (4)
2014	Serena Williams (5)
2015	Serena Williams (6)
2016	Angelique Kerber
2017	Garbiñe Muguruza
2018	Simona Halep
2019	Ashleigh Barty

total	player
7th	Steffi Graf
6th	Martina Navratilova
	Serena Williams
3	Chris Evert
	Martina Hingis
	Justine Henin
2	Monica Seles

Men's doubles

year	player
1996	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
1997	Todd Woodbridge (2) Mark Woodforde (2)
1998	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
1999	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
2000	Todd Woodbridge (3) Mark Woodforde (3)
2001	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge (4)
2002	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
2003	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
2004	Bob Bryan (2) Mike Bryan (2)
2005	Bob Bryan (3) Mike Bryan (3)
2006	Bob Bryan (4) Mike Bryan (4)
2007	Bob Bryan (5) Mike Bryan (5)
2008	Daniel Nestor (2) Nenad Zimonjić
2009	Bob Bryan (6) Mike Bryan (6)
2010	Bob Bryan (7) Mike Bryan (7)
2011	Bob Bryan (8) Mike Bryan (8)
2012	Bob Bryan (9) Mike Bryan (9)
2013	Bob Bryan (10) Mike Bryan (10)
2014	Bob Bryan (11) Mike Bryan (11)
2015	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau
2016	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares
2017	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo
2018	Mike Bryan (12) Jack Sock
2019	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah

Ladies doubles

year	player
1996	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández
1997	Lindsay Davenport (2) Jana Novotná
1998	Lindsay Davenport (3) Natallja Swerawa
1999	Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
2001	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
2002	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
2003	Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) Paola Suárez (2)
2004	Virginia Ruano Pascual (3) Paola Suárez (3)
2005	Lisa Raymond (2) Samantha Stosur
2006	Lisa Raymond (3) Samantha Stosur (2)
2007	Cara Black Liezel Huber
2008	Cara Black (2) Liezel Huber (2)
2009	Serena Williams Venus Williams
2010	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
2011	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
2012	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
2013	Sara Errani (2) Roberta Vinci (2)
2014	Sara Errani (3) Roberta Vinci (3)
2015	Martina Hingis (2) Sania Mirza
2016	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
2017	Martina Hingis (3) Chan Yung-jan
2018	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
2019	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic (2)

Juniors

Junior singles (1978-2003)

year	player
1978	Ivan Lendl
1979	Raul Viver
1980	Thierry Tulasne
1981	Pat Cash
1982	Guy Forget
1983	Stefan Edberg
1984	Mark Kratzmann
1985	Claudio Pistolesi
1986	Javier Sánchez
1987	Jason Stoltenberg
1988	Nicolás Pereira
1989	Nickla's cult
1990	Andrea Gaudenzi
1991	Thomas Enqvist
1992	Brian Dunn
1993	Marcelo Ríos
1994	Federico Browne
1995	Mariano Zabaleta
1996	Sébastien Grosjean
1997	Arnaud Di Pasquale
1998	Roger Federer
1999	Kristian Pless
2000	Andy Roddick
2001	Gilles Muller
2002	Richard Gasquet
2003	Marcos Baghdatis

Junior doubles (1982-2003)

year	player
1982	Fernando Pérez Pascal
1983	Mark Kratzmann
1984	Agustín Moreno
1985	Petr Korda Cyril Suk
1986	Tomás Carbonell
1987	Jason Stoltenberg
1988	David Rikl Tomáš Anzari
1989	Wayne Ferreira
1990	Mårten Renström
1991	Karim Alami
1992	Enrique Abaroa
1993	Steven Downs
1994	Ben Ellwood
1995	Kepler Orellana
1996	Sébastien Grosjean
1997	Nicolás Massú
1998	José de Armas
1999	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut
2000	Lee Childs James Nelson
2001	Bruno Echagaray Santiago González
2002	Florin Mergea Horia Tecau
2003	Scott Oudsema

Juniors total (from 2004)

year	player
2004	Gaël Monfils
2005	Donald Young
2006	Thiemo de Bakker
2007	Ričardas Berankis
2008	Yang Tsung-hua
2009	Daniel Berta
2010	Juan Sebastián Gómez
2011	Jiří Veselý
2012	Filip Peliwo
2013	Alexander Zverev
2014	Andrei Rublev
2015	Taylor Fritz
2016	Miomir Kecmanović
2017	Axel Geller
2018	Tseng Chun-hsin
2019	Thiago Agustín Tirante

Juniors

Junior singles (1978-2003)

year	player
1978	Hana Mandlíková
1979	Mary-Lou Piatek
1980	Susan Mascarin
1981	Zina Garrison
1982	Gretchen Rush
1983	Pascale Paradis
1984	Gabriela Sabatini
1985	Laura Garrone
1986	Patricia Tarabini
1987	Natalia Medvedeva
1988	Cristina Tessi
1989	Florencia Labat
1990	Karina Habšudová
1991	Zdeňka Málková
1992	Rossana de los Ríos
1993	Nino Louarsabishvili
1994	Martina Hingis
1995	Anna Kurnikowa
1996	Amélie Mauresmo
1997	Cara Black
1998	Jelena Dokic
1999	Lina Krasnoruzkaya
2000	María Emilia Salerni
2001	Svetlana Kuznetsova
2002	Barbora Strýcová
2003	Kirsten Flipkens

Junior doubles (1982-2003)

year	player
1982	Beth lord
1983	Larisa Neiland
1984	Mercedes Paz
1985	Mariana Perez-Roldan Patricia Tarabini
1986	Leila Mes'chi
1987	Natalia Medvedeva
1988	Jo-Anne Faull
1989	Andrea Strnadová
1990	Karina Habšudová
1991	Eva Martincová
1992	Nancy Feber Laurence Courtois
1993	Cristina Moros
1994	Martina Nedělková
1995	Ludmila Varmužová
1996	Jitka Schönfeldová Michaela Paštiková
1997	Irina Seljutina Cara Black
1998	Eva Dyrberg
1999	Dája Bedáňová
2000	María Emilia Salerni
2001	Petra Cetkovská
2002	Elke Clijsters
2003	Andrea Hlaváčková

Total juniors (from 2004)

year	Player
2004	Michaëlla Krajicek
2005	Viktoriya Azaranka
2006	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova
2007	Urszula Radwańska
2008	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
2009	Kristina Mladenovic
2010	Daria Gavrilova
2011	Irina Chromatschowa
2012	Taylor Townsend
2013	Belinda Bencic
2014	Catherine Bellis
2015	Dalma Gálfi
2016	Anastassija Potapova
2017	Whitney Osuigwe
2018	Clara Burel
2019	Diane Parry

Men's wheelchair tennis

year	player
1991	Randy Snow
1992	Laurent Giammartini
1993	Kai Schrameyer
1994	Laurent Giammartini (2)
1995	David Hall
1996	Ricky Molier
1997	Ricky Molier (2)
1998	David Hall (2)
1999	Stephen Welch
2000	David Hall (3)
2001	Ricky Molier (3)
2002	David Hall (4)
2003	David Hall (5)
2004	David Hall (6)
2005	Michaël Jeremiasz
2006	Robin Ammerlaan
2007	Shingo Kunieda
2008	Shingo Kunieda (2)
2009	Shingo Kunieda (3)
2010	Shingo Kunieda (4)
2011	Maikel Scheffers
2012	Stéphane Houdet
2013	Shingo Kunieda (5)
2014	Shingo Kunieda (6)
2015	Shingo Kunieda (7)
2016	Gordon Reid
2017	Gustavo Fernández
2018	Shingo Kunieda (8)
2019	Gustavo Fernández (2)

Ladies wheelchair tennis

year	player
1991	Chantal Vandierendonck
1992	Monique van den Bosch
1993	Monique Kalkman (2)
1994	Monique Kalkman (3)
1995	Monique Kalkman (4)
1996	Chantal Vandierendonck (2)
1997	Chantal Vandierendonck (3)
1998	Daniela Di Toro
1999	Daniela Di Toro (2)
2000	Esther Vergeer
2001	Esther Vergeer (2)
2002	Esther Vergeer (3)
2003	Esther Vergeer (4)
2004	Esther Vergeer (5)
2005	Esther Vergeer (6)
2006	Esther Vergeer (7)
2007	Esther Vergeer (8)
2008	Esther Vergeer (9)
2009	Esther Vergeer (10)
2010	Esther Vergeer (11)
2011	Esther Vergeer (12)
2012	Esther Vergeer (13)
2013	Aniek van Koot
2014	Yui Kamiji
2015	Jiske Griffioen
2016	Jiske Griffioen (2)
2017	Yui Kamiji (2)
2018	Diede de Groot
2019	Diede de Groot (2)

Quad wheelchair users

year	player
2017	David Wagner
2018	Dylan Alcott
2019	Dylan Alcott (2)

See also

• International Tennis Federation
• ATP World Tour Awards
• WTA Awards
• List of world number one in men's tennis (individual)
• List of world number one in men's tennis (doubles)
• List of world number one in women's tennis (individual)
• List of world number one in women's tennis (doubles)

Web links

• World champions

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ITF opt for Hewitt and Capriati (news.bbc.co.uk of December 2, 2001, accessed April 8, 2020, English)
2. ↑ Rafael Nadal, Garbine Muguruza win ITF Player of the Year awards (espn.com, December 8, 2017, accessed April 8, 2020, English)
3. ↑ fie to computers, let people decide (washingtonpost.com, January 17, 1978, accessed April 8, 2020)
4. ↑ Obituaries: Althea Gibson (independent.co.uk from September 30, 2003, accessed April 8, 2020, English)