List of world number one in men's tennis (individual)
The list of world number one in men's tennis lists all the leaders in the individual ranking of the ATP tennis world rankings since the ranking was introduced on August 23, 1973.
The site initially lists all world number one in chronological order. In the other tables, the respective number one at the end of the year and the leaders according to the number of weeks at the top of the ranking are listed.
Since the introduction of the rating, a total of 26 players have topped the tennis world rankings. The first world number one was the Romanian Ilie Năstase , the current leader is the Serb Novak Đoković . At 310 weeks, the Swiss Roger Federer was the world's number one for the longest. In addition, Federer holds the record for the longest period without a break at the top of the ranking (237 weeks). The record for most of the seasons that ended in position 1 is held by the American Pete Sampras , who did this six times in a row. John McEnroe has captured or recaptured the top position 14 times, more often than any other player.
World number one in the course of the year
Player: indicates the name of the player. The number in brackets after the name indicates how many athletes the player was at the top of the world rankings.
from: indicates the day on which the player reached the top position.
to: indicates the day on which the player was last leader of the world rankings within the respective series. Number of weeks
: indicates the number of weeks that the player topped the world rankings within the respective series.
player | from | to | Week number |
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Ilie Năstase (1) | 23rd August 1973 | June 2nd 1974 | 40 |
John Newcombe (2) | 3rd June 1974 | July 28, 1974 | 8th |
Jimmy Connors (3) | July 29, 1974 | 22nd August 1977 | 160 |
Bjorn Borg (4) | 23rd August 1977 | August 29, 1977 | 1 |
Jimmy Connors | August 30, 1977 | April 8, 1979 | 84 |
Bjorn Borg | April 9, 1979 | May 20, 1979 | 6th |
Jimmy Connors | May 21, 1979 | July 8, 1979 | 7th |
Bjorn Borg | July 9, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | 34 |
John McEnroe (5) | March 3, 1980 | March 23, 1980 | 3 |
Bjorn Borg | March 24, 1980 | August 10, 1980 | 20th |
John McEnroe | August 11, 1980 | 17th August 1980 | 1 |
Bjorn Borg | August 18, 1980 | 5th July 1981 | 46 |
John McEnroe | July 6, 1981 | July 19, 1981 | 2 |
Bjorn Borg | July 20, 1981 | 2nd August 1981 | 2 |
John McEnroe | 3rd August 1981 | September 12, 1982 | 58 |
Jimmy Connors | September 13, 1982 | October 31, 1982 | 7th |
John McEnroe | November 1, 1982 | November 7, 1982 | 1 |
Jimmy Connors | November 8, 1982 | November 14, 1982 | 1 |
John McEnroe | November 15, 1982 | January 30, 1983 | 11 |
Jimmy Connors | January 31, 1983 | February 6, 1983 | 1 |
John McEnroe | February 7, 1983 | February 13, 1983 | 1 |
Jimmy Connors | February 14, 1983 | February 27, 1983 | 2 |
Ivan Lendl (6) | February 28, 1983 | May 15, 1983 | 11 |
Jimmy Connors | May 16, 1983 | June 5th 1983 | 3 |
John McEnroe | June 6, 1983 | June 12, 1983 | 1 |
Jimmy Connors | June 13, 1983 | 3rd July 1983 | 3 |
John McEnroe | 4th July 1983 | October 30, 1983 | 17th |
Ivan Lendl | October 31, 1983 | December 11, 1983 | 6th |
John McEnroe | December 12, 1983 | January 8, 1984 | 4th |
Ivan Lendl | January 9, 1984 | March 11, 1984 | 9 |
John McEnroe | March 12, 1984 | June 10, 1984 | 13 |
Ivan Lendl | June 11, 1984 | 17th June 1984 | 1 |
John McEnroe | June 18, 1984 | July 8, 1984 | 3 |
Ivan Lendl | July 9, 1984 | August 12, 1984 | 5 |
John McEnroe | August 13, 1984 | August 18, 1985 | 53 |
Ivan Lendl | August 19, 1985 | August 25, 1985 | 1 |
John McEnroe | August 26, 1985 | September 8, 1985 | 2 |
Ivan Lendl | September 9, 1985 | September 11, 1988 | 157 |
Mats Wilander (7) | September 12, 1988 | January 29, 1989 | 20th |
Ivan Lendl | January 30, 1989 | August 12, 1990 | 80 |
Stefan Edberg (8) | August 13, 1990 | January 27, 1991 | 24 |
Boris Becker (9) | January 28, 1991 | February 17, 1991 | 3 |
Stefan Edberg | February 18, 1991 | July 7, 1991 | 20th |
Boris Becker | July 8, 1991 | September 8, 1991 | 9 |
Stefan Edberg | September 9, 1991 | February 9, 1992 | 22nd |
Jim Courier (10) | February 10, 1992 | March 22, 1992 | 6th |
Stefan Edberg | March 23, 1992 | April 12, 1992 | 3 |
Jim Courier | April 13, 1992 | September 13, 1992 | 22nd |
Stefan Edberg | September 14, 1992 | 4th October 1992 | 3 |
Jim Courier | 5th October 1992 | April 11, 1993 | 27 |
Pete Sampras (11) | April 12, 1993 | 22nd August 1993 | 19th |
Jim Courier | 23rd August 1993 | September 12, 1993 | 3 |
Pete Sampras | September 13, 1993 | April 9, 1995 | 82 |
Andre Agassi (12) | April 10, 1995 | November 5, 1995 | 30th |
Pete Sampras | November 6, 1995 | January 28, 1996 | 12 |
Andre Agassi | January 29, 1996 | February 11, 1996 | 2 |
Thomas Muster (13) | February 12, 1996 | February 18, 1996 | 1 |
Pete Sampras | February 19, 1996 | March 10, 1996 | 3 |
Thomas Muster | March 11, 1996 | April 13, 1996 | 5 |
Pete Sampras | April 14, 1996 | March 29, 1998 | 102 |
Marcelo Rios (14) | March 30, 1998 | April 26, 1998 | 4th |
Pete Sampras | April 27, 1998 | August 9, 1998 | 15th |
Marcelo Ríos | August 10, 1998 | August 23, 1998 | 2 |
Pete Sampras | August 24, 1998 | March 14, 1999 | 29 |
Carlos Moyá (15) | March 15, 1999 | March 28, 1999 | 2 |
Pete Sampras | March 29, 1999 | May 2, 1999 | 5 |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (16) | May 3, 1999 | June 13, 1999 | 6th |
Pete Sampras | June 14, 1999 | 4th July 1999 | 3 |
Andre Agassi | July 5, 1999 | July 25, 1999 | 3 |
Patrick Rafter (17) | July 26, 1999 | August 1, 1999 | 1 |
Pete Sampras | August 2, 1999 | September 12, 1999 | 6th |
Andre Agassi | September 13, 1999 | September 10, 2000 | 52 |
Pete Sampras | September 11, 2000 | November 19, 2000 | 10 |
Marat Safin (18) | November 20, 2000 | December 3, 2000 | 2 |
Gustavo Kuerten (19) | December 4, 2000 | January 28, 2001 | 8th |
Marat Safin | January 29, 2001 | February 25, 2001 | 4th |
Gustavo Kuerten | February 26, 2001 | April 1, 2001 | 5 |
Marat Safin | April 2, 2001 | April 22, 2001 | 3 |
Gustavo Kuerten | April 23, 2001 | November 18, 2001 | 30th |
Lleyton Hewitt (20) | November 19, 2001 | April 27, 2003 | 75 |
Andre Agassi | April 28, 2003 | May 11, 2003 | 2 |
Lleyton Hewitt | May 12, 2003 | June 15, 2003 | 5 |
Andre Agassi | June 16, 2003 | September 7, 2003 | 12 |
Juan Carlos Ferrero (21) | September 8, 2003 | November 2, 2003 | 8th |
Andy Roddick (22) | November 3, 2003 | February 1, 2004 | 13 |
Roger Federer (23) | February 2, 2004 | August 17, 2008 | 237 |
Rafael Nadal (24) | August 18, 2008 | July 5, 2009 | 46 |
Roger Federer | July 6, 2009 | June 6, 2010 | 48 |
Rafael Nadal | June 7, 2010 | July 3, 2011 | 56 |
Novak Đoković (25) | 4th July 2011 | July 8, 2012 | 53 |
Roger Federer | July 9, 2012 | 4th November 2012 | 17th |
Novak Đoković | 5th November 2012 | October 6, 2013 | 48 |
Rafael Nadal | October 7, 2013 | July 6, 2014 | 39 |
Novak Đoković | 7th July 2014 | November 6, 2016 | 122 |
Andy Murray (26) | November 7, 2016 | 20th August 2017 | 41 |
Rafael Nadal | August 21, 2017 | February 18, 2018 | 26th |
Roger Federer | 19th February 2018 | April 1, 2018 | 6th |
Rafael Nadal | 2nd April 2018 | May 13, 2018 | 6th |
Roger Federer | May 14, 2018 | 20th May 2018 | 1 |
Rafael Nadal | May 21, 2018 | 17th June 2018 | 4th |
Roger Federer | June 18, 2018 | June 24, 2018 | 1 |
Rafael Nadal | June 25, 2018 | 4th November 2018 | 19th |
Novak Đoković | 5th November 2018 | 3rd November 2019 | 52 |
Rafael Nadal | 4th November 2019 | February 2, 2020 | 13 |
Novak Đoković | 3rd February 2020 | March 22, 2020 | 7th |
Ranking frozen | March 23, 2020 | 23 August 2020 | 22nd |
Novak Đoković | August 24, 2020 | current | 2 |
Status: August 31, 2020 (from March 16 to August 21, 2020 the ATP Tour is interrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
World number one at the end of the year
Note: The number in brackets behind the player name indicates the number of times the player was able to finish a season at the top of the world rankings at any given time.
year | player | year | player | year | player | year | player |
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1973 | Ilie Năstase | 1988 | Mats Wilander | 2003 | Andy Roddick | 2018 | Novak Đoković (5) |
1974 | Jimmy Connors | 1989 | Ivan Lendl (4) | 2004 | Roger Federer | 2019 | Rafael Nadal (5) |
1975 | Jimmy Connors (2) | 1990 | Stefan Edberg | 2005 | Roger Federer (2) | ||
1976 | Jimmy Connors (3) | 1991 | Stefan Edberg (2) | 2006 | Roger Federer (3) | ||
1977 | Jimmy Connors (4) | 1992 | Jim Courier | 2007 | Roger Federer (4) | ||
1978 | Jimmy Connors (5) | 1993 | Pete Sampras | 2008 | Rafael Nadal | ||
1979 | Bjorn Borg | 1994 | Pete Sampras (2) | 2009 | Roger Federer (5) | ||
1980 | Bjorn Borg (2) | 1995 | Pete Sampras (3) | 2010 | Rafael Nadal (2) | ||
1981 | John McEnroe | 1996 | Pete Sampras (4) | 2011 | Novak Đoković | ||
1982 | John McEnroe (2) | 1997 | Pete Sampras (5) | 2012 | Novak Đoković (2) | ||
1983 | John McEnroe (3) | 1998 | Pete Sampras (6) | 2013 | Rafael Nadal (3) | ||
1984 | John McEnroe (4) | 1999 | Andre Agassi | 2014 | Novak Đoković (3) | ||
1985 | Ivan Lendl | 2000 | Gustavo Kuerten | 2015 | Novak Đoković (4) | ||
1986 | Ivan Lendl (2) | 2001 | Lleyton Hewitt | 2016 | Andy Murray | ||
1987 | Ivan Lendl (3) | 2002 | Lleyton Hewitt (2) | 2017 | Rafael Nadal (4) |
Player at the top of the world rankings after weeks
Player : Indicates the name of the player. The current leader is highlighted in bold .
First time on : Indicates the date on which the player was at the top of the world rankings for the first time.
Weeks : Indicates the total number of weeks that the player was at the top of the world rankings. The position in the table is also based on this value.
Streak : The number of consecutive weeks the player has been at the top of the world rankings during their longest streak.
player | first on | Weeks | series | |
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1. | Roger Federer | February 2, 2004 | 310 | 237 |
2. | Pete Sampras | April 12, 1993 | 286 | 102 |
3. | Novak Đoković | 4th July 2011 | 284 | 122 |
4th | Ivan Lendl | February 28, 1983 | 270 | 157 |
5. | Jimmy Connors | July 29, 1974 | 268 | 160 |
6th | Rafael Nadal | August 18, 2008 | 209 | 56 |
7th | John McEnroe | March 3, 1980 | 170 | 58 |
8th. | Bjorn Borg | 23rd August 1977 | 109 | 46 |
9. | Andre Agassi | April 10, 1995 | 101 | 52 |
10. | Lleyton Hewitt | November 19, 2001 | 80 | 75 |
11. | Stefan Edberg | August 13, 1990 | 72 | 24 |
12. | Jim Courier | February 10, 1992 | 58 | 27 |
13. | Gustavo Kuerten | December 4, 2000 | 43 | 30th |
14th | Andy Murray | November 7, 2016 | 41 | 41 |
15th | Ilie Năstase | 23rd August 1973 | 40 | 40 |
16. | Mats Wilander | September 12, 1988 | 20th | 20th |
17th | Andy Roddick | November 3, 2003 | 13 | 13 |
18th | Boris Becker | January 28, 1991 | 12 | 9 |
19th | Marat Safin | November 20, 2000 | 9 | 4th |
20th | Juan Carlos Ferrero | September 8, 2003 | 8th | 8th |
20th | John Newcombe | 3rd June 1974 | 8th | 8th |
22nd | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | May 3, 1999 | 6th | 6th |
22nd | Thomas Muster | February 12, 1996 | 6th | 5 |
22nd | Marcelo Ríos | March 30, 1998 | 6th | 4th |
25th | Carlos Moyá | March 15, 1999 | 2 | 2 |
26th | Patrick Rafter | July 26, 1999 | 1 | 1 |
As of August 31, 2020
Web links
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