List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players

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Novak Djokovic, the current men's singles world No. 1

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.

The current world number one is Novak Djokovic.

Ranking method[edit]

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 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[edit]

Novak Djokovic has spent the most weeks as world No. 1, a record total 418 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] Federer is the oldest No. 1 (36 years, 10 months),[20] while Djokovic is 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 players[edit]

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.
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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.
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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).
 ATP rankings record.
No. Player Start date[29] End date Weeks Total
1  Ilie Năstase (ROM) Aug 23, 1973 Jun 2, 1974 40 40
2  John Newcombe (AUS) Jun 3, 1974 Jul 28, 1974 8 8
3  Jimmy Connors (USA) Jul 29, 1974 Aug 22, 1977 160 160
4  Björn Borg (SWE) Aug 23, 1977 Aug 29, 1977 1 1
United States Jimmy Connors (2) Aug 30, 1977 Apr 8, 1979 84 244
Sweden Björn Borg (2) Apr 9, 1979 May 20, 1979 6 7
United States Jimmy Connors (3) May 21, 1979 Jul 8, 1979 7 251
Sweden Björn Borg (3) Jul 9, 1979 Mar 2, 1980 34 41
5  John McEnroe (USA) Mar 3, 1980 Mar 23, 1980 3 3
Sweden Björn Borg (4) Mar 24, 1980 Aug 10, 1980 20 61
United States John McEnroe (2) Aug 11, 1980 Aug 17, 1980 1 4
Sweden Björn Borg (5) Aug 18, 1980 Jul 5, 1981 46 107
United States John McEnroe (3) Jul 6, 1981 Jul 19, 1981 2 6
Sweden Björn Borg (6) Jul 20, 1981 Aug 2, 1981 2 109
United States John McEnroe (4) Aug 3, 1981 Sep 12, 1982 58 64
United States Jimmy Connors (4) Sep 13, 1982 Oct 31, 1982 7 258
United States John McEnroe (5) Nov 1, 1982 Nov 7, 1982 1 65
United States Jimmy Connors (5) Nov 8, 1982 Nov 14, 1982 1 259
United States John McEnroe (6) Nov 15, 1982 Jan 30, 1983 11 76
United States Jimmy Connors (6) Jan 31, 1983 Feb 6, 1983 1 260
United States John McEnroe (7) Feb 7, 1983 Feb 13, 1983 1 77
United States Jimmy Connors (7) Feb 14, 1983 Feb 27, 1983 2 262
6  Ivan Lendl (TCH) Feb 28, 1983 May 15, 1983 11 11
United States Jimmy Connors (8) May 16, 1983 Jun 5, 1983 3 265
United States John McEnroe (8) Jun 6, 1983 Jun 12, 1983 1 78
United States Jimmy Connors (9) Jun 13, 1983 Jul 3, 1983 3 268
United States John McEnroe (9) Jul 4, 1983 Oct 30, 1983 17 95
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (2) Oct 31, 1983 Dec 11, 1983 6 17
United States John McEnroe (10) Dec 12, 1983 Jan 8, 1984 4 99
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (3) Jan 9, 1984 Mar 11, 1984 9 26
United States John McEnroe (11) Mar 12, 1984 Jun 10, 1984 13 112
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (4) Jun 11, 1984 Jun 17, 1984 1 27
United States John McEnroe (12) Jun 18, 1984 Jul 8, 1984 3 115
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (5) Jul 9, 1984 Aug 12, 1984 5 32
United States John McEnroe (13) Aug 13, 1984 Aug 18, 1985 53 168
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (6) Aug 19, 1985 Aug 25, 1985 1 33
United States John McEnroe (14) Aug 26, 1985 Sep 8, 1985 2 170
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (7) Sep 9, 1985 Sep 11, 1988 157 190
7  Mats Wilander (SWE) Sep 12, 1988 Jan 29, 1989 20 20
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (8) Jan 30, 1989 Aug 12, 1990 80 270
8  Stefan Edberg (SWE) Aug 13, 1990 Jan 27, 1991 24 24
9  Boris Becker (GER) Jan 28, 1991 Feb 17, 1991 3 3
Sweden Stefan Edberg (2) Feb 18, 1991 Jul 7, 1991 20 44
Germany Boris Becker (2) Jul 8, 1991 Sep 8, 1991 9 12
Sweden Stefan Edberg (3) Sep 9, 1991 Feb 9, 1992 22 66
10  Jim Courier (USA) Feb 10, 1992 Mar 22, 1992 6 6
Sweden Stefan Edberg (4) Mar 23, 1992 Apr 12, 1992 3 69
United States Jim Courier (2) Apr 13, 1992 Sep 13, 1992 22 28
Sweden Stefan Edberg (5) Sep 14, 1992 Oct 4, 1992 3 72
United States Jim Courier (3) Oct 5, 1992 Apr 11, 1993 27 55
11  Pete Sampras (USA) Apr 12, 1993 Aug 22, 1993 19 19
United States Jim Courier (4) Aug 23, 1993 Sep 12, 1993 3 58
United States Pete Sampras (2) Sep 13, 1993 Apr 9, 1995 82 101
12  Andre Agassi (USA) Apr 10, 1995 Nov 5, 1995 30 30
United States Pete Sampras (3) Nov 6, 1995 Jan 28, 1996 12 113
United States Andre Agassi (2) Jan 29, 1996 Feb 11, 1996 2 32
13  Thomas Muster (AUT) Feb 12, 1996 Feb 18, 1996 1 1
United States Pete Sampras (4) Feb 19, 1996 Mar 10, 1996 3 116
Austria Thomas Muster (2) Mar 11, 1996 Apr 14, 1996 5 6
United States Pete Sampras (5) Apr 15, 1996 Mar 29, 1998 102 218
14  Marcelo Ríos (CHI) Mar 30, 1998 Apr 26, 1998 4 4
United States Pete Sampras (6) Apr 27, 1998 Aug 9, 1998 15 233
Chile Marcelo Ríos (2) Aug 10, 1998 Aug 23, 1998 2 6
United States Pete Sampras (7) Aug 24, 1998 Mar 14, 1999 29 262
15  Carlos Moyá (ESP) Mar 15, 1999 Mar 28, 1999 2 2
United States Pete Sampras (8) Mar 29, 1999 May 2, 1999 5 267
16  Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) May 3, 1999 Jun 13, 1999 6 6
United States Pete Sampras (9) Jun 14, 1999 Jul 4, 1999 3 270
United States Andre Agassi (3) Jul 5, 1999 Jul 25, 1999 3 35
17  Patrick Rafter (AUS) Jul 26, 1999 Aug 1, 1999 1 1
United States Pete Sampras (10) Aug 2, 1999 Sep 12, 1999 6 276
United States Andre Agassi (4) Sep 13, 1999 Sep 10, 2000 52 87
United States Pete Sampras (11) Sep 11, 2000 Nov 19, 2000 10 286
18  Marat Safin (RUS) Nov 20, 2000 Dec 3, 2000 2 2
19  Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) Dec 4, 2000 Jan 28, 2001 8 8
Russia Marat Safin (2) Jan 29, 2001 Feb 25, 2001 4 6
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (2) Feb 26, 2001 Apr 1, 2001 5 13
Russia Marat Safin (3) Apr 2, 2001 Apr 22, 2001 3 9
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (3) Apr 23, 2001 Nov 18, 2001 30 43
20  Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) Nov 19, 2001 Apr 27, 2003 75 75
United States Andre Agassi (5) Apr 28, 2003 May 11, 2003 2 89
Australia Lleyton Hewitt (2) May 12, 2003 Jun 15, 2003 5 80
United States Andre Agassi (6) Jun 16, 2003 Sep 7, 2003 12 101
21  Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) Sep 8, 2003 Nov 2, 2003 8 8
22  Andy Roddick (USA) Nov 3, 2003 Feb 1, 2004 13 13
23    Roger Federer (SUI) Feb 2, 2004 Aug 17, 2008 237 237
24  Rafael Nadal (ESP) Aug 18, 2008 Jul 5, 2009 46 46
 Switzerland  Roger Federer (2) Jul 6, 2009 Jun 6, 2010 48 285
Spain Rafael Nadal (2) Jun 7, 2010 Jul 3, 2011 56 102
25  Novak Djokovic (SRB) Jul 4, 2011 Jul 8, 2012 53 53
 Switzerland  Roger Federer (3) Jul 9, 2012 Nov 4, 2012 17 302
Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) Nov 5, 2012 Oct 6, 2013 48 101
Spain Rafael Nadal (3) Oct 7, 2013 Jul 6, 2014 39 141
Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) Jul 7, 2014 Nov 6, 2016 122 223
26  Andy Murray (GBR) Nov 7, 2016 Aug 20, 2017 41 41
Spain Rafael Nadal (4) Aug 21, 2017 Feb 18, 2018 26 167
 Switzerland  Roger Federer (4) Feb 19, 2018 Apr 1, 2018 6 308
Spain Rafael Nadal (5) Apr 2, 2018 May 13, 2018 6 173
 Switzerland  Roger Federer (5) May 14, 2018 May 20, 2018 1 309
Spain Rafael Nadal (6) May 21, 2018 Jun 17, 2018 4 177
 Switzerland  Roger Federer (6) Jun 18, 2018 Jun 24, 2018 1 310
Spain Rafael Nadal (7) Jun 25, 2018 Nov 4, 2018 19 196
Serbia Novak Djokovic (4) Nov 5, 2018 Nov 3, 2019 52 275
Spain Rafael Nadal (8) Nov 4, 2019 Feb 2, 2020 13 209
Serbia Novak Djokovic (5) Feb 3, 2020 Mar 22, 2020 7 282
Rankings frozen
Mar 23, 2020 Aug 23, 2020 22
Serbia Novak Djokovic (5) Aug 24, 2020 Feb 27, 2022 79 361
27  Daniil Medvedev (RUS) Feb 28, 2022 Mar 20, 2022 3 3
Serbia Novak Djokovic (6) Mar 21, 2022 Jun 12, 2022 12 373
Daniil Medvedev (2) Jun 13, 2022 Sep 11, 2022 13 16
28  Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) Sep 12, 2022 Jan 29, 2023 20 20
Serbia Novak Djokovic (7) Jan 30, 2023 Mar 19, 2023 7 380
Spain Carlos Alcaraz (2) Mar 20, 2023 Apr 2, 2023 2 22
Serbia Novak Djokovic (8) Apr 3, 2023 May 21, 2023 7 387
Spain Carlos Alcaraz (3) May 22, 2023 Jun 11, 2023 3 25
Serbia Novak Djokovic (9) Jun 12, 2023 Jun 25, 2023 2 389
Spain Carlos Alcaraz (4) Jun 26, 2023 Sep 10, 2023 11 36
Serbia Novak Djokovic (10) Sep 11, 2023 present 29 418

Weeks at No. 1[edit]

  Current No. 1 player (weeks are automatically updated).

Total[edit]

Rank Player[b] Total
1  Novak Djokovic (SRB) 418
2  Roger Federer (SUI) 310
3  Pete Sampras (USA) 286
4  Ivan Lendl (TCH) 270
5  Jimmy Connors (USA) 268
6  Rafael Nadal (ESP) 209
7  John McEnroe (USA) 170
8  Björn Borg (SWE) 109
9  Andre Agassi (USA) 101
10  Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 80
11  Stefan Edberg (SWE) 72
12  Jim Courier (USA) 58
13  Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) 43
14  Andy Murray (GBR) 41
15  Ilie Năstase (ROM) 40
16  Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 36
17  Mats Wilander (SWE) 20
18  Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 16
19  Andy Roddick (USA) 13
20  Boris Becker (GER) 12
21  Marat Safin (RUS) 9
22  John Newcombe (AUS) 8
 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
24  Thomas Muster (AUT) 6
 Marcelo Ríos (CHI)
 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)
27  Carlos Moyá (ESP) 2
28  Patrick Rafter (AUS) 1
Active players in bold.

Consecutive[edit]

Cons. Player[30]
237  Switzerland  Roger Federer
160 United States Jimmy Connors
157 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
122 Serbia Novak Djokovic
102 United States Pete Sampras
86 Serbia Novak Djokovic (2)[b]
84 United States Jimmy Connors (2)
82 United States Pete Sampras (2)
80 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (2)
75 Australia Lleyton Hewitt
58 United States John McEnroe
56 Spain Rafael Nadal
53 United States John McEnroe (2)
Serbia Novak Djokovic (3)
52 United States Andre Agassi
Serbia Novak Djokovic (4)
minimum 50 weeks

Weeks as No. 1 leaders timeline[edit]

Year span Leader Date achieved Duration Record
1973–1975 Romania Ilie Năstase August 23, 1973 1 year, 8 months 40
1975–1990 United States Jimmy Connors May 5, 1975 15 years, 2 months 268
1990–1999 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl July 30, 1990 9 years 270
1999–2012 United States Pete Sampras August 2, 1999[31] 12 years, 11 months 286
2012–2021  Switzerland  Roger Federer July 16, 2012[32] 8 years, 7 months 310
2021–present Serbia Novak Djokovic March 8, 2021[33] 3 years 418

Current record in bold.

No. 1 leaders timeline[edit]

Ilie NăstaseJimmy ConnorsIvan LendlPete SamprasRoger FedererNovak Djokovic

Year-end No. 1 players[edit]

Novak Djokovic serving the ball
Novak Djokovic holds an all-time record of eight year-end No. 1 finishes.
A tennis player holds a racket in his hand and prepares to serve
Pete Sampras finished six consecutive seasons as year-end No. 1 in the 1990s.
John McEnroe playing tennis
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  Ilie Năstase (ROM) [34]
1974  Jimmy Connors (USA) [35][36]
1975* United States Jimmy Connors (2) [35][36]
1976* United States Jimmy Connors (3) [35][36]
1977 United States Jimmy Connors (4) [37]
1978* United States Jimmy Connors (5) [37]
1979  Björn Borg (SWE) [37]
1980 Sweden Björn Borg (2) [37]
1981  John McEnroe (USA) [37][38]
1982 United States John McEnroe (2) [37][38]
1983 United States John McEnroe (3) [37][38]
1984 United States John McEnroe (4) [37][38]
1985  Ivan Lendl (TCH) [37][39]
1986* Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (2) [39]
1987* Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (3) [39]
1988  Mats Wilander (SWE) [38]
1989 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (4) [38]
1990  Stefan Edberg (SWE) [40]
1991 Sweden Stefan Edberg (2) [40][41]
1992  Jim Courier (USA) [42]
1993  Pete Sampras (USA) [43]
1994* United States Pete Sampras (2) [44]
1995 United States Pete Sampras (3) [43]
1996 United States Pete Sampras (4) [43]
1997* United States Pete Sampras (5) [44]
1998 United States Pete Sampras (6) [43]
1999  Andre Agassi (USA) [45]
2000  Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) [41][46]
2001  Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) [47]
2002* Australia Lleyton Hewitt (2) [48]
2003  Andy Roddick (USA) [49]
2004    Roger Federer (SUI) [50]
2005*  Switzerland  Roger Federer (2) [51]
2006*  Switzerland  Roger Federer (3) [52]
2007*  Switzerland  Roger Federer (4) [53][54]
2008  Rafael Nadal (ESP) [55]
2009  Switzerland  Roger Federer (5) [56]
2010 Spain Rafael Nadal (2) [57][58]
2011  Novak Djokovic (SRB) [59]
2012 Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) [60]
2013 Spain Rafael Nadal (3) [61]
2014 Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) [62]
2015* Serbia Novak Djokovic (4) [63][64]
2016  Andy Murray (GBR) [65]
2017 Spain Rafael Nadal (4) [66]
2018 Serbia Novak Djokovic (5) [67]
2019 Spain Rafael Nadal (5) [68]
2020 Serbia Novak Djokovic (6)[b] [69]
2021* Serbia Novak Djokovic (7) [70][15]
2022  Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [19]
2023 Serbia Novak Djokovic (8) [71]
2024

Per player[edit]

No. Total
8 Serbia Novak Djokovic
6 United States Pete Sampras
5 United States Jimmy Connors
 Switzerland  Roger Federer
Spain Rafael Nadal
4 United States John McEnroe
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
2 Sweden Björn Borg
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
1 Romania Ilie Năstase
Sweden Mats Wilander
United States Jim Courier
United States Andre Agassi
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
United States Andy Roddick
United Kingdom Andy Murray
Spain Carlos Alcaraz
No. Consecutive
6 United States Pete Sampras
5 United States Jimmy Connors
4 United States John McEnroe
 Switzerland  Roger Federer
3 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
2 Sweden Björn Borg
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Serbia Novak Djokovic (x3)

Players who became No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament[edit]

Player First ranked No. 1 First Grand Slam final First Grand Slam title Ref.
Czech Republic Ivan Lendl February 28, 1983 1981 French Open (1st of 19) 1984 French Open (1st of 8) [72]
Chile Marcelo Ríos 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  Switzerland  Roger Federer Feb 2, 2004 22 years, 178 days Jun 24, 2018 36 years, 320 days
12 years, 267 days Serbia Novak Djokovic Jul 4, 2011 24 years, 43 days March 27, 2024 36 years, 310 days
11 years, 168 days Spain Rafael Nadal Aug 18, 2008 22 years, 76 days Feb 2, 2020 33 years, 244 days
8 years, 339 days United States Jimmy Connors Jul 29, 1974 21 years, 330 days Jul 3, 1983 30 years, 304 days
8 years, 150 days United States Andre Agassi Apr 10, 1995 24 years, 346 days Sep 7, 2003 33 years, 100 days
7 years, 221 days United States Pete Sampras Apr 12, 1993 21 years, 243 days Nov 19, 2000 29 years, 99 days
7 years, 165 days Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl Feb 28, 1983 22 years, 358 days Aug 12, 1990 30 years, 158 days
5 years, 189 days United States John McEnroe Mar 3, 1980 21 years, 16 days Sep 8, 1985 26 years, 204 days
3 years, 344 days Sweden Björn Borg Aug 23, 1977 21 years, 78 days Aug 2, 1981 25 years, 57 days
2 years, 52 days Sweden Stefan Edberg Aug 13, 1990 24 years, 206 days Oct 4, 1992 26 years, 259 days
1 year, 214 days United States Jim Courier Feb 10, 1992 21 years, 177 days Sep 12, 1993 22 years, 360 days
1 year, 208 days Australia Lleyton Hewitt Nov 19, 2001 20 years, 268 days Jun 15, 2003 22 years, 111 days
363 days Spain Carlos Alcaraz Sep 12, 2022 19 years, 129 days Sep 10, 2023 20 years, 128 days
349 days Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Dec 4, 2000 24 years, 85 days Nov 18, 2001 25 years, 69 days
286 days United Kingdom Andy Murray Nov 7, 2016 29 years, 176 days Aug 20, 2017 30 years, 97 days
283 days Romania Ilie Năstase Aug 23, 1973 27 years, 35 days Jun 2, 1974 27 years, 318 days
223 days Germany Boris Becker Jan 28, 1991 23 years, 67 days Sep 8, 1991 23 years, 290 days
195 days Russia Daniil Medvedev Feb 28, 2022 26 years, 17 days Sep 11, 2022 26 years, 212 days
153 days Russia Marat Safin Nov 20, 2000 20 years, 298 days Apr 22, 2001 21 years, 85 days
146 days Chile Marcelo Ríos Mar 30, 1998 22 years, 94 days Aug 23, 1998 22 years, 240 days
139 days Sweden Mats Wilander Sep 12, 1988 24 years, 21 days Jan 29, 1989 24 years, 160 days
90 days United States Andy Roddick Nov 3, 2003 21 years, 65 days Feb 1, 2004 21 years, 155 days
62 days Austria Thomas Muster Feb 12, 1996 28 years, 133 days Apr 14, 1996 28 years, 195 days
55 days Australia John Newcombe Jun 3, 1974 30 years, 11 days Jul 28, 1974 30 years, 66 days
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero Sep 8, 2003 23 years, 177 days Nov 2, 2003 23 years, 263 days
41 days Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov May 3, 1999 25 years, 74 days Jun 13, 1999 25 years, 115 days
13 days Spain Carlos Moyá Mar 15, 1999 22 years, 200 days Mar 28, 1999 22 years, 213 days
6 days Australia Patrick Rafter Jul 26, 1999 26 years, 210 days Aug 1, 1999 26 years, 216 days

Weeks at No. 1 by decade[edit]

  • Current No. 1 player indicated in italic.

No. 1 players by country[edit]

  • Current No. 1 player indicated in bold.
No. Country Total Players
Players Weeks
1  United States 6 896 Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Jim Courier, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick
2  Serbia 1 418 Novak Djokovic
3  Switzerland 1 310 Roger Federer
4  Czechoslovakia 1 270 Ivan Lendl
5  Spain 4 255 Carlos Moyá, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz
6  Sweden 3 201 Björn Borg, Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg
7  Australia 3 89 John Newcombe, Patrick Rafter, Lleyton Hewitt
8  Brazil 1 43 Gustavo Kuerten
9  United Kingdom 1 41 Andy Murray
10  Romania 1 40 Ilie Năstase
11  Russia[c] 3 16 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Marat Safin, Daniil Medvedev
12  Germany 1 12 Boris Becker
13  Austria 1 6 Thomas Muster
 Chile 1 Marcelo Ríos

Weeks are updated automatically.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The ATP ranking was frozen due to coronavirus pandemic from 23 March to 23 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d The ATP rankings were frozen from March 23 to August 23, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic; thus, 22 weeks were not counted.
  3. ^ 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]

References[edit]

General

  • "ATP Rankings – Singles". atptour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  • "ATP Rankings – No. 1s (Singles)". atptour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved April 3, 2021.

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