ATP Rankings

The ATP Rankings are the merit-based method used by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for determining the qualification for entry as well as the seeding of players in all singles and doubles tournaments.^[1] The first rankings for singles were published on 23 August 1973 while the doubles players were ranked for the first time on 1 March 1976. Ranking points are awarded according to the stage of tournament reached, and the prestige of the tournament, with the four Grand Slam tournaments awarding the most points. The rankings are updated every Monday, and points are dropped 52 weeks after being awarded (with the exception of the ATP Finals, from which points are dropped on the Monday following the last ATP Tour event of the following year). Novak Djokovic is the current world No. 1.

History[]

The ATP began as the men's trade union in 1972, through the combined efforts of Jack Kramer, Cliff Drysdale, and Donald Dell, and rose to prominence when 81 of its members boycotted the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.^[2] Just two months later, in August, the ATP introduced its ranking system intended to objectify tournament entry criteria, which up to that point was controlled by national federations and tournament directors.^[3]

The ATP's new ranking system was quickly adopted by men's tennis.^[4] While virtually all ATP members were in favor of objectifying event participation, the system's first No. 1, Ilie Năstase, lamented that "everyone had a number hanging over them," fostering a more competitive and less collegial atmosphere among the players.^[5]

The original ATP ranking criteria, which was then regularly published weekly only from mid-1979 and persisted through the 1980s, was based on averaging each player's results, though the details were revised a number of times.^[3][4] Starting in 1990, in conjunction with the expansion of ATP purview as the new men's tour operator, the ranking criteria was replaced with a 'best of' system modeled after competitive downhill skiing.^[4] This 'best of' system originally used 14 events but expanded to 18 in 2000.^[4]

Overview[]

A player's ATP Ranking is based on the total points he accrued in the following 19 tournaments (18 if he did not qualify for the ATP Finals):

• The four Grand Slam tournaments
• The eight mandatory ATP Tour Masters 1000 tournaments,^[a]
• The previous ATP Finals count until the Monday following the final regular-season ATP event of the following year.^[6]
• The best six results from the non-mandatory ATP Tour 1000, all ATP Tour 500, ATP Tour 250, ATP Challenger Tour, Futures Series and Davis Cup tournaments played in the calendar year^[b]

For a better result within the same tour type to be transposed one has to wait for the expiry of the first worse result from previous year. It only expires at the drop date of that tournament and only if the player reached a worse result or has not entered the current year.

Ranking points gained in a tournament are dropped 52 weeks later, with the exception of the ATP Finals, from which points are dropped on the Monday following the last ATP Tour event of the following year.^[1]

The Monte-Carlo Masters 1000 became optional in 2009, but if a player chooses to participate in it, its result is counted and his fourth-best result in an ATP 500 event is ignored (his three best ATP 500 results remain). From 2009 until 2015, if a player did not play enough ATP 500 events and did not have an ATP 250 or Challenger appearance with a better result, the Davis Cup was counted in the 500's table.^[7] The World Team Cup was also included before its cancellation in 2012.

For the Davis Cup, from 2009 until 2015, points were distributed for the World Group countries. Instead of having an exact drop date they were gradually updated at each phase of the competition, comparing the player's results with his results from the previous year. E.g. if a player played two matches in a semifinal but plays one the next year only that one missing match will be extracted from his points).^[7]

A player who is out of competition for 30 or more days, due to a verified injury, will not receive any penalty. The ATP Finals will count as an additional 19th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end.^[8]

For every Grand Slam tournament or mandatory ATP Tour Masters 1000 tournament for which a player is not in the main draw, and was not (and, in the case of a Grand Slam tournament, would not have been, had he and all other players entered) a main draw direct acceptance on the original acceptance list, and never became a main draw direct acceptance, the number of his results from all other eligible tournaments in the ranking period that count for his ranking is increased by one.^[1]

Once a player is accepted in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament or ATP Tour Masters 1000 tournament,^[c] his result in this tournament counts for his ranking, regardless of whether he participates. A player's withdrawal from an ATP Tour 500 event, regardless of whether the withdrawal was on time, results in a zero point included as one of his best of four results. Further non-consecutive withdrawals results in a zero point allocation replacing the next best positive result for each additional withdrawal.^[1]

Players with multiple consecutive withdrawals who are out of competition for 30 days or longer because of injury are not subject to a ranking penalty as long as verified and approved medical forms are provided; or, a player will not have the ranking penalty imposed if he completes the Promotional Activities requirement as specified under "Repeal of Withdrawal Fines and/or Penalties" or if the on-site withdrawal procedures apply. Players may also appeal withdrawal penalties to a Tribunal who will determine whether the penalties are affirmed or set aside.^[1]

Between 2000 and 2012, ranking points were awarded based on results in the Summer Olympics. This was changed before the 2016 Olympics where no ranking points were awarded.^[9]

With these rules, a player playing and winning the mandatory 4 Grand Slams and 8 ATP Masters 1000 events, a further 5 ATP 500 events and the Monte-Carlo Masters 1000 can amass a total of 19,500 points before the ATP Finals and end the calendar year with a maximum of 21,000 points. As of 2021, the maximum points achieved by any player is 16,950 by Novak Djokovic, on June 6, 2016.^[10]

Ranking method[]

Since the introduction of the ATP rankings the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times.^[11][12]

Points distribution (2009–present)[]

Points are awarded as follows:^{[13] [14]}

Tournament category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q
Grand Slam	2000	1200	720	360	180	90	45	10	25
ATP Finals	+1100 (1500 max)	+600 (1000 max)	(200 for each round robin match win) (600 max)
Masters 1000	1000	600	360	180	90	45	10 (25)	(10)	25 (12)
500 Series	500	300	180	90	45	(20)			20 (10)
250 Series	250	150	90	45	20	(5)			12 (5)
Challenger 125	125	75	45	25	10	5			1
Challenger 110	110	65	40	20	9	5			1
Challenger 100	100	60	35	18	8	5			1
Challenger 90	90	55	33	17	8	5			1
Challenger 80	80	48	29	15	7	3			1
Challenger 50	50	30	15	7	4				1
Futures $25,000 +H / $25,000	20	12	6	3	1
Futures $15,000 +H / $15,000	10	6	4	2	1

• (ATP 1000 series) Qualifying points changes to 12 points only if the main draw is larger than 56.
• (ATP 500 series) Qualifying points changes to 10 points only if the main draw is larger than 32
• (ATP 250 series) Qualifying points changes to 5 points only if the main draw is larger than 32
• Players who draw a bye in the first round in the ATP 1000 series and lose their first match in the second round are considered to have lost their first round and receive the points equivalent to first round loss. Similarly, loss in the second round of the ATP 500 series and the ATP 250 series after drawing bye in first round will result in 0 points being awarded.^[15]

In addition qualifiers and main draw entry players will then also receive the points in brackets for the rounds they reached.^[16]

Starting in 2016, points were no longer awarded for Davis Cup ties,^[17] nor for the tennis tournament at the Summer Olympics.^[18]

ATP singles ranking[]

ATP Rankings (Singles) as of 30 August 2021[19]
No.	Player	Points	Move†
1	Novak Djokovic (SRB)	11,113
2	Daniil Medvedev (RUS)	9,980
3	Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)	8,350
4	Alexander Zverev (GER)	8,240
5	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	7,815
6	Dominic Thiem (AUT)	6,995
7	Andrey Rublev (RUS)	6,400
8	Matteo Berrettini (ITA)	5,533
9	Roger Federer (SUI)	4,125
10	Denis Shapovalov (CAN)	3,580
11	Casper Ruud (NOR)	3,455
12	Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP)	3,325
13	Hubert Hurkacz (POL)	3,128
14	Diego Schwartzman (ARG)	2,980
15	Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)	2,828
16	Jannik Sinner (ITA)	2,750
17	Alex de Minaur (AUS)	2,555
18	Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)	2,511
19	Cristian Garín (CHI)	2,510
20	Gaël Monfils (FRA)	2,503

^†Change since previous week's rankings

World No. 1 ranked players[]

No.	Player	First reached	Weeks
1	Ilie Năstase (ROM)	Aug 23, 1973	40
2	John Newcombe (AUS)	Jun 3, 1974	8
3	Jimmy Connors (USA)	Jul 29, 1974	268
4	Björn Borg (SWE)	Aug 23, 1977	109
5	John McEnroe (USA)	Mar 3, 1980	170
6	Ivan Lendl (TCH)	Feb 28, 1983	270
7	Mats Wilander (SWE)	Sep 12, 1988	20
8	Stefan Edberg (SWE)	Aug 13, 1990	72
9	Boris Becker (GER)	Jan 28, 1991	12
10	Jim Courier (USA)	Feb 10, 1992	58
11	Pete Sampras (USA)	Apr 12, 1993	286
12	Andre Agassi (USA)	Apr 10, 1995	101
13	Thomas Muster (AUT)	Feb 12, 1996	6
14	Marcelo Ríos (CHI)	Mar 30, 1998	6
15	Carlos Moyá (ESP)	Mar 15, 1999	2
16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)	May 3, 1999	6
17	Patrick Rafter (AUS)	Jul 26, 1999	1
18	Marat Safin (RUS)	Nov 20, 2000	9
19	Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)	Dec 4, 2000	43
20	Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)	Nov 19, 2001	80
21	Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)	Sep 8, 2003	8
22	Andy Roddick (USA)	Nov 3, 2003	13
23	Roger Federer (SUI)	Feb 2, 2004	310
24	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	Aug 18, 2008	209
25	Novak Djokovic (SRB)	Jul 4, 2011	337
26	Andy Murray (GBR)	Nov 7, 2016	41

• Active players and records in bold

Year-end No. 1 ranked players[]

• Rankings points record in bold

Year	Player	Points
1973	Ilie Năstase (1)	N/A
1974	Jimmy Connors
1975	Jimmy Connors
1976	Jimmy Connors
1977	Jimmy Connors
1978	Jimmy Connors (5)
1979	Björn Borg
1980	Björn Borg (2)
1981	John McEnroe
1982	John McEnroe
1983	John McEnroe
1984	John McEnroe (4)
1985	Ivan Lendl
1986	Ivan Lendl
1987	Ivan Lendl
1988	Mats Wilander (1)
1989	Ivan Lendl (4)
1990	Stefan Edberg	3,889
1991	Stefan Edberg (2)	3,515
1992	Jim Courier (1)	3,599
1993	Pete Sampras	4,128
1994	Pete Sampras	5,097
1995	Pete Sampras	4,842
1996	Pete Sampras	3,760
1997	Pete Sampras	3,666
1998	Pete Sampras (6)	3,131
1999	Andre Agassi (1)	4,059

Year	Player	Points
2000	Gustavo Kuerten (1)	4,195
2001	Lleyton Hewitt	4,365
2002	Lleyton Hewitt (2)	4,485
2003	Andy Roddick (1)	4,535
2004	Roger Federer	6,335
2005	Roger Federer	6,725
2006	Roger Federer	8,370
2007	Roger Federer	7,180
2008	Rafael Nadal	6,675
2009	Roger Federer (5)	10,550[a]
2010	Rafael Nadal	12,450
2011	Novak Djokovic	13,630
2012	Novak Djokovic	12,920
2013	Rafael Nadal	13,030
2014	Novak Djokovic	11,360
2015	Novak Djokovic	16,585
2016	Andy Murray (1)	12,685
2017	Rafael Nadal	10,645
2018	Novak Djokovic	9,045
2019	Rafael Nadal (5)	9,985
2020	Novak Djokovic (6)	12,030

^a In 2009, a new point system was introduced where points were roughly doubled.

Year-end Top 10[]

★ indicates player's highest year-end ranking

Year	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	No. 7	No. 8	No. 9	No. 10
1973	I. Năstase★	J. Newcombe★	J. Connors	T. Okker★	S. Smith★	K. Rosewall★	M. Orantes	R. Laver	J. Kodeš★	A. Ashe
1974	J. Connors★	J. Newcombe	B. Borg	R. Laver★	G. Vilas	T. Okker	A. Ashe	K. Rosewall	S. Smith	I. Năstase
1975	J. Connors	G. Vilas★	B. Borg	A. Ashe★	M. Orantes	K. Rosewall	I. Năstase	J. Alexander★	R. Tanner	R. Laver
1976	J. Connors	B. Borg	I. Năstase	M. Orantes★	R. Ramírez★	G. Vilas	A. Panatta★	H. Solomon	E. Dibbs	B. Gottfried
1977	J. Connors	G. Vilas	B. Borg	V. Gerulaitis★	B. Gottfried★	E. Dibbs★	M. Orantes	R. Ramírez	I. Năstase	D. Stockton★
1978	J. Connors	B. Borg	G. Vilas	J. McEnroe	V. Gerulaitis	E. Dibbs	B. Gottfried	R. Ramírez	H. Solomon	C. Barazzutti★
1979	B. Borg★	J. Connors	J. McEnroe	V. Gerulaitis	R. Tanner★	G. Vilas	A. Ashe	H. Solomon	J. Higueras	E. Dibbs
1980	B. Borg	J. McEnroe	J. Connors	G. Mayer★	G. Vilas	I. Lendl	H. Solomon★	JL. Clerc	V. Gerulaitis	E. Teltscher
1981	J. McEnroe★	I. Lendl	J. Connors	B. Borg	JL. Clerc★	G. Vilas	G. Mayer	E. Teltscher★	V. Gerulaitis	P. McNamara★
1982	J. McEnroe	J. Connors	I. Lendl	G. Vilas	V. Gerulaitis	JL. Clerc	M. Wilander	G. Mayer	Y. Noah	P. McNamara
1983	J. McEnroe	I. Lendl	J. Connors	M. Wilander	Y. Noah	J. Arias★	J. Higueras★	JL. Clerc	K. Curren★	G. Mayer★
1984	J. McEnroe	J. Connors	I. Lendl	M. Wilander	A. Gómez★	A. Järryd★	H. Sundström★	P. Cash	E. Teltscher	Y. Noah
1985	I. Lendl★	J. McEnroe	M. Wilander	J. Connors	S. Edberg	B. Becker	Y. Noah	A. Järryd	M. Mečíř	K. Curren[d]
1986	I. Lendl	B. Becker★	M. Wilander	Y. Noah★	S. Edberg	H. Leconte★	J. Nyström★	J. Connors	M. Mečíř	A. Gómez
1987	I. Lendl	S. Edberg	M. Wilander	J. Connors	B. Becker	M. Mečíř★	P. Cash★	Y. Noah	T. Mayotte★	J. McEnroe
1988	M. Wilander★	I. Lendl	A. Agassi	B. Becker	S. Edberg	K. Carlsson★	J. Connors	J. Hlasek★	H. Leconte	T. Mayotte
1989	I. Lendl	B. Becker	S. Edberg	J. McEnroe	M. Chang	B. Gilbert★	A. Agassi	A. Krickstein★	A. Mancini★	J. Berger★
1990	S. Edberg★	B. Becker	I. Lendl	A. Agassi	P. Sampras	A. Gómez	T. Muster	E. Sánchez★	G. Ivanišević	B. Gilbert
1991	S. Edberg	J. Courier	B. Becker	M. Stich	I. Lendl	P. Sampras	G. Forget★	K. Nováček★	P. Korda	A. Agassi
1992	J. Courier★	S. Edberg	P. Sampras	G. Ivanišević★	B. Becker	M. Chang	P. Korda★	I. Lendl[e]	A. Agassi	R. Krajicek
1993	P. Sampras★	M. Stich★	J. Courier	S. Bruguera★	S. Edberg	A. Medvedev★	G. Ivanišević	M. Chang	T. Muster	C. Pioline★
1994	P. Sampras	A. Agassi	B. Becker	S. Bruguera	G. Ivanišević	M. Chang	S. Edberg	A. Berasategui★	M. Stich	T. Martin
1995	P. Sampras	A. Agassi	T. Muster★	B. Becker	M. Chang	Y. Kafelnikov	T. Enqvist	J. Courier	W. Ferreira★	G. Ivanišević
1996	P. Sampras	M. Chang★	Y. Kafelnikov	G. Ivanišević	T. Muster	B. Becker	R. Krajicek★	A. Agassi	T. Enqvist	W. Ferreira
1997	P. Sampras	P. Rafter★	M. Chang	J. Björkman★	Y. Kafelnikov	G. Rusedski★	C. Moya	S. Bruguera	T. Muster	M. Ríos
1998	P. Sampras	M. Ríos★	A. Corretja★	P. Rafter	C. Moya★	A. Agassi	T. Henman	K. Kučera★	G. Rusedski	R. Krajicek
1999	A. Agassi★	Y. Kafelnikov★	P. Sampras	T. Enqvist★	G. Kuerten	N. Kiefer★	T. Martin★	N. Lapentti★	M. Ríos	R. Krajicek
2000	G. Kuerten★	M. Safin★	P. Sampras	M. Norman★	Y. Kafelnikov	A. Agassi	L. Hewitt	A. Corretja	T. Enqvist	T. Henman
2001	L. Hewitt★	G. Kuerten	A. Agassi	Y. Kafelnikov	JC. Ferrero	S. Grosjean★	P. Rafter	T. Haas★	T. Henman	P. Sampras
2002	L. Hewitt	A. Agassi	M. Safin	JC. Ferrero	C. Moya	R. Federer	J. Novák★	T. Henman	A. Costa★	A. Roddick
2003	A. Roddick★	R. Federer	JC. Ferrero★	A. Agassi	G. Coria★	R. Schüttler★	C. Moyá	D. Nalbandian	M. Philippoussis★	S. Grosjean
2004	R. Federer★	A. Roddick	L. Hewitt	M. Safin	C. Moyá	T. Henman★	G. Coria	A. Agassi	D. Nalbandian	G. Gaudio★
2005	R. Federer	R. Nadal	A. Roddick	L. Hewitt	N. Davydenko	D. Nalbandian★	A. Agassi	G. Coria	I. Ljubičić	G. Gaudio
2006	R. Federer	R. Nadal	N. Davydenko★	J. Blake★	I. Ljubicic★	A. Roddick	T. Robredo★	D. Nalbandian	M. Ančić★	F. González
2007	R. Federer	R. Nadal	N. Djokovic	N. Davydenko	D. Ferrer	A. Roddick	F. González★	R. Gasquet★	D. Nalbandian	T. Robredo
2008	R. Nadal★	R. Federer	N. Djokovic	A. Murray	N. Davydenko	JW. Tsonga★	G. Simon★	A. Roddick	JM. del Potro	J. Blake
2009	R. Federer	R. Nadal	N. Djokovic	A. Murray	JM. del Potro★	N. Davydenko	A. Roddick	R. Söderling	F. Verdasco★	JW. Tsonga
2010	R. Nadal	R. Federer	N. Djokovic	A. Murray	R. Söderling★	T. Berdych★	D. Ferrer	A. Roddick	F. Verdasco	M. Youzhny★
2011	N. Djokovic★	R. Nadal	R. Federer	A. Murray	D. Ferrer	JW. Tsonga	T. Berdych	M. Fish★	J. Tipsarević★	N. Almagro★
2012	N. Djokovic	R. Federer	A. Murray	R. Nadal	D. Ferrer	T. Berdych	JM. del Potro	JW. Tsonga	J. Tipsarević	R. Gasquet
2013	R. Nadal	N. Djokovic	D. Ferrer★	A. Murray	JM. del Potro	R. Federer	T. Berdych	S. Wawrinka	R. Gasquet	JW. Tsonga
2014	N. Djokovic	R. Federer	R. Nadal	S. Wawrinka★	K. Nishikori★	A. Murray	T. Berdych	M. Raonic	M. Čilić	D. Ferrer
2015	N. Djokovic	A. Murray	R. Federer	S. Wawrinka	R. Nadal	T. Berdych	D. Ferrer	K. Nishikori	R. Gasquet	JW. Tsonga
2016	A. Murray★	N. Djokovic	M. Raonic★	S. Wawrinka	K. Nishikori	M. Čilić★	G. Monfils★	D. Thiem	R. Nadal	T. Berdych
2017	R. Nadal	R. Federer	G. Dimitrov★	A. Zverev★	D. Thiem	M. Čilić	D. Goffin★	J. Sock★	S. Wawrinka	P. Carreño Busta★
2018	N. Djokovic	R. Nadal	R. Federer	A. Zverev	JM. del Potro	K. Anderson★	M. Čilić	D. Thiem	K. Nishikori	J. Isner★
2019	R. Nadal	N. Djokovic	R. Federer	D. Thiem	D. Medvedev	S. Tsitsipas★	A. Zverev	M. Berrettini★	R. Bautista Agut★	G. Monfils
2020	N. Djokovic	R. Nadal	D. Thiem★	D. Medvedev★	R. Federer	S. Tsitsipas	A. Zverev	A. Rublev★	D. Schwartzman★	M. Berrettini

Note: Not all year-end rankings listed were taken from the 31st of December. Due to the Australian Open's date in the 1970's through to the mid 1980's, the year-end ranking in 1974, 1978-1984 were recorded from varying dates.^[20]

Players with highest career rank 2–5[]

The following is a list of players who were ranked world No. 5 or higher but not No. 1 since the 1973 introduction of the ATP rankings (active player in bold).^[21]

World No. 2
Player	Date reached
Manuel Orantes	Aug 23, 1973
Ken Rosewall	Apr 30, 1975
Guillermo Vilas
Arthur Ashe	May 10, 1976
Michael Stich	Nov 22, 1993
Goran Ivanišević	Jul 4, 1994
Michael Chang	Sep 9, 1996
Petr Korda	Feb 2, 1998
Àlex Corretja	Feb 1, 1999
Magnus Norman	Jun 12, 2000
Tommy Haas	May 13, 2002
Daniil Medvedev	Mar 15, 2021

World No. 3
Player	Date reached
Stan Smith	Aug 23, 1973
Tom Okker	Mar 2, 1974
Rod Laver	Aug 9, 1974
Brian Gottfried	Jun 19, 1977
Vitas Gerulaitis	Feb 27, 1978
Yannick Noah	Jul 7, 1986
Sergi Bruguera	Aug 1, 1994
Guillermo Coria	May 3, 2004
David Nalbandian	Mar 20, 2006
Ivan Ljubičić	May 1, 2006
Nikolay Davydenko	Nov 6, 2006
David Ferrer	Jul 8, 2013
Stan Wawrinka	Jan 27, 2014
Milos Raonic	Nov 21, 2016
Alexander Zverev	Nov 6, 2017
Grigor Dimitrov	Nov 20, 2017
Marin Čilić	Jan 29, 2018
Juan Martín del Potro	Aug 13, 2018
Dominic Thiem	Mar 2, 2020
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Aug 9, 2021

World No. 4
Player	Date reached
Adriano Panatta	Aug 24, 1976
Raúl Ramírez	Nov 7, 1976
Roscoe Tanner	Jul 30, 1979
Gene Mayer	Oct 6, 1980
José Luis Clerc	Aug 3, 1981
Miloslav Mečíř	Feb 22, 1988
Pat Cash	May 9, 1988
Brad Gilbert	Jan 1, 1990
Andrés Gómez	Jun 11, 1990
Guy Forget	Mar 25, 1991
Andrei Medvedev	May 16, 1994
Greg Rusedski	Oct 6, 1997
Jonas Björkman	Nov 3, 1997
Richard Krajicek	Mar 29, 1999
Todd Martin	Sep 13, 1999
Thomas Enqvist	Nov 15, 1999
Nicolas Kiefer	Jan 10, 2000
Tim Henman	Jul 8, 2002
Sébastien Grosjean	Oct 28, 2002
James Blake	Nov 20, 2006
Robin Söderling	Nov 15, 2010
Kei Nishikori	Mar 2, 2015
Tomáš Berdych	May 18, 2015

World No. 5
Player	Date reached
Jan Kodeš	Sep 13, 1973
Eddie Dibbs	Jul 24, 1978
Harold Solomon	May 5, 1980
Jimmy Arias	Apr 9, 1984
Anders Järryd	Jul 22, 1985
Kevin Curren
Henri Leconte	Sep 22, 1986
Cédric Pioline	May 8, 2000
Jiří Novák	Oct 21, 2002
Rainer Schüttler	Apr 26, 2004
Gastón Gaudio	Apr 25, 2005
Tommy Robredo	Aug 28, 2006
Fernando González	Jan 29, 2007
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Feb 27, 2012
Kevin Anderson	Jul 16, 2018

Players with highest career rank 6–10[]

The following is a list of players who were ranked world No. 6 to No. 10 since the 1973 introduction of the ATP rankings (active player in bold).^[21]

World No. 6
Player	Date reached
Eliot Teltscher	Jun 7, 1982
José Higueras	Jun 13, 1983
Henrik Sundström	Oct 8, 1984
Kent Carlsson	Sep 19, 1988
Aaron Krickstein	Feb 26, 1990
Wayne Ferreira	May 8, 1995
Karol Kučera	Sep 14, 1998
Nicolás Lapentti	Apr 17, 2000
Albert Costa	Jul 22, 2002
Gilles Simon	Jan 5, 2009
Gaël Monfils	Nov 7, 2016

World No. 7
Player	Date reached
Corrado Barazzutti	Aug 21, 1978
Brian Teacher	Oct 5, 1981
Sandy Mayer	Apr 26, 1982
Peter McNamara	Mar 14, 1983
Johan Kriek	Sep 10, 1984
Juan Aguilera	Sep 17, 1984
Joakim Nyström	Mar 31, 1986
Tim Mayotte	Oct 31, 1988
Jakob Hlasek	Apr 17, 1989
Jay Berger	Apr 16, 1990
Emilio Sánchez	Apr 30, 1990
Alberto Berasategui	Nov 14, 1994
Thomas Johansson	Jun 10, 2002
Mario Ančić	Jul 10, 2006
Richard Gasquet	Jul 9, 2007
Fernando Verdasco	Apr 20, 2009
Mardy Fish	Aug 15, 2011
David Goffin	Nov 20, 2017
Andrey Rublev	Apr 19, 2021

World No. 8
Player	Date reached
Tony Roche	Nov 16, 1975
John Alexander	Dec 15, 1975
Dick Stockton	Oct 31, 1977
Peter Fleming	Jul 7, 1980
Alberto Mancini	Oct 9, 1989
Karel Nováček	Nov 18, 1991
Mark Philippoussis	Apr 19, 1999
Guillermo Cañas	Jun 6, 2005
Radek Štěpánek	Jul 10, 2006
Marcos Baghdatis	Aug 21, 2006
Mikhail Youzhny	Jan 28, 2008
Jürgen Melzer	Apr 18, 2011
Janko Tipsarević	Apr 2, 2012
Jack Sock	Nov 20, 2017
John Isner	Jul 16, 2018
Karen Khachanov	Jul 15, 2019
Matteo Berrettini	Nov 4, 2019
Diego Schwartzman	Oct 12, 2020

World No. 9
Player	Date reached
Alex Metreveli	Jun 3, 1974
Victor Pecci	Mar 24, 1980
Bill Scanlon	Jan 9, 1984
Andrei Chesnokov	Apr 8, 1991
Marc Rosset	Sep 11, 1995
Paradorn Srichaphan	May 12, 2003
Nicolás Massú	Sep 13, 2004
Joachim Johansson	Feb 14, 2005
Mariano Puerta	Aug 15, 2005
Nicolás Almagro	May 2, 2011
Fabio Fognini	Jul 15, 2019
Roberto Bautista Agut	Nov 4, 2019

World No. 10
Player	Date reached
Tom Gorman	May 1, 1974
Wojciech Fibak	Jul 25, 1977
Thierry Tulasne	Aug 4, 1986
Mikael Pernfors	Sep 22, 1986
Martín Jaite	Jul 9, 1990
Jonas Svensson	Mar 25, 1991
Magnus Gustafsson	Jul 29, 1991
Carlos Costa	May 18, 1992
Magnus Larsson	Apr 17, 1995
Félix Mantilla	Jun 8, 1998
Arnaud Clement	Apr 2, 2001
Juan Mónaco	Jul 23, 2012
Ernests Gulbis	Jun 9, 2014
Pablo Carreno Busta	Sep 11, 2017
Lucas Pouille	Mar 19, 2018
Denis Shapovalov	Sep 21, 2020

ATP Rankings achievements[]

Total weeks[]

As of 6 September 2021, with currently-ranked players in boldface^[22]

#	No. 1
337	Novak Djokovic
310	Roger Federer
286	Pete Sampras
270	Ivan Lendl
268	Jimmy Connors
209	Rafael Nadal
170	John McEnroe
109	Björn Borg
101	Andre Agassi
minimum 100 weeks

#	Top 2
579	Rafael Nadal
528	Roger Federer
481	Novak Djokovic
385	Jimmy Connors
377	Ivan Lendl

#	Top 3
750	Roger Federer
655	Rafael Nadal
629	Novak Djokovic
591	Jimmy Connors
499	Ivan Lendl

#	Top 4
804	Roger Federer
711	Rafael Nadal
669	Jimmy Connors
661	Novak Djokovic
540	Ivan Lendl

#	Top 5
859	Roger Federer
780	Rafael Nadal
706	Jimmy Connors
672	Novak Djokovic
563	Ivan Lendl

#	Top 10
963	Roger Federer
833	Rafael Nadal
817	Jimmy Connors
749	Andre Agassi
696	Novak Djokovic

Year-end rankings[]

#	No. 1
6	Novak Djokovic
	Pete Sampras
5	Jimmy Connors
	Roger Federer
	Rafael Nadal
4	John McEnroe
	Ivan Lendl

#	Top 2
12	Rafael Nadal
11	Roger Federer
9	Novak Djokovic
8	Jimmy Connors
6	John McEnroe
	Ivan Lendl
	Pete Sampras

#	Top 3
15	Roger Federer
13	Novak Djokovic
	Rafael Nadal
12	Jimmy Connors
10	Ivan Lendl

#	Top 4
15	Roger Federer
14	Jimmy Connors
	Rafael Nadal
13	Novak Djokovic
10	Ivan Lendl

#	Top 5
16	Roger Federer
15	Rafael Nadal
14	Jimmy Connors
13	Novak Djokovic
11	Ivan Lendl

#	Top 10
18	Roger Federer
16	Jimmy Connors
	Andre Agassi
	Rafael Nadal
13	Ivan Lendl
	Novak Djokovic

Doubles[]

ATP doubles ranking[]

ATP Rankings (Doubles individual) as of 30 August 2021[24]
No.	Player	Points	Move†
1	Mate Pavić (CRO)	12,500
2	Nikola Mektić (CRO)	11,710
3	Nicolas Mahut (FRA)	8,940
4	Horacio Zeballos (ARG)	8,440
5	Marcel Granollers (ESP)	8,013
6	Joe Salisbury (GBR)	7,650
7	Rajeev Ram (USA)	7,650
8	Robert Farah (COL)	7,265	1
9	Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)	7,250	1
10	Juan Sebastián Cabal (COL)	7,175
11	Bruno Soares (BRA)	5,895
12	Ivan Dodig (CRO)	5,585
13	Kevin Krawietz (GER)	5,500
14	Filip Polášek (SVK)	5,310
15	Édouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)	5,135
16	Wesley Koolhof (NED)	5,070
17	Neal Skupski (GBR)	4,925
18	Horia Tecău (ROU)	4,910
19	Łukasz Kubot (POL)	4,880
20	Marcelo Melo (BRA)	4,880

^†Change since previous week's rankings

Year-end No. 1 ranked teams[]

Year	Player
1983	Peter Fleming (1) / John McEnroe (1)
1984	Mark Edmondson (1) / Sherwood Stewart (1)
1985	Ken Flach (1) / Robert Seguso (1)
1986	Hans Gildemeister (1) / Andrés Gómez (1)
1987	Sergio Casal (1) / Emilio Sánchez (1)
1988	Robert Leach (1) / Jim Pugh (1)
1989	Robert Leach (2) / Jim Pugh (2)
1990	Pieter Aldrich (1) / Danie Visser (1)
1991	John Fitzgerald (1) / Anders Järryd (1)
1992	Mark Woodforde (1) / Todd Woodbridge (1)
1993	Grant Connell (1) / Patrick Galbraith (1)
1994	Jacco Eltingh (1) / Paul Haarhuis (1)
1995	Mark Woodforde (2) / Todd Woodbridge (2)
1996	Mark Woodforde (3) / Todd Woodbridge (3)
1997	Mark Woodforde (4) / Todd Woodbridge (4)
1998	Jacco Eltingh (2) / Paul Haarhuis (2)
1999	Mahesh Bhupathi (1) / Leander Paes (1)
2000	Mark Woodforde (5) / Todd Woodbridge (5)
2001	Jonas Björkman (1) / Todd Woodbridge (6)

Year	Player
2002	Mark Knowles (1) / Daniel Nestor (1)
2003	Bob Bryan (1) / Mike Bryan (1)
2004	Mark Knowles (2) / Daniel Nestor (2)
2005	Bob Bryan (2) / Mike Bryan (2)
2006	Bob Bryan (3) / Mike Bryan (3)
2007	Bob Bryan (4) / Mike Bryan (4)
2008	Daniel Nestor (3) / Nenad Zimonjić (1)
2009	Bob Bryan (5) / Mike Bryan (5)
2010	Bob Bryan (6) / Mike Bryan (6)
2011	Bob Bryan (7) / Mike Bryan (7)
2012	Bob Bryan (8) / Mike Bryan (8)
2013	Bob Bryan (9) / Mike Bryan (9)
2014	Bob Bryan (10) / Mike Bryan (10)
2015	Jean-Julien Rojer (1) / Horia Tecau (1)
2016	Jamie Murray (1) / Bruno Soares (1)
2017	Łukasz Kubot (1) / Marcelo Melo (1)
2018	Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić (1)
2019	Juan Sebastián Cabal (1) / Robert Farah (1)
2020	Mate Pavić (2) / Bruno Soares (2)

See also[]

• World number 1 ranked male tennis players
• ATP Tour records
• ATP Awards
• ATP Tour Masters 1000
• List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players
• List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles players
• List of highest ranked tennis players per nation
• Tennis statistics
• Tennis male players statistics
• WTA Rankings

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• ATP Rankings