List of ATP number 1 ranked players

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See also: World No. 1 Tennis Player Pre-ATP Rankings for the top 2 players at the end of the calendar year for 1973 through 2002

This is a list of all the male tennis player who have been or are ranked World No. 1 with the dates of first reaching and losing that spot again. Since the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) began with computer rankings (1973) 23 men have reached the highest singles ranking.

Only five players have been No. 1 every week of a calendar year:

Jimmy Connors in 1975, 1976 and 1978
Ivan Lendl in 1986 and 1987
Roger Federer in 2005 and 2006
Pete Sampras in 1994 and 1997
Lleyton Hewitt in 2002

Only four players have held the No. 1 spot for more than 100 consecutive weeks:

Jimmy Connors (160) between 1974 and 1977
Ivan Lendl (157) between 1985 and 1988
Roger Federer (146) since February 2004
Pete Sampras (102) between 1996 and 1998

Note: only Connors and Federer achieved this on their first time as #1.

1 No. 1 ranked Men
2 Weeks at No. 1
3 Year End No. 1 Players
4 See also

[edit] No. 1 ranked Men

Name	Start Date	-	End Date	# of weeks
Ilie Nastase (1)	August 23, 1973	-	June 2, 1974	40
John Newcombe (2)	June 3, 1974	-	July 28, 1974	8
Jimmy Connors (3)	July 29, 1974	-	August 22, 1977	160
Björn Borg (4)	August 23, 1977	-	August 29, 1977	1
Jimmy Connors	August 30, 1977	-	April 8, 1979	84
Björn Borg	April 9, 1979	-	May 20, 1979	6
Jimmy Connors	May 21, 1979	-	July 8, 1979	7
Björn Borg	July 9, 1979	-	March 2, 1980	34
John McEnroe (5)	March 3, 1980	-	March 23, 1980	3
Björn Borg	March 24, 1980	-	August 10, 1980	20
John McEnroe	August 11, 1980	-	August 17, 1980	1
Björn Borg	August 18, 1980	-	July 5, 1981	46
John McEnroe	July 6, 1981	-	July 19, 1981	2
Björn Borg	July 20, 1981	-	August 2, 1981	2
John McEnroe	August 3, 1981	-	September 12, 1982	58
Jimmy Connors	September 13, 1982	-	October 31, 1982	7
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 5, 1983	3
John McEnroe	June 6, 1983	-	June 12, 1983	1
Jimmy Connors	June 13, 1983	-	July 3, 1983	3
John McEnroe	July 4, 1983	-	October 30, 1983	17
Ivan Lendl	October 31, 1983	-	December 11, 1983	6
John McEnroe	December 12, 1983	-	January 8, 1984	4
Ivan Lendl	January 9, 1984	-	March 11, 1984	9
John McEnroe	March 12, 1984	-	June 10, 1984	13
Ivan Lendl	June 11, 1984	-	June 17, 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 28, 1989	20
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	20
Boris Becker	July 8, 1991	-	September 8, 1991	9
Stefan Edberg	September 9, 1991	-	February 9, 1992	22
Jim Courier (10)	February 10, 1992	-	March 22, 1992	6
Stefan Edberg	March 23, 1992	-	April 12, 1992	3
Jim Courier	April 13, 1992	-	September 13, 1992	22
Stefan Edberg	September 14, 1992	-	October 4, 1992	3
Jim Courier	October 5, 1992	-	April 11, 1993	27
Pete Sampras (11)	April 12, 1993	-	August 22, 1993	19
Jim Courier	August 23, 1993	-	September 12, 1993	3
Pete Sampras	September 13, 1993	-	April 9, 1995	82
Andre Agassi (12)	April 10, 1995	-	November 5, 1995	30
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 Ríos (14)	March 30, 1998	-	April 26, 1998	4
Pete Sampras	April 27, 1998	-	August 9, 1998	15
Marcelo Ríos	August 10, 1998	-	August 23, 1998	2
Pete Sampras	August 24, 1998	-	March 14, 1999	29
Carlos Moyà (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	6
Pete Sampras	June 14, 1999	-	July 4, 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	6
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	8
Marat Safin	January 29, 2001	-	February 25, 2001	4
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	30
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	8
Andy Roddick (22)	November 3, 2003	-	February 1, 2004	13
Roger Federer (23)	February 2, 2004	-	Present	146

[edit] Weeks at No. 1

Records are in bold. Active streaks are in italics.

Rank	Player	Total Weeks
1.	Pete Sampras	286
2.	Ivan Lendl	270
3.	Jimmy Connors	268
4.	John McEnroe	170
5.	Roger Federer	147
6.	Björn Borg	109
7.	Andre Agassi	101
8.	Lleyton Hewitt	80
9.	Stefan Edberg	72
10.	Jim Courier	58
11.	Gustavo Kuerten	43
12.	Ilie Năstase	40
13.	Mats Wilander	20
14.	Andy Roddick	13
15.	Boris Becker	12
16.	Marat Safin	9
17.	John Newcombe	8
=	Juan Carlos Ferrero	8
19.	Marcelo Ríos	6
=	Thomas Muster	6
=	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6
22.	Carlos Moyà	2
23.	Patrick Rafter	1

Rank	Player	Consecutive
1.	Jimmy Connors	160
2.	Ivan Lendl	157
3.	Roger Federer	147
4.	Pete Sampras	102
5.	Lleyton Hewitt	75
6.	John McEnroe	58
7.	Andre Agassi	52
8.	Björn Borg	46
9.	Ilie Năstase	40
10.	Gustavo Kuerten	30
11.	Jim Courier	27
12.	Stefan Edberg	24
13.	Mats Wilander	20
14.	Andy Roddick	13
15.	Boris Becker	9
16.	John Newcombe	8
=	Juan Carlos Ferrero	8
18.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6
19.	Thomas Muster	5
20.	Marcelo Ríos	4
=	Marat Safin	4
22.	Carlos Moyà	2
23.	Patrick Rafter	1

[edit] Year End No. 1 Players

1.	Pete Sampras	6
2.	Jimmy Connors	5
3.	Ivan Lendl	4
	John McEnroe	4
5.	Roger Federer	3
6.	Björn Borg	2
	Stefan Edberg	2
	Lleyton Hewitt	2

1973: Ilie Năstase
1974: Jimmy Connors
1975: Jimmy Connors 2
1976: Jimmy Connors 3
1977: Jimmy Connors 4
1978: Jimmy Connors 5
1979: Björn Borg
1980: Björn Borg 2
1981: John McEnroe
1982: John McEnroe 2
1983: John McEnroe 3
1984: John McEnroe 4
1985: Ivan Lendl
1986: Ivan Lendl 2
1987: Ivan Lendl 3
1988: Mats Wilander
1989: Ivan Lendl 4
1990: Stefan Edberg
1991: Stefan Edberg 2
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

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List of ATP number 1 ranked players

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[edit] No. 1 ranked Men

[edit] Weeks at No. 1

[edit] Year End No. 1 Players

[edit] See also

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