List of ATP number 1 ranked players

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Since the Association of Tennis Professionals began its computer rankings in 1973, 23 men have been ranked World No. 1.

Contents 1 Number 1 ranked men 2 Weeks at number 1 3 Year-end number 1 men 4 Trivia 5 See also

[edit] Number 1 ranked men

Country	Name	Start date	End date	Number of weeks
	Ilie Năstase (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	166 (record)

[edit] Weeks at number 1

Rank Player Total Weeks 1. Pete Sampras 286 2. Ivan Lendl 270 3. Jimmy Connors 268 4. John McEnroe 170 5. Roger Federer 166 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. Thomas Muster 6 . Marcelo Ríos 6 . Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 22. Carlos Moyà 2 23. Patrick Rafter 1

Rank Player Consecutive 1. Roger Federer 166 2. Jimmy Connors 160 3. Ivan Lendl 157 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

• Active streak is in italics.

[edit] Year-end number 1 men

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

[edit] Trivia

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

1. Jimmy Connors in 1975, 1976 and 1978
2. Ivan Lendl in 1986 and 1987
3. Pete Sampras in 1994 and 1997
4. Roger Federer in 2005 and 2006
5. Lleyton Hewitt in 2002

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

1. Roger Federer (164) since February 2004
2. Jimmy Connors (160) between 1974 and 1977
3. Ivan Lendl (157) between 1985 and 1988
4. Pete Sampras (102) between 1996 and 1998

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

[edit] See also

• ATP Awards
• Tennis world champions named by the International Tennis Federation
• List of WTA number 1 ranked players
• World number one male tennis player rankings
• Tennis
• Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)
• List of male tennis players