ATP Rankings

The ATP Rankings, as defined by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), are the "objective merit-based method used for determining qualification for entry and seeding in all tournaments for both (male) singles and doubles, except as modified for the ATP World Tour Finals (singles or doubles)."[1] The rankings period is "the immediate past 52 weeks, except for: Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, singles and doubles, which is dropped on the Monday following the last ATP World Tour event of the following year; Futures Series tournaments that are only entered into the system on the second Monday following the tournament's week. Once entered, all tournaments, except the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, remain in the system for 52 consecutive weeks."[1]

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 World Tour Finals):

The requirement to play in four ATP World Tour 500 events does not apply to a player who was outside the top 30 in the previous year-end ranking; however, no more than four of his results from 500 level events may be counted.[1] 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 hasn't entered the current year.

The Monte-Carlo Masters 1000 became optional in 2009, but if a player chooses to participate in it, its result are counted and his fourth-best result in an ATP 500 event is ignored (his three best ATP 500 results remain). If a player doesn't play enough ATP 500 events and does not have an ATP 250 or Challenger appearance with a better result, the Davis Cup is counted in the 500's table. [5] The World Team Cup was also included before its cancellation in 2012.

For the Davis Cup points, point are only distributed for the World Group countries and instead of having an exact drop date they are gradually updated at each phase of the cup (compared to the results of the player from previous year and arranged his total sum of Davis Cup points to it. 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)[5]

A player who is out of competition for 30 or more days, due to a verified injury, will not receive any penalty. The ATP World Tour Finals will count as an additional 19th tournament in the ranking of its eight qualifiers at season's end.[6]

For every Grand Slam tournament or mandatory ATP World 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 World Tour Masters 1000 tournament,[7] his result in this tournament counts for his ranking, regardless of whether he participates. A player's withdrawal from an ATP World 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]

Ranking method

Since the introduction of the ATP rankings the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times.[8][9]

Current points distribution (2009 – present)

Points are awarded as follows:[10]

Tournament categoryWFSFQFR16R32R64R128Q
Grand Slam 2000 1200 720 360 180 90 45 10 25
ATP World Tour Finals +500 +400 (200 for each round robin match win)
Masters 1000 1000 600 360 180 90 45 10 (25) (10) 25 (16)
Summer Olympics 750 450 340 (bronze)
270 (4th)
135 70 35 5
500 Series 500 300 180 90 45 (20) 20 (10)
250 Series 250 150 90 45 20 (5) 12 (5)
ATP Challenger Tour Finals +50 +30 (15 for each round robin match win)
Challenger 125,000 +H 125 75 45 25 10 5
Challenger 125,000 110 65 40 20 9 5
Challenger 100,000 100 60 35 18 8 5
Challenger 75,000 90 55 33 17 8 5
Challenger 50,000 80 48 29 15 7 3
Challenger 35,000 +H 80 48 29 15 6 3
Futures 15,000 +H 35 20 10 4 1
Futures 15,000 27 15 8 3 1
Futures 10,000 +H 27 15 8 3 1
Futures 10,000 18 10 6 2 1

In addition qualifiers and main draw entry players will then also receive the points in brackets for the rounds they reached.[11]

Davis Cup
Rubber category Match win Match loss Team bonus Performance bonus Total achievable
Singles Play-offs 5 / 101 15
First round 40 102 80
Quarterfinals 65 130
Semifinals 70 140
Final 75 753 1254 150 / 2253 / 2754
Cumulative total 500 5753 6254 6254
Doubles Play-offs 10 10
First round 50 102 50
Quarterfinals 80 80
Semifinals 90 90
Final 95 355 95 / 1305
Cumulative total 315 3505 3505

ATP Points distributed from 2009 onwards[12]

Glossary

Only World Group and World Group Play-Off matches and only live matches earn points. Dead rubbers earn no points. If a player does not compete in one or more rounds he will receive points from the previous round when playing at the next tie.[12]

1 A player who wins a singles rubber in the first day of the tie is awarded 5 points, whereas a singles rubber win in tie's last day grants 10 points for a total of 15 available points.[12]

2 For the first round only, any player who competes in a live rubber, without a win, receives 10 ranking points for participation.[12]

3 Team bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 7 live matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.[12]

4 Performance bonus awarded to a singles player who wins 8 live matches in a calendar year. In this case, no Team bonus is awarded.[12]

5 Team bonus awarded to an unchanged doubles team who wins 4 matches in a calendar year and his team wins the competition.[12]

Previous points distribution (until 2008)

Points are awarded as follows:

Tournament category Total financial
commitment
W F SF
(3rd/4th)
QF R16 R32 R64 R128 Additional
qualifying points
Grand Slam $6,784,000 to $9,943,000 1000 700 450 250 150 75 35 5 15
Tennis Masters Cup $4,450,000 750^
550m
500^
300m
300^
100m
(100 for each round robin match win,
+200 for a semifinal win, +250 for the final win)
ATP Masters Series $2,450,000 to $3,450,000 500 350 225 125 75 35 5 (20) (5) 15*
Olympics 400 280 205/155 100 50 25 5
International Series Gold $1,000,000 300 210 135 75 25 0 (15) (0) 10*
International Series Gold $800,000 250 175 110 60 25 0 (15) (0) 10*
International Series $1,000,000 250 175 110 60 25 0 (15) (0) 10*
International Series $800,000 225 155 100 55 20 0 (10) (0) 10*
International Series $600,000 200 140 90 50 15 (20) 0 (10) (0) 5
International Series $400,000 175 120 75 40 15 0 5
Challenger $150,000+H 100 70 45 23 10 0 3
Challenger $150,000 90 63 40 21 9 0 3
Challenger $125,000 80 56 36 19 8 0 3
Challenger $100,000 70 49 31 16 7 0 3
Challenger $75,000 60 42 27 14 6 0 3
Challenger $50,000 or $35,000+H 55 38 24 13 5 0 2
Futures $15,000+H 24 16 8 4 1 0
Futures $15,000 18 12 6 3 1 0
Futures $10,000 12 8 4 2 1 0

Glossary

(€): All prize money and fees for ATP Masters Series, International Series, and Challengers played in Europe must be paid in euros (€). In most cases they are calculated at the 0.85 USD/EUR exchange rate, but it varies and is often rounded throughout the 2008 ATP Official Rulebook.

(^): Tennis Masters Cup: maximum number of points that can be assigned to the player at this round (after he qualified to the semifinal with 3 round-robin wins)

(m): Tennis Masters Cup: minimum number of points that can be assigned to the player at this round (after he qualified to the semifinal with 1 round-robin win)

+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next higher prize money level in that category. Monies shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.

Points are assigned to the losers of the round indicated. Any player who reaches the second round by drawing a bye and then loses shall be considered to have lost in the first round and shall receive first round loser's points (5 for Grand Slams and all AMS events). Wild cards at Grand Slams and AMS events receive points only from the 2nd round. No points are awarded for a first round loss at International Series Events, Challenger Series, or Futures Series events.

Players qualifying for the Main Draw through the qualifying competition shall receive qualifying points in addition to any points earned, as per the following table, with the exception of Futures.

(*): 5 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64 (ATP Masters Series)

In addition to the points allocated above, points are allocated to losers at Grand Slam, Tennis Masters Series, and International Series Gold Tournaments qualifying events in the following manner:

(**): 3 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series Gold) or 64 (ATP Masters Series).

Sources

Current rankings

ATP Rankings (singles), as of 15 February 2016[13]
# Player Points Move
1  Novak Djokovic (SRB)16790Steady
2  Andy Murray (GBR)8855Steady
3  Roger Federer (SUI)8795Steady
4  Stan Wawrinka (SUI)5870Steady
5  Rafael Nadal (ESP)4880Steady
6  David Ferrer (ESP)4325Steady
7  Kei Nishikori (JPN)4235Steady
8  Tomáš Berdych (CZE)3990Steady
9  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)2950Steady
10  Richard Gasquet (FRA)2760Steady
11  John Isner (USA)2585Increase1
12  Marin Čilić (CRO)2495Increase1
13  Milos Raonic (CAN)2450Decrease2
14  Kevin Anderson (RSA)2200Steady
15  Gilles Simon (FRA)2100Steady
16  Gaël Monfils (FRA)2010Increase2
17  David Goffin (BEL)1970Decrease1
18  Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)1935Decrease1
19  Dominic Thiem (AUT)1930Steady
20  Bernard Tomic (AUS)1720Steady

Change since previous week's rankings

ATP Rankings (Doubles Individual), as of 15 February 2016[14]
# Player Points Move
1 Marcelo Melo (BRA)8,360Steady
2 Jamie Murray (GBR)7,470Steady
3 Bob Bryan (USA)6,770Increase2
4 Mike Bryan (USA)6,770Increase2
5 Horia Tecău (ROU)6,740Decrease2
6 Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)6,740Decrease2
7 Ivan Dodig (CRO)6,190Steady
8 Rohan Bopanna (IND)5,520Steady
9 John Peers (AUS)5,330Steady
10 Bruno Soares (BRA)5,160Steady
11 Daniel Nestor (CAN)5,130Steady
12 Florin Mergea (ROU)5,080Steady
13 Nicolas Mahut (FRA)4,630Increase3
14 Nenad Zimonjić (SRB)4,500Decrease1
15 Jack Sock (USA)4,390Decrease1
16 Vasek Pospisil (CAN)4,330Increase3
17 Marcin Matkowski (POL)4,290Decrease2
18 Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)3,940Decrease1
19 Édouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)3,760Decrease1
20 Raven Klaasen (RSA)3,710Steady

Change since previous week's rankings

Number one ranked players

The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position in singles since the inception of the rankings in 1973 (active players in green):

# Player Date reached Total weeks
1 Romania Ilie Năstase August 23, 1973 40
2 Australia John Newcombe June 3, 1974 8
3 United States Jimmy Connors July 29, 1974 268
4 Sweden Björn Borg August 23, 1977 109
5 United States John McEnroe March 3, 1980 170
6 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl February 28, 1983 270
7 Sweden Mats Wilander September 12, 1988 20
8 Sweden Stefan Edberg August 13, 1990 72
9 Germany Boris Becker January 28, 1991 12
10 United States Jim Courier February 10, 1992 58
11 United States Pete Sampras April 12, 1993 286
12 United States Andre Agassi April 10, 1995 101
13 Austria Thomas Muster February 12, 1996 6
14 Chile Marcelo Ríos March 30, 1998 6
15 Spain Carlos Moyá March 15, 1999 2
16 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov May 3, 1999 6
17 Australia Patrick Rafter July 26, 1999 1
18 Russia Marat Safin November 20, 2000 9
19 Brazil Gustavo Kuerten December 4, 2000 43
20 Australia Lleyton Hewitt November 19, 2001 80
21 Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero September 8, 2003 8
22 United States Andy Roddick November 3, 2003 13
23 Switzerland Roger Federer February 2, 2004 302
24 Spain Rafael Nadal August 18, 2008 141
25 Serbia Novak Djokovic July 4, 2011 186

Last update: February 15, 2016

Year-end number one players

Singles

Year Nationality / playerATP points
1973 Romania Ilie Năstase (1)
1974 United States Jimmy Connors (2)
1975 United States Jimmy Connors
1976 United States Jimmy Connors
1977 United States Jimmy Connors
1978 United States Jimmy Connors
1979 Sweden Björn Borg (3)
1980 Sweden Björn Borg
1981 United States John McEnroe (4)
1982 United States John McEnroe
1983 United States John McEnroe
1984 United States John McEnroe
1985 Czech Republic Ivan Lendl (5)
1986 Czech Republic Ivan Lendl
1987 Czech Republic Ivan Lendl
1988 Sweden Mats Wilander (6)
1989 Czech Republic Ivan Lendl
1990 Sweden Stefan Edberg (7)
1991 Sweden Stefan Edberg
1992 United States Jim Courier (8)
1993 United States Pete Sampras (9)
1994 United States Pete Sampras
1995 United States Pete Sampras
1996 United States Pete Sampras3760
1997 United States Pete Sampras3666
1998 United States Pete Sampras3131
1999 United States Andre Agassi (10)4059

Year Nationality / player ATP points
2000 Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (11)4195
2001 Australia Lleyton Hewitt (12)4365
2002 Australia Lleyton Hewitt4485
2003 United States Andy Roddick (13)4535
2004 Switzerland Roger Federer (14)6335
2005 Switzerland Roger Federer6725
2006 Switzerland Roger Federer8370
2007 Switzerland Roger Federer7180
2008 Spain Rafael Nadal (15)6675
2009 Switzerland Roger Federer10550
2010 Spain Rafael Nadal12450
2011 Serbia Novak Djokovic (16)13630
2012 Serbia Novak Djokovic12920
2013 Spain Rafael Nadal13030
2014 Serbia Novak Djokovic11360
2015 Serbia Novak Djokovic16585

Doubles

Year Nationality / player
1983United States Peter Fleming (1) / United States McEnroe, JohnJohn McEnroe (1)
1984Australia Mark Edmondson (1) / United States Stewart, SherwoodSherwood Stewart (1)
1985United States Flach, KenKen Flach (1) / United States Seguso, RobertRobert Seguso (1)
1986Chile Gildemeister, HansHans Gildemeister (1) / Ecuador Gómez, AndrésAndrés Gómez (1)
1987Spain Casal, SergioSergio Casal (1) / Spain Sánchez, EmilioEmilio Sánchez (1)
1988United States Robert Leach (1) / United States Pugh, JimJim Pugh (1)
1989United States Robert Leach (2) / United States Jim Pugh (2)
1990South Africa Aldrich, PieterPieter Aldrich (1) / South Africa Visser, DanieDanie Visser (1)
1991Australia Fitzgerald, JohnJohn Fitzgerald (1) / Sweden Järryd, AndersAnders Järryd (1)
1992Australia Woodforde, MarkMark Woodforde (1) / Australia Woodbridge, ToddTodd Woodbridge (1)
1993Canada Connell, GrantGrant Connell (1) / United States Galbraith, PatrickPatrick Galbraith (1)
1994Netherlands Eltingh, JaccoJacco Eltingh (1) / Netherlands Haarhuis, PaulPaul Haarhuis (1)
1995Australia Mark Woodforde (2) / Australia Todd Woodbridge (2)
1996Australia Mark Woodforde (3) / Australia Todd Woodbridge (3)
1997Australia Mark Woodforde (4) / Australia Todd Woodbridge (4)
1998Netherlands Jacco Eltingh (2) / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (2)
1999India Bhupathi, MaheshMahesh Bhupathi (1) / India Paes, LeanderLeander Paes (1)

Year Nationality / player
2000Australia Mark Woodforde (5) / Australia Todd Woodbridge (5)
2001Sweden Björkman, JonasJonas Björkman (1) / Australia Todd Woodbridge (6)
2002The Bahamas Mark Knowles (1) / Canada Daniel Nestor (1)
2003United States Bob Bryan (1) / United States Mike Bryan (1)
2004The Bahamas Mark Knowles (2) / Canada Daniel Nestor (2)
2005United States Bob Bryan (2) / United States Mike Bryan (2)
2006United States Bob Bryan (3) / United States Mike Bryan (3)
2007United States Bob Bryan (4) / United States Mike Bryan (4)
2008Canada Daniel Nestor (3) / Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (1)
2009United States Bob Bryan (5) / United States Mike Bryan (5)
2010United States Bob Bryan (6) / United States Mike Bryan (6)
2011United States Bob Bryan (7) / United States Mike Bryan (7)
2012United States Bob Bryan (8) / United States Mike Bryan (8)
2013United States Bob Bryan (9) / United States Mike Bryan (9)
2014United States Bob Bryan (10) / United States Mike Bryan (10)
2015Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer (1) / Romania Horia Tecau (1)

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 in the period since the 1973 introduction of the ATP computer rankings (active players in green):

World number 2
Player First date reached
Spain Manuel Orantes August 23, 1973
Australia Ken Rosewall April 30, 1975
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
United States Arthur Ashe May 10, 1976
Germany Michael Stich November 22, 1993
Croatia Goran Ivanišević July 4, 1994
United States Michael Chang September 9, 1996
Czech Republic Petr Korda February 2, 1998
Spain Àlex Corretja February 1, 1999
Sweden Magnus Norman June 12, 2000
Germany Tommy Haas May 13, 2002
United Kingdom Andy Murray August 17, 2009
World number 3
Player First date reached
United States Stan Smith August 23, 1973
Netherlands Tom Okker March 2, 1974
Australia Rod Laver August 9, 1974
United States Brian Gottfried June 19, 1977
United States Vitas Gerulaitis February 27, 1978
France Yannick Noah July 7, 1986
Spain Sergi Bruguera August 1, 1994
Argentina Guillermo Coria May 3, 2004
Argentina David Nalbandian March 20, 2006
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić May 1, 2006
Russia Nikolay Davydenko November 6, 2006
Spain David Ferrer July 8, 2013
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka January 27, 2014

World number 4
Player First date reached
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš September 13, 1973
Italy Adriano Panatta August 24, 1976
Mexico Raúl Ramírez November 7, 1976
United States Roscoe Tanner July 30, 1979
United States Gene Mayer October 6, 1980
Argentina José Luis Clerc August 3, 1981
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř February 22, 1988
Australia Pat Cash May 9, 1988
United States Brad Gilbert January 1, 1990
Ecuador Andrés Gómez June 11, 1990
France Guy Forget March 25, 1991
Ukraine Andriy Medvedev May 16, 1994
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski October 6, 1997
Sweden Jonas Björkman November 3, 1997
Netherlands Richard Krajicek March 29, 1999
United States Todd Martin September 13, 1999
Sweden Thomas Enqvist November 15, 1999
Germany Nicolas Kiefer January 10, 2000
United Kingdom Tim Henman July 8, 2002
France Sébastien Grosjean October 28, 2002
United States James Blake November 20, 2006
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro January 11, 2010
Sweden Robin Söderling November 15, 2010
Japan Kei Nishikori March 2, 2015
Canada Milos Raonic May 11, 2015
Czech Republic Tomas Berdych May 18, 2015
World number 5
Player First date reached
United States Eddie Dibbs July 24, 1978
United States Harold Solomon May 5, 1980
United States Jimmy Arias April 9, 1984
Sweden Anders Järryd July 22, 1985
United States Kevin Curren July 22, 1985
France Henri Leconte September 22, 1986
France Cédric Pioline May 8, 2000
Czech Republic Jiří Novák October 21, 2002
Germany Rainer Schüttler April 26, 2004
Argentina Gastón Gaudio April 25, 2005
Spain Tommy Robredo August 28, 2006
Chile Fernando González January 29, 2007
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga February 27, 2012

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2009 ATP World Tour - Rulebook, Chapter IX, ATP Rankings". Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  2. In weeks where there are not four Grand Slam tournaments and eight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments in the ranking period, the number of a player's best results from all eligible tournaments in the ranking period will be adjusted accordingly.
  3. "Rankings FAQ". Atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  4. At least one of these tournaments must follow the US Open.
  5. 1 2 "Frequently Asked Questions". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  6. "Rankings-FAQ". ATP World Tour.
  7. "Accepted" means a direct acceptance, a qualifier, a special exempt, or a lucky loser, or having accepted a wild card.
  8. Douglas Robson (22 August 2013). "Happy 40th birthday, ATP computer rankings". USA Today.
  9. Simon Cambers (15 February 2013). "40 years on, how have the ATP World Rankings developed?". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
  10. "Rankings FAQ". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  11. "Tennis - ATP World Tour - Rankings FAQ". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "IX. Emirates ATP Rankings" (pdf). 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  13. "Current ATP Rankings (Singles)". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc.
  14. "Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings". ATP Tour.

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