ATP Rankings

The ppt Rankings are the objective 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. The rankings period is "the immediate past 52 weeks, except for: 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]

History

The ATP began as the men's trade union in 1972 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 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 World Tour Finals):

• The four Grand Slam tournaments
• The eight mandatory ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments,^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• The previous ATP World Tour Finals count until the Monday following the final regular-season ATP event of the following year.^[6]
• The best six results from all ATP World Tour 500, ATP World Tour 250, ATP Challenger Tour, Futures Series and Davis Cup tournaments played in the calendar year^{[lower-alpha 2]}

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 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 didn't 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 points, from 2009 until 2015, point were distributed for the World Group countries. Instead of having an exact drop date they were 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).^[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 World Tour 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 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,^{[lower-alpha 3]} 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]

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 19500 points before the ATP World Tour Finals and end the calendar year with a maximum of 21000 points. Novak Djokovic's haul of 16585 points in the season of 2015 is the best in the history.^[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]

• (ATP 1000 series) Qualifying points changes to 16 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

In addition qualifiers and main draw entry players will then also receive the points in brackets for the rounds they reached.^[14]

Note: Beginning in 2016 season, no points are awarded for Davis Cup ties,^[15] nor for the tennis tournament at the Summer Olympics.^[16]

Current rankings

Current Men's Singles ATP Rankings ATP Rankings (singles), as of 7 August 2017[17] # Player Points Move† 1  Andy Murray (GBR) 7,750 2  Rafael Nadal (ESP) 7,465 3  Roger Federer (SUI) 6,545 4  Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 5,780 5  Novak Djokovic (SRB) 5,325 6  Marin Čilić (CRO) 5,155 7  Dominic Thiem (AUT) 4,065 8  Alexander Zverev (GER) 3,560 9  Kei Nishikori (JPN) 3,320 10  Milos Raonic (CAN) 3,220 11  Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 3,070 12  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 2,805 13  David Goffin (BEL) 2,560 14  Tomáš Berdych (CZE) 2,480 15  Pablo Carreño Busta (SPA) 2,350 16  Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 2,335 17  Jack Sock (USA) 2,335 2 18  Lucas Pouille (FRA) 2,255 1 19  John Isner (USA) 2,145 1 20  Sam Querrey (USA) 1,990 4 †Change since previous week's rankings

ATP Rankings (Doubles Individual), as of 7 August 2017[18] # Player Points Move‡ 1  Marcelo Melo (BRA) 8,520 2  Henri Kontinen (FIN) 8,170 3  John Peers (AUS) 7,850 4  Łukasz Kubot (POL) 7,500 5  Jamie Murray (GBR) 5,920 6  Bruno Soares (BRA) 5,920 7  Bob Bryan (USA) 5,070  Mike Bryan (USA) 9  Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 4,895 10  Ivan Dodig (CRO) 4,555 11  Marcel Granollers (ESP) 4,040 12  Rajeev Ram (USA) 3,990 13  Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 3,955 14  Michael Venus (NZL) 3,885 15  Raven Klaasen (RSA) 3,830 16  Mate Pavić (CRO) 3,630 17  Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 3,340 18  Oliver Marach (AUT) 3,175 19  Marc López (ESP) 3,140 1 20  Jack Sock (USA) 3,120 1 ‡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	Nastase, Ilie ! Ilie Năstase	August 23, 1973	40
2	Newcombe, John ! John Newcombe	June 3, 1974	8
3	Connors, Jimmy ! Jimmy Connors	July 29, 1974	268
4	Borg, Bjorn ! Björn Borg	August 23, 1977	109
5	Mcenroe, John ! John McEnroe	March 3, 1980	170
6	Lendl, Ivan ! Ivan Lendl	February 28, 1983	270
7	Wilander, Mats ! Mats Wilander	September 12, 1988	20
8	Edberg, Stefan ! Stefan Edberg	August 13, 1990	72
9	Becker, Boris ! Boris Becker	January 28, 1991	12
10	Courier, Jim ! Jim Courier	February 10, 1992	58
11	Sampras, Pete ! Pete Sampras	April 12, 1993	286
12	Agassi, Andre ! Andre Agassi	April 10, 1995	101
13	Muster, Thomas ! Thomas Muster	February 12, 1996	6
14	Rios, Marcelo ! Marcelo Ríos	March 30, 1998	6
15	Moya, Carlos ! Carlos Moyá	March 15, 1999	2
16	Kafelnikov, Yevgeny ! Yevgeny Kafelnikov	May 3, 1999	6
17	Rafter, Patrick ! Patrick Rafter	July 26, 1999	1
18	Safin, Marat ! Marat Safin	November 20, 2000	9
19	Kuerten, Gustavo ! Gustavo Kuerten	December 4, 2000	43
20	Hewitt, Lleyton ! Lleyton Hewitt	November 19, 2001	80
21	Ferrero, Juan Carlos ! Juan Carlos Ferrero	September 8, 2003	8
22	Roddick, Andy ! Andy Roddick	November 3, 2003	13
23	Federer, Roger ! Roger Federer	February 2, 2004	302
24	Nadal, Rafael ! Rafael Nadal	August 18, 2008	141
25	Djokovic, Novak ! Novak Djokovic	July 4, 2011	223
26	Murray, Andy ! Andy Murray	November 7, 2016	39

Last update: July 31, 2017

Year-end number one players

Singles

Year Nationality / player ATP points 1973 Ilie Năstase (1) 1974 Jimmy Connors (2) 1975 Jimmy Connors 1976 Jimmy Connors 1977 Jimmy Connors 1978 Jimmy Connors 1979 Björn Borg (3) 1980 Björn Borg 1981 John McEnroe (4) 1982 John McEnroe 1983 John McEnroe 1984 John McEnroe 1985 Ivan Lendl (5) 1986 Ivan Lendl 1987 Ivan Lendl 1988 Mats Wilander (6) 1989 Ivan Lendl 1990 Stefan Edberg (7) 1991 Stefan Edberg 1992 Jim Courier (8) 1993 Pete Sampras (9) 1994 Pete Sampras 1995 Pete Sampras 1996 Pete Sampras 3760 1997 Pete Sampras 3666 1998 Pete Sampras 3131 1999 Andre Agassi (10) 4059

Year Nationality / player ATP points 2000 Gustavo Kuerten (11) 4195 2001 Lleyton Hewitt (12) 4365 2002 Lleyton Hewitt 4485 2003 Andy Roddick (13) 4535 2004 Roger Federer (14) 6335 2005 Roger Federer 6725 2006 Roger Federer 8370 2007 Roger Federer 7180 2008 Rafael Nadal (15) 6675 2009 Roger Federer 10550[19] 2010 Rafael Nadal 12450 2011 Novak Djokovic (16) 13630 2012 Novak Djokovic 12920 2013 Rafael Nadal 13030 2014 Novak Djokovic 11360 2015 Novak Djokovic 16585 2016 Andy Murray (17) 12685

Doubles

Year Nationality / player 1983 Peter Fleming (1) / McEnroe, JohnJohn McEnroe (1) 1984 Mark Edmondson (1) / Stewart, SherwoodSherwood Stewart (1) 1985 Flach, KenKen Flach (1) / Seguso, RobertRobert Seguso (1) 1986 Gildemeister, HansHans Gildemeister (1) / Gómez, AndrésAndrés Gómez (1) 1987 Casal, SergioSergio Casal (1) / Sánchez, EmilioEmilio Sánchez (1) 1988 Robert Leach (1) / Pugh, JimJim Pugh (1) 1989 Robert Leach (2) / Jim Pugh (2) 1990 Aldrich, PieterPieter Aldrich (1) / Visser, DanieDanie Visser (1) 1991 Fitzgerald, JohnJohn Fitzgerald (1) / Järryd, AndersAnders Järryd (1) 1992 Woodforde, MarkMark Woodforde (1) / Woodbridge, ToddTodd Woodbridge (1) 1993 Connell, GrantGrant Connell (1) / Galbraith, PatrickPatrick Galbraith (1) 1994 Eltingh, JaccoJacco Eltingh (1) / Haarhuis, PaulPaul 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 Bhupathi, MaheshMahesh Bhupathi (1) / Paes, LeanderLeander Paes (1)

Year Nationality / player 2000 Mark Woodforde (5) / Todd Woodbridge (5) 2001 Björkman, JonasJonas Björkman (1) / Todd Woodbridge (6) 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)

Players with highest career rank 2–5

See also: Open Era tennis records – men's singles § ATP Rankings achievements

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 Manuel Orantes August 23, 1973 Ken Rosewall April 30, 1975 Guillermo Vilas Arthur Ashe May 10, 1976 Michael Stich November 22, 1993 Goran Ivanišević July 4, 1994 Michael Chang September 9, 1996 Petr Korda February 2, 1998 Àlex Corretja February 1, 1999 Magnus Norman June 12, 2000 Tommy Haas May 13, 2002

World number 3 Player First date reached Stan Smith August 23, 1973 Tom Okker March 2, 1974 Rod Laver August 9, 1974 Brian Gottfried June 19, 1977 Vitas Gerulaitis February 27, 1978 Yannick Noah July 7, 1986 Sergi Bruguera August 1, 1994 Guillermo Coria May 3, 2004 David Nalbandian March 20, 2006 Ivan Ljubičić May 1, 2006 Nikolay Davydenko November 6, 2006 David Ferrer July 8, 2013 Stan Wawrinka January 27, 2014 Milos Raonic November 21, 2016

World number 4 Player First date reached Jan Kodeš September 13, 1973 Adriano Panatta August 24, 1976 Raúl Ramírez November 7, 1976 Roscoe Tanner July 30, 1979 Gene Mayer October 6, 1980 José Luis Clerc August 3, 1981 Miloslav Mečíř February 22, 1988 Pat Cash May 9, 1988 Brad Gilbert January 1, 1990 Andrés Gómez June 11, 1990 Guy Forget March 25, 1991 Andriy Medvedev May 16, 1994 Greg Rusedski October 6, 1997 Jonas Björkman November 3, 1997 Richard Krajicek March 29, 1999 Todd Martin September 13, 1999 Thomas Enqvist November 15, 1999 Nicolas Kiefer January 10, 2000 Tim Henman July 8, 2002 Sébastien Grosjean October 28, 2002 James Blake November 20, 2006 Juan Martín del Potro January 11, 2010 Robin Söderling November 15, 2010 Kei Nishikori March 2, 2015 Tomáš Berdych May 18, 2015

World number 5 Player First date reached Eddie Dibbs July 24, 1978 Harold Solomon May 5, 1980 Jimmy Arias April 9, 1984 Anders Järryd July 22, 1985 Kevin Curren July 22, 1985 Henri Leconte September 22, 1986 Cédric Pioline May 8, 2000 Jiří Novák October 21, 2002 Rainer Schüttler April 26, 2004 Gastón Gaudio April 25, 2005 Tommy Robredo August 28, 2006 Fernando González January 29, 2007 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga February 27, 2012

See also

• ATP World Tour records
• ATP World Tour Awards
• ATP World 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

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ At least one of these tournaments must follow the US Open.
3. ↑ "Accepted" means a direct acceptance, a qualifier, a special exempt, or a lucky loser, or having accepted a wild card.

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "ATP World Tour - Rulebook, Chapter IX, ATP Rankings" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-05-10. 
2. ↑ Tignor, Steve (19 March 2015). "1973: The men boycott Wimbledon and shift power to the players". tennis.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016. 
3. 1 2 Buddell, James (23 August 2013). "The Rankings That Changed Tennis (Part I)". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016. 
4. 1 2 3 4 Buddell, James (23 August 2013). "The Rankings That Changed Tennis (Part II)". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016. 
5. ↑ Tignor, Steve (26 March 2015). "1973: The ATP institutes computer rankings". tennis.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016. 
6. ↑ "Rankings FAQ". Atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2012-07-25. 
7. 1 2 "Frequently Asked Questions". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 
8. ↑ "Rankings-FAQ". ATP World Tour. 
9. ↑ Rothenberg, Ben (2016-05-29). "Points and Prize Money Mean More to Olympic Tennis Holdouts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-15. 
10. ↑ "Novak Djokovic Season of 2015". 
11. ↑ Douglas Robson (22 August 2013). "Happy 40th birthday, ATP computer rankings". USA Today. 
12. ↑ Simon Cambers (15 February 2013). "40 years on, how have the ATP World Rankings developed?". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. 
13. ↑ "Rankings FAQ". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2012-07-25. 
14. ↑ "Tennis - ATP World Tour - Rankings FAQ". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2012-07-25. 
15. ↑ "Rankings | FAQ | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2016-11-28. 
16. ↑ "ITF confirms no ATP points will be assigned at Olympic Games in Rio 2016". Tennis World. Retrieved 2016-11-28. 
17. ↑ "Current ATP Rankings (Singles)". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. 
18. ↑ "Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings". ATP Tour. 
19. ↑ In 2009 a new point system was introduced

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