Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players. (Female players formed the Women's Tennis Association the year after.) In 1990, the association became the organizer of the principal worldwide tennis tour, thereafter known as the ATP Tour.
Rankings
The organization releases a weekly ranking of the players's performance in the tour. This is a list of players who have achieved the number one position in singles since the ranking's inception in 1973:
List of year-end #1 players since 1973
ATP Tour Records
Titles:
- Singles:
- Most titles overall: Jimmy Connors (USA), 105.
- Most Grand Slam titles: Pete Sampras (USA), 14.
- Most Masters titles: Pete Sampras (USA) & Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/USA), 5.
- Most Masters Series titles: Andre Agassi (USA), 17.
- Most titles in a season:
- before 1990: Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) in 1977, 16.
- since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 12.
- Most finals won in succession: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2004-2005, 16.
- Consecutive tournaments won on 3 different surfaces:
- before 1990: Björn Borg (Sweden) in 1979.
- since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004.
- Doubles:
- Most titles overall: Todd Woodbridge (Australia), 82.
- Most Grand Slam titles: Todd Woodbridge (Australia), 16.
Ranking:
- Most Weeks at No.1: Pete Sampras (USA), 286.
- Most consecutive weeks at No.1: Jimmy Connors (USA), 260 (July 29, 1974-August 22, 1977).
- Years-Ended at No.1: Pete Sampras (USA), 6.
- Youngest No.1-player: Lleyton Hewitt (Australia), 20y 9m.
- Youngest player to end a year in the top-200: Andy Roddick (USA) in 2000.
- Youngest player to end a year in the top-100: Rafael Nadal (Spain) in 2003.
- Youngest player to end a year in the top-20: Andy Roddick (USA) in 2001.
- Highest Number of Ranking Points: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004, 6335.
- Highest Number of Race Points (since 2000): Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004, 1267.
Longest Winning Streaks:
- Overall:
- Open Era:
| # | Player | Matches (year) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Björn Borg | 49 (1978) |
| 2 | Guillermo Vilas | 46 (1977) |
| 3 | Ivan Lendl | 44 (1981-82) |
| 4 | John McEnroe | 42 (1984) |
| 5 | Bjorn Borg | 40 (1979-80) |
| 6 | Thomas Muster | 35 (1995) |
- since 1990:
| # | Player | Matches (year) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Muster | 35 (1995) |
| 2 | Pete Sampras | 29 (1994) |
| 3 | Andre Agassi | 26 (1995) |
| 4 | Jim Courier | 25 (1992) |
| 5 | Pete Sampras | 24 (1999) |
| 6 | Roger Federer | 26 (2004-2005) |
- Grass:
- before 1990: Björn Borg (Sweden) between 1976-1980, 41.
- since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2004, 24.
- Clay: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 40.
- Indoors: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/USA) between 1981-1983, 66.
- Against Top-10 players: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2005, 26.
Miscellaneous:
- Most Career Matches Won: Jimmy Connors (USA), 1222.
- Win-Loss leaders:
- before 1990: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/USA) in 1982, 106-9 (.922).
- since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 86-18 (.827).
- Winning percentage leaders:
- before 1990: John McEnroe (USA) in 1984, .965 (W-L: 83-2).
- since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004, .925 (W-L: 74-6).
- Most Aces hit in a match (since 1991):
| Aces | Player | W/L | Opponent | Rnd | Year | Event | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Joachim Johansson | L | Andre Agassi | 4th | 2005 | Australian Open | 4 |
| 49 | Richard Krajicek | L | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | QF | 1999 | US Open | 5 |
| 47 | Gustavo Kuerten | L | Daniel Nestor | QF | 2003 | Davis Cup | 5 |
| 46 | Goran Ivanisevic | L | Magnus Norman | 2nd | 1997 | Wimbledon | 5 |
| 46 | Mark Philippoussis | W | Andre Agassi | 4th | 2003 | Wimbledon | 5 |
| 44 | Mark Philippoussis | W | Byron Black | 4th | 1995 | Kuala Lumpur | 3 |
- Most Prize Money won:
- Career: Pete Sampras (USA), $43,280,489.
- At the end of the season: Pete Sampras (USA) in 1997, $6,498,311.
- Most times elected ATP Player of The Year: Pete Sampras (USA) between 1993-1998, 6.
- Longest singles match: Fabrice Santoro defeated Arnaud Clément (France) at Roland Garros 2004, in a 6h 37m first round match.
- Fastest individual serve recorded (since 1991): Andy Roddick (USA) in 2004, 155 Mh/249 Km.
Singles Titles
| No. | History | # | No. | Active | # | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CONNORS, JIMMY (USA) | 109 | 1. | AGASSI, ANDRE (USA) | 59 | ||
| 2. | LENDL, IVAN (USA) | 94 | 2. | FEDERER, ROGER (SUI) | 25 | ||
| 3. | McENROE, JOHN (USA) | 77 | 3. | HEWITT, LLEYTON (AUS) | 24 | ||
| 4. | SAMPRAS, PETE (USA) | 64 | 4. | KUERTEN, GUSTAVO (BRA) | 20 | ||
| 5. | BORG, BJORN (SWE) | 62 | 5. | ENQVIST, THOMAS (SWE) | 19 | ||
| 6. | VILAS, GUILLERMO (ARG) | 62 | 6. | MOYA, CARLOS (ESP) | 18 | ||
| 7. | AGASSI, ANDRE (USA) | 59 | 7. | CORRETJA, ALEX (ESP) | 17 | ||
| 8. | NASTASE, ILIE (ROM) | 57 | 8. | RODDICK, ANDY (USA) | 15 | ||
| 9. | BECKER, BORIS (GER) | 49 | 9. | RUSEDSKI, GREG (GBR) | 14 | ||
| 10. | LAVER, ROD (AUS) | 47 | 9. | SAFIN, MARAT (RUS) | 14 |