ATP rankings

The ATP Rankings are the 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] They attempt to be objective and merit-based. 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. Ranking points are awarded according to the stage of tournament reached, and the prestige of the tournament, with the four Grand Slams awarding the most points. The rankings are updated every Monday, and points are dropped 52 weeks after being awarded (with the exception of the ATP Finals, from which points are dropped on the Monday following the last ATP Tour event of the following year). Novak Djokovic is the current world No.1.

History

The ATP began as the men's trade union in 1972, through the combined efforts of Jack Kramer, Cliff Drysdale, and Donald Dell, 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 was then regularly published weekly only from mid-1979 and 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 Finals):

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

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 has not entered the current year.

Ranking points gained in a tournament are dropped 52 weeks later, with the exception of the ATP Finals, from which points are dropped on the Monday following the last ATP Tour event of the following year.^[1]

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 did not 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, from 2009 until 2015, points were distributed for the World Group countries. Instead of having an exact drop date they were gradually updated at each phase of the competition, comparing the player's results with his results from the previous year. 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 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 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 Tour Masters 1000 tournament,^[c] his result in this tournament counts for his ranking, regardless of whether he participates. A player's withdrawal from an ATP 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 19,500 points before the ATP Finals and end the calendar year with a maximum of 21,000 points. Up to day, the maximum points achieved by any player is 16,950 by Novak Djokovic, on June 6, 2016.^[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)

Ranking points are awarded as follows:^[13]

Tournament category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q
ATP Tour
Grand Slam	2000	1300	800	400	200	100	50	10	30
ATP Finals	+900 (1500 max)	+400 (1000 max)	200 for each round robin match win (600 max)
ATP Masters 1000	1000	650	400	200	100	50	10 (30)	(10)	30 (20)
ATP 500 series	500	330	200	100	50	(25)			25 (16)
ATP 250 series	250	165	100	50	25	(13)			13 (8)
ATP Challenger Tour
Challenger 175	175	90	50	25	13				6
Challenger 125	125	64	35	16	8				5
Challenger 100	100	50	25	14	7				4
Challenger 75	75	44	22	12	6				4
Challenger 50	50	25	14	8	4				3
ITF Men's World Tennis Tour
Futures M25	25	16	8	3	1
Futures M15	15	8	4	2	1

(ATP 1000 series) Qualifying points changes to 12 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
Players who draw a bye in the first round in the ATP 1000 series and lose their first match in the second round are considered to have lost their first round and receive the points equivalent to first round loss. Similarly, loss in the second round of the ATP 500 series and the ATP 250 series after drawing bye in first round will result in 0 points being awarded.^[14]

In addition qualifiers and main draw entry players will then also receive the points in brackets for the rounds they reached.^[15]

Starting in 2016, points were no longer awarded for Davis Cup ties,^[16] nor for the tennis tournament at the Summer Olympics.^[17]

Current rankings

Template:Current ATP Singles Rankings

Template:Current ATP Doubles Individual 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:^[18]

Active players in green

No.	Player	Date reached	Total weeks
1	Ilie Năstase	August 23, 1973	40
2	John Newcombe	June 3, 1974	8
3	Jimmy Connors	July 29, 1974	268
4	Björn Borg	August 23, 1977	109
5	John McEnroe	March 3, 1980	170
6	Ivan Lendl	February 28, 1983	270
7	Mats Wilander	September 12, 1988	20
8	Stefan Edberg	August 13, 1990	72
9	Boris Becker	January 28, 1991	12
10	Jim Courier	February 10, 1992	58
11	Pete Sampras	April 12, 1993	286
12	Andre Agassi	April 10, 1995	101
13	Thomas Muster	February 12, 1996	6
14	Marcelo Ríos	March 30, 1998	6
15	Carlos Moyá	March 15, 1999	2
16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	May 3, 1999	6
17	Patrick Rafter	July 26, 1999	1
18	Marat Safin	November 20, 2000	9
19	Gustavo Kuerten	December 4, 2000	43
20	Lleyton Hewitt	November 19, 2001	80
21	Juan Carlos Ferrero	September 8, 2003	8
22	Andy Roddick	November 3, 2003	13
23	Roger Federer	February 2, 2004	310
24	Rafael Nadal	August 18, 2008	209
25	Novak Djokovic	July 4, 2011	282
26	Andy Murray	November 7, 2016	41

Last update: 16 March 2020

Year-end number one players

Singles

Year	Nationality / player	ATP points
1973	Ilie Năstase (1)	N/A
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)	3889
1991	Stefan Edberg	3515
1992	Jim Courier (8)	3599
1993	Pete Sampras (9)	4128
1994	Pete Sampras	5097
1995	Pete Sampras	4842
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^[a]
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
2017	Rafael Nadal	10645
2018	Novak Djokovic	9045
2019	Rafael Nadal	9985

Notes
^a In 2009, a new point system was introduced where points were roughly doubled.

Doubles

Year	Nationality / player
1983	Peter Fleming (1) / John McEnroe (1)
1984	Mark Edmondson (1) / Sherwood Stewart (1)
1985	Ken Flach (1) / Robert Seguso (1)
1986	Hans Gildemeister (1) / Andrés Gómez (1)
1987	Sergio Casal (1) / Emilio Sánchez (1)
1988	Robert Leach (1) / Jim Pugh (1)
1989	Robert Leach (2) / Jim Pugh (2)
1990	Pieter Aldrich (1) / Danie Visser (1)
1991	John Fitzgerald (1) / Anders Järryd (1)
1992	Mark Woodforde (1) / Todd Woodbridge (1)
1993	Grant Connell (1) / Patrick Galbraith (1)
1994	Jacco Eltingh (1) / Paul 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	Mahesh Bhupathi (1) / Leander Paes (1)
2000	Mark Woodforde (5) / Todd Woodbridge (5)
2001	Jonas Björkman (1) / Todd Woodbridge (6)

Year	Nationality / player
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)
2017	Łukasz Kubot (1) / Marcelo Melo (1)
2018	Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić (1)
2019	Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (1)

Year-end Top 10

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1973	I. Năstase	J. Newcombe	J. Connors	T. Okker	S. Smith	K. Rosewall	M. Orantes	R. Laver	J. Kodeš	A. Ashe
1974	J. Connors	J. Newcombe	B. Borg	R. Laver	G. Vilas	T. Okker	A. Ashe	K. Rosewall	S. Smith	I. Năstase
1975	J. Connors	G. Vilas	B. Borg	A. Ashe	M. Orantes	K. Rosewall	I. Năstase	J. Alexander	R. Tanner	R. Laver
1976	J. Connors	B. Borg	I. Năstase	M. Orantes	R. Ramírez	G. Vilas	A. Panatta	H. Solomon	E. Dibbs	B. Gottfried
1977	J. Connors	G. Vilas	B. Borg	V. Gerulaitis	B. Gottfried	E. Dibbs	M. Orantes	R. Ramírez	I. Năstase	D. Stockton
1978	J. Connors	B. Borg	G. Vilas	J. McEnroe	V. Gerulaitis	E. Dibbs	B. Gottfried	R. Ramírez	H. Solomon	C. Barazzutti
1979	B. Borg	J. Connors	J. McEnroe	V. Gerulaitis	R. Tanner	G. Vilas	A. Ashe	H. Solomon	J. Higueras	E. Dibbs
1980	B. Borg	J. McEnroe	J. Connors	G. Mayer	G. Vilas	I. Lendl	H. Solomon	JL. Clerc	V. Gerulaitis	E. Teltscher
1981	J. McEnroe	I. Lendl	J. Connors	B. Borg	JL. Clerc	G. Vilas	G. Mayer	E. Teltscher	V. Gerulaitis	P. McNamara
1982	J. McEnroe	J. Connors	I. Lendl	G. Vilas	V. Gerulaitis	JL. Clerc	M. Wilander	G. Mayer	Y. Noah	P. McNamara
1983	J. McEnroe	I. Lendl	J. Connors	M. Wilander	Y. Noah	J. Arias	J. Higueras	JL. Clerc	K. Curren	G. Mayer
1984	J. McEnroe	J. Connors	I. Lendl	M. Wilander	A. Gómez	A. Järryd	H. Sundström	P. Cash	E. Teltscher	Y. Noah
1985	I. Lendl	J. McEnroe	M. Wilander	J. Connors	S. Edberg	B. Becker	Y. Noah	A. Järryd	M. Mečíř	K. Curren
1986	I. Lendl	B. Becker	M. Wilander	Y. Noah	S. Edberg	H. Leconte	J. Nyström	J. Connors	M. Mečíř	A. Gómez
1987	I. Lendl	S. Edberg	M. Wilander	J. Connors	B. Becker	M. Mečíř	P. Cash	Y. Noah	T. Mayotte	J. McEnroe
1988	M. Wilander	I. Lendl	A. Agassi	B. Becker	S. Edberg	K. Carlsson	J. Connors	J. Hlasek	H. Leconte	T. Mayotte
1989	I. Lendl	B. Becker	S. Edberg	J. McEnroe	M. Chang	B. Gilbert	A. Agassi	A. Krickstein	A. Mancini	J. Berger
1990	S. Edberg	B. Becker	I. Lendl	A. Agassi	P. Sampras	A. Gómez	T. Muster	E. Sánchez	G. Ivanišević	B. Gilbert
1991	S. Edberg	J. Courier	B. Becker	M. Stich	I. Lendl	P. Sampras	G. Forget	K. Nováček	P. Korda	A. Agassi
1992	J. Courier	S. Edberg	P. Sampras	G. Ivanišević	B. Becker	M. Chang	P. Korda	I. Lendl	A. Agassi	R. Krajicek
1993	P. Sampras	M. Stich	J. Courier	S. Bruguera	S. Edberg	A. Medvedev	G. Ivanišević	M. Chang	T. Muster	C. Pioline
1994	P. Sampras	A. Agassi	B. Becker	S. Bruguera	G. Ivanišević	M. Chang	S. Edberg	A. Berasategui	M. Stich	T. Martin
1995	P. Sampras	A. Agassi	T. Muster	B. Becker	M. Chang	Y. Kafelnikov	T. Enqvist	J. Courier	W. Ferreira	G. Ivanišević
1996	P. Sampras	M. Chang	Y. Kafelnikov	G. Ivanišević	T. Muster	B. Becker	R. Krajicek	A. Agassi	T. Enqvist	W. Ferreira
1997	P. Sampras	P. Rafter	M. Chang	J. Björkman	Y. Kafelnikov	G. Rusedski	C. Moya	S. Bruguera	T. Muster	M. Ríos
1998	P. Sampras	M. Ríos	A. Corretja	P. Rafter	C. Moya	A. Agassi	T. Henman	K. Kučera	G. Rusedski	R. Krajicek
1999	A. Agassi	Y. Kafelnikov	P. Sampras	T. Enqvist	G. Kuerten	N. Kiefer	T. Martin	N. Lapentti	M. Ríos	R. Krajicek
2000	G. Kuerten	M. Safin	P. Sampras	M. Norman	Y. Kafelnikov	A. Agassi	L. Hewitt	A. Corretja	T. Enqvist	T. Henman
2001	L. Hewitt	G. Kuerten	A. Agassi	Y. Kafelnikov	JC. Ferrero	S. Grosjean	P. Rafter	T. Haas	T. Henman	P. Sampras
2002	L. Hewitt	A. Agassi	M. Safin	JC. Ferrero	C. Moya	R. Federer	J. Novák	T. Henman	A. Costa	A. Roddick
2003	A. Roddick	R. Federer	JC. Ferrero	A. Agassi	G. Coria	R. Schüttler	C. Moyá	D. Nalbandian	M. Philippoussis	S. Grosjean
2004	R. Federer	A. Roddick	L. Hewitt	M. Safin	C. Moyá	T. Henman	G. Coria	A. Agassi	D. Nalbandian	G. Gaudio
2005	R. Federer	R. Nadal	A. Roddick	L. Hewitt	N. Davydenko	D. Nalbandian	A. Agassi	G. Coria	I. Ljubičić	G. Gaudio
2006	R. Federer	R. Nadal	N. Davydenko	J. Blake	I. Ljubicic	A. Roddick	T. Robredo	D. Nalbandian	M. Ančić	F. González
2007	R. Federer	R. Nadal	N. Djokovic	N. Davydenko	D. Ferrer	A. Roddick	F. González	R. Gasquet	D. Nalbandian	T. Robredo
2008	R. Nadal	R. Federer	N. Djokovic	A. Murray	N. Davydenko	JW. Tsonga	G. Simon	A. Roddick	JM. del Potro	J. Blake
2009	R. Federer	R. Nadal	N. Djokovic	A. Murray	JM. Del Potro	N. Davydenko	A. Roddick	R. Söderling	F. Verdasco	JW. Tsonga
2010	R. Nadal	R. Federer	N. Djokovic	A. Murray	R. Söderling	T. Berdych	D. Ferrer	A. Roddick	F. Verdasco	M. Youzhny
2011	N. Djokovic	R. Nadal	R. Federer	A. Murray	D. Ferrer	JW. Tsonga	T. Berdych	M. Fish	J. Tipsarević	N. Almagro
2012	N. Djokovic	R. Federer	A. Murray	R. Nadal	D. Ferrer	T. Berdych	JM. del Potro	JW. Tsonga	J. Tipsarević	R. Gasquet
2013	R. Nadal	N. Djokovic	D. Ferrer	A. Murray	JM. Del Potro	R. Federer	T. Berdych	S. Wawrinka	R. Gasquet	JW. Tsonga
2014	N. Djokovic	R. Federer	R. Nadal	S. Wawrinka	K. Nishikori	A. Murray	T. Berdych	M. Raonic	M. Čilić	D. Ferrer
2015	N. Djokovic	A. Murray	R. Federer	S. Wawrinka	R. Nadal	T. Berdych	D. Ferrer	K. Nishikori	R. Gasquet	JW. Tsonga
2016	A. Murray	N. Djokovic	M. Raonic	S. Wawrinka	K. Nishikori	M. Čilić	G. Monfils	D. Thiem	R. Nadal	T. Berdych
2017	R. Nadal	R. Federer	G. Dimitrov	A. Zverev	D. Thiem	M. Čilić	D. Goffin	J. Sock	S. Wawrinka	P. Carreño Busta
2018	N. Djokovic	R. Nadal	R. Federer	A. Zverev	JM. del Potro	K. Anderson	M. Čilić	D. Thiem	K. Nishikori	J. Isner
2019	R. Nadal	N. Djokovic	R. Federer	D. Thiem	D. Medvedev	S. Tsitsipas	A. Zverev	M. Berrettini	R. Bautista Agut	G. Monfils

*Not all end of year rankings listed were taken from the 31st of December. Due to the Australian Open's date in the 1970's through to the mid 1980's, the year end ranking in that era was recorded from varying dates.

*Ivan Lendl became a naturalized American citizen in 1992 after representing Czechoslovakia.

*Kevin Curren became a naturalized American citizen in 1985 after representing South Africa.

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: