List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players

The ATP Rankings are the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) merit-based method for determining the rankings in men's tennis. In doubles, the top-ranked team is the pair who, over the previous 52 weeks, has gathered the most ATP Rankings points. Points are awarded based on how far a team advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The ATP has used a computerised system for determining doubles rankings since 1976. An updated rankings list is released at the beginning of each week.

Since the introduction of the ATP rankings the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times. As of 2017, ranking is based on calculating, for each player, his total points from his best 18 results from all eligible tournaments, including the ATP Finals (Doubles) played in the 52-week ranking period. For entry purposes there are no mandatory events, however, once a player is accepted in the main draw of one of these 12 tournaments, as a direct acceptance, a qualifier or a lucky loser or having accepted a wild card, his result in this tournament shall count for his ranking, whether or not he participates. ^[1]

The current number 1 doubles player is Mike Bryan of the United States.

Number 1 ranked players

Data is from the ATP. The doubles rankings began on March 1, 1976.^[2]

#	Country	Player	Start date	End date	Weeks	Total
1	RSA	Bob Hewitt (1)	March 1, 1976	April 11, 1976	6	6
2	MEX	Raúl Ramírez (1)	April 12, 1976	April 24, 1977	54	54
3	RSA	Frew McMillan (1)	April 25, 1977	May 22, 1977	4	4
	MEX	Raúl Ramírez (2)	May 23, 1977	July 3, 1977	6	60
	RSA	Frew McMillan (2)	July 4, 1977	July 10, 1977	1	5
	MEX	Raúl Ramírez (3)	July 11, 1977	July 24, 1977	2	62
	RSA	Frew McMillan (3)	July 25, 1977	February 4, 1979	80	85
4	NED	Tom Okker (1)	February 5, 1979	April 22, 1979	11	11
5	USA	John McEnroe (1)	April 23, 1979	March 1, 1981	97	97
6	USA	Stan Smith (1)	March 2, 1981	April 26, 1981	8	8
	USA	John McEnroe (2)	April 27, 1981	May 24, 1981	4	101
7	AUS	Paul McNamee (1)	May 25, 1981	June 14, 1981	3	3
	USA	John McEnroe (3)	June 15, 1981	January 31, 1982	33	134
8	USA	Peter Fleming (1)	February 1, 1982	February 21, 1982	3	3
	USA	John McEnroe (4)	February 22, 1982	March 18, 1984	108	242
	USA	Peter Fleming (2)	March 19, 1984	March 25, 1984	1	4
	USA	John McEnroe (5)	March 26, 1984	June 10, 1984	11	253
	USA	Peter Fleming (3)	June 11, 1984	August 5, 1984	8	12
	USA	John McEnroe (6)	August 6, 1984	August 12, 1984	1	254
	USA	Peter Fleming (4)	August 13, 1984	September 16, 1984	5	17
	USA	John McEnroe (7)	September 17, 1984	December 16, 1984	13	267
9	TCH	Tomáš Šmíd (1)	December 17, 1984	August 11, 1985	34	34
10	SWE	Anders Järryd (1)	August 12, 1985	September 8, 1985	4	4
11	USA	Robert Seguso (1)	September 9, 1985	September 15, 1985	1	1
	SWE	Anders Järryd (2)	September 16, 1985	September 29, 1985	2	6
	USA	Robert Seguso (2)	September 30, 1985	October 13, 1985	2	3
12	USA	Ken Flach (1)	October 14, 1985	October 20, 1985	1	1
	USA	Robert Seguso (3)	October 21, 1985	December 15, 1985	8	11
	USA	Ken Flach (2)	December 16, 1985	December 22, 1985	1	2
	USA	Robert Seguso (4)	December 23, 1985	February 2, 1986	6	17
	SWE	Anders Järryd (3)	February 3, 1986	February 9, 1986	1	7
	USA	Robert Seguso (5)	February 10, 1986	February 23, 1986	2	19
	SWE	Anders Järryd (4)	February 24, 1986	March 16, 1986	3	10
	USA	Robert Seguso (6)	March 17, 1986	March 23, 1986	1	20
	SWE	Anders Järryd (5)	March 24, 1986	March 30, 1986	1	11
	USA	Robert Seguso (7)	March 31, 1986	May 18, 1986	7	27
	USA	Ken Flach (3)	May 19, 1986	June 8, 1986	3	5
13	SWE	Stefan Edberg (1)	June 9, 1986	August 24, 1986	11	11
14	FRA	Yannick Noah (1)	August 25, 1986	September 7, 1986	2	2
15	YUG	Slobodan Živojinović (1)	September 8, 1986	September 14, 1986	1	1
16	ECU	Andrés Gómez (1)	September 15, 1986	September 21, 1986	1	1
	YUG	Slobodan Živojinović (2)	September 22, 1986	October 19, 1986	4	5
	ECU	Andrés Gómez (2)	October 20, 1986	November 9, 1986	3	4
	YUG	Slobodan Živojinović (3)	November 10, 1986	November 23, 1986	2	7
	ECU	Andrés Gómez (3)	November 24, 1986	January 25, 1987	9	13
	SWE	Stefan Edberg (2)	January 26, 1987	February 22, 1987	4	15
	FRA	Yannick Noah (2)	February 23, 1987	April 19, 1987	8	10
	SWE	Anders Järryd (6)	April 20, 1987	May 10, 1987	3	14
	FRA	Yannick Noah (3)	May 11, 1987	July 5, 1987	8	18
	SWE	Anders Järryd (7)	July 6, 1987	August 9, 1987	5	19
	USA	Robert Seguso (8)	August 10, 1987	August 16, 1987	1	28
	FRA	Yannick Noah (4)	August 17, 1987	August 23, 1987	1	19
	USA	Robert Seguso (9)	August 24, 1987	March 27, 1988	31	59
	SWE	Anders Järryd (8)	March 28, 1988	April 17, 1988	3	22
	USA	Robert Seguso (10)	April 18, 1988	May 8, 1988	3	62
	SWE	Anders Järryd (9)	May 9, 1988	April 2, 1989	47	69
17	ESP	Emilio Sánchez (1)	April 3, 1989	April 16, 1989	2	2
	SWE	Anders Järryd (10)	April 17, 1989	May 14, 1989	4	73
	ESP	Emilio Sánchez (2)	May 15, 1989	June 11, 1989	4	6
18	USA	Jim Grabb (1)	June 12, 1989	June 18, 1989	1	1
19	USA	Jim Pugh (1)	June 19, 1989	September 10, 1989	12	12
	USA	John McEnroe (8)	September 11, 1989	September 24, 1989	2	269
	SWE	Anders Järryd (11)	September 25, 1989	January 28, 1990	18	91
20	RSA	Danie Visser (1)	January 29, 1990	March 25, 1990	8	8
21	USA	Rick Leach (1)	March 26, 1990	May 27, 1990	9	9
	USA	Jim Pugh (2)	May 28, 1990	July 22, 1990	8	20
22	RSA RSA	Pieter Aldrich (1) Danie Visser (2)	July 23, 1990	August 12, 1990	3	3 11
	USA	Jim Pugh (3)	August 13, 1990	September 9, 1990	4	24
	RSA RSA	Pieter Aldrich (2) Danie Visser (3)	September 10, 1990	November 4, 1990	8	11 19
	USA	Jim Pugh (4)	November 5, 1990	November 11, 1990	1	25
	RSA RSA	Pieter Aldrich (3) Danie Visser (4)	November 12, 1990	November 18, 1990	1	12 20
	USA	Jim Pugh (5)	November 19, 1990	November 25, 1990	1	26
	RSA RSA	Pieter Aldrich (4) Danie Visser (5)	November 26, 1990	January 13, 1991	7	19 27
23	USA	David Pate (1)	January 14, 1991	July 7, 1991	25	25
24	AUS	John Fitzgerald (1)	July 8, 1991	February 23, 1992	33	33
	SWE	Anders Järryd (12)	February 24, 1992	March 1, 1992	1	92
	AUS	John Fitzgerald (2)	March 2, 1992	March 8, 1992	1	34
	SWE	Anders Järryd (13)	March 9, 1992	May 3, 1992	8	100
	AUS	John Fitzgerald (3)	May 4, 1992	June 14, 1992	6	40
	SWE	Anders Järryd (14)	June 15, 1992	July 5, 1992	3	103
25	AUS	Todd Woodbridge (1)	July 6, 1992	July 19, 1992	2	2
	SWE	Anders Järryd (15)	July 20, 1992	August 16, 1992	4	107
	AUS	Todd Woodbridge (2)	August 17, 1992	September 13, 1992	4	6
	USA	Jim Grabb (2)	September 14, 1992	October 11, 1992	4	5
26	USA	Kelly Jones (1)	October 12, 1992	October 18, 1992	1	1
	USA	Jim Grabb (3)	October 19, 1992	November 1, 1992	2	7
	AUS	Todd Woodbridge (3)	November 2, 1992	November 15, 1992	2	8
27	AUS	Mark Woodforde (1)	November 16, 1992	January 31, 1993	11	11
28	USA	Richey Reneberg (1)	February 1, 1993	March 7, 1993	5	5
	USA	Jim Grabb (4)	March 8, 1993	April 18, 1993	6	13
	USA	Richey Reneberg (2)	April 19, 1993	June 13, 1993	8	13
	AUS	Todd Woodbridge (4)	June 14, 1993	October 17, 1993	18	26
29	USA	Patrick Galbraith (1)	October 18, 1993	November 7, 1993	3	3
	AUS	Todd Woodbridge (5)	November 8, 1993	November 14, 1993	1	27
30	CAN	Grant Connell (1)	November 15, 1993	January 30, 1994	11	11
31	NED	Paul Haarhuis (1)	January 31, 1994	February 13, 1994	2	2
32	ZIM	Byron Black (1)	February 14, 1994	February 20, 1994	1	1
	NED	Paul Haarhuis (2)	February 21, 1994	March 6, 1994	2	4
	CAN	Grant Connell (2)	March 7, 1994	March 20, 1994	2	13
	NED	Paul Haarhuis (3)	March 21, 1994	May 8, 1994	7	11
	CAN	Grant Connell (3)	May 9, 1994	June 5, 1994	4	17
	ZIM	Byron Black (2)	June 6, 1994	July 24, 1994	7	8
	USA	Patrick Galbraith (2)	July 25, 1994	July 31, 1994	1	4
33	USA	Jonathan Stark (1)	August 1, 1994	September 11, 1994	6	6
	NED	Paul Haarhuis (4)	September 12, 1994	January 15, 1995	18	29
34	NED NED	Paul Haarhuis (4) Jacco Eltingh (1)	January 16, 1995	February 12, 1995	4	33 4
	NED	Paul Haarhuis (4)	February 13, 1995	April 2, 1995	7	40
	AUS	Mark Woodforde (2)	April 3, 1995	June 11, 1995	10	21
	NED NED	Paul Haarhuis(5) Jacco Eltingh (2)	June 12, 1995	September 10, 1995	13	53 17
	AUS	Todd Woodbridge (6)	September 11, 1995	October 29, 1995	7	34
	NED NED	Jacco Eltingh (3) Paul Haarhuis (6)	October 30, 1995	November 5, 1995	1	18 54
	AUS	Todd Woodbridge (7)	November 6, 1995	October 13, 1996	49	83
	AUS AUS	Todd Woodbridge (7) Mark Woodforde (3)	October 14, 1996	October 12, 1997	52	134 73
	AUS	Todd Woodbridge (7)	October 13, 1997	March 29, 1998	24	159
	NED	Jacco Eltingh (4)	March 30, 1998	January 31, 1999	44	62
	NED	Paul Haarhuis (7)	February 1, 1999	April 25, 1999	12	66
35	IND	Mahesh Bhupathi (1)	April 26, 1999	May 9, 1999	2	2
	NED	Paul Haarhuis (8)	May 10, 1999	June 6, 1999	4	70
	IND	Mahesh Bhupathi (2)	June 7, 1999	June 20, 1999	2	4
36	IND	Leander Paes (1)	June 21, 1999	March 19, 2000	39	39
37	USA	Jared Palmer (1)	March 20, 2000	May 7, 2000	7	7
38	USA	Alex O'Brien (1)	May 8, 2000	June 11, 2000	5	5
	AUS	Todd Woodbridge (8)	June 12, 2000	October 29, 2000	20	179
	AUS	Mark Woodforde (4)	October 30, 2000	January 7, 2001	10	83
	AUS	Todd Woodbridge (9)	January 8, 2001	July 8, 2001	26	205
39	SWE	Jonas Björkman (1)	July 9, 2001	January 27, 2002	29	29
40	USA	Donald Johnson (1)	January 28, 2002	April 14, 2002	11	11
	USA USA	Donald Johnson (1) Jared Palmer (2)	April 15, 2002	May 12, 2002	4	15 11
	USA	Jared Palmer (2)	May 13, 2002	May 19, 2002	1	12
	USA USA	Jared Palmer (2) Donald Johnson (2)	May 20, 2002	June 23, 2002	5	17 20
41	BAH	Mark Knowles (1)	June 24, 2002	August 18, 2002	8	8
42	CAN	Daniel Nestor (1)	August 19, 2002	November 3, 2002	11	11
	BAH	Mark Knowles (2)	November 4, 2002	June 8, 2003	31	39
43	BLR	Max Mirnyi (1)	June 9, 2003	September 7, 2003	13	13
44 45	USA USA	Bob Bryan (1) Mike Bryan (1)	September 8, 2003	October 19, 2003	6	6 6
	BLR	Max Mirnyi (2)	October 20, 2003	February 1, 2004	15	28
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (2) Mike Bryan (2)	February 2, 2004	June 6, 2004	18	24 24
	SWE	Jonas Björkman (2)	June 7, 2004	September 12, 2004	14	43
	CAN	Daniel Nestor (2)	September 13, 2004	October 3, 2004	3	14
	CAN BAH	Daniel Nestor (2) Mark Knowles (3)	October 4, 2004	February 27, 2005	21	35 60
	SWE	Jonas Björkman (3)	February 28, 2005	March 20, 2005	3	46
	CAN BAH	Daniel Nestor (3) Mark Knowles (4)	March 21, 2005	April 24, 2005	5	40 65
	SWE	Jonas Björkman (4)	April 25, 2005	November 6, 2005	28	74
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (3) Mike Bryan (3)	November 7, 2005	January 28, 2007	64	88 88
	BLR	Max Mirnyi (3)	January 29, 2007	April 15, 2007	11	39
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (4) Mike Bryan (4)	April 16, 2007	July 6, 2008	64	152 152
	CAN	Daniel Nestor (4)	July 7, 2008	September 7, 2008	9	49
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (5) Mike Bryan (5)	September 8, 2008	October 19, 2008	6	158 158
	CAN	Daniel Nestor (5)	October 20, 2008	November 2, 2008	2	51
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (6) Mike Bryan (6)	November 3, 2008	November 16, 2008	2	160 160
46	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić (1)	November 17, 2008	February 1, 2009	11	11
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (7) Mike Bryan (7)	February 2, 2009	May 17, 2009	15	175 175
	CAN SRB	Daniel Nestor (6) Nenad Zimonjić (2)	May 18, 2009	June 7, 2009	3	54 14
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (8) Mike Bryan (8)	June 8, 2009	September 13, 2009	14	189 189
	CAN SRB	Daniel Nestor (7) Nenad Zimonjić (3)	September 14, 2009	November 29, 2009	11	65 25
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (9) Mike Bryan (9)	November 30, 2009	January 31, 2010	9	198 198
	CAN SRB	Daniel Nestor (8) Nenad Zimonjić (4)	February 1, 2010	May 16, 2010	15	80 40
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (10) Mike Bryan (10)	May 17, 2010	June 6, 2010	3	201 201
	CAN SRB	Daniel Nestor (9) Nenad Zimonjić (5)	June 7, 2010	August 15, 2010	10	90 50
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (11) Mike Bryan (11)	August 16, 2010	May 6, 2012	90	291 291
	CAN BLR	Daniel Nestor (10) Max Mirnyi (4)	May 7, 2012	September 9, 2012	18	108 57
	USA USA	Bob Bryan (12) Mike Bryan (12)	September 10, 2012	November 4, 2012	8	299 299
	USA	Mike Bryan (12)	November 5, 2012	February 24, 2013	16	315
	USA USA	Mike Bryan (12) Bob Bryan (13)	February 25, 2013	October 25, 2015	139 ^↑	454 438
	USA	Bob Bryan (13)	October 26, 2015	November 1, 2015	1	439
47	BRA	Marcelo Melo (1)	November 2, 2015	April 3, 2016	22	22
48	GBR	Jamie Murray (1)	April 4, 2016^[3]	May 8, 2016	5	5
	BRA	Marcelo Melo (2)	May 9, 2016	June 5, 2016	4	26
49	FRA	Nicolas Mahut (1)	June 6, 2016	June 12, 2016	1	1
	GBR	Jamie Murray (2)	June 13, 2016	July 10, 2016	4	9
	FRA	Nicolas Mahut (2)	July 11, 2016	April 2, 2017	38	39
50	FIN	Henri Kontinen (1)	April 3, 2017	July 16, 2017	15	15
	BRA	Marcelo Melo (3)	July 17, 2017	August 20, 2017	5	31
	FIN	Henri Kontinen (2)	August 21, 2017	November 5, 2017	11	26
	BRA	Marcelo Melo (4)	November 6, 2017	January 7, 2018	9	40
51	BRA POL	Marcelo Melo (4) Łukasz Kubot (1)	January 8, 2018	April 29, 2018	16	56 16
	POL	Łukasz Kubot (1)	April 30, 2018	May 20, 2018	3	19
52	CRO	Mate Pavić (1)	May 21, 2018	July 15, 2018	8	8
	USA	Mike Bryan (13)	July 16, 2018	Present	13	467 ^↑

Key

*	Current number 1 player(s) as of October 8, 2018
^↑	All-time record

Weeks at number 1

Total

#	Player	Total
1.	Mike Bryan	467
2.	Bob Bryan	439
3.	John McEnroe	269
4.	Todd Woodbridge	204
5.	Daniel Nestor	108
6.	Anders Järryd	107
7.	Frew McMillan	85
8.	Mark Woodforde	83
9.	Jonas Björkman	74
10.	Paul Haarhuis	71
11.	Raúl Ramírez	67
12.	Mark Knowles	65
13.	Jacco Eltingh	63
14.	Robert Seguso	62
15.	Max Mirnyi	57
16.	Marcelo Melo	56
17.	Nenad Zimonjić	50
18.	John Fitzgerald	40
19.	Leander Paes	39
19.	Nicolas Mahut	39
21.	Tomáš Šmíd	34
22.	Danie Visser	27
23.	Jim Pugh	26
23.	Henri Kontinen	26
25.	David Pate	25
26.	Donald Johnson	20
27.	Pieter Aldrich	19
	Yannick Noah
	Łukasz Kubot
30.	Jared Palmer	17
30.	Grant Connell	17
32.	Stefan Edberg	15
33.	Richey Reneberg	13
	Jim Grabb
	Andrés Gómez
36.	Peter Fleming	11
36.	Tom Okker	11
38.	Rick Leach	9
38.	Jamie Murray	9
40.	Byron Black	8
	Stan Smith
	Mate Pavić
43.	Slobodan Živojinović	7
44.	Jonathan Stark	6
	Emilio Sánchez
	Bob Hewitt
47.	Alex O'Brien	5
47.	Ken Flach	5
49.	Mahesh Bhupathi	4
49.	Patrick Galbraith	4
51.	Paul McNamee	3
52.	Kelly Jones	1
*	active players - current No. 1 in bold

Consecutive

#	Player	Total
1.	Mike Bryan (1)	163
2.	Bob Bryan (1)	140
3.	Todd Woodbridge (1)	125
4.	John McEnroe (1)	108
5.	John McEnroe (2)	97
6.	Bob Bryan (2)	90
6.	Mike Bryan (2)	90
8.	Frew McMillan (1)	80
9.	Bob Bryan (3)	64
	Mike Bryan (3)
	Bob Bryan (4)
	Mike Bryan (4)
13.	Raúl Ramírez (1)	54
14.	Mark Woodforde (1)	52
15.	Anders Järryd (1)	47
16.	Jacco Eltingh (1)	44
17.	Leander Paes (1)	39
18.	Nicolas Mahut (1)	38
19.	Tomáš Šmíd (1)	34
20.	John McEnroe (3)	33
20.	John Fitzgerald (1)	33
*	current streak in bold

as of October 8, 2018^[update]

Weeks at number 1 by country

#	Country	# of players	# of weeks	Players
1.	United States	18	1400	John McEnroe, Stan Smith, Peter Fleming, Robert Seguso, Ken Flach, Jim Grabb, Jim Pugh, Rick Leach, David Pate, Kelly Jones, Richey Reneberg, Patrick Galbraith, Jonathan Stark, Jared Palmer, Alex O'Brien, Donald Johnson, Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan
2.	Australia	4	330	Paul McNamee, John Fitzgerald, Todd Woodbridge, Mark Woodforde
3.	Sweden	3	196	Anders Järryd, Stefan Edberg, Jonas Björkman
4.	Netherlands	3	145	Tom Okker, Paul Haarhuis, Jacco Eltingh
5.	South Africa	4	137	Bob Hewitt, Frew McMillan, Danie Visser, Pieter Aldrich
6.	Canada	2	125	Grant Connell, Daniel Nestor
7.	Mexico	1	67	Raúl Ramírez
8.	Bahamas	1	65	Mark Knowles
9.	France	2	58	Yannick Noah, Nicolas Mahut
10.	Yugoslavia Serbia	2	57	Slobodan Živojinović, Nenad Zimonjić
10.	Belarus	1	57	Max Mirnyi
12.	Brazil	1	56	Marcelo Melo
13.	India	2	43	Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes
14.	Czechoslovakia	1	34	Tomáš Šmíd
15.	Finland	1	26	Henri Kontinen
16.	Poland	1	19	Łukasz Kubot
17.	Ecuador	1	13	Andrés Gómez
18.	United Kingdom	1	9	Jamie Murray
19.	Zimbabwe	1	8	Byron Black
19.	Croatia	1	8	Mate Pavić
21.	Spain	1	6	Emilio Sánchez

As of October 8, 2018

Current no. 1 player(s) in bold.

Year-end number 1

The year-end No. 1 ranked player is determined based on the ATP rankings following the completion of the final tournament of the calendar year. For doubles, two rankings are maintained, one for the individual player or players with the most points, and one for the team with the most points at the end of the season.

Key

(1)	Cumulative number of times as year-end number 1
	Ranked number 1 during every week of the calendar year

Country	Player	No. of Times
USA	Mike Bryan	9
USA	Bob Bryan	8
USA	John McEnroe	5
AUS	Mark Woodforde	3
AUS	Todd Woodbridge	3
RSA	Frew McMillan	2
USA	Robert Seguso
SWE	Anders Järryd
BAH	Mark Knowles
BRA	Marcelo Melo
MEX	Raúl Ramírez	1
TCH	Tomáš Šmíd
ECU	Andrés Gómez
RSA	Pieter Aldrich
RSA	Danie Visser
AUS	John Fitzgerald
CAN	Grant Connell
NED	Paul Haarhuis
NED	Jacco Eltingh
IND	Leander Paes
SWE	Jonas Björkman
BLR	Max Mirnyi
CAN	Daniel Nestor
SRB	Nenad Zimonjić
FRA	Nicolas Mahut

Year	Player	Team
1976	Raúl Ramírez (1)
1977	Frew McMillan (1)
1978	Frew McMillan (2)
1979	John McEnroe (1)
1980	John McEnroe (2)
1981	John McEnroe (3)
1982	John McEnroe (4)
1983	John McEnroe (5)	Peter Fleming (1) / John McEnroe (1)
1984	Tomáš Šmíd (1)	Mark Edmondson (1) / Sherwood Stewart (1)
1985	Robert Seguso (1)	Ken Flach (1) / Robert Seguso (1)
1986	Andrés Gómez (1)	Hans Gildemeister (1) / Andrés Gómez (1)
1987	Robert Seguso (2)	Sergio Casal (1) / Emilio Sánchez (1)
1988	Anders Järryd (1)	Robert Leach (1) / Jim Pugh (1)
1989	Anders Järryd (2)	Robert Leach (2) / Jim Pugh (2)
1990	Pieter Aldrich (1) & Danie Visser (1)	Pieter Aldrich (1) / Danie Visser (1)
1991	John Fitzgerald (1)	John Fitzgerald (1) / Anders Järryd (1)
1992	Mark Woodforde (1)	Mark Woodforde (1) / Todd Woodbridge (1)
1993	Grant Connell (1)	Grant Connell (1) / Patrick Galbraith (1)
1994	Paul Haarhuis (1)	Jacco Eltingh (1) / Paul Haarhuis (1)
1995	Todd Woodbridge (1)	Mark Woodforde (2) / Todd Woodbridge (2)
1996	Todd Woodbridge (2) & Mark Woodforde (2)	Mark Woodforde (3) / Todd Woodbridge (3)
1997	Todd Woodbridge (3)	Mark Woodforde (4) / Todd Woodbridge (4)
1998	Jacco Eltingh (1)	Jacco Eltingh (2) / Paul Haarhuis (2)
1999	Leander Paes (1)	Mahesh Bhupathi (1) / Leander Paes (1)
2000	Mark Woodforde (3)	Mark Woodforde (5) / Todd Woodbridge (5)
2001	Jonas Björkman (1)	Jonas Björkman (1) / Todd Woodbridge (6)
2002	Mark Knowles (1)	Mark Knowles (1) / Daniel Nestor (1)
2003	Max Mirnyi (1)	Bob Bryan (1) / Mike Bryan (1)
2004	Mark Knowles (2) & Daniel Nestor (1)	Mark Knowles (2) / Daniel Nestor (2)
2005	Bob Bryan (1) & Mike Bryan (1)	Bob Bryan (2) / Mike Bryan (2)
2006	Bob Bryan (2) & Mike Bryan (2)	Bob Bryan (3) / Mike Bryan (3)
2007	Bob Bryan (3) & Mike Bryan (3)	Bob Bryan (4) / Mike Bryan (4)
2008	Nenad Zimonjić (1)	Daniel Nestor (3) / Nenad Zimonjić (1)
2009	Bob Bryan (4) & Mike Bryan (4)	Bob Bryan (5) / Mike Bryan (5)
2010	Bob Bryan (5) & Mike Bryan (5)	Bob Bryan (6) / Mike Bryan (6)
2011	Bob Bryan (6) & Mike Bryan (6)	Bob Bryan (7) / Mike Bryan (7)
2012	Mike Bryan (7)	Bob Bryan (8) / Mike Bryan (8)
2013	Bob Bryan (7) & Mike Bryan (8)	Bob Bryan (9) / Mike Bryan (9)
2014	Bob Bryan (8) & Mike Bryan (9)	Bob Bryan (10) / Mike Bryan (10)
2015	Marcelo Melo (1)	Jean-Julien Rojer (1) / Horia Tecau (1)
2016	Nicolas Mahut (1)	Jamie Murray (1) / Bruno Soares (1)
2017	Marcelo Melo (2)	Łukasz Kubot (1) / Marcelo Melo (1)

Players who were ranked World No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament

Player	Date of first No. 1 position	First Grand Slam final reached	First Grand Slam title
Stefan Edberg	June 9, 1986	1984 US Open (September, 1984)	1987 Australian Open (1st of 3)
David Pate	January 14, 1991	1991 Australian Open (January, 1991)	1991 Australian Open (1st of 1)
Kelly Jones	October 12, 1992	1992 Australian Open (January, 1992)	none (retired in 1998)
Patrick Galbraith	October 18, 1993	1993 Wimbledon (July, 1993)	none (retired in 1999)
Grant Connell	November 15, 1993	1990 Australian Open (January, 1990)	none (retired in 1997)
Byron Black	February 14, 1994	1994 Australian Open (January, 1994)	1994 French Open (1st of 1)

References

^ "Rankings | FAQ | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/Press/Media-Guide.aspx
^ "Jamie Murray to become world number one in doubles". BBC Sport. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

External links

ATP World Tour website

[1] "Rankings | FAQ | ATP World Tour | Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2017-10-11.

[2] ttp://www.atpworldtour.com/Press/Media-Guide.aspx

[3] "Jamie Murray to become world number one in doubles". BBC Sport. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

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v t e Tennis world No. 1 men's doubles players
Current ATP world No. 1 in bold, as of week of 29 April 2024^[update] ATP rankings was introduced on 1 March 1976
1–5	Bob Hewitt (1976 – 6 w) Raúl Ramírez (1976/1977 – 62 w) Frew McMillan (1977/1979 – 85 w) Tom Okker (1979 – 11 w) John McEnroe (1979/1989 – 269 w)
6–10	Stan Smith (1981 – 8 w) Paul McNamee (1981 – 3 w) Peter Fleming (1982/1984 – 17 w) Tomáš Šmíd (1984/1985 – 34 w) Anders Järryd (1985/1992 – 107 w)
11–15	Robert Seguso (1985/1988 – 62 w) Ken Flach (1985/1986 – 5 w) Stefan Edberg (1986/1987 – 15 w) Yannick Noah (1986/1987 – 19 w) Slobodan Živojinović (1986 – 7 w)
16–20	Andrés Gómez (1986 – 13 w) Emilio Sánchez (1989 – 6 w) Jim Grabb (1989/1993 – 13 w) Jim Pugh (1989/1990 – 26 w) Danie Visser (1990 – 27 w)
21–25	Rick Leach (1990 – 9 w) Pieter Aldrich (1990 – 19 w) David Pate (1991 – 25 w) John Fitzgerald (1991/1992 – 40 w) Todd Woodbridge (1992/2001 – 204 w)
26–30	Kelly Jones (1992 – 1 w) Mark Woodforde (1992/2000 – 83 w) Richey Reneberg (1993 – 5 w) Patrick Galbraith (1993/1994 – 4 w) Grant Connell (1993/1994 – 17 w)
31–35	Paul Haarhuis (1994/1999 – 71 w) Byron Black (1994 – 8 w) Jonathan Stark (1994 – 6 w) Jacco Eltingh (1995/1998 – 63 w) Mahesh Bhupathi (1999 – 4 w)
36–40	Leander Paes (1999/2000 – 39 w) Jared Palmer (2000/2002 – 39 w) Alex O'Brien (2000 – 5 w) Jonas Björkman (2000/2005 – 74 w) Donald Johnson (2002 – 20 w)
41–45	Mark Knowles (2002/2005 – 65 w) Daniel Nestor (2002/2012 – 108 w) Max Mirnyi (2003/2012 – 57 w) Bob Bryan (2003/2015 – 439 w) Mike Bryan (2003/2019 – 506 w)
46–50	Nenad Zimonjić (2008/2010 – 40 w) Marcelo Melo (2015/2018 – 56 w) Jamie Murray (2016 – 9 w) Nicolas Mahut (2016/2017 – 39 w) Henri Kontinen (2017 – 26 w)
51–55	Łukasz Kubot (2018 – 19 w) Mate Pavić (2018/2022 – 57 w) Juan Sebastián Cabal (2019/2020 – 29 w) Robert Farah (2019/2021 – 68 w) Nikola Mektić (2021 – 3 w)
56–60	Joe Salisbury (2022 – 26 w) Rajeev Ram (2022/2023 – 9 w) Wesley Koolhof (2022/2023 – 34 w) Neal Skupski (2022/2023 – 35 w) Austin Krajicek (2023/2024 – 26 w)
61–65	Rohan Bopanna (2024 – 8 w) Matthew Ebden (2024 – 4 w)
(year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) weeks record underlined.