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ATP TENNIS RANKINGS HISTORY - The No. 1 Players
From 1973 to 1999 the ATP utilized a 52-week Ranking
System that now is used for the ATP Entry Ranking. The
ATP Champions Race provides an easier-to-follow calendar-year
race, culminating with a single year-end No. 1. The
figures below highlight the achievements of the players
over the past 29 years. Since Ilie Nastase first reached
No. 1 on the ATP Rankings on August 23, 1973, there
have been 23 different players to reach the No. 1 ranking.
RANK DATE PLAYER WEEKS
YEAR-END
Aug. 23, 1973 Ilie Nastase (1) 40
1973
Ilie Nastase
1974
Jimmy Connors
1975
Jimmy Connors
1976
Jimmy Connors
1977
Jimmy Connors
1978
Jimmy Connors
1979
Bjorn Borg
1980
Bjorn Borg
1981
John McEnroe
1982
John McEnroe
1983
John McEnroe
1984
John McEnroe
1985
Ivan Lendl
1986
Ivan Lendl
1987
Ivan Lendl
1988
Mats Wilander
1989
Ivan Lendl
1990
Stefan Edberg
1991
Stefan Edberg
1992
Jim Courier
1993
Pete Sampras
1994
Pete Sampras
1995
Pete Sampras
1996
Pete Sampras
1997
Pete Sampras
1998
Pete Sampras
1999
Andre Agassi
2000
Gustavo Kuerten
2001
Lleyton Hewitt
2002
Lleyton Hewitt
2003
Andy Roddick
2004
Roger Federer
2005
Roger Federer
2006
Roger Federer
2007
Roger Federer
June 3, 1974 John Newcombe (2) 8
July 29, 1974 Jimmy Connors (3) 160
Aug. 23, 1977 Bjorn Borg (4) 1
Aug. 30, 1977
Connors
84
Apr. 9, 1979
Borg
6
May 21, 1979
Connors
7
July 9, 1979
Borg
34
Mar. 3, 1980 John McEnroe (5) 3
Mar. 24, 1980
Borg
20
Aug. 11, 1980
McEnroe
1
Aug. 18, 1980
Borg
46
July 6, 1981
McEnroe
2
July 20, 1981
Borg
2
Aug. 3, 1981
McEnroe
58
Sept. 13, 1982
Connors
7
Nov. 1, 1982
McEnroe
1
Nov. 8, 1982
Connors
1
Nov. 15, 1982
McEnroe
11
Jan. 31, 1983
Connors
1
Feb. 7, 1983
McEnroe
1
Feb. 14, 1983
Connors
2
Feb. 28, 1983 Ivan Lendl (6) 11
May 16, 1983
Connors
3
June 6, 1983
McEnroe
1
June 13, 1983
Connors
3
July 4, 1983
McEnroe
17
Oct. 31, 1983
Lendl
6
Dec. 12, 1983
McEnroe
4
Jan. 9, 1984
Lendl
9
Mar. 12, 1984
McEnroe
13
June 11, 1984
Lendl
1
June 18, 1984
McEnroe
3
July 9, 1984
Lendl
5
Aug. 13, 1984
McEnroe
53
Aug. 19, 1985
Lendl
1
Aug. 26, 1985
McEnroe
2
Sept. 9, 1985
Lendl
157
Sept. 12, 1988 Mats Wilander (7) 20
Jan. 30, 1989
Lendl
80
Aug. 13, 1990 Stefan Edberg (8) 24
Jan. 28, 1991 Boris Becker (9) 3
Feb. 18, 1991
Edberg
20
July 8, 1991
Becker
9
Sept. 9, 1991
Edberg
22
Feb. 10, 1992 Jim Courier (10) 6
Mar. 23, 1992
Edberg
3
Apr. 13, 1992
Courier
22
Sept. 14, 1992
Edberg
3
Oct. 5, 1992
Courier
27
Apr. 12, 1993 Pete Sampras (11) 19
Aug. 23, 1993
Courier
3
Sept. 13, 1993
Sampras
82
Apr. 10, 1995 Andre Agassi (12) 30
Nov. 6, 1995
Sampras
12
Jan. 29, 1996
Agassi
2
Feb. 12, 1996 Thomas Muster (13) 1
Feb. 19, 1996
Sampras
3
Mar. 11, 1996
Muster
5
Apr. 15, 1996
Sampras
102
Mar. 30, 1998 Marcelo Rios (14) 4
Apr. 27, 1998
Sampras
15
Aug. 10, 1998
Rios
2
Aug. 24, 1998
Sampras
20
Mar. 15, 1999 Carlos Moya (15) 2
Mar. 29, 1999
Sampras
5
May 3, 1999 Y. Kafelnikov (16) 6
June 14, 1999
Sampras
3
July 5, 1999
Agassi
3
July 26, 1999 Patrick Rafter (17) 1
Aug. 2, 1999
Sampras
6
Sept. 13, 1999
Agassi
52
Sept. 11, 2000
Sampras
10
Nov. 20, 2000 Marat Safin (18) 2
Dec. 4, 2000 G. Kuerten (19) 8
Jan. 29, 2001
Safin
4
Feb. 26, 2001
Kuerten
5
Apr. 2, 2001
Safin
3
Apr. 22, 2001
Kuerten
30
Nov. 19, 2001 Lleyton Hewitt (20) 75
Apr. 28, 2003
Agassi
2
May. 12, 2003
Hewitt
5
Jun. 16, 2003
Agassi
12
Sept. 8, 2003 Juan Carlos Ferrero (21) 8
Nov. 3, 2003 Andy Roddick (22) 13
Feb. 2, 2004 Roger Federer (23) 210**
ATP TOTAL WEEKS AT NO. 1
PLAYER WEEKS
Pete Sampras (USA)
286
Ivan Lendl (CZE)
270
Jimmy Connors (USA)
268
Roger Federer (SWI) 210**
John McEnroe (USA)
170
Bjorn Borg(SWE)
109
Andre Agassi (USA)
100
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
80
Stefan Edberg (SWE)
72
Jim Courier (USA)
58
Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)
43
Ilie Nastase (ROM)
40
Mats Wilander (SWE)
20
Andy Roddick (USA)
13
Boris Becker (GER)
12
Marat Safin (RUS)
9
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
8
John Newcombe (AUS)
8
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS)
6
Thomas Muster (AUT)
6
Marcelo Rios (CHI)
6
Carlos Moya (ESP)
2
Patrick Rafter (AUS)
1
** Thru week of February 4, 2008
ATP CONSECUTIVE WEEKS NO. 1
PLAYER
WEEKS
Roger Federer
205**
Jimmy Connors
160
Ivan Lendl
157
Pete Sampras
102
Jimmy Connors
84
Pete Sampras
82
Ivan Lendl
80
Lleyton Hewitt
75
John McEnroe
58
John McEnroe
53
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