Top ten ranked male tennis players
This article presents top ten lists of male singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport.
The article is split into two sections: 1912–1972, and since 1973 when the first official ATP rankings were published, for ease of navigation.
Top ten rankings by year
    
    1912–1972
    
1973
    
| ATP[1] | Lance Tingay[2] (The Daily Telegraph) | Bud Collins[3] (The Boston Globe) | Rino Tommasi[4] (La Gazzetta dello Sport) | Rex Bellamy[5][lower-alpha 1] (The Times) | Martini and Rossi[7] | Poll of 17 international sportswriters[8] | 
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1974
    
| ATP[9] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | Rex Bellamy[10] | Martini and Rossi[11] | World Tennis[12] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[13] | Judith Elian[14] (L'Équipe) | 
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1975
    
| ATP[15] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | Rex Bellamy[16] | World Tennis[17] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[18] | Judith Elian[19] | 
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1976
    
| ATP[20] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[21] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[22] | 
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1977
    
| ATP[23] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[24] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[25] | France Press[26] | Barry Lorge[27] (The Washington Post) | 
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1978
    
| ATP[28] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[29] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[30] | 
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1979
    
| ATP[31] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[32] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[33] | 
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1980
    
| ATP[34] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[35] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[36] | 
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1981
    
| ATP[37] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[38] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[39] | 
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1982
    
| ATP[40] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[41][42] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[43] | John Barrett[44] | Nixdorf[45] | 
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1983
    
| ATP[46] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[47] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[48] | Nixdorf[49] | 
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1984
    
| ATP[50] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[51] (panel ranking) | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[52] | 
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1985
    
| ATP[53] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[54] (panel ranking) | 
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1986
    
| ATP[55] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[56] (panel ranking) | John Barrett[57] | 
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1987
    
| ATP[58] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[59] (panel ranking) | John Barrett[60] | 
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1988
    
| ATP[61] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[62] (panel ranking) | John Barrett[63] | 
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1989
    
- Last Tingay ranking before his death.
| ATP[64] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | World Tennis[65] (panel ranking) | John Barrett[66] | 
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1990
    
| ATP[67] | Bud Collins[3][lower-alpha 3] | World Tennis[68] (panel ranking); John Barrett[69] | 
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1991
    
| ATP[70] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[71] | 
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1992
    
| ATP[72] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[73] | 
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1993
    
| ATP[74] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[73] | 
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1994
    
| ATP[75] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[76] | 
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1995
    
| ATP[77] | Bud Collins[3] | John Barrett[78] | 
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1996
    
| ATP[79] | Bud Collins[3] | 
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1997
    
| ATP[80] | 
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1998
    
| ATP[81] | 
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1999
    
| ATP[82] | 
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2000
    
2001
    
| ATP[84] | 
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2002
    
| ATP[85] | 
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2003
    
| ATP[86] | 
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2004
    
2005
    
| ATP[88] | 
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2006
    
| ATP[89] | 
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2007
    
| ATP[90] | 
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2008
    
| ATP[91] | 
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2009
    
| ATP[92] | 
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2010
    
| ATP[93] | 
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2011
    
| ATP[94] | 
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2012
    
| ATP[95] | 
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2013
    
| ATP[96] | 
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2014
    
| ATP[97] | 
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2015
    
| ATP[98] | 
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2016
    
| ATP[99] | 
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2017
    
| ATP[100] | 
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2018
    
| ATP[101] | 
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2019
    
| ATP[102] | 
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2020
    
| ATP[103] | 
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2021
    
| ATP | 
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2022
    
| ATP | 
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See also
    
    
Notes
    
- He gave a differen ranking in World Tennis in December 1973.[6]
- Kevin Curren became a naturalized American citizen in 1985 after representing South Africa.
- Collins & Hollander (1997), p. 652 has Edberg, Lendl and Sampras equal at No. 2, with no No. 1.
- Ivan Lendl became a naturalized American citizen in 1992 after representing Czechoslovakia.
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