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[edit]
1912–1972[edit]
1973[edit]
ATP[1] | Lance Tingay[2] (The Daily Telegraph) | Bud Collins[3] (The Boston Globe) | Rino Tommasi[4] (La Gazzetta dello Sport) | Rex Bellamy[5][a] (The Times) | Martini and Rossi[7] | Poll of 17 international sportswriters[8] |
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1974[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
ATP[20] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[21] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[22] |
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1977[edit]
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[edit]
ATP[28] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[29] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[30] |
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1979[edit]
ATP[31] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[32] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[33] |
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1980[edit]
ATP[34] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[35] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[36] |
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1981[edit]
ATP[37] | Lance Tingay[2] | Bud Collins[3] | Rino Tommasi[4] | World Tennis[38] | Tennis magazine (U.S.)[39] |
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1982[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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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