Top ten ranked male tennis players (1913–1972)
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: 1913–1972, and since 1973 when the first official ATP Rankings were published, for ease of navigation.
1913
| A. Wallis Myers[1] (The Daily Telegraph) |
Lawn-Tennis[1] |
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1914
| A. Wallis Myers[2] | "Argent" (Lawn Tennis and Badminton)[2] |
Theodore Mavrogordato[3] |
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1915–1918
no world rankings (World War I)
1919
| A. Wallis Myers[4] |
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1920
| A. Wallis Myers[4] | "Austral" (R.M. Kidston)[5] (The Referee) |
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1921
| A. Wallis Myers[6][7] | B. H. Liddell Hart[8] (The Times) |
"Austral" (R.M. Kidston)[9] | Bill Tilden[10][lower-alpha 1] | Gerald Patterson[11] |
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1922
| A. Wallis Myers[12] | S. Wallis Merrihew (American Lawn Tennis)[13][14] |
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1923
| A. Wallis Myers[15][16] | B. H. Liddell Hart[17] | Bill Tilden[18] (American Lawn Tennis) |
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1924
| A. Wallis Myers[19] | B. H. Liddell Hart[20] |
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1925
| A. Wallis Myers[21] | Maxime Lanet (L'Auto)[22] |
Frank Poxon[23] (London Daily News) |
"Server" (The Australasian)[24] |
Bill Tilden[25][lower-alpha 2] | James Anderson[27] |
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(didn't rank himself) |
(didn't rank himself) |
1926
| A. Wallis Myers[28] | Bill Tilden[29] | Suzanne Lenglen[30] | Stanley Doust (Daily Mail)[31] |
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1927
| A. Wallis Myers[32] | Émile Deve[33] | U.S. ranking committee president[34] |
Marcel Berger[33] (L'Opinion) |
Jean Samazeuilh[35] (Le Miroir des sports) |
Henri Cochet[33] |
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1928
| A. Wallis Myers[36] | Pierre Gillou[37] (L'Auto) |
Bill Tilden[38] | F. Gordon Lowe[39] (The Scotsman) |
Vincent Richards[40] | W.J. Daish[38] |
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| Ray Bowers[41] | Vincent Richards[40] |
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| Ray Bowers[41] |
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1929
| A. Wallis Myers[42] | Bill Tilden[43] | F. Gordon Lowe[44] | L'Auto (combined ranking)[45] |
Vincent Richards[46] | "Austral" (R.M. Kidston).[47] |
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| Ray Bowers[48] | American Lawn Tennis[49] | Bill Tilden[50] |
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| Ray Bowers[48] |
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1930
| A. Wallis Myers[51] | Pierre Gillou[52] | Didier Poulain (L'Auto)[53] |
Bill Tilden[51] |
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| Ray Bowers[48] |
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| Ray Bowers[48] |
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1931
| A. Wallis Myers[54] | Pierre Gillou[55] | Didier Poulain[56] | Stanley Doust[57] | Noel Dickson (Melbourne Herald)[58] |
"Service" (Western Mail)[59] |
Sport magazine (Zurich)[60] |
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| Ray Bowers[61] |
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| Ray Bowers[61] |
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1932
| A. Wallis Myers[62] | Pierre Gillou[63] | F. Gordon Lowe[64] | Jean Borotra[65] | Ellsworth Vines[66] |
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| Ray Bowers[67] | Bill Tilden[68] |
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| Ray Bowers[67] |
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1933
| A. Wallis Myers[69] | Pierre Gillou[70] | Didier Poulain[71] | John R. Tunis[72][73] (The Literary Digest) |
Harry Hopman[74] (Melbourne Herald) |
Alfred Chave (Brisbane Telegraph)[75] |
"Set" (The West Australian)[76] |
Ellsworth Vines[77] |
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| Ray Bowers[67] | Ellsworth Vines[77] | Albert Burke[78][79] |
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| Ray Bowers[67] |
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1934
| A. Wallis Myers[80] | Pierre Gillou[81] | Bill Tilden[82][lower-alpha 3] | Ned Potter[84] (American Lawn Tennis) |
G.H. McElhone[85] (The Sydney Morning Herald) |
Harry Hopman[86] | R.O. Cummings[87] (The Courier-Mail) |
J. Brookes Fenno, Jr.[88] (The Literary Digest) |
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| Ray Bowers[89] |
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| Ray Bowers[89] | Pierre Gillou[90] | Tennis (Italian newspaper)[91] |
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1935
| A. Wallis Myers[92] | Pierre Gillou[93] | The Times[94] | G.H. McElhone[95] | "Forehand" (Ashburton Guardian)[96][97] |
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| Ray Bowers[98] |
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| Ray Bowers[98] | Henri Cochet[99] |
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1936
| A. Wallis Myers[100] | Pierre Gillou[101] | Ned Potter[102] | The Times[103] | Harry Hopman[104] | "Austral" (R.M. Kidston)[105] | G.H. McElhone[106] | Mervyn Weston[103] (The Australasian) |
Fred Perry[107] |
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(didn't rank himself) |
| Ray Bowers[108] | Fred Perry[109] |
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| Ray Bowers[108] | Bill Tilden[110] | Robert Murray[111] (Sports Illustrated) |
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1937
| A. Wallis Myers[112] | Pierre Gillou[113] | Ned Potter[114] | The Times[115] | Pierre Goldschmidt (L'Auto)[116] |
Harry Hopman[117][118] | Mervyn Weston[119] | Alfred Chave[120] |
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| Ray Bowers[121] |
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| Ray Bowers[121] | Pierre Goldschmidt[116] |
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1938
- Last Wallis Myers ranking before his death.
| A. Wallis Myers[122] | Pierre Gillou[123] | Pierre Goldschmidt[124] | F. Gordon Lowe[125] | The Times[125] | G.H. McElhone[126] | Alfred Chave[127] | "International" (The Referee)[128] |
Mervyn Weston[129] | Jack Crawford[130] | Don Budge[131] |
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| Ray Bowers[132] |
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| Ray Bowers[132] |
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1939
| Pierre Gillou[133] | Ned Potter[134] | F. Gordon Lowe[135] | The Times[136] | G.H. McElhone[137] | Alfred Chave[138] |
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| Ray Bowers[139] | Alfred Chave[138] |
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| Ray Bowers[139] | Didier Poulain[140] |
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1940
| USNLTA[lower-alpha 4][141] |
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| Ray Bowers[142] |
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| Ray Bowers[142] |
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1941
| USNLTA[141] |
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| Ray Bowers[142] |
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| Ray Bowers[142] |
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1942
| USNLTA[143][141] |
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| Ray Bowers[144] | USPLTA[145] |
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| Ray Bowers[144] |
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1943–44
no world rankings (World War II)
1945
| USNLTA[141] |
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| WPTA[lower-alpha 5][146] |
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1946
| Pierre Gillou[147] | Harry Hopman[148] |
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| PPA[149] |
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1947
| Pierre Gillou[150] | Ned Potter[151] | John Olliff[152] (The Daily Telegraph) |
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1948
| Pierre Gillou[153] | Ned Potter[154] | John Olliff[155] |
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| USPLTA[lower-alpha 6][156] |
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1949
| Pierre Gillou[157] | Ned Potter[158] | John Olliff[159] | Harry Hopman[160] |
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| PLTA[161] |
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1950
- Last ranking by Olliff before his death.
| Pierre Gillou[162] | Ned Potter[163] | John Olliff[164] | Harry Hopman[165] |
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| PLTA[lower-alpha 7][166] |
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1951
| Pierre Gillou[135] | Ned Potter[167] | Harry Hopman[168] |
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| PLTA[169] | PTPA[lower-alpha 8][170] |
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1952
- Last ranking by Gillou before his death.
| Pierre Gillou[171] | Ned Potter[172] | Lance Tingay[173] (The Daily Telegraph) |
Harry Hopman[174] |
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| PTPA[175] |
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1953
| Ned Potter[176] (World Tennis) |
Lance Tingay[177] | Tennis de France (Philippe Chatrier ed.)[178] |
Harry Hopman[179] | Bill Talbert[176] | Ham Richardson[176] | Noel Brown[176] | Hal Burrows[176] | Gardner Mulloy[176] | Grant Golden[176] | Tony Trabert[176] | Vic Seixas[176] |
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| Cleveland Tournament Committee[180] |
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1954
| Ned Potter[181] | Lance Tingay[182] | New York Times (panel of experts)[183][184][lower-alpha 9] |
Harry Hopman[185] |
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| IPTA[lower-alpha 10][186] |
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1955
| Ned Potter[187] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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| IPTA[188] |
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1956
| Ned Potter[189] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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| Jack March[190] |
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1957
| Ned Potter[191] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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| Jack March[192] |
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1958
| Ned Potter[193] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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| Jack March[194] |
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1959
| Ned Potter[195] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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| Jack Kramer[196] | Jack March[197] | Robert Roy (L'Équipe)[196] |
Robert Barnes[197] | Ampol Rankings[198][199] |
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1960
| Ned Potter[200] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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| Jack Kramer[201] |
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1961
| Ned Potter[202] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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| L'Équipe[203] |
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1962
| Ned Potter[204] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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| Ken Rosewall[205] |
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1963
| Ned Potter[206] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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1964
| Ned Potter[207] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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| Norris McWhirter[208] (The Observer) |
Official Pro Rankings[209] |
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| Norris McWhirter[208] |
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1965
- Last ranking by Potter for World Tennis magazine.
| Ned Potter[210] | Lance Tingay[155] |
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1966
| Lance Tingay[211] | World Tennis[212] |
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1967
| Lance Tingay[155] | World Tennis[213] | Martini and Rossi[214] |
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1968 (start of Open Era)
| Lance Tingay[215] | Bud Collins[216] (The Boston Globe) |
Rino Tommasi[217](La Gazzetta dello Sport) | Martini and Rossi (panel of 11 experts)[218] |
Seagram's (panel of 15 experts)[219] |
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1969
| Lance Tingay[215] | Bud Collins[216] | Rino Tommasi[217] | Martini and Rossi[220] (panel of 14 experts) |
World Tennis[221] |
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1970
| Lance Tingay[215] | Bud Collins[216] | Rino Tommasi[217] | Martini and Rossi[222] | Rex Bellamy[223] (The Times) |
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1971
| Lance Tingay[215] | Bud Collins[216] | Rino Tommasi[217] | Martini and Rossi[224] | World Tennis[225] |
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1972
| Lance Tingay[215] | Bud Collins[216] | Rino Tommasi[217] | Martini and Rossi[226] | Rex Bellamy[227] |
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1973–present
See also
Notes
- He gave a separate ranking for ability (see citation).
- He gave a different ranking in October.[26]
- He ranked Von Cramm first on ability.[83]
- United States National Lawn Tennis Association
- World's Professional Tennis Association
- United States Professional Lawn Tennis Association
- Professional Lawn Tennis Association
- Professional Tennis Players Association
- Lance Tingay, London Telegraph; CM Jones, British Lawn Tennis; Réné Mathieu, Smash magazine; Philippe Chatrier, Tennis de France; Umberto Mezzanote, Tennis Italiano; Arthur Goldman, Anson Press; Allison Danzig, New York Times; Jack Russell, Tennis Australia
- International Professional Tennis Association
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