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Number One Ranked Men's Players
Posted: Mon December 21, 1998 at 9:47 a.m EST
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The following is the sequence of number one ranked men's
players since the inception of the ATP rankings in 1973.
A total of 14 players have held the number one ranking.
PLAYER DATE (number of weeks)
Ilie Nastase (1) August 23, 1973-June 2, 1974 (40)
John Newcombe (2) June 3, 1974-July 28, 1974 (8)
Jimmy Connors (3) July 29, 1974-August 22, 1977 (160)
Bjorn Borg (4) August 23, 1977-August 29, 1977 (1)
Jimmy Connors August 30, 1977-April 8, 1979 (84)
Bjorn Borg April 9, 1979-May 20, 1979 (6)
Jimmy Connors May 21, 1979-July 8, 1979 (7)
Bjorn Borg July 9, 1979-March 2, 1980 (34)
John McEnroe (5) March 3, 1980-March 23, 1980 (3)
Bjorn Borg March 24, 1980-August 10, 1980 (20)
John McEnroe August 11, 1980-August 17, 1980 (1)
Bjorn Borg August 18, 1980-July 5, 1981 (46)
John McEnroe July 6, 1981-July 19, 1981 (2)
Bjorn Borg July 20, 1981-August 2, 1981 (2)
John McEnroe August 3, 1981-September 12, 1982 (58)
Jimmy Connors September 13, 1982-October 31, 1982 (7)
John McEnroe November 1, 1982-November 7, 1982 (1)
Jimmy Connors November 8, 1982-November 14, 1982 (1)
John McEnroe November 15, 1982-January 30, 1983 (11)
Jimmy Connors January 31, 1983-February 6, 1983 (1)
John McEnroe February 7, 1983-February 13, 1983 (1)
Jimmy Connors February 14, 1983-February 27, 1983 (2)
Ivan Lendl (6) February 28, 1983-May 15, 1983 (11)
Jimmy Connors May 16, 1983-June 5, 1983 (3)
John McEnroe June 6, 1983-June 12, 1983 (1)
Jimmy Connors June 13, 1983-July 3, 1983 (3)
John McEnroe July 4, 1983-October 30, 1983 (17)
Ivan Lendl October 31, 1983-December 11, 1983 (6)
John McEnroe December 12, 1983-January 8, 1984 (4)
Ivan Lendl January 9, 1984-March 11, 1984 (9)
John McEnroe March 12, 1984-June 10, 1984 (13)
Ivan Lendl June 11, 1984-June 17, 1984 (1)
John McEnroe June 18, 1984-July 8, 1984 (3)
Ivan Lendl July 9, 1984-August 12, 1984 (5)
John McEnroe August 13, 1984-August 18, 1985 (53)
Ivan Lendl August 19, 1985-August 25, 1985 (1)
John McEnroe August 26, 1985-September 8, 1985 (2)
Ivan Lendl September 9, 1985-September 11, 1988 (157)
Mats Wilander (7) September 12, 1988-January 28, 1989 (20)
Ivan Lendl January 30, 1989-August 12, 1990 (80)
Stefan Edberg (8) August 13, 1990-January 27, 1991 (24)
Boris Becker (9) January 28, 1991-February 17, 1991 (3)
Stefan Edberg February 18, 1991-July 7, 1991 (20)
Boris Becker July 8, 1991-September 8, 1991 (9)
Stefan Edberg September 9, 1991-February 9, 1992 (22)
Jim Courier (10) February 10, 1992-March 22, 1992 (6)
Stefan Edberg March 23, 1992-April 12, 1992 (3)
Jim Courier April 13, 1992-September 13, 1992 (22)
Stefan Edberg September 14, 1992-October 4, 1992 (3)
Jim Courier October 5, 1992-April 11, 1993 (27)
Pete Sampras (11) April 12, 1993-August 22, 1993 (19)
Jim Courier August 23, 1993-September 12, 1993 (3)
Pete Sampras September 13, 1993-April 9, 1995 (82)
Andre Agassi (12) April 10, 1995-November 5, 1995 (30)
Pete Sampras November 6, 1995-January 28, 1996 (12)
Andre Agassi January 29, 1996-February 11, 1996 (2)
Thomas Muster (13) February 12, 1996-February 18, 1996 (1)
Pete Sampras February 19, 1996-March 10, 1996 (3)
Thomas Muster March 11, 1996 - April 13, 1996 (5)
Pete Sampras April 14, 1996 - March 29th, 1998 (102)
Marcelo Rios (14) March 30th, 1998 - April 26th, 1998 (4)
Pete Sampras April 27th, 1998 - August 9th, 1998 (15)
Marcelo Rios August 10th, 1998 - August 23rd, 1998 (2)
Pete Sampras August 24th, 1998 - present (18)
The following is a list of the total weeks each player has held
the top ranking:
PLAYER WEEKS
Ivan Lendl 270
Jimmy Connors 268
Pete Sampras 251
John McEnroe 170
Bjorn Borg 109
Stefan Edberg 72
Jim Courier 58
Ilie Nastase 40
Andre Agassi 32
Mats Wilander 20
Boris Becker 12
John Newcombe 8
Thomas Muster 6
Marcelo Rios 6
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