This article presents top ten lists of male singles
tennis
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players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport. Rankings of U.S.-only professionals pre-
Open Era
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, and U.S.-only amateurs during
World War II
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are also included.
The article is split into two sections: 1912–1972, and
since 1973 when the first official
ATP rankings
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were published, for ease of navigation.
Top ten rankings by year
1912
1913
1914
1915–1918
''no world rankings (
World War I
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1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
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1936
1937
1938
* Last Wallis Myers ranking before his death.
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943–44
''no world rankings (
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
)''
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
* Last ranking by Olliff before his death.
1951
1952
* Last ranking by Gillou before his death.
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
* Last ranking by Potter for ''World Tennis'' magazine.
1966
1967
1968 (start of Open Era)
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973–present
See also
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World number 1 ranked male tennis players
World number 1 ranked male tennis players is a year-by-year listing of the male tennis players who were ranked as world No. 1 by various contemporary and modern sources. The annual source rankings from which the No. 1 players are drawn are cited ...
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List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
The Pepperstone ATP rankings are the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) merit-based system for determining the rankings in men's tennis. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking ...
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Top ten ranked female tennis players
This article presents top ten lists of female 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: 1921–1974, and since 1975 whe ...
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Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974)
This article presents top ten lists of female 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: 1921–1974, and since 1975 when ...
Notes
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Top ten ranked male tennis players (1912-1972)
Men's tennis
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RANKIN TELESKOOP MAGAZINE 1967.Pro's & Amateurs) 1.Rod Laver 2.Ken Rosewall 3.Andres Gimeno 4.Lew Goad 5.Mal Anderson 6.Earl Buchholtz 7.Dennis Ralston 8.Fred Stolle 9.Pancho Gonzales 10.Manuel Santana (Amateur) 11.Alex Olmedo 12.Nicola Pietrangeli (Amateur)13 Luis Ayala 14.Pancho Segura 15.Fred Sedgman 16.John Newcombe (amateur) 17.Tom Okker(Amateur) 18.Arthur Ashe (Amateur) 19.Stan Smith (Amateur)20.Barry Mackay21.Neal Fraser (Amateur) 22.Owen Davidson (Amateur & Prof) 23.Mike Davies 24.Robert Haillet 25.Sven Davidson (Amateur)retired: Ken Mc Gregor, Mervyn Rose, Dick Savitt (Amateur)Ashley Cooper, Tony Trabert