Leading Number 1 Ranked Players By Decade
- 1870s - John Hartley, 1879
- 1880s - William Renshaw, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886
- 1890s - Joshua Pim, 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895
- 1900s - Hugh Lawrence "Laurie" Doherty, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906
- 1910s - Anthony Wilding, 1911, 1912, 1913
- 1920s - Bill Tilden, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925
- 1930s - Ellsworth Vines, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937 & Fred Perry, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
- 1940s - Bobby Riggs, 1941, 1943-1945, 1946, 1947
- 1950s - Pancho Gonzales, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
- 1960s - Rod Laver, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
- 1970s - Björn Borg, 1977, 1978, 1979
- 1980s - John McEnroe, 1981, 1983, 1984 & Ivan Lendl, 1985, 1986, 1987
- 1990s - Pete Sampras, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
- 2000s - Roger Federer, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
- 2010s - Novak Djokovic, 2011, 2012
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