World Number One Male Tennis Player Rankings - Number of Times Players Ranked Number 1

Number of Times Players Ranked Number 1

  • Note: An undisputed number one player for the year (without another player regarded as number one) is shown in bold
Total World Number One Years
8 years Pancho Gonzales 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
7 years William Renshaw 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1889
Bill Tilden 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1931
Rod Laver 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
6 years Reggie Doherty 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902
Jack Kramer 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953
Ken Rosewall 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970
Pete Sampras 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
5 years Joshua Pim 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895
William Larned 1901, 1902, 1908, 1909, 1910
Lawrence Doherty 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906
Fred Perry 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1941
Don Budge 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942
Roger Federer 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
4 years Wilfred Baddeley 1891, 1892, 1895, 1896
Ellsworth Vines 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937
Bobby Riggs 1941, 1943-1945, 1946, 1947
Björn Borg 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
3 years Ernest Renshaw 1887, 1888, 1892
Anthony Wilding 1911, 1912, 1913
Henri Cochet 1928, 1929, 1930
Jimmy Connors 1974, 1976, 1982
John McEnroe 1981, 1983, 1984
Ivan Lendl 1985, 1986, 1987
2 years John Hartley 1879, 1880
Willoughby Hamilton 1889, 1890
Ernest Lewis 1890, 1891
Malcolm Whitman 1899, 1900
Norman Brookes 1907, 1911
Maurice McLoughlin 1912, 1914
Bill Johnston 1919, 1922
René Lacoste 1926, 1927
Pancho Segura 1950, 1952
John Newcombe 1970, 1971
Stan Smith 1971, 1972
Stefan Edberg 1990, 1991
Lleyton Hewitt 2001, 2002
Rafael Nadal 2008, 2010
Novak Djokovic 2011, 2012
1 year Spencer Gore 1877
Frank Hadow 1878
Herbert Lawford 1887
Wilberforce Eaves 1897
Robert Wrenn 1897
Arthur Gore 1901
Gerald Patterson 1919
Jack Crawford 1933
Ilie Năstase 1973
Arthur Ashe 1975
Guillermo Vilas 1977
Mats Wilander 1988
Boris Becker 1989
Jim Courier 1992
Andre Agassi 1999
Gustavo Kuerten 2000
Andy Roddick 2003

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