Grand Prix Tennis Circuit - Grand Prix Season End Rankings (Top 10) : 1970-1989

Grand Prix Season End Rankings (Top 10) : 1970-1989

NB: All rankings were calculated using the Grand Prix points system and do not necessarily reflect the ATP rankings at the same time.

1970
  • 1. Cliff Richey
  • 2. Arthur Ashe
  • 3. Ken Rosewall
  • 4. Rod Laver
  • 5. Stan Smith
  • 6. Željko Franulović
  • 7. John Newcombe
  • 8. Jan Kodeš
  • 9. Tony Roche
  • 10. Bob Carmichael
 1971
  • 1. Stan Smith
  • 2. Ilie Năstase
  • 3. Željko Franulović
  • 4. Jan Kodeš
  • 5. Cliff Richey
  • 6. John Newcombe
  • 7. Pierre Barthès
  • 8. Ken Rosewall
  • 9. Clark Graebner
  • 10. Tom Gorman
 1972
  • 1. Ilie Năstase
  • 2. Stan Smith
  • 3. Manuel Orantes
  • 4. Jan Kodeš
  • 5. Andrés Gimeno
  • 6. Bob Hewitt
  • 7. Jimmy Connors
  • 8. Tom Gorman
  • 9. Andrew Pattison
  • 10. Patrick Proisy
 1973
  • 1. Ilie Nästase
  • 2. John Newcombe
  • 3. Tom Okker
  • 4. Jimmy Connors
  • 5. Manuel Orantes
  • 6. Jan Kodeš
  • 7. Stan Smith
  • 8. Tom Gorman
  • 9. Björn Borg
  • 10. Arthur Ashe
 1974
  • 1. Guillermo Vilas
  • 2. Jimmy Connors
  • 3. Manuel Orantes
  • 4. Björn Borg
  • 5. Raúl Ramírez
  • 6. Ilie Năstase
  • 7. Onny Parun
  • 8. Harold Solomon
  • 9. Arthur Ashe
  • 10. Stan Smith
 1975
  • 1. Guillermo Vilas
  • 2. Manuel Orantes
  • 3. Björn Borg
  • 4. Arthur Ashe
  • 5. Ilie Năstase
  • 6. Jimmy Connors
  • 7. Raúl Ramírez
  • 8. Adriano Panatta
  • 9. Harold Solomon
  • 10. Eddie Dibbs


1976
  • 1. Raúl Ramírez
  • 2. Manuel Orantes
  • 3. Jimmy Connors
  • 4. Eddie Dibbs
  • 5. Harold Solomon
  • 6. Guillermo Vilas
  • 7. Roscoe Tanner
  • 8. Wojciech Fibak
  • 9. Brian Gottfried
  • 10. Björn Borg
 1977
  • 1. Guillermo Vilas
  • 2. Brian Gottfried
  • 3. Björn Borg
  • 4. Manuel Orantes
  • 5. Eddie Dibbs
  • 6. Roscoe Tanner
  • 7. Raúl Ramírez
  • 8. Jimmy Connors
  • 9. Vitas Gerulaitis
  • 10. Harold Solomon
 1978
  • 1. Jimmy Connors
  • 2. Björn Borg
  • 3. Eddie Dibbs
  • 4. Raúl Ramirez
  • 5. Harold Solomon
  • 6. John McEnroe
  • 7. Guillermo Vilas
  • 8. Brian Gottfried
  • 9. Corrado Barazzutti
  • 10. Arthur Ashe
 1979
  • 1. John McEnroe
  • 2. Björn Borg
  • 3. Jimmy Connors
  • 4. Guillermo Vilas
  • 5. Vitas Gerulaitis
  • 6. Roscoe Tanner
  • 7. José Higueras
  • 8. Harold Solomon
  • 9. Eddie Dibbs
  • 10. Víctor Pecci
 1980
  • 1. John McEnroe
  • 2. Ivan Lendl
  • 3. Jimmy Connors
  • 4. Björn Borg
  • 5. Gene Mayer
  • 6. Harold Solomon
  • 7. Guillermo Vilas
  • 8. José Luis Clerc
  • 9. Eliot Teltscher
  • 10. Brian Teacher
 1981
  • 1. Ivan Lendl
  • 2. John McEnroe
  • 3. Jimmy Connors
  • 4. José Luis Clerc
  • 5. Guillermo Vilas
  • 6. Björn Borg
  • 7. Roscoe Tanner
  • 8. Eliot Teltscher
  • 9. Vitas Gerulaitis
  • 10. Yannick Noah


1982
  • 1. Jimmy Connors
  • 2. Guillermo Vilas
  • 3. Ivan Lendl
  • 4. John McEnroe
  • 5. Mats Wilander
  • 6. Vitas Gerulaitis
  • 7. José Higueras
  • 8. Johan Kriek
  • 9. Andrés Gómez
  • 10. Steve Denton
 1983
  • 1. Mats Wilander
  • 2. Ivan Lendl
  • 3. John McEnroe
  • 4. Jimmy Connors
  • 5. Yannick Noah
  • 6. Jimmy Arias
  • 7. José Higueras
  • 8. Andrés Gómez
  • 9. José Luis Clerc
  • 10. Eliot Teltscher
 1984
  • 1. John McEnroe
  • 2. Jimmy Connors
  • 3. Ivan Lendl
  • 4. Mats Wilander
  • 5. Andrés Gómez
  • 6. Joakim Nyström
  • 7. Henrik Sundström
  • 8. Eliot Teltscher
  • 9. Anders Järryd
  • 10. Tomáš Šmíd
 1985
  • 1. Ivan Lendl
  • 2. John McEnroe
  • 3. Mats Wilander
  • 4. Stefan Edberg
  • 5. Boris Becker
  • 6. Jimmy Connors
  • 7. Yannick Noah
  • 8. Anders Järryd
  • 9. Johan Kriek
  • 10. Joakim Nyström
 1986
  • 1. Ivan Lendl
  • 2. Boris Becker
  • 3. Stefan Edberg
  • 4. Joakim Nyström
  • 5. Yannick Noah
  • 6. Mats Wilander
  • 7. Henri Leconte
  • 8. Andrés Gómez
  • 9. Jimmy Connors
  • 10. Miloslav Mečíř
 1987
  • 1. Ivan Lendl
  • 2. Stefan Edberg
  • 3. Mats Wilander
  • 4. Miloslav Mečíř
  • 5. Boris Becker
  • 6. Jimmy Connors
  • 7. Pat Cash
  • 8. Brad Gilbert
  • 9. Tim Mayotte
  • 10. Andrés Gómez


1988
  • 1. Mats Wilander
  • 2. Boris Becker
  • 3. Stefan Edberg
  • 4. Andre Agassi
  • 5. Ivan Lendl
  • 6. Henri Leconte
  • 7. Jimmy Connors
  • 8. Tim Mayotte
  • 9. Jakob Hlasek
  • 10. Kent Carlsson
 1989 (last year)
  • 1. Ivan Lendl
  • 2. Boris Becker
  • 3. Stefan Edberg
  • 4. Brad Gilbert
  • 5. John McEnroe
  • 6. Michael Chang
  • 7. Andre Agassi
  • 8. Aaron Krickstein
  • 9. Alberto Mancini
  • 10. Jay Berger

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