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This is a list of top international male singles tennis players, both past and present. It includes players who have met one or more of the following criteria in singles: Officially ranked among the top 25 players by the Association of Tennis Professionals (since 1973) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1973
This article presents top ten lists of male 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: 1912–1972, and since 1973 when the first official ATP rankings were published, for ease of navigation.
In 1976, only one other American player, Connors, had a better record than Dibbs. [3] In 1977, Dibbs was the 2nd highest ranked American in the tour. [3] In the 1978 season, he ended the year as the leading money winner on the professional tennis tour. [4] Dibbs was consistently ranked in the top 10 tour rankings for five years from 1975 to ...
In 1978, Gerulaitis won the year-end championship WCT Finals for the World Championship Tennis tour, beating Eddie Dibbs 6–3, 6–2, 6–1. By 1978, he was the third-ranked men's singles player in the world. Gerulaitis advanced to the men's singles finals at the US Open in 1979, but lost in straight sets to fellow New Yorker John McEnroe.
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities. McEnroe is the only male ...
Leonard Roscoe Tanner (born October 15, 1951) is an American former professional tennis player. [1] He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979.
According to his wife, Patty Smyth, the world-class tennis player wrestles his guitar into submission. "So that's not the most ringing endorsement of my guitar playing," McEnroe told GQ .
There are several lists of tennis players: Men. List of male singles tennis players; List of male doubles tennis players; Rankings List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players; List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players; World number 1 ranked male tennis players; Top ten ranked male tennis players; Top ten ranked male tennis ...