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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 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.
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 ...
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.
Jannik Sinner, the current men's singles world No. 1. The PIF ATP rankings [1] 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 points on the ATP Tour. Points are awarded based on ...
Defending champion John McEnroe defeated Björn Borg in the final, 7–6 (7–4), 6–1, 6–7 (5–7), 5–7, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1980 US Open. It was his second US Open singles title and second major singles title overall.
In the history of men's tennis, only two players have won the calendar Grand Slam, Don Budge (1938) and Rod Laver (1962 and 1969). [13] Budge remains the sole player to have won six majors in a row (1937–1938). In the Open Era, only one player has achieved the non-calendar year Grand Slam, Novak Djokovic (2015–2016). This is followed by a ...