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.
ATP [1] | Lance Tingay [2] ( The Daily Telegraph ) | Bud Collins [3] ( The Boston Globe ) | Rino Tommasi [4] ( La Gazzetta dello Sport ) | Rex Bellamy [5] [a] ( The Times ) | Martini and Rossi [7] | Poll of 17 international sportswriters [8] |
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ATP [9] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | Rex Bellamy [10] | Martini and Rossi [11] | World Tennis [12] | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [13] | Judith Elian [14] (L'Équipe) |
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ATP [15] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | Rex Bellamy [16] | World Tennis [17] | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [18] | Judith Elian [19] |
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ATP [20] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [21] | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [22] |
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ATP [23] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [24] | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [25] | France Press [26] | Barry Lorge [27] ( The Washington Post ) |
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ATP [28] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [29] | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [30] |
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ATP [31] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [32] | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [33] |
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ATP [34] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [35] | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [36] |
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ATP [37] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [38] | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [39] |
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ATP [40] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [41] [42] | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [43] | John Barrett [44] | Nixdorf [45] |
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ATP [46] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [47] | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [48] | Nixdorf [49] |
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ATP [50] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [51] (panel ranking) | Tennis magazine (U.S.) [52] |
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ATP [53] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [54] (panel ranking) |
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ATP [55] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [56] (panel ranking) | John Barrett [57] |
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ATP [58] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [59] (panel ranking) | John Barrett [60] |
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ATP [61] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | Rino Tommasi [4] | World Tennis [62] (panel ranking) | John Barrett [63] |
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ATP [64] | Lance Tingay [2] | Bud Collins [3] | World Tennis [65] (panel ranking) | John Barrett [66] |
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ATP [67] | Bud Collins [3] [c] | World Tennis [68] (panel ranking); John Barrett [69] |
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ATP [70] | Bud Collins [3] | John Barrett [71] |
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ATP [72] | Bud Collins [3] | John Barrett [73] |
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ATP [74] | Bud Collins [3] | John Barrett [73] |
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ATP [75] | Bud Collins [3] | John Barrett [76] |
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ATP [77] | Bud Collins [3] | John Barrett [78] |
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