List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
The ATP Rankings are the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) merit-based method for determining the rankings in men's tennis. In doubles, the top-ranked team is the pair who, over the previous 52 weeks, has gathered the most ATP Rankings points. Points are awarded based on how far a team advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The ATP has used a computerised system for determining doubles rankings since 1976. An updated rankings list is released at the beginning of each week.
Since the introduction of the ATP rankings the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times. As of 2011, the rankings are calculated by totalling the points a doubles team wins in their best eighteen tournaments together, subject to certain restrictions. For top players the counting tournaments are the four Grand Slam tournaments, the eight mandatory ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, the team's best four eligible ATP World Tour 500 series tournaments (the non-mandatory ATP Masters 1000 event in Monte Carlo may be substituted for one of these), and their best two results from ATP World Tour 250 series. Lower-ranked players who are not eligible for some or all of the top tournaments may include additional ATP 500 and ATP 250 events, and also ATP Challenger Series, and Futures Series tournaments. The ranking points of players who qualify for the year-end ATP World Tour Finals also include any points gained at that tournament, increasing their counting tournament total to nineteen.[1] The number 1 doubles player right now is Nicolas Mahut of France.
Number 1 ranked players
Data is from the ATP. The doubles rankings began on March 1, 1976.[2]
# | Country | Player | Start date | End date | Weeks | Total |
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1 | RSA | Hewitt, BobBob Hewitt (1) | March 1, 1976 | April 11, 1976 | 6 | 6 |
2 | MEX | Ramírez, RaúlRaúl Ramírez (1) | April 12, 1976 | April 24, 1977 | 54 | 54 |
3 | RSA | McMillan, FrewFrew McMillan (1) | April 25, 1977 | May 22, 1977 | 4 | 4 |
MEX | Raúl Ramírez (2) | May 23, 1977 | July 3, 1977 | 6 | 60 | |
RSA | Frew McMillan (2) | July 4, 1977 | July 10, 1977 | 1 | 5 | |
MEX | Raúl Ramírez (3) | July 11, 1977 | July 24, 1977 | 2 | 62 | |
RSA | Frew McMillan (3) | July 25, 1977 | February 4, 1979 | 80 | 85 | |
4 | NED | Okker, TomTom Okker (1) | February 5, 1979 | April 22, 1979 | 11 | 11 |
5 | USA | McEnroe, JohnJohn McEnroe (1) | April 23, 1979 | March 1, 1981 | 97 | 97 |
6 | USA | Smith, StanStan Smith (1) | March 2, 1981 | April 26, 1981 | 8 | 8 |
USA | John McEnroe (2) | April 27, 1981 | May 24, 1981 | 4 | 101 | |
7 | AUS | McNamee, PaulPaul McNamee (1) | May 25, 1981 | June 14, 1981 | 3 | 3 |
USA | John McEnroe (3) | June 15, 1981 | January 31, 1982 | 33 | 134 | |
8 | USA | Fleming, PeterPeter Fleming (1) | February 1, 1982 | February 21, 1982 | 3 | 3 |
USA | John McEnroe (4) | February 22, 1982 | March 18, 1984 | 108 | 242 | |
USA | Peter Fleming (2) | March 19, 1984 | March 25, 1984 | 1 | 4 | |
USA | John McEnroe (5) | March 26, 1984 | June 10, 1984 | 11 | 253 | |
USA | Peter Fleming (3) | June 11, 1984 | August 5, 1984 | 8 | 12 | |
USA | John McEnroe (6) | August 6, 1984 | August 12, 1984 | 1 | 254 | |
USA | Peter Fleming (4) | August 13, 1984 | September 16, 1984 | 5 | 17 | |
USA | John McEnroe (7) | September 17, 1984 | December 16, 1984 | 13 | 267 | |
9 | TCH | Šmíd , TomášTomáš Šmíd (1) | December 17, 1984 | August 11, 1985 | 34 | 34 |
10 | SWE | Järryd, AndersAnders Järryd (1) | August 12, 1985 | September 8, 1985 | 4 | 4 |
11 | USA | Seguso, RobertRobert Seguso (1) | September 9, 1985 | September 15, 1985 | 1 | 1 |
SWE | Anders Järryd (2) | September 16, 1985 | September 29, 1985 | 2 | 6 | |
USA | Robert Seguso (2) | September 30, 1985 | October 13, 1985 | 2 | 3 | |
12 | USA | Flach, KenKen Flach (1) | October 14, 1985 | October 20, 1985 | 1 | 1 |
USA | Robert Seguso (3) | October 21, 1985 | December 15, 1985 | 8 | 11 | |
USA | Ken Flach (2) | December 16, 1985 | December 22, 1985 | 1 | 2 | |
USA | Robert Seguso (4) | December 23, 1985 | February 2, 1986 | 6 | 17 | |
SWE | Anders Järryd (3) | February 3, 1986 | February 9, 1986 | 1 | 7 | |
USA | Robert Seguso (5) | February 10, 1986 | February 23, 1986 | 2 | 19 | |
SWE | Anders Järryd (4) | February 24, 1986 | March 16, 1986 | 3 | 10 | |
USA | Robert Seguso (6) | March 17, 1986 | March 23, 1986 | 1 | 20 | |
SWE | Anders Järryd (5) | March 24, 1986 | March 30, 1986 | 1 | 11 | |
USA | Robert Seguso (7) | March 31, 1986 | May 18, 1986 | 7 | 27 | |
USA | Ken Flach (3) | May 19, 1986 | June 8, 1986 | 3 | 5 | |
13 | SWE | Edberg, StefanStefan Edberg (1) | June 9, 1986 | August 24, 1986 | 11 | 11 |
14 | FRA | Noah, YannickYannick Noah (1) | August 25, 1986 | September 7, 1986 | 2 | 2 |
15 | YUG | Živojinović, SlobodanSlobodan Živojinović (1) | September 8, 1986 | September 14, 1986 | 1 | 1 |
16 | ECU | Gómez, AndrésAndrés Gómez (1) | September 15, 1986 | September 21, 1986 | 1 | 1 |
YUG | Slobodan Živojinović (2) | September 22, 1986 | October 19, 1986 | 4 | 5 | |
ECU | Andrés Gómez (2) | October 20, 1986 | November 9, 1986 | 3 | 4 | |
YUG | Slobodan Živojinović (3) | November 10, 1986 | November 23, 1986 | 2 | 7 | |
ECU | Andrés Gómez (3) | November 24, 1986 | January 25, 1987 | 9 | 13 | |
SWE | Stefan Edberg (2) | January 26, 1987 | February 22, 1987 | 4 | 15 | |
FRA | Yannick Noah (2) | February 23, 1987 | April 19, 1987 | 8 | 10 | |
SWE | Anders Järryd (6) | April 20, 1987 | May 10, 1987 | 3 | 14 | |
FRA | Yannick Noah (3) | May 11, 1987 | July 5, 1987 | 8 | 18 | |
SWE | Anders Järryd (7) | July 6, 1987 | August 9, 1987 | 5 | 19 | |
USA | Robert Seguso (8) | August 10, 1987 | August 16, 1987 | 1 | 28 | |
FRA | Yannick Noah (4) | August 17, 1987 | August 23, 1987 | 1 | 19 | |
USA | Robert Seguso (9) | August 24, 1987 | March 27, 1988 | 31 | 59 | |
SWE | Anders Järryd (8) | March 28, 1988 | April 17, 1988 | 3 | 22 | |
USA | Robert Seguso (10) | April 18, 1988 | May 8, 1988 | 3 | 62 | |
SWE | Anders Järryd (9) | May 9, 1988 | April 2, 1989 | 47 | 69 | |
17 | ESP | Sánchez, EmilioEmilio Sánchez (1) | April 3, 1989 | April 16, 1989 | 2 | 2 |
SWE | Anders Järryd (10) | April 17, 1989 | May 14, 1989 | 4 | 73 | |
ESP | Emilio Sánchez (2) | May 15, 1989 | June 11, 1989 | 4 | 6 | |
18 | USA | Grabb, JimJim Grabb (1) | June 12, 1989 | June 18, 1989 | 1 | 1 |
19 | USA | Pugh, JimJim Pugh (1) | June 19, 1989 | September 10, 1989 | 12 | 12 |
USA | John McEnroe (8) | September 11, 1989 | September 24, 1989 | 2 | 269 | |
SWE | Anders Järryd (11) | September 25, 1989 | January 28, 1990 | 18 | 91 | |
20 | RSA | Visser, DanieDanie Visser (1) | January 29, 1990 | March 25, 1990 | 8 | 8 |
21 | USA | Leach, RickRick Leach (1) | March 26, 1990 | May 27, 1990 | 9 | 9 |
USA | Jim Pugh (2) | May 28, 1990 | July 22, 1990 | 8 | 20 | |
22 | RSA RSA | Aldrich, PieterPieter Aldrich (1) Danie Visser (2) | July 23, 1990 | August 12, 1990 | 3 | 3 11 |
USA | Jim Pugh (3) | August 13, 1990 | September 9, 1990 | 4 | 24 | |
RSA RSA | Pieter Aldrich (2) Danie Visser (3) | September 10, 1990 | November 4, 1990 | 8 | 11 19 | |
USA | Jim Pugh (4) | November 5, 1990 | November 11, 1990 | 1 | 25 | |
RSA RSA | Pieter Aldrich (3) Danie Visser (4) | November 12, 1990 | November 18, 1990 | 1 | 12 20 | |
USA | Jim Pugh (5) | November 19, 1990 | November 25, 1990 | 1 | 26 | |
RSA RSA | Pieter Aldrich (4) Danie Visser (5) | November 26, 1990 | January 13, 1991 | 7 | 19 27 | |
23 | USA | Pate, DavidDavid Pate (1) | January 14, 1991 | July 7, 1991 | 25 | 25 |
24 | AUS | Fitzgerald, JohnJohn Fitzgerald (1) | July 8, 1991 | February 23, 1992 | 33 | 33 |
SWE | Anders Järryd (12) | February 24, 1992 | March 1, 1992 | 1 | 92 | |
AUS | John Fitzgerald (2) | March 2, 1992 | March 8, 1992 | 1 | 34 | |
SWE | Anders Järryd (13) | March 9, 1992 | May 3, 1992 | 8 | 100 | |
AUS | John Fitzgerald (3) | May 4, 1992 | June 14, 1992 | 6 | 40 | |
SWE | Anders Järryd (14) | June 15, 1992 | July 5, 1992 | 3 | 103 | |
25 | AUS | Woodbridge, ToddTodd Woodbridge (1) | July 6, 1992 | July 19, 1992 | 2 | 2 |
SWE | Anders Järryd (15) | July 20, 1992 | August 16, 1992 | 4 | 107 | |
AUS | Todd Woodbridge (2) | August 17, 1992 | September 13, 1992 | 4 | 6 | |
USA | Jim Grabb (2) | September 14, 1992 | October 11, 1992 | 4 | 5 | |
26 | USA | Jones, KellyKelly Jones (1) | October 12, 1992 | October 18, 1992 | 1 | 1 |
USA | Jim Grabb (3) | October 19, 1992 | November 1, 1992 | 2 | 7 | |
AUS | Todd Woodbridge (3) | November 2, 1992 | November 15, 1992 | 2 | 8 | |
27 | AUS | Woodforde, MarkMark Woodforde (1) | November 16, 1992 | March 31, 1993 | 11 | 11 |
28 | USA | Reneberg, RicheyRichey Reneberg (1) | February 1, 1993 | March 7, 1993 | 5 | 5 |
USA | Jim Grabb (4) | March 8, 1993 | April 18, 1993 | 6 | 13 | |
USA | Richey Reneberg (2) | April 19, 1993 | June 13, 1993 | 8 | 13 | |
AUS | Todd Woodbridge (4) | June 14, 1993 | October 17, 1993 | 18 | 26 | |
29 | USA | Galbraith, PatrickPatrick Galbraith (1) | October 18, 1993 | November 7, 1993 | 3 | 3 |
AUS | Todd Woodbridge (5) | November 8, 1993 | November 14, 1993 | 1 | 27 | |
30 | CAN | Connell, GrantGrant Connell (1) | November 15, 1993 | January 30, 1994 | 11 | 11 |
31 | NED | Haarhuis, PaulPaul Haarhuis (1) | January 31, 1994 | February 13, 1994 | 2 | 2 |
32 | ZIM | Black, ByronByron Black (1) | February 14, 1994 | February 20, 1994 | 1 | 1 |
NED | Paul Haarhuis (2) | February 21, 1994 | March 6, 1994 | 2 | 4 | |
CAN | Grant Connell (2) | March 7, 1994 | March 20, 1994 | 2 | 13 | |
NED | Paul Haarhuis (3) | March 21, 1994 | May 8, 1994 | 7 | 11 | |
CAN | Grant Connell (3) | May 9, 1994 | June 5, 1994 | 4 | 17 | |
ZIM | Byron Black (2) | June 6, 1994 | July 24, 1994 | 7 | 8 | |
USA | Patrick Galbraith (2) | July 25, 1994 | July 31, 1994 | 1 | 4 | |
33 | USA | Stark, JonathanJonathan Stark (1) | August 1, 1994 | September 11, 1994 | 6 | 6 |
NED | Paul Haarhuis (4) | September 12, 1994 | January 15, 1995 | 18 | 29 | |
34 | NED NED | Paul Haarhuis (4) Eltingh, JaccoJacco Eltingh (1) | January 16, 1995 | February 12, 1995 | 4 | 33 4 |
NED | Paul Haarhuis (4) | February 13, 1995 | April 2, 1995 | 7 | 40 | |
AUS | Mark Woodforde (2) | April 3, 1995 | June 11, 1995 | 10 | 21 | |
NED NED | Paul Haarhuis(5) Jacco Eltingh (2) | June 12, 1995 | September 10, 1995 | 13 | 53 17 | |
AUS | Todd Woodbridge (6) | September 11, 1995 | October 29, 1995 | 7 | 34 | |
NED NED | Jacco Eltingh (3) Paul Haarhuis (6) | October 30, 1995 | November 5, 1995 | 1 | 18 54 | |
AUS | Todd Woodbridge (7) | November 6, 1995 | October 13, 1996 | 49 | 83 | |
AUS AUS | Todd Woodbridge (7) Mark Woodforde (3) | October 14, 1996 | October 12, 1997 | 52 | 134 73 | |
AUS | Todd Woodbridge (7) | October 13, 1997 | March 29, 1998 | 24 | 159 | |
NED | Jacco Eltingh (4) | March 30, 1998 | January 31, 1999 | 44 | 62 | |
NED | Paul Haarhuis (7) | February 1, 1999 | April 25, 1999 | 12 | 66 | |
35 | IND | Bhupathi, MaheshMahesh Bhupathi (1) | April 26, 1999 | May 9, 1999 | 2 | 2 |
NED | Paul Haarhuis (8) | May 10, 1999 | June 6, 1999 | 4 | 70 | |
IND | Mahesh Bhupathi (2) | June 7, 1999 | June 20, 1999 | 2 | 4 | |
36 | IND | Paes, LeanderLeander Paes (1) | June 21, 1999 | March 19, 2000 | 39 | 39 |
37 | USA | Palmer, JaredJared Palmer (1) | March 20, 2000 | May 7, 2000 | 7 | 7 |
38 | USA | O'Brien, AlexAlex O'Brien (1) | May 8, 2000 | June 11, 2000 | 5 | 5 |
AUS | Todd Woodbridge (8) | June 12, 2000 | October 29, 2000 | 20 | 179 | |
AUS | Mark Woodforde (4) | October 30, 2000 | January 7, 2001 | 10 | 83 | |
AUS | Todd Woodbridge (9) | January 8, 2001 | July 8, 2001 | 26 | 205 | |
39 | SWE | Björkman, JonasJonas Björkman (1) | July 9, 2001 | January 27, 2002 | 29 | 29 |
40 | USA | Johnson, DonaldDonald Johnson (1) | January 28, 2002 | April 14, 2002 | 11 | 11 |
USA USA | Donald Johnson (1) Jared Palmer (2) | April 15, 2002 | May 12, 2002 | 4 | 15 11 | |
USA | Jared Palmer (2) | May 13, 2002 | May 19, 2002 | 1 | 12 | |
USA USA | Jared Palmer (2) Donald Johnson (2) | May 20, 2002 | June 23, 2002 | 5 | 17 20 | |
41 | BAH | Knowles, MarkMark Knowles (1) | June 24, 2002 | August 18, 2002 | 8 | 8 |
42 | CAN | Nestor, DanielDaniel Nestor (1) | August 19, 2002 | November 3, 2002 | 11 | 11 |
BAH | Mark Knowles (2) | November 4, 2002 | June 8, 2003 | 31 | 39 | |
43 | BLR | Mirnyi, MaxMax Mirnyi (1) | June 9, 2003 | September 7, 2003 | 13 | 13 |
44 45 | USA USA | Bryan, BobBob Bryan (1) Bryan, MikeMike Bryan (1) | September 8, 2003 | October 19, 2003 | 6 | 6 6 |
BLR | Max Mirnyi (2) | October 20, 2003 | February 1, 2004 | 15 | 28 | |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (2) Mike Bryan (2) | February 2, 2004 | June 6, 2004 | 18 | 24 24 | |
SWE | Jonas Björkman (2) | June 7, 2004 | September 12, 2004 | 14 | 43 | |
CAN | Daniel Nestor (2) | September 13, 2004 | October 3, 2004 | 3 | 14 | |
CAN BAH | Daniel Nestor (2) Mark Knowles (3) | October 4, 2004 | February 27, 2005 | 21 | 35 60 | |
SWE | Jonas Björkman (3) | February 28, 2005 | March 20, 2005 | 3 | 46 | |
CAN BAH | Daniel Nestor (3) Mark Knowles (4) | March 21, 2005 | April 24, 2005 | 5 | 40 65 | |
SWE | Jonas Björkman (4) | April 25, 2005 | November 6, 2005 | 28 | 74 | |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (3) Mike Bryan (3) | November 7, 2005 | January 28, 2007 | 64 | 88 88 | |
BLR | Max Mirnyi (3) | January 29, 2007 | April 15, 2007 | 11 | 39 | |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (4) Mike Bryan (4) | April 16, 2007 | July 6, 2008 | 64 | 152 152 | |
CAN | Daniel Nestor (4) | July 7, 2008 | September 7, 2008 | 9 | 49 | |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (5) Mike Bryan (5) | September 8, 2008 | October 19, 2008 | 6 | 158 158 | |
CAN | Daniel Nestor (5) | October 20, 2008 | November 2, 2008 | 2 | 51 | |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (6) Mike Bryan (6) | November 3, 2008 | November 16, 2008 | 2 | 160 160 | |
46 | SRB | Zimonjić, NenadNenad Zimonjić (1) | November 17, 2008 | February 1, 2009 | 11 | 11 |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (7) Mike Bryan (7) | February 2, 2009 | May 17, 2009 | 15 | 175 175 | |
CAN SRB | Daniel Nestor (6) Nenad Zimonjić (2) | May 18, 2009 | June 7, 2009 | 3 | 54 14 | |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (8) Mike Bryan (8) | June 8, 2009 | September 13, 2009 | 14 | 189 189 | |
CAN SRB | Daniel Nestor (7) Nenad Zimonjić (3) | September 14, 2009 | November 29, 2009 | 11 | 65 25 | |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (9) Mike Bryan (9) | November 30, 2009 | January 31, 2010 | 9 | 198 198 | |
CAN SRB | Daniel Nestor (8) Nenad Zimonjić (4) | February 1, 2010 | May 16, 2010 | 15 | 80 40 | |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (10) Mike Bryan (10) | May 17, 2010 | June 6, 2010 | 3 | 201 201 | |
CAN SRB | Daniel Nestor (9) Nenad Zimonjić (5) | June 7, 2010 | August 15, 2010 | 10 | 90 50 | |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (11) Mike Bryan (11) | August 16, 2010 | May 6, 2012 | 90 | 291 291 | |
CAN BLR | Daniel Nestor (10) Max Mirnyi (4) | May 7, 2012 | September 9, 2012 | 18 | 108 57 | |
USA USA | Bob Bryan (12) Mike Bryan (12) | September 10, 2012 | November 4, 2012 | 8 | 299 299 | |
USA | Mike Bryan (12) | November 5, 2012 | February 24, 2013 | 16 | 315 | |
USA USA | Mike Bryan (12) Bob Bryan (13) | February 25, 2013 | October 25, 2015 | 139 ↑ | 454 ↑ 438 | |
USA | Bob Bryan (13) | October 26, 2015 | November 1, 2015 | 1 | 439 | |
47 | BRA | Marcelo Melo (1) | November 2, 2015 | April 3, 2016 | 22 | 22 |
48 | GBR | Jamie Murray (1) | April 4, 2016[3] | May 8, 2016 | 5 | 5 |
BRA | Marcelo Melo (2) | May 9, 2016 | June 5, 2016 | 4 | 26 | |
49 | FRA | Nicolas Mahut (1) | June 6, 2016 | June 12, 2016 | 1 | 1 |
GBR | Jamie Murray (2) | June 13, 2016 | July 10, 2016 | 4 | 9 | |
FRA | Nicolas Mahut (2) | July 11, 2016 | Present | 21 | 22 |
- Key
* | Current number 1 player up to November 28, 2016 |
↑ | All-time record |
Weeks at number 1
Total
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Consecutive
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- Key
(1) | Rank by length of this streak compared to this player's other turns as ATP number 1 |
* | Active streak as of November 28, 2016 |
Active players |
Weeks at number 1 by country
As of November 28, 2016
Active players are in bold.
Year-end number 1
The year-end No. 1 ranked player is determined as the player at the head of the ATP rankings following the completion of the final tournament of the calendar year, usually in November or December. For doubles, two rankings are maintained, one for the individual player or players with the most points, and one for the team with the most points at the end of the season. For the individual rankings, Mike Bryan holds the record of nine year-end No. 1's. For the team rankings, Bob and Mike Bryan share the record at ten year-end No. 1's. Todd Woodbridge was also a member of teams finishing at the year-end No. 1 six times, five times with Mark Woodforde and once with Jonas Björkman. The only other player to end the year in a No. 1 team with two different partners is Daniel Nestor, who finished as No. 1 with Mark Knowles twice and with Nenad Zimonjić once.
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(1) | Cumulative number of times as year-end number 1 |
Ranked number 1 during every week of the calendar year |
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Players who were ranked World No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam tournament
Player | Date of first No. 1 position | First Grand Slam final reached | First Grand Slam title |
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Stefan Edberg | June 9, 1986 | 1984 US Open (September, 1984) | 1987 Australian Open (1st of 3) |
David Pate | January 14, 1991 | 1991 Australian Open (January, 1991) | 1991 Australian Open (1st of 1) |
Kelly Jones | October 12, 1992 | 1992 Australian Open (January, 1992) | none (retired in 1998) |
Patrick Galbraith | October 18, 1993 | 1993 Wimbledon (July, 1993) | none (retired in 1999) |
Grant Connell | November 15, 1993 | 1990 Australian Open (January, 1990) | none (retired in 1997) |
Byron Black | February 14, 1994 | 1994 Australian Open (January, 1994) | 1994 French Open (1st of 1) |
See also
- List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players
- List of male tennis players
- List of WTA number 1 ranked players
References
- ↑ "ATP Ranking and Race Frequently Asked Questions". atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Retrieved June 11, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.atpworldtour.com/Press/Media-Guide.aspx
- ↑ "Jamie Murray to become world number one in doubles". BBC Sport. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.