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The 'Tennis men', as defined by the Association of Tennis Professionals , are the "objective merit-based method used for determining qualification for entry and seeding in all tournaments for both singles and doubles, except as modified for the ARAG ATP World Tour Team Championship and Barclays ATP...

 are the Association of Tennis Professionals
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...

' (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 the rankings since August 1973. 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
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...

 tournaments, the eight mandatory ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America and Asia...

 tournaments, the team's best four eligible ATP World Tour 500 series
ATP World Tour 500 series
The ATP World Tour 500 series is the third highest tier of men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tournaments, and the ATP World Tour Masters 1000.The series includes 11 tournaments, with a number of 500 rankings points to win for the events' singles...

 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
ATP World Tour 250 series
The ATP World Tour 250 series is a new series for tennis tournaments of the Association of Tennis Professionals from the 2009 ATP World Tour...

. 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
ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments...

, 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.

Number 1 ranked players

Data is from the ATP. The doubles rankings began on January 6, 1976.
Key
* Current number 1 player up to January 2, 2012

# Country Player Start date End date Number of weeks Accumulated total
1  South Africa (1) 6 6
2  Mexico (1) 54 54
3  South Africa (1) 4 4
 Mexico Raúl Ramírez (2) 6 60
 South Africa Frew McMillan (2) 1 5
 Mexico Raúl Ramírez (3) 2 62
 South Africa Frew McMillan (3) 80 85
4  Netherlands (1) 11 11
5  United States (1) 97 97
6  United States (1) 8 8
 United States John McEnroe (2) 4 101
7  Australia (1) 3 3
 United States John McEnroe (3) 33 134
8  United States (1) 3 3
 United States John McEnroe (4) 108 (record) 242
 United States Peter Fleming (2) 1 4
 United States John McEnroe (5) 11 253
 United States Peter Fleming (3) 8 12
 United States John McEnroe (6) 1 254
 United States Peter Fleming (4) 5 17
 United States John McEnroe (7) 13 267
9  Czechoslovakia (1) 34 34
10  Sweden (1) 4 4
11  United States (1) 1 1
 Sweden Anders Järryd (2) 2 6
 United States Robert Seguso (2) 2 3
12  United States (1) 1 1
 United States Robert Seguso (3) 8 11
 United States Ken Flach (2) 1 2
 United States Robert Seguso (4) 6 17
 Sweden Anders Järryd (3) 1 7
 United States Robert Seguso (5) 2 19
 Sweden Anders Järryd (4) 3 10
 United States Robert Seguso (6) 1 20
 Sweden Anders Järryd (5) 1 11
 United States Robert Seguso (7) 7 27
 United States Ken Flach (3) 3 5
13  Sweden (1) 11 11
14  France (1) 2 2
15  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1) 1 1
16  Ecuador (1) 1 1
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović (2) 4 5
 Ecuador Andrés Gómez (2) 3 4
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović (3) 2 7
 Ecuador Andrés Gómez (3) 9 13
 Sweden Stefan Edberg (2) 4 15
 France Yannick Noah (2) 8 10
 Sweden Anders Järryd(6) 3 14
 France Yannick Noah (3) 8 18
 Sweden Anders Järryd(7) 5 19
 United States Robert Seguso(8) 1 28
 France Yannick Noah (4) 1 19
 United States Robert Seguso(9) 31 59
 Sweden Anders Järryd(8) 3 22
 United States Robert Seguso(10) 3 62
 Sweden Anders Järryd(9) 47 69
17  Spain (1) 2 2
 Sweden Anders Järryd(10) 4 73
 Spain Emilio Sánchez (2) 4 6
18  United States (1) 1 1
19  United States (1) 12 12
 United States John McEnroe (8) 2 269
 Sweden Anders Järryd(11) 18 91
20  South Africa (1) 8 8
21  United States (1) 9 9
 United States Jim Pugh (2) 8 20
22  South Africa
 South Africa
(1)
Danie Visser(2)
3 3
11
 United States Jim Pugh (3) 4 24
 South Africa
 South Africa
Pieter Aldrich(2)
(3)
8 11
19
 United States Jim Pugh (4) 1 25
 South Africa
 South Africa
Pieter Aldrich(3)
Danie Visser(4)
1 12
20
 United States Jim Pugh(5) 1 26
 South Africa
 South Africa
Pieter Aldrich(4)
Danie Visser(5)
7 19
27
23  United States (1) 25 25
24  Australia (1) 33 33
 Sweden Anders Järryd(12) 1 92
 Australia John Fitzgerald (2) 1 34
 Sweden Anders Järryd(13) 8 100
 Australia John Fitzgerald (3) 6 40
 Sweden Anders Järryd(14) 3 103
25  Australia (1) 2 2
 Sweden Anders Järryd (15) 4 107
 Australia Todd Woodbridge (2) 4 6
 United States Jim Grabb (2) 4 5
26  United States (1) 1 1
 United States Jim Grabb (3) 2 7
 Australia Todd Woodbridge (3) 2 8
27  Australia (1) 11 11
28  United States (1) 5 5
 United States Jim Grabb (4) 6 13
 United States Richey Reneberg (2) 8 13
 Australia Todd Woodbridge (4) 18 26
29  United States (1) 3 3
 Australia Todd Woodbridge(5) 1 27
30  Canada (1) 11 11
31  Netherlands (1) 2 2
32  Zimbabwe (1) 1 1
 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (2) 2 4
 Canada Grant Connell (2) 2 13
 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (3) 7 11
 Canada Grant Connell (3) 4 17
 Zimbabwe Byron Black (2) 7 8
 United States Patrick Galbraith (2) 1 4
33  United States (1) 6 6
 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (4) 18 29

34
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
Paul Haarhuis (4)
(1)
4 33
4
 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (4) 7 40
 Australia Mark Woodforde (2) 10 21
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
Paul Haarhuis(5)
Jacco Eltingh (2)
13 53
17
 Australia Todd Woodbridge(6) 7 34
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
Jacco Eltingh(3)
Paul Haarhuis(6)
1 18
54
 Australia Todd Woodbridge(7) 49 83
 Australia
 Australia
Todd Woodbridge(7)
Mark Woodforde(3)
52 134
73
 Australia Todd Woodbridge(7) 24 159
 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh (4) 44 62
 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis(7) 12 66
35  India (1) 2 2
 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis(8) 4 70
 India Mahesh Bhupathi (2) 2 4
36  India (1) 39 39
37  United States (1) 7 7
38  United States (1) 5 5
 Australia Todd Woodbridge(8) 20 179
 Australia Mark Woodforde (4) 10 83
 Australia Todd Woodbridge(9) 26 205
39  Sweden (1) 29 29
40  United States (1) 11 11
 United States
 United States
Donald Johnson (11)
Jared Palmer (2)
4 15
11
 United States Jared Palmer (2) 1 12
 United States
 United States
Jared Palmer (2)
Donald Johnson (2)
5 17
20
41  The Bahamas (1) 8 8
42  Canada (1) 11 11
 The Bahamas Mark Knowles(2) 31 39
43  Belarus (1) 13 13
44
45
 United States
 United States
(1)
(1)
6 6
6
 Belarus Max Mirnyi (2) 15 28
 United States
 United States
Bob Bryan (2)
Mike Bryan (2)
18 24
24
 Sweden Jonas Björkman (2) 14 43
 Canada Daniel Nestor (2) 3 14
 Canada
 The Bahamas
Daniel Nestor (2)
Mark Knowles(3)
21 35
60
 Sweden Jonas Björkman(3) 3 46
 Canada
 The Bahamas
Daniel Nestor(3)
Mark Knowles(4)
5 40
65
 Sweden Jonas Björkman(4) 28 74
 United States
 United States
Bob Bryan(3)
Mike Bryan(3)
64 88
88
 Belarus Max Mirnyi(3) 11 39
 United States
 United States
Bob Bryan(4)
Mike Bryan(4)
64 152
152
 Canada Daniel Nestor(4) 9 49
 United States
 United States
Bob Bryan(5)
Mike Bryan(5)
6 158
158
 Canada Daniel Nestor(5) 2 51
 United States
 United States
Bob Bryan(6)
Mike Bryan(6)
2 160
160
46  Serbia (1) 11 11
 United States
 United States
Bob Bryan(7)
Mike Bryan(7)
15 175
175
 Canada
 Serbia
Daniel Nestor(6)
Nenad Zimonjić (2)
3 54
14
 United States
 United States
Bob Bryan(8)
Mike Bryan(8)
14 189
189
 Canada
 Serbia
Daniel Nestor (7)
Nenad Zimonjić (3)
11 65
25
 United States
 United States
Bob Bryan (9)
Mike Bryan (9)
9 198
198
 Canada
 Serbia
Daniel Nestor (8)
Nenad Zimonjić (4)
14 79
39
 United States
 United States
Bob Bryan (10)
Mike Bryan (10)
3 201
201
 Canada
 Serbia
Daniel Nestor (9)
Nenad Zimonjić (5)
10 89
49
 United States
 United States
Bob Bryan (11)
Mike Bryan (11)
Present 73 274 (record)
274 (record)

Weeks at number 1

(1) Rank by length of this streak compared to this player's other turns as ATP number 1
* Active streak as of January 2, 2012
+ Active players






Total

Rank | Player | Total
1.   + 274*
=   + 274*
3.   269
4.   204
5.   107
6.   + 89
7.   83
=   83
9.   74
10.   71
11.   67
12.   + 65
13.   63
14.   62
15.   + 49
16.   40
17.   + 39
=   + 39
19.   34
20.   27
21.   26
22.   25
23.   20
24.   19
=   19
26.   17
=   17
28.   15
29.   13
=   13
=   13
32.   11
=   11
34.   9
35.   8
=   8
37.   7
38.   6
=   6
=   6
41.   5
=   5
43.   + 4
=   4
45.   3
46.   1


Consecutive - Top 20

Rank | Player | Total
1.   (1) 108
2.   (2) 97
3.   (1) 80
4.   (1)
  (1)
73*
5.   (2)
  (2)
64
=   (3)
  (3)
64
7.   (1) 54
8.   (1)
  (1)
52
9.   (2) 49
10.   (1) 47
11.   (1) 44
12.   (1) 39
13.   (1) 34
14.   (3) 33
=   (1) 33
16.   (1) 31
=   (1) 31
18.   (1) 29
19.   (2) 28
20.   (3) 26


Players by country

Rank John McEnroe
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...

, Stan Smith
Stan Smith
Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith is a former American tennis player and two time Grand Slam singles champion who also, with his partner Bob Lutz, formed one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world...

, Peter Fleming, Robert Seguso
Robert Seguso
Robert Arthur Seguso is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Ken Flach. Seguso reached the World No...

, Ken Flach
Ken Flach
Kenneth Eliot "Ken" Flach is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 2 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles...

, Jim Grabb
Jim Grabb
Jim Grabb is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.Grabb was twice ranked the World No. 1 doubles player, in 1989 and in 1993. A right-handed serve-and-volleyer, Grabb's best singles ranking was World No. 24, a ranking he achieved in February 1990.-College:Grabb is Jewish, and was born in...

, Jim Pugh
Jim Pugh
Jim Pugh is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Pugh reached the World No...

, Rick Leach
Rick Leach
----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No...

, David Pate
David Pate
David Pate is a former professional tennis player from the United States who won two singles titles and eighteen doubles titles during his career. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 18 on June 8, 1987 and a career-high doubles ranking of No...

, Kelly Jones, Richey Reneberg
Richey Reneberg
Richey Reneberg was an American professional male tennis player.He attended Southern Methodist University, where he was a three-time All-American and reached the 1986 National Collegiate Athletics Association finals....

, Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith is a former professional tennis player from the United States.A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He was a mixed doubles champion at the US Open in 1994 and 1996...

, Jonathan Stark
Jonathan Stark
Jonathan Stark is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles . Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.-Early life:Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971...

, Jared Palmer
Jared Palmer
Jared Eiseley Palmer is a professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He also won four double titles on the challenger's circuit...

, Alex O'Brien
Alex O'Brien
Alex O'Brien is a professional tennis player from the United States, who competed on the ATP Tour. He was the No. 1 doubles player in the world and was ranked as high as 30 in the world in singles .He won his only singles title at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1996...

, Donald Johnson
Donald Johnson
----Donald James "Don" Johnson is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania...

, Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan
Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998...

*, Mike Bryan
Mike Bryan
Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No...

*
2   South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 
4 Bob Hewitt
Bob Hewitt
Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt is a former professional male tennis player from Australia...

, Frew McMillan
Frew McMillan
Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa.He won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. The most notable aspect of his game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which simultaneously increased his...

, Danie Visser
Danie Visser
Danie Visser is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol...

, Pieter Aldrich
Pieter Aldrich
Pieter Aldrich is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 2 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Aldrich reached the World No...

= 4 Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee is a retired Australian tennis player and prominent sports administrator.-Tennis career:...

, John Fitzgerald, Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

, Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....

4 3 Tom Okker
Tom Okker
Thomas S. Okker is a former Dutch tennis player. He was ranked among the world's top 10 singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world # 3 in 1969. He also was ranked World # 1 in doubles in 1969.-Tennis career:Okker was the Dutch champion from 1964 through...

, Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...

, Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...

= 3 Anders Järryd
Anders Järryd
Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...

, Stefan Edberg
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

, Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

6 2 Grant Connell
Grant Connell
Grant Connell is a former professional tennis player from Canada. He was one of the world's top doubles player from the early through middle 1990s....

, Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....

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= 2 Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...

*, Leander Paes
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...

*
=
2 Slobodan Živojinović
Slobodan Živojinovic
Slobodan Živojinović is a retired Serbian tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. Together with Nenad Zimonjić he is the only tennis player from Serbia that held the highest doubles ranking. Živojinović is president of Serbia Tennis Federaton....

, Nenad Zimonjić
Nenad Zimonjic
Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:...

*
9 1 Raúl Ramírez
Raúl Ramírez
Raúl Ramírez is a retired Mexican professional tennis player. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s, and is regarded as one of the great all-around players of the modern era. Ramírez was also the first player to finish first in both singles and doubles Grand Prix point standings, accomplishing...

= 1 Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was the world's highest-ranking doubles player from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on...

= 1 Yannick Noah
Yannick Noah
Yannick Noah is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for being the last French man to win the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams...

= 1 Andrés Gómez
Andrés Gómez
Andrés Gómez Santos is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990.-Career:...

= 1 Emilio Sánchez
Emilio Sánchez
Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games...

= 1 Byron Black
Byron Black
Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

= 1 Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...

*
= 1 Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...

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* - active players

Year-end number 1

The year-end number 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, Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan
Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998...

 and Mike Bryan
Mike Bryan
Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No...

 share the record of six year-end number ones. For the team rankings, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
Bob and Mike Bryan
Twin brothers Robert Charles Bryan and Michael Carl Bryan are American professional tennis double players. They have been the World No. 1 doubles player for over 270 weeks and have finished the ATP year-end number 1 doubles team a record 7 times...

 share the record at seven year-end number ones. Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

 was also a member of teams finishing at the year-end number one six times, five times with Mark Woodforde
The Woodies
The Woodies was a nickname given to a successful men's tennis doubles team. The two members of the team were Australians Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde....

 and once with Jonas Björkman. The only other player to end the year in a number one team with two different partners is Daniel Nestor, who finished as number one with Mark Knowles twice and with Nenad Zimonjic once.
Country Player No. of Times
  USA Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan
Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998...

6
  USA Mike Bryan
Mike Bryan
Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No...

  USA John McEnroe
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...

5
  AUS Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....

3
  AUS Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

  RSA Frew McMillan
Frew McMillan
Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa.He won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. The most notable aspect of his game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which simultaneously increased his...

2
  USA Robert Seguso
Robert Seguso
Robert Arthur Seguso is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Ken Flach. Seguso reached the World No...

  SWE Anders Järryd
Anders Järryd
Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...

  BAH Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...

  MEX Raúl Ramírez
Raúl Ramírez
Raúl Ramírez is a retired Mexican professional tennis player. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s, and is regarded as one of the great all-around players of the modern era. Ramírez was also the first player to finish first in both singles and doubles Grand Prix point standings, accomplishing...

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  TCH Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was the world's highest-ranking doubles player from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on...

  ECU Andrés Gómez
Andrés Gómez
Andrés Gómez Santos is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990.-Career:...

  RSA Pieter Aldrich
Pieter Aldrich
Pieter Aldrich is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 2 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Aldrich reached the World No...

  SWE Danie Visser
Danie Visser
Danie Visser is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol...

  AUS John Fitzgerald
  CAN Grant Connell
Grant Connell
Grant Connell is a former professional tennis player from Canada. He was one of the world's top doubles player from the early through middle 1990s....

  NED Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...

  IND Leander Paes
Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...

  SWE Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

  BLR Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a...

  CAN Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....

  SRB Nenad Zimonjić
Nenad Zimonjic
Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:...



Key
(1) Cumulative number of times as year-end number 1
Ranked number 1 during every week of the calendar year

Year Player Team
1976   (1)
1977   (1)
1978   (2)
1979   (1)
1980   (2)
1981   (3)
1982   (4)
1983   (5)   Peter Fleming (1) /   John McEnroe (1)
1984   (1)   Mark Edmondson (1) /   (1)
1985
1985 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix was a tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...

  (1)   (1) /   (1)
1986
1986 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Key:-January:-February:-March:-April:-May:...

  (1)   (1) /   (1)
1987
1987 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...

  (2)   (1) /   (1)
1988
1988 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...

  (1)   (1) /   (1)
1989
1989 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit for male players held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, one World Championship Tennis tournament and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...

 
  (2)   (2) /   (2)
1990
1990 ATP Tour
The IBM ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. In 1990 the IMB ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Tour World Championships, the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series and the ATP World Series...

  (1) &   (1)   (1) /   (1)
1991
1991 ATP Tour
The IBM Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP tour. The IBM ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour...

  (1)   (1) /   (1)
1992
1992 ATP Tour
The IBM Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP tour. The IBM ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour...

  (1)   (1) /   (1)
1993
1993 ATP Tour
The IBM Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional men's tennis organized by the ATP tour. The IBM ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP...

 
  (1)   (1) /   (1)
1994
1994 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...

 
  (1)   (1) /   (1)
1995
1995 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...

 
  (1)   (2) /   (2)
1996
1996 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...

 
  (2) &   (2)   (3) /   (3)
1997
1997 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:...

 
  (3)   (4) /   (4)
1998
1998 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP Super 9, the International Series Gold and the International Series Tournaments tournaments....

 
  (1)   (2) /   (2)
1999
1999 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 1999 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP International Series Gold, the ATP International Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the ATP Tour World...

 
  (1)   (1) /   (1)
2000
2000 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP tour. The 2000 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the tennis event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the Tennis Masters Series, the ATP International Series Gold, the ATP...

 
  (3)   (5) /   (5)
2001
2001 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The 2001 ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the Tennis Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series.-Schedule:...

 
  (1)   (1) /   (6)
2002
2002 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :...

 
  (1)   Mark Knowles (1) /   Daniel Nestor (1)
2003
2003 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :...

 
  (1)   Bob Bryan (1) /   Mike Bryan (1)
2004
2004 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :...

 
  (2) &   Daniel Nestor (1)   Mark Knowles (2) /   Daniel Nestor (2)
2005    Bob Bryan (1) &   Mike Bryan (1)   Bob Bryan (2) /   Mike Bryan (2)
2006    Bob Bryan (2) &   Mike Bryan (2)   Bob Bryan (3) /   Mike Bryan (3)
2007
2007 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-January:...

 
  Bob Bryan (3) &   Mike Bryan (3)   Bob Bryan (4) /   Mike Bryan (4)
2008
2008 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-Schedule:This...

 
  (1)   Daniel Nestor (3) /   Nenad Zimonjić (1)
2009    Bob Bryan (4) &   Mike Bryan (4)   Bob Bryan (5) /   Mike Bryan (5)
2010
2010 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...

 
  Bob Bryan (5) &   Mike Bryan (5)   Bob Bryan (6) /   Mike Bryan (6)
2011
2011 ATP World Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2011 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World...

 
  Bob Bryan (6) &   Mike Bryan (6)   Bob Bryan (7) /   Mike Bryan (7)

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
  Stefan Edberg
Stefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

 
June 9, 1986 1984 US Open (September, 1984) 1987 Australian Open (1st of 3)
  David Pate
David Pate
David Pate is a former professional tennis player from the United States who won two singles titles and eighteen doubles titles during his career. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 18 on June 8, 1987 and a career-high doubles ranking of No...

 
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
  Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith is a former professional tennis player from the United States.A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He was a mixed doubles champion at the US Open in 1994 and 1996...

 
October 18, 1993 1993 Wimbledon (July, 1993) none
  Grant Connell
Grant Connell
Grant Connell is a former professional tennis player from Canada. He was one of the world's top doubles player from the early through middle 1990s....

 
November 15, 1993 1990 Australian Open (January, 1990) none
  Byron Black
Byron Black
Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

 
February 14, 1994 1994 Australian Open (January, 1994) 1994 French Open (1st of 1)

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