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Association of Tennis Professionals - Definition and Overview

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players. (Female players formed the Women's Tennis Association the year after.) In 1990, the association became the organizer of the principal worldwide tennis tour, thereafter known as the ATP Tour.

Contents
1 Rankings
2 ATP Tour Records
3 Internal links
4 External links

Rankings

The organization releases a weekly ranking of the players's performance in the tour. This is a list of players who have achieved the number one position in singles since the ranking's inception in 1973:

# Player Country Date Reached Age Weeks
1 Ilie Nastase Romania 23 August 1973 27y 1m 40
2 John Newcombe Australia 3 June 1974 30y 11d 8
3 Jimmy Connors United States 29 July 1974 21y 11m 268
4 Bjorn Borg Sweden 23 August 1977 21y 2m 109
5 John McEnroe United States 3 March 1980 21y 15d 170
6 Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia 28 February 1983 22y 11m 270
7 Mats Wilander Sweden 12 September 1988 24y 1m 20
8 Stefan Edberg Sweden 13 August 1990 24y 9m 72
9 Boris Becker Germany 28 January 1991 23y 2m 12
10 Jim Courier United States 10 February 1992 21y 5m 58
11 Pete Sampras United States 12 April 1993 21y 8m 286
12 Andre Agassi United States 10 April 1995 24y 11m 88
13 Thomas Muster Austria 12 February 1996 28y 4m 6
14 Marcelo Ríos Chile 30 March 1998 22y 3m 6
15 Carlos Moyà Spain 15 March 1999 22y 6m 2
16 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Russia 3 May 1999 25y 2m 6
17 Patrick Rafter Australia 26 July 1999 26y 8m 1
18 Marat Safin Russia 20 November 2000 20y 10m 9
19 Gustavo Kuerten Brazil 4 December 2000 24y 2m 43
20 Lleyton Hewitt Australia 19 November 2001 20y 9m 76
21 Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain 8 September 2003 23y 7m 7
22 Andy Roddick United States 3 November 2003 21y 2m 13
23 Roger Federer Switzerland 2 February 2004 22y 6m present

ATP Tour Records

Titles:

  • Singles:
    • Most titles overall: Jimmy Connors (USA), 105.
    • Most Grand Slam titles: Pete Sampras (USA), 14.
    • Most Masters titles: Pete Sampras (USA) & Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/USA), 5.
    • Most Masters Series titles: Andre Agassi (USA), 17.
    • Most titles in a season:
    • Most finals won in succession: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2004-2005, 14.
    • Consecutive tournaments won on 3 different surfaces:
      • before 1990: Björn Borg (Sweden) in 1979.
      • since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004.
  • Doubles:
    • Most titles overall: Todd Woodbridge (Australia), 82.
    • Most Grand Slam titles: Todd Woodbridge (Australia), 16.

Ranking:

  • Most Weeks at No.1: Pete Sampras (USA), 286.
  • Most consecutive weeks at No.1: Jimmy Connors (USA), 260 (July 29, 1974-August 22, 1977).
  • Years-Ended at No.1: Pete Sampras (USA), 6.
  • Youngest No.1-player: Lleyton Hewitt (Australia), 20y 9m.
  • Youngest player ended in the top-100: Rafaël Nadal (Spain) in 2003.
  • Highest Number of Ranking Points: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004, 6335.
  • Highest Number of Race Points (since 2000): Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004, 1267.

Longest Winning Streaks:

  • Overall:
    • before 1990: Björn Borg (Sweden), 49.
    • since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria), 35.
  • Grass:
    • before 1990: Björn Borg (Sweden) between 1976-1980, 41.
    • since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2004, 24.
  • Clay: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 40.
  • Indoors: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/USA) between 1981-1983, 66.
  • Against Top-10 players: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2005, 26.

Varia:

  • Most Career Matches Won: Jimmy Connors (USA), 1222.
  • Win-Loss leaders:
    • before 1990: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/USA) in 1982, 106-9 (.922).
    • since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 86-18 (.827).
  • Winning percentage leaders:
    • before 1990: John McEnroe (USA) in 1984, .965 (W-L: 83-2).
    • since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004, .925 (W-L: 74-6).
  • Most Aces hit in a match: Joachim Johansson (Sweden) in 2005, 51.
  • Most Prize Money won:
    • Career: Pete Sampras (USA), $43,280,489.
    • At the end of the season: Pete Sampras (USA) in 1997, $6,498,311.
  • Most times elected ATP Player of The Year: Pete Sampras (USA) between 1993-1998, 6.
  • Longest singles match: Fabrice Santoro defeated Arnaud Clément (France) at Roland Garros 2004, in a 6h 37m first round match.
  • Fastest individual serve recorded (since 1991): Andy Roddick (USA) in 2004, 155 Mh/249 Km.

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