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In 1964, under Kramer's advice, the I.P.T.P.A. (International Professional Tennis Players Association) established a series of 17 tournaments in U.S. and Europe with a points system, and a world No. 1 and world champion was named as a result, Ken Rosewall.
Djokovic is both the oldest world No. 1 (37 years and 16 days) [21] and the oldest year-end No. 1 (36 years, 7 months). [ 22 ] Federer is the player with the longest time span (14 years) between his first and most recent dates at No. 1 (February 2004–June 2018), [ 23 ] while Rafael Nadal is the only player to hold the top ranking in three ...
World number 1 ranked male tennis players is a year-by-year listing of the male tennis players who were ranked as world No. 1 by various contemporary and modern sources. . The annual source rankings from which the No. 1 players are drawn are cited for each player's name, with a summary of the most important tennis events of each year also inclu
Open Era tennis records – Women's singles; World number 1 ranked female tennis players; Top ten ranked female tennis players; Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974) List of Billie Jean King Cup champions; WTA 1000 Series singles records and statistics; WTA 1000 Series doubles records and statistics
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 players (1912–1972) Women. List of female tennis players; Rankings List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players; List of WTA ...
Gonzales was a prominent professional champion in the 1950s and 1960s, winning world professional championship tours between 1954 and 1961; he was the world number one ranked male tennis player professional between 1952 and 1961. [5] Gonzales was a determined competitor with a fierce temper. He was often at odds with officials and promoters.
Throughout its history, many changes in the Grand Slam tennis tournaments have affected the number of titles won by various players. These have included the opening of the French national championships to international players in 1925, the elimination of the challenge round in 1922, and the admission of professional players in 1968 (the start of the Open Era).
In 1964, under Kramer's advice, the I.P.T.P.A. (International Professional Tennis Players Association) established a series of 17 tournaments in U.S. and Europe with a points system, and a world No. 1 and world champion was named as a result, Rosewall. [29]