Association of Tennis Professionals

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Image:ATP.gifThe 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.

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Tournament categories

The ATP Tour at present has five categories of tennis tournaments belonging to its tour:

1 Grand Slam events

2 Tennis Masters Series Tournaments

3 International Series Gold Tournaments

4 International Series Tournaments

5 Challenger Tournaments

6 Satellite Series Circuits

7 Futures Tournaments

Players who earn the most tour points play season-ending events. Players who earn the most singles points can play in the Tennis Masters Cup, where players with the most doubles points qualify for the World Doubles tennis championship.

The ATP tour also oversees an early summer World Team Tennis championship.


The following table further provides structural details for ATP tour tennis:

Event Category No. Events in 2004 Prize Money Tour Points Governing Body
Grand Slams 4 6,700,000 to 8,300,000 ITF
Tennis Masters Cup 1 4,450,000 ATP
ATP Masters Series 9 2,450,000 to 3,450,000 ATP
ATP Intl. Series Gold 9 615,000 to 1,000,000 ATP
ATP Intl Series 44 333,000 to 1,000,000 ATP
ATP Challenger Series 146 25,000 to 150,000 ATP & ITF
Satellites 29 25,000 to 75,000 ATP & ITF
Futures 356 10,000 and 15,000 ATP & ITF

(*}Satellite Circuits are four weeks in length, consisting of three separate tournaments and a Masters. The prize money listed is for the men's event only where applicable.

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Rankings

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ATP Race

The ATP defines the ATP Race as "an easy-to-understand, simple-to-follow annual race from season start to season end. Every player starts at zero at the beginning of the year and the player who accumulates the most points by season's end is the World Number 1" and claims that the Race "is the mathematical method of ranking male professional tennis players on a calendar-year basis."

According to the ATP: "Every player, regardless of his performances in the previous year, starts with zero points. Players count 18 performances in their INDESIT ATP 2005 Race total. Players eligible to enter the Grand Slams and Tennis Masters Series events must count those events and their best five other results from the International Series events. The Tennis Masters Cup will count as an additional 19th tournament for the eight players who qualify."

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ATP Race points distribution

Tournament Category Total Financial
commitment 		W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128 Additional
qualifying points
Grand Slam 200 140 90 50 30 15 7 1 3
Tennis Masters Series 100 70 45 25 15 7 1(3) (1) 3*
International Series Gold $1,000,000 60 42 27 15 5 3 1 2*
International Series Gold $800,000 50 35 22 12 5 3 1 2*
International Series $1,000,000 50 35 22 12 5 3 1 2*
International Series $800,000 45 31 20 11 4 2 1 2*
International Series $600,000 40 28 18 10 3 1 1
International Series $400,000 35 24 15 8 3 1 1
Tennis Masters Cup 150 if undefeated (20 for each round robin match win,
+40 for a semifinal win, +50 for the final win)

(*) 1 point only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64. (Tennis Masters Series)

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List of ATP Race champions

Year Champion Points
2000 Gustavo Kuerten 839
2001 Lleyton Hewitt 897
2002 Lleyton Hewitt 873
2003 Andy Roddick 907
2004 Roger Federer 1267
2005 Roger Federer 1345
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ATP Entry Ranking

The ATP defines the ATP Entry Ranking as "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 World Team Championship, World Doubles Championship and Tennis Masters Cup...The Entry Ranking period is the immediate past 52 weeks, except for: the Tennis Masters Cup, which is dropped on the Monday following the last ATP event of the following year; Futures Series Tournaments, that are only entered into the System on the second Monday following the Tournament's week. Once entered, all Tournaments, except for the Tennis Masters Cup, remain in the System for 52 consecutive weeks."

The ATP explains that the reason behind continuing with a 52-week rolling system is "to determine seedings and tournament entry status [as] it is not practical to use the INDESIT ATP 2005 Race." It further notes that "The Race, while indicating the hottest players in the game at any stage, does not necessarily indicate an overall standing in the game. This is especially valid at the start of the year when early tournament winners may well be leading the Race but are not yet established top players for the purposes of seeding and tournament entry."

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ATP Entry Ranking points distribution

Tournament Category Total Financial
commitment 		W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128 Additional
qualifying points
Grand Slam 1000 700 450 250 150 75 35 5 15
Tennis Masters Series 500 350 225 125 75 35 5(15) (5) 15*
International Series Gold $1,000,000 300 210 135 75 25 15 5 10*
International Series Gold $800,000 250 175 110 60 25 15 5 10*
International Series $100,000 250 175 110 60 25 15 5 10*
International Series $800,000 225 155 100 55 20 10 5 10*
International Series $600,000 200 140 90 50 15 5 5
International Series $400,000 175 120 75 40 15 5 5
Challenger $150,000+H 100 70 45 23 10 2 3
Challenger $150,000 90 63 40 21 9 1 3
Challenger $125,000 80 56 36 19 8 1 3
Challenger $100,000 70 49 31 16 7 1 3
Challenger $75,000 60 42 27 14 6 1 3
Challenger $37,500+H 55 38 24 13 5 1 2
Challenger $50,000 50 35 22 12 5 1 2
Futures $15,000+H 24 16 8 4 1
Futures $15,000 18 12 6 3 1
Futures $10,000 12 8 4 2 1
Tennis Masters Cup 750 if undefeated (100 for each round robin match win,
+200 for a semifinal win, +250 for the final win)

+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prize money level in that category. $/€ 25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€ 50,000. Monies shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.

(*): 5 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).

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Losers

In addition to the points allocated above, points are allocated to losers at Grand Slam, Tennis Masters Series and International Series Gold Tournaments qualifying events in the following manner:

  • Grand Slams: 8 points for a last round loser, 4 points for a second round loser
  • Tennis Masters Series: 8 points for a last round loser(*), 1 point for a first round loser
  • International Series Gold: 5 points for a last round loser(*), 1 point for a first round loser,

(*): 3 points only if the Main Draw is larger than 32 (International Series Gold) or 64 (Tennis Masters Series).

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Satellites

For satellite tournaments, the following points are awarded based on the final Circuit standings:

  • For Total Prize Money $25,000-49,999: Winner: 6, Runner-up: 3
  • For Total Prize Money 50,000-74,999: Winner: 8, Runner-up: 4
  • For Total Prize Money 75,000-99,999: Winner: 10, Runner-up: 5
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List of number one players on the ATP Entry Ranking

The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position in singles since the inception of the rankings in 1973:

# Player Country Date Reached Age Weeks
1. Ilie Năstase 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. Björn 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 101
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 80
21. Juan Carlos Ferrero Spain 8 September 2003 23y 7m 8
22. Andy Roddick United States 3 November 2003 21y 2m 13
23. Roger Federer Switzerland 2 February 2004 22y 6m 116 present
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List of year-end number one players since 1973

Year Player/Nationality Year Player/Nationality Year Player/Nationality
1973 Ilie Năstase (1) 1988 Mats Wilander (6) 2003 Andy Roddick (13)
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
1974 Jimmy Connors (2) 1989 Ivan Lendl 2004 Roger Federer (14)
Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor
1975 Jimmy Connors 1990 Stefan Edberg (7) 2005 Roger Federer
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
1976 Jimmy Connors 1991 Stefan Edberg 2006
1977 Jimmy Connors 1992 Jim Courier (8)
Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde 		2007
1978 Jimmy Connors 1993 Pete Sampras (9)
G Connell/P Galbraith 		2008
1979 Bjorn Borg (3) 1994 Pete Sampras
Jacco Eltingh/Paul Haarhuis 		2009
1980 Bjorn Borg 1995 Pete Sampras
Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde 		2010
1981 John McEnroe (4) 1996 Pete Sampras
Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde 		2011
1982 John McEnroe 1997 Pete Sampras
Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde 		2012
1983 John McEnroe 1998 Pete Sampras
Jacco Eltingh/Paul Haarhuis 		2013
1984 John McEnroe 1999 Andre Agassi (10)
Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes 		2014
1985 Ivan Lendl (5) 2000 Gustavo Kuerten (11)
Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde 		2015
1986 Ivan Lendl 2001 Lleyton Hewitt (12)
Jonas Bjorkman/Todd Woodbridge 		2016
1987 Ivan Lendl 2002 Lleyton Hewitt
Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor 		2017
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ATP Tour records

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Titles

  • Singles:
    • Most titles won:
Rank History #
1. Jimmy Connors 105
2. Ivan Lendl 94
3. John McEnroe 76
4. Pete Sampras 64
5. Guillermo Vilas 62
6. Andre Agassi 60
7. Björn Borg 57
8. Ilie Năstase 52
9. Boris Becker 49
10. Rod Laver 47
Rank Active #
1. Andre Agassi 60
2. Roger Federer 37
3. Lleyton Hewitt 24
4. Gustavo Kuerten 20
= Andy Roddick 20
6. Thomas Enqvist 19
= Carlos Moya 19
8. Alex Corretja 17
9. Marat Safin 15
= Greg Rusedski 15
    • Players who won the "Grand Slam" (All four Grand Slam tournaments in one calendar year): Don Budge (1938), Rod Laver (1962, 1969)
    • Players who won the "Career Grand Slam": Andre Agassi, Don Budge, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, Fred Perry.
    • Player who won the "Career Golden Slam": Andre Agassi (U.S.)
    • Players to have won 3 consecutive Grand Slam titles: Pete Sampras (1993-94), Roger Federer (2005-06)
    • Most Grand Slam titles won in a career: Pete Sampras (U.S.), 14.
    • Most Tennis Masters Cup titles won in a career: Pete Sampras (U.S.) & Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/USA), 5.
    • Most Tennis Masters Series titles won in a career: Andre Agassi (U.S.), 17.
      • Note: Only three players have won double digit titles: Agassi (17), Sampras (11) and Federer (10).
    • Most different Tennis Masters Series tournaments won: Andre Agassi (U.S.), 7 out of 9.
    • Most titles in a season:
      • before 1990: Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) in 1977, 16.
      • since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 12.
    • Consecutive tournaments won on 3 different surfaces:
      • before 1990: Björn Borg (Sweden) in 1979 and Ivan Lendl (only player to have won them in consecutive weeks)
      • since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004. (Wimbledon (grass), Gstaad (clay) and Toronto Masters (hard))
  • Doubles:
    • Most titles overall: Todd Woodbridge (Australia), 82.
    • Most titles as a team: Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (Australia), 61. See also The Woodies.
    • Most Grand Slam titles overall: Todd Woodbridge (Australia), 16.
    • Most Grand Slam titles as a team: Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (Australia), 11.
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Ranking

Most weeks at No.1 Pete Sampras (USA) 286
Most consecutive weeks at No.1 Jimmy Connors (USA) 160 (1974–1977)
Most years ended at No.1 Pete Sampras (USA) 6 (1993–1998)
Youngest No.1-player Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 20y 8m (2001)
Youngest player to end a year in the top-10 Michael Chang (USA) 17y 9m (1989)
Youngest player to end a year in the top-25 Aaron Krickstein (USA) 17y 4m (1984)
Youngest player to end a year in the top-50 Michael Chang (USA) 16y 9m (1988)
Youngest player to end a year in the top-100 Aaron Krickstein (USA) 16y 4m (1983)
Youngest player to end a year in the top-200 Michael Chang (USA) 15y 9m (1987)
Oldest No.1-player Andre Agassi (USA) 33y 4m (2003)
Oldest player to end a year in the top-10 Ken Rosewall (AUS) 41y 1m (1975)
Oldest player to end a year in the top-25 Ken Rosewall (AUS) 42y 1m (1977)
Oldest player to end a year in the top-50 Ken Rosewall (AUS) 44y 1m (1978)
Oldest player to end a year in the top-100 Ken Rosewall (AUS) 44y 1m (1978)
Highest number of year-end ranking points Roger Federer (SUI) 6,725 (2005)
Highest number of ranking points at any time of the year Roger Federer (SUI) 7,275 (2006)
Highest number of Race points (since 2000) Roger Federer (SUI) 1,345 (2005)
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Longest Winning Streaks (Open Era)

  • Overall:
# Before 1990 Matches (year)
1 Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) 46 (1977)
2 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) 44 (1981-82)
3 John McEnroe (U.S.) 42 (1984)
4 Björn Borg (Sweden) 38 (1979-80)
5 Björn Borg (Sweden) 35 (1978)
# Since 1990 Matches (year)
1 Thomas Muster (Austria) 35 (1995)
= Roger Federer (Switzerland) 35 (2005)
3 Pete Sampras (U.S.) 29 (1994)
4 Andre Agassi (U.S.) 26 (1995)
= Roger Federer (Switzerland) 26 (2004-05)
  • Hard
before 1990: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia), 31 (1985-86).
since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2005-06, 56 (lost to Rafael Nadal, Dubai F).
  • Grass
1968-1989: Björn Borg (Sweden) between 1976-81, 41 (lost to John McEnroe, Wimbledon F).
1990-2005: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-05, 36, (running).
  • Clay
1969-1989: Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) in 1977, 53.
1990-2006: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995 and Rafael Nadal (Spain) between 2005-06, 40.
  • Indoors: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/U.S.) between 1981-1983, 66 (lost to John McEnroe, Philadelphia F).
  • Against Top-10 players: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2005, 26 (lost to Marat Safin, Australian Open SF).
  • Most finals won in succession:
before 1990: Bjorn Borg (Sweden) between 1979-1980 and John McEnroe (U.S.) between 1984-1985, 12.
since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2005, 24 (lost to David Nalbandian, Tennis Masters Cup F).
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Miscellaneous

  • Career Money leaders (as of 3-Apr-2006)
Position Player Prize Money ($)
1. Pete Sampras (U.S.) 43,280,489
2. Andre Agassi (U.S.)* 31,039,525
3. Boris Becker (Germany) 25,080,956
4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) 23,883,797
5. Roger Federer (Switzerland)* 22,422,333
6. Ivan Lendl (U.S.) 21,262,417
7. Stefan Edberg (Sweden) 20,630,941
8. Goran Ivanisevic (Croatia) 19,876,579
9. Michael Chang (U.S.) 19,145,632
10. Lleyton Hewitt (Australia)* 16,092,407
* = active player
  • Career Matches Won (as of 3-Apr-2006)
Position Player Matches
1. Jimmy Connors (U.S.) 1222
2. Ivan Lendl (U.S.) 1070
3. Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) 920
4. John McEnroe (U.S.) 867
5. Andre Agassi (U.S.) 864
  • Win-Loss leaders:
    • before 1990: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/U.S.) in 1982, 106-9 (.922).
    • since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 86-18 (.827).
  • Winning percentage leaders:
    • before 1990: John McEnroe (U.S.) in 1984, .965 (W-L: 82-3).
    • since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2005, .953 (W-L: 81-4).
  • Best start to a season:
  • Most Aces hit in a match (since 1991):
# Aces Player W/L Opponent Rnd Year Event Sets
1 51 Joachim Johansson L Andre Agassi 4th 2005 Australian Open 4
51 Ivo Karlovic L Daniele Bracciali 1st 2005 Wimbledon 5
3 50 Chris Guccione W Olivier Patience q1 2005 Wimbledon 3
4 49 Richard Krajicek L Yevgeny Kafelnikov QF 1999 US Open 5
5 47 Gustavo Kuerten L Daniel Nestor QF 2003 Davis Cup 5
6 46 Goran Ivanisevic L Magnus Norman 2nd 1997 Wimbledon 5
46 Mark Philippoussis W Andre Agassi 4th 2003 Wimbledon 5
8 44 Mark Philippoussis W Byron Black 4th 1995 Kuala Lumpur 3
  • Most Doubles Faults hit in a match (since 1990): Guillermo Coria (Argentina) beat Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) at the Monte Carlo Masters 2006 in three sets, hitting 23 doubles faults.
  • Most Prize Money won:
    • Career: Pete Sampras (U.S.), $43,280,489.
    • At the end of the season: Pete Sampras (U.S.) in 1997, $6,498,311.
  • Most times elected ATP Player of The Year: Pete Sampras (U.S.) between 1993–1998, 6.
  • Longest singles match: Fabrice Santoro defeated Arnaud Clément (France) at Roland Garros 2004, in a 6h 37m first round match played over three days.
  • Fastest individual serve recorded (since 1991): Andy Roddick (U.S.) in 2004, 155 Mh / 249 km/h.
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People

ATP Executive Chairman/President

COO/CFO

Regional CEOs

  • International
    • Brad Drewett
  • Europe
    • Horst Klosterkemper
  • Americas
    • Mark Young, also ATP General Counsel.

Board

  • Etienne de Villiers and
  • Tournament representatives:
    • Patrice Dominguez
    • Charlie Pasarell
    • Graham Pearce
  • Player representatives:
    • Jacco Eltingh
    • Iggy Jovanovic
    • Perry Rogers
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Other trivia

  • Average age of the Top 200 players: 25 years
  • Average height of the Top 200 players: 1.85 m / 6ft 1in
  • Average weight of the Top 200 players: 78.5 kg / 173 lbs
  • 341 players have made $1 million dollars or more since 1973.
  • 64 players have made $5 million dollars or more since 1973.
  • 27 players have made $10 million dollars or more since 1973.
  • 7 players have made $20 million dollars or more since 1973.
  • 2 players have made $30 million dollars or more since 1973.
  • 1 player has made $40 million dollars or more since 1973.
  • More than 1,800 players have computer ranking points in singles.
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See also

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External links

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