Who Is The Number 1 Ranked Tennis Player?
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The answer may surprise you!
Novak Djokovic
As of September 2020, Novak Djokovic is the number one ranked tennis player in the world. He is a Serbian professional tennis player who has won 17 Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Finals titles, and an Olympic gold medal. He is currently the only player to have won all nine of the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments.
His History
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time. He has won 17 Grand Slam singles titles, the fourth most in history, and 77 ATP Tour titles, the second most in history.
His Record
Djokovic has won seventeen Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Finals crowns, thirty-nine ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, fourteen ATP Tour 500 trophies, and has held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 275 weeks. By winning the French Open in 2016, he became the eighth player in history to complete the career Grand Slam and became the first and only male player to hold all four major titles at once—the Golden Slam—while being ranked No. 1 in the world. Furthermore, by reaching all four major finals consecutively from 2015–16, Djokovic became the third man since Rod Laver (1969) and Mats Wilander (1988) to achieve this feat. In majors, Djokovic has won a record seven Australian Open titles (tied with Roger Federer), five Wimbledon titles (tied with Björn Borg), three US Open titles (tied with Jimmy Connors), and one French Open title. He is also a five-time ITF World Champion.
His Achievements
Djokovic has won numerous awards, including the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, and the ATP World Tour No. 1 ranked player. He has also been a recipient of the Order of St. Sava, the Order of Karađorđe’s Star, and the Order of the Republika Srpska.
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal is the current world No. 1 ranked tennis player. He is a Spanish professional tennis player. Nadal has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as a record 34 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 20 ATP Tour 500 titles, and has held the No. 1 ranking for a record 209 weeks. In majors, Nadal has won a record 12 French Open singles titles, three US Open singles titles, two Wimbledon singles titles, and one Australian Open singles title. He was also a member of the winning Spanish Davis Cup team in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2011.
His History
Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player ranked world No. 1 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals. He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 21 ATP Tour 500 tournaments, and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In majors, Nadal has won a record 12 French Open titles, three US Open titles, two Wimbledon singles titles, and one Australian Open title. He was also a member of the winning Spain Davis Cup team in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2011. In 2010, he became the seventh player in history and youngest of four in the Open Era to achieve the Career Grand Slam at age 24. He is the first male player to win all four Grand Slam tournaments on three different surfaces (clay, grass, hard court), and the first tennis player to earn 1$ million dollars in prize money in a single season (2010). Born into a tennis family in Manacor(), Mallorca (), he played tennis from age three and began competing professionally at age 15.
His Record
Rafael Nadal has won nineteen Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as being the record holder for the most French Open titles with thirteen victories. He is the only male player to have won all four Grand Slam tournaments on three different surfaces (clay, grass, and hard court), and the first player to achieve the “Djokovic Slam” by holding all four major titles at once on three different surfaces. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
His Achievements
Rafael Nadal has had a long and successful career in professional tennis. He has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history, as well as numerous other tournaments. He is currently the world’s No. 1 ranked player.
Nadal has been especially successful at the French Open, where he has won a record 12 times. He has also won two Olympic gold medals, in singles and doubles tennis.
Nadal’s competitive spirit and dedication to his sport have made him one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
Roger Federer
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks.
His History
Roger Federer (German pronunciation: [ˈrɔdʒər ˈfeːdərər]; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks, including 237 consecutive weeks.
His Record
Born in Basel, Switzerland, on August 8, 1981, Roger Federer is widely considered to be the greatest tennis player of all time. As of February 2020, he has won a record 20 Grand Slam singles titles—including eight Wimbledon championships, six Australian Open championships, five U.S. Open championships, and one French Open championship—and has been ranked No. 1 in the world a record 310 weeks.
His Achievements
Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record 310 weeks, including 237 consecutive weeks. After turning professional in 1998, he was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016. He re-entered the top ten following his victory at the 2017 Australian Open.
Federer has won 103 ATP singles titles, including a record eight Wimbledon championships, six Australian Open titles, five US Open titles, and one French Open title. He is among the eight men to have achieved a Career Grand Slam. Federer has reached a record 31 men’s singles Grand Slam finals, including ten consecutively from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships to the 2007 US Open. Federer is also a record eight-time ATP year-end No. 1ranked singles player and a record 20-time Grand Slam tournament seed.
Federer has won a record six ATP Player of the Year awards and a record four ITF World Champion Awards. He has been nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award five times and won it in 2005 and 2006. He was named ESPN Sportsman of the Year (US) in 2007.He won an all-time leading 87 ATP Tour titles prior to turning 30 years old and as of May 2020, he holds this Open Era record as well as those for most finals played (142) and matches played (1,362).
Andy Murray
Andy Murray is a Scottish professional tennis player from Dunblane, who is currently ranked world No. 1 in men’s singles. Murray represents Great Britain in his sporting activities. He has won three Grand Slam singles titles, two Olympic gold medals, and has also been a part of the Davis Cup-winning team.
His History
Andy Murray is a retired Scottish professional tennis player. Murray was born in Dunblane, Scotland, the son of Judy Murray and William Murray. He played junior tennis until he was 18 and turned professional in 2005. He won his first ATP title in 2006, and became the British No. 1 tennis player in 2009. In 2012, he won his first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open, defeating Novak Djokovic in five sets. This made him the first British man to win a Grand Slam singles title since Fred Perry in 1936. In 2016, he won his second Wimbledon singles title, again defeating Djokovic in straight sets to become the first British man to win consecutive Wimbledon singles titles since Perry did so in 1935–36. Since then, Murray has gone on to win two Olympic gold medals (singles and mixed doubles), making him the only tennis player to win two gold medals at the same Olympic Games; an ATP Masters 1000 title; and the Davis Cup with Great Britain (2015).
His Record
Andy Murray was born in Scotland on May 15, 1987. He is a professional tennis player who is currently ranked number 1 in the world by the ATP. He has won 3 Grand Slam singles titles, 2 Olympic gold medals, and a Davis Cup title. Murray has also been runner-up at 6 Grand Slam tournaments.
His Achievements
Andy Murray is a Scottish professional tennis player currently ranked world No.1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is also a Wimbledon, Olympic and US Open champion, and was ranked No.2 in the world in 2016.
Murray was born in Scotland and raised in Dunblane. He played tennis from a young age and turned professional in 2005. He has since won three Grand Slam singles titles, two Olympic gold medals, and devices Wimbledon title- all of which came within a five-year period between 2013 and 2016. In addition to his singles success, Murray has also won five Major doubles titles, including two Wimbledon men’s doubles titles with partner Jamie Murray.
