This is a list of top international male singles
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
players, both past and present.
It includes players who have met one or more of the following criteria in singles:
* Officially
ranked among the top 25 players by the
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, a ...
(since 1973)
* Ranked among the
top 10 by an expert (e.g.
A. Wallis Myers) before 1973
* Reached the quarterfinals of a
Grand Slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to:
Games and sports
* Grand slam, winning category te ...
tournament
* Reached the finals of
year-end championships
* Won a medal at the
Olympic Games
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Players who have won at least one Grand Slam singles title or have been ranked world no. 1 in singles are in bold. Players who are still active on the tour are in ''italics''.
List
* Active players shown in ''italics''
See also
*
List of male doubles tennis players
*
List of female tennis players
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Lists of tennis players
There are several lists of tennis players:
;Men:
* List of male singles tennis players
* List of male doubles tennis players
* Rankings
** List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
** List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
* ...
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Lists of sportspeople
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*
List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players
The Pepperstone ATP rankings are the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) merit-based system for determining the rankings in men's tennis. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 52 weeks, has garnered the most ranking ...
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World number 1 ranked male tennis players
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 ...
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Top ten ranked male tennis players
This article presents top ten lists of male singles tennis players, as ranked by various official and non-official ranking authorities throughout the history of the sport.
The article is split into two sections: 1912–1972, and since 1973 when ...
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Top ten ranked male tennis players (1912–1972)
*
List of Grand Slam men's singles champions
Notes
References
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