This article lists the professional tennis players who reached the highest ranking among their compatriots during the Open Era. The rankings used are ATP rankings for men (since 23 August 1973 for singles, and 1 March 1976 for doubles) and WTA rankings for women (since 3 November 1975 for singles, and 4 September 1984 for doubles).
On 11 September 2017, Garbiñe Muguruza and Rafael Nadal made Spain the first country since the United States 14 years ago to simultaneously top both the ATP and the WTA rankings, with Muguruza making her debut in the No. 1 spot. The most recent previous such pair were Serena Williams and Andre Agassi, 28 April to 11 May 2003.[1]
Nation | Ranking | Player(s) | Date reached | |
---|---|---|---|---|
114 | 21 September 2009 | |||
505 | 11 October 1999 | |||
1142 | 14 June 1999 | |||
1021 | 21 October 2019 | |||
2 | 30 April 1975 | |||
38 | 12 January 2004 | |||
453 | 12 June 2006 | |||
1 | 3 June 1974 26 July 1999 19 November 2001 | |||
1 | 12 February 1996 | |||
247 | 21 June 2004 | |||
96 | 1 August 1988 24 June 1996 | |||
1413 | Abdul-Rahman Shehab[2] | 20 September 2004 | ||
1242 | Hira Lal[3] | 10 June 1996 | ||
106 | 8 May 2017 | |||
18 | 18 August 2003 | |||
7 | 20 November 2017 | |||
354 | 2 February 2004 | |||
457 | Steven Alger[4] | 4 January 1981 | ||
32 | 12 September 1983 | |||
23 | 2 July 2018 | |||
1155 | Petrus Molefe[5] | 13 December 1999 | ||
1 | 4 December 2000 | |||
1096 | Ak Aki Ismasufian[6] | 11 January 1993 | ||
3 | 20 November 2017 | |||
1580 | 30 April 2018 | |||
610 | Guy Orly Iradukunda[7] | 14 January 2019 | ||
995 | 17 October 2022 | |||
1070 | Pierre Otolo-Metomo[8] | 19 December 2001 | ||
3 | 21 November 2016 | |||
1146 | Nigel Mitten[9] | 14 July 2003 | ||
904 | Samir Douat M'Bioka[10] | 7 July 1997 | ||
1 | 30 March 1998 | |||
31 | 22 July 2024 | |||
33 | 1 November 2010 | |||
28 | 29 September 2014 | |||
55 | 11 October 1999 | |||
2 | Goran Ivanišević | 4 July 1994 | ||
131 | Mario Tabares[11] | 28 August 1989 | ||
1970 | 15 July 2024 | |||
8 | 21 August 2006 | |||
2 | 2 February 1998 | |||
1 | 28 February 1983 | |||
4 | 21 August 2023 | |||
43 | 13 July 2015 | |||
4 | 11 June 1990 | |||
34 | 8 April 1975 | |||
139 | 2 July 2018 | |||
71 | 10 September 2012 | |||
13 | 10 July 2006 | |||
3 | 7 July 1986 | |||
1385 | Kryce-Didier Momo-Kassa[12] | 3 November 2003 | ||
16 | Nikoloz Basilashvili[13] | 27 May 2019 | ||
1 | 28 January 1991 | |||
275 | Henry Adjei-Darko[14] | 30 January 2006 | ||
3 | 9 August 2021 | |||
1179 | Jean-Christian Morandais[15] | 13 November 2023 | ||
1591 | Christopher Cajigan[16] | 30 July 2018 | ||
275 | 30 September 2013 | |||
22 | 8 May 1989 | |||
154 | 12 August 2024 | |||
12 | 5 April 1982 | |||
703 | 7 May 2007 | |||
18 | 20 October 1980 | |||
240 | Suwandi[17] | 18 June 2001 | ||
146 | 3 June 1974 | |||
129 | 6 December 2010 | |||
18 | 16 November 1987 | |||
1 | 10 June 2024 | |||
200 | 7 August 1995 | |||
98 | 26 July 2010 | |||
4 | 2 March 2015 | |||
181 | 29 January 2024 | |||
17 | 6 May 2024 | |||
100 | 1 May 1995 | |||
336 | 17 July 2006 | |||
607 | 14 July 2014 | |||
10 | 9 June 2014 | |||
259 | Hady Habib[18] | 27 May 2024 | ||
1614 | Vital Flurin Leuch[19] | 17 September 2018 | ||
50 | 23 May 2016 | |||
21 | 31 July 2017 | |||
1009 | 29 April 2013 | |||
424 | 12 December 1994 | |||
820 | Veerawah Selvam[20] | 1 October 1990 | ||
875 | 9 May 1994 | |||
4 | 7 November 1976 | |||
39 | 5 August 2019 | |||
84 | 27 January 2003 | |||
263 | 7 June 2010 | |||
14 | 11 March 2003 | |||
976 | 12 November 2007 | |||
3 | 2 March 1974 | |||
218 | Jean-Julien Rojer[21] | 15 August 2005 | ||
18 | 16 September 1975 | |||
52 | 11 June 1984 | |||
242 | 11 February 2008 | |||
340 | 18 September 2023 | |||
2 | 12 September 2022 | |||
1212 | Khalid Al Nabhani[22] | 17 March 2003 | ||
34 | Haroon Rahim[23] | 24 October 1977 | ||
1417 | Alberto Gonzalez[24] | 12 February 2007 | ||
9 | 21 April 1980 | |||
18 | 30 October 1989 | |||
72 | 11 October 1999 | |||
6 | 5 August 2024 | |||
28 | 16 May 2016 | |||
120 | Miguel Nido[25] | 23 April 1990 | ||
950 | 11 September 2000 | |||
1 | 23 August 1973 | |||
1 | 3 May 1999 20 November 2000 28 February 2022 | |||
1422 | Eric Hagenimana[26] | 11 October 2004 | ||
1101 | 26 September 2022 | |||
1303 | Fahad Al Saad[27] | 4 October 2004 | ||
74 | 19 September 1988 | |||
1 | Novak Djokovic | 4 July 2011 | ||
63 | Novak Djokovic | 29 May 2006 | ||
1194 | Sahr Timothy Kpulun[28] | 26 September 2011 | ||
655 | Wei Pin Choo[29] | 30 November 1992 | ||
6 | 14 September 1998 | |||
43 | 15 July 2013 19 February 2018 | |||
956 | 22 June 2009 | |||
5 | 22 July 1985 16 July 2018 | |||
19 | 2 April 2018 | |||
9 | Alex Metreveli | 3 July 1974 | ||
1 | 15 March 1999 8 September 2003 18 August 2008 12 September 2022 | |||
292 | Sivagnanam Suresh[30] | 4 January 1981 | ||
1488 | Gaafar El Sadig[31] Mohammed Youssif[32] | 6 February 2006 6 February 2006 | ||
1 | 23 August 1977 12 September 1988 13 August 1990 | |||
1 | 2 February 2004 | |||
323 | 4 March 2024 | |||
1393 | Dilshod Sharifi[33] | 9 July 2012 | ||
1024 | Ronald Rugimbana[34] | 14 July 2003 | ||
9 | 12 May 2003 | |||
316 | 1 October 2007 | |||
969 | Joseph Cadogan[35] | 12 September 2011 | ||
42 | 12 November 2018 | |||
77 | 2 March 2015 | |||
1115 | 25 July 2016 | |||
509 | Patrick Tibbs[36] | 4 January 1982 | ||
4 | 16 May 1994 | |||
805 | 14 July 2003 | |||
1 | 7 November 2016 | |||
1 | 29 July 1974 3 March 1980 10 February 1992 12 April 1993 10 April 1995 3 November 2003 | |||
1038 | Larry Angus[37] | 18 June 1990 | ||
19 | 15 August 2016 | |||
33 | 13 August 2012 | |||
66 | 31 December 1978 | |||
231 | 28 November 2022 | |||
7 | Goran Ivanišević | 28 January 1991 | ||
913 | Dermot Sweeney[38] | 30 November 1992 | ||
22 | 29 April 1996 |
* Goran Ivanišević is included for both Yugoslavia and Croatia, and Novak Djokovic is included for both Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia.
Nation | Ranking | Player(s) | Date reached | |
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1061 | 21 June 2010 | |||
370 | 7 August 2006 | |||
121 | 14 November 2022 | |||
373 | 16 July 2001 | |||
3 | 27 February 1989 | |||
58 | 5 August 2024 | |||
1 | 26 April 1976 24 June 2019 | |||
7 | 13 September 1999 | |||
1141 | 7 November 2011 | |||
916 | 11 June 2018 | |||
1 | 30 January 2012 11 September 2023 | |||
1 | 11 August 2003 20 October 2003 | |||
1162 | 27 May 2024 | |||
187 | 28 September 2009 | |||
99 | 21 June 2004 | |||
10 | 12 June 2023 | |||
3 | 4 February 1985 | |||
244 | 24 April 2023 | |||
560 | 12 June 2017 | |||
4 | 21 October 2019 | |||
162 | 28 July 2018 | |||
2 | 17 February 2014 | |||
23 | 25 February 2013 | |||
16 | 17 January 2005 | |||
624 | 7 November 1994 | |||
4 | 5 February 1996 | |||
391 | 17 July 1989 | |||
152 | 24 July 2023 | |||
1 | 17 July 2017 | |||
3 | 16 April 1984 | |||
1 | 11 October 2010 | |||
219 | 21 October 1996 | |||
287 | 27 February 1995 | |||
31 | 19 June 2023 | |||
772 | Ingrid Gonzalez[39] | 18 October 1993 | ||
2 | 6 June 2022 | |||
50 | 7 August 2006 | |||
1 | 13 September 2004 | |||
1094 | Celestine Avomo Ella[40] | 26 August 2019 | ||
18 | 31 August 1992 | |||
1 | 17 August 1984 12 September 2016 | |||
3 | 21 March 2022 | |||
1096 | Anne Sophie Morandais[41] | 2 December 2019 | ||
608 | 5 August 2019 | |||
397 | 14 June 2004 | |||
184 | 12 September 2011 | |||
7 | 23 January 1984 | |||
27 | 27 August 2007 | |||
19 | 6 October 1997 | |||
15 | 11 October 2010 | |||
181 | 15 September 2003 | |||
11 | 31 January 2011 | |||
4 | 31 January 2011 | |||
347 | 21 August 1995 | |||
1 | 28 January 2019 | |||
3 | 12 June 2023 | |||
493 | 15 July 2024 | |||
352 | 9 January 2023 | |||
163 | 16 March 2009 | |||
5 | 19 March 2018 | |||
137 | 24 February 2014 | |||
197 | 28 September 2009 | |||
18 | 29 July 2002 | |||
44 | 11 April 2005 | |||
329 | 15 September 2003 | |||
299 | 11 September 2023 | |||
233 | 9 February 2009 | |||
34 | 1 January 1996 | |||
132 | 13 March 1995 | |||
87 | 8 June 1997 | |||
46 | 22 February 2016 | |||
139 | 24 June 2002 | |||
473 | 25 March 1990 | |||
4 | Kiki Bertens | 13 May 2019 | ||
17 | 4 December 1989 | |||
549 | Clara Udofa[42] | 10 November 1997 | ||
170 | 12 June 2017 | |||
174 | 4 July 1988 | |||
362 | 4 October 2010 | |||
943 | 12 December 2016 | |||
276 | 6 August 2018 | |||
51 | 12 November 2001 | |||
14 | 4 March 1990 | |||
143 | 22 July 2024 | |||
1 | 4 April 2022 | |||
76 | 6 July 2009 | |||
27 | 4 December 2000 26 September 2016 | |||
1 | 9 October 2017 | |||
1 | 22 August 2005 20 April 2009 | |||
662 | 13 October 2014 | |||
448 | 4 August 1997 | |||
1 | 9 June 2008 11 August 2008 | |||
9 | 17 February 2003 | |||
438 | 15 May 2017 | |||
4 | 20 March 2017 | |||
20 | 7 August 2006 | |||
3 | 3 November 1997 | |||
45 | 14 July 2003 | |||
5 | 22 May 1989 | |||
1 | 6 February 1995 11 September 2017 | |||
268 | 15 February 1993 | |||
10 | 15 April 1985 | |||
1 | 31 March 1997 | |||
19 | 13 May 2002 | |||
905 | 18 April 2011 | |||
2 | 27 June 2022 | |||
60 | 12 September 2016 | |||
536 | 3 May 2010 | |||
3 | 11 September 2017 | |||
2 | 3 November 1975 | |||
1 | 3 November 1975 10 July 1978 7 April 1980 15 August 1995 12 October 1998 15 October 2001 25 February 2002 8 July 2002 | |||
218 | 30 January 1989 | |||
16 | 17 June 2002 | |||
26 | 19 July 2004 | |||
612 | Nguyen Thuy-Dung[43] | 25 May 2009 | ||
1 | Monica Seles | 11 March 1991 | ||
31 | 15 March 1999 |
Nation | Grand Slams Won | Player(s) | |
---|---|---|---|
51 | Pete Sampras (14), Jimmy Connors (8), Andre Agassi (8), John McEnroe (7), Jim Courier (4), Arthur Ashe (3), Stan Smith (2), Roscoe Tanner, Vitas Gerulaitis, Johan Kriek, Michael Chang, Andy Roddick | ||
33 | Rafael Nadal (22), Carlos Alcaraz (4), Sergi Bruguera (2), Andrés Gimeno, Manuel Orantes, Carlos Moyá, Albert Costa, Juan Carlos Ferrero |
Nation | Ranking | Player(s) | Date reached | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 May 2024 | |||
1 | 25 May 1981 8 July 1991 6 July 1992 16 November 1992 26 February 2024 | |||
2 | 28 May 2018 | |||
1 | 24 June 2002 | |||
1 | 9 June 2003 | |||
10 | 26 April 2010 | |||
79 | 18 March 2024 | |||
1 | 2 November 2015 | |||
1 | 15 November 1993 3 November 2002 | |||
5 | 27 April 1987 | |||
47 | 15 July 2024 | |||
62 | 10 June 2019 | |||
1 | 15 July 2019 15 July 2019 | |||
1 | 21 May 2018 18 October 2021 | |||
1 | 17 December 1984 | |||
1 | 15 September 1986 | |||
5 | 14 November 2022 | |||
1 | 3 April 2017 | |||
1 | 25 August 1986 6 June 2016 | |||
6 | 22 September 1986 25 March 1991 | |||
64 | 29 August 2022 | |||
1 | 26 April 1999 21 June 1999 29 January 2024 | |||
68 | 17 June 2019 | |||
5 | 7 July 2008 7 July 2008 | |||
7 | 20 July 2015 | |||
21 | 16 May 2022 | |||
108 | 4 October 1993 | |||
570 | Kamil Patel[44] | 6 December 1999 | ||
1 | 12 April 1976 | |||
12 | 12 June 2023 | |||
1 | 5 February 1979 31 January 1994 16 January 1995 7 November 2022 | |||
6 | 29 August 2022 | |||
8 | 6 June 2011 | |||
15 | 2 February 2009 | |||
18 | 11 July 2016 | |||
1 | 8 January 2018 | |||
26 | 13 May 2019 | |||
2 | 23 November 2015 | |||
4 | 30 March 1998 | |||
1 | 17 November 2008 | |||
9 | 20 March 2006 | |||
1 | 1 March 1976 25 April 1977 29 January 1990 23 July 1990 | |||
1 | 3 April 1989 6 May 2024 | |||
1 | 12 August 1985 9 June 1986 9 July 2001 | |||
8 | 2 November 1992 | |||
59 | 10 June 2024 | |||
33 | 6 June 2011 | |||
1 | 4 April 2016 4 April 2022 14 November 2022 | |||
1 | 27 April 1981 2 March 1981 1 February 1982 9 September 1985 14 October 1985 12 June 1989 19 June 1989 26 March 1990 14 January 1991 12 October 1992 1 February 1993 18 October 1993 1 August 1994 20 March 2000 8 May 2000 28 January 2002 8 September 2003 8 September 2003 3 October 2022 12 June 2023 | |||
14 | 20 April 2009 | |||
44 | 19 November 1990 | |||
1 | 8 September 1986 | |||
1 | 14 February 1994 |
Nation | Ranking | Player(s) | Date reached | |
---|---|---|---|---|
309 | 31 October 2022 | |||
1 | 9 September 2002 1 November 2010 | |||
1 | 21 August 2000 6 February 2006 6 November 2023 | |||
1 | Natasha Zvereva Aryna Sabalenka | 7 October 1991 22 February 2021 | ||
1 | 4 August 2003 10 May 2021 | |||
9 | 1 November 2021 | |||
285 | 19 June 2023 | |||
4 | 11 July 2022 | |||
11 | 11 September 2021 | |||
1 | 17 February 2014 | |||
1 | 12 May 2014 23 October 2017 | |||
71 | 8 July 2013 | |||
9 | 15 November 2021 | |||
176 | 14 January 2019 | |||
1 | 5 February 1990 27 August 1990 4 July 2011 21 August 2017 22 October 2018 22 October 2018 15 July 2019 | |||
14 | 10 October 1988 | |||
88 | 11 July 2022 | |||
33 | 6 May 2024 | |||
1 | 11 September 2000 10 June 2019 | |||
42 | 11 September 2023 | |||
3 | 3 March 1987 17 August 1987 | |||
21 | 29 January 2007 | |||
1 | 20 August 2018 | |||
1 | 13 April 2015 | |||
9 | 6 July 1998 | |||
1 | 28 February 2011 10 September 2012 15 October 2012 | |||
1 | 23 October 2000 | |||
3 | 23 February 2016 | |||
1 | 27 January 1992 | |||
6 | 10 April 2023 | |||
67 | 20 June 2016 | |||
7 | 22 October 2018 | |||
1 | 15 July 2024 | |||
116 | 12 June 2017 | |||
26 | 22 April 2024 | |||
27 | 28 March 1988 | |||
76 | 12 April 2010 | |||
16 | 10 October 2011 | |||
107 | 12 August 2024 | |||
11 | 2 April 2018 | |||
1 | 22 November 1999 11 June 2018 11 June 2018 | |||
19 | 9 June 2014 | |||
3 | 21 April 2003 | |||
1 | 4 July 2011 | |||
4 | Liezel Huber1 | 4 July 2005 | ||
1 | 19 October 1992 8 September 2003 | |||
20 | 30 October 2017 | |||
1 | 8 June 1998 | |||
15 | 13 September 2004 | |||
53 | 19 October 2009 | |||
7 | 20 March 2023 | |||
1 | 4 September 1984 18 March 1985 4 March 1991 20 October 1997 3 April 2000 12 June 2000 12 November 2007 7 June 2010 7 June 2010 9 January 2017 15 August 2022 11 September 2023 | |||
15 | 26 July 2004 | |||
1 | 17 October 2005 |