Top ten ranked male tennis players (1912–1972)
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. Rankings of U.S.-only professionals pre-Open Era, and U.S.-only amateurs during World War II are also included.
The article is split into two sections: 1912–1972, and since 1973 when the first official ATP rankings were published, for ease of navigation.
Top ten rankings by year
[edit]1912
[edit]A. E. Crawley[1][a] | E. B. Dewhurst[3] | R. Norris Williams[3] |
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1913
[edit]E. B. Dewhurst[4] | A. Wallis Myers[5] (The Daily Telegraph) | American Lawn Tennis[6][7] | B. H. Liddell Hart[8] (The Times) | The Field[6][7] | Lawn-Tennis[5] |
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1914
[edit]E. B. Dewhurst[9] | A. Wallis Myers[10] | "Argent"[10] (Lawn Tennis and Badminton) | Theodore Mavrogordato[11] |
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1915–1918
[edit]no world rankings (World War I)
1919
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[12] |
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1920
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[12] | "Austral" (R. M. Kidston)[13] (The Referee) |
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1921
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[14][15] | "Austral" (R. M. Kidston)[16] | B. H. Liddell Hart[17] | Bill Tilden[18][b] | Gerald Patterson[19] |
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1922
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[20] | S. Wallis Merrihew[21][22] (American Lawn Tennis) | New York Times[23] | Bill Tilden[24] |
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1923
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[25][26] | B. H. Liddell Hart[27] | Bill Tilden[28] |
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1924
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[29] | B. H. Liddell Hart[30] | Samuel Brookman[31] |
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1925
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[32] | Maxime Lanet[33] (L'Auto) | Frank Poxon[34] (Daily News) | "Server"[35] (The Australasian) | Bill Tilden[36][c] | James Anderson[38] |
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1926
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[39] | Stanley Doust[40] (Daily Mail) | Suzanne Lenglen[41] | Bill Tilden[42] |
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1927
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[43] | U.S. ranking committee president[44] | Émile Deve[45] | Marcel Berger[45] (L'Opinion ) | Jean Samazeuilh[46] (Le Miroir des sports ) | Henri Cochet[45] |
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1928
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[47] | Pierre Gillou[48] (L'Auto) | F. Gordon Lowe[49] (The Scotsman) | W. J. Daish[50] | Vincent Richards[51] | Bill Tilden[50] |
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Ray Bowers[52] | Vincent Richards[51] |
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Ray Bowers[52] |
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1929
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[53] | "Austral" (R. M. Kidston).[54] | F. Gordon Lowe[55][d] | Vincent Richards[57] | Didier Poulain[58] (L'Auto, combined ranking) | Bill Tilden[59] | Karel Koželuh[60] |
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Ray Bowers[61] | American Lawn Tennis[62] | Bill Tilden[63] | Karel Koželuh[60] |
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Ray Bowers[61] | Bernard Brown[64] (Brooklyn Times-Union) |
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1930
[edit]A. Wallis Myers[65] | Pierre Gillou[66] | Didier Poulain[67] | Bill Tilden[65] |
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