| Men |
| Date |
Player |
Weeks |
| Aug-73 |
Ilie Nastase (1) |
40 |
| Jun-74 |
John Newcombe (2) |
8 |
| Jul-74 |
Jimmy Connors (3) |
160 |
| Aug-77 |
Bjorn Borg (4) |
1 |
| Aug-77 |
Jimmy Connors |
84 |
| Apr-79 |
Bjorn Borg |
6 |
| May-79 |
Jimmy Connors |
7 |
| Jul-79 |
Bjorn Borg |
34 |
| Mar-80 |
John McEnroe (5) |
3 |
| Mar-80 |
Bjorn Borg |
20 |
| Aug-80 |
John McEnroe |
1 |
| Aug-80 |
Bjorn Borg |
46 |
| Jul-81 |
John McEnroe |
2 |
| Jul-81 |
Bjorn Borg |
2 |
| Aug-81 |
John McEnroe |
58 |
| Sep-82 |
Jimmy Connors |
7 |
| Nov-82 |
John McEnroe |
1 |
| Nov-82 |
Jimmy Connors |
1 |
| Nov-82 |
John McEnroe |
11 |
| Jan-83 |
Jimmy Connors |
1 |
| Feb-83 |
John McEnroe |
1 |
| Feb-83 |
Jimmy Connors |
2 |
| Feb-83 |
Ivan Lendl(6) |
11 |
| May-83 |
Jimmy Connors |
3 |
| Jun-83 |
John McEnroe |
1 |
| Jun-83 |
Jimmy Connors |
3 |
| Jul-83 |
John McEnroe |
17 |
| Oct-83 |
Ivan Lendl |
6 |
| Dec-83 |
John McEnroe |
4 |
| Jan-84 |
Ivan Lendl |
9 |
| Mar-84 |
John McEnroe |
13 |
| Jun-84 |
Ivan Lendl |
1 |
| Jun-84 |
John McEnroe |
3 |
| Jul-84 |
Ivan Lendl |
5 |
| Aug-84 |
John McEnroe |
53 |
| Aug-85 |
Ivan Lendl |
1 |
| Aug-85 |
John McEnroe |
2 |
| Sep-85 |
Ivan Lendl |
157 |
| Sep-88 |
Mats Wilander (7) |
20 |
| Jan-89 |
Ivan Lendl |
80 |
| Aug-90 |
Stefan Edberg (8) |
24 |
| Jan-91 |
Boris Becker (9) |
3 |
| Feb-91 |
Stefan Edberg |
20 |
| Jul-91 |
Boris Becker |
9 |
| Sep-91 |
Stefan Edberg |
22 |
| Feb-92 |
Jim Courier (10) |
6 |
| Mar-92 |
Stefan Edberg |
3 |
| Apr-92 |
Jim Courier |
22 |
| Sep-92 |
Stefan Edberg |
3 |
| Oct-92 |
Jim Courier |
27 |
| Apr-93 |
Pete Sampras (11) |
19 |
| Aug-93 |
Jim Courier |
3 |
| Sep-93 |
Pete Sampras |
82 |
| Apr-95 |
Andre Agassi (12) |
30 |
| Nov-95 |
Pete Sampras |
12 |
| Jan-96 |
Andre Agassi |
2 |
| Feb-96 |
Thomas Muster (13) |
1 |
| Feb-96 |
Pete Sampras |
3 |
| Mar-96 |
Thomas Muster |
5 |
| Apr-96 |
Pete Sampras |
102 |
| Mar-98 |
Marcelo Rios (14) |
4 |
| Apr-98 |
Pete Sampras |
15 |
| Aug-98 |
Marcelo Rios |
2 |
| Aug-98 |
Pete Sampras |
20 |
| Mar-99 |
Carlos Moya (15) |
2 |
| Mar-99 |
Pete Sampras |
5 |
| May-99 |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (16) |
6 |
| Jun-99 |
Pete Sampras |
3 |
| Jul-99 |
Andre Agassi |
3 |
| Jul-99 |
Patrick Rafter (17) |
1 |
| Aug-99 |
Pete Sampras |
6 |
| Sep-99 |
Andre Agassi |
52 |
| Sep-00 |
Pete Sampras |
10 |
| Nov-00 |
Marat Safin (18) |
2 |
| Dec-00 |
Gustavo Kuerten (19) |
8 |
| Jan-01 |
Marat Safin |
4 |
| Feb-01 |
Gustavo Kuerten |
5 |
| Apr-01 |
Marat Safin |
3 |
| Apr-01 |
Gustavo Kuerten |
30 |
| Nov-01 |
Lleyton Hewitt (20) |
75 |
| Apr-03 |
Andre Agassi |
2 |
| May-03 |
Lleyton Hewitt |
5 |
| Jun-03 |
Andre Agassi |
12 |
| Sep-03 |
Juan Carlos Ferrero (21) |
8 |
| Nov-03 |
Andy Roddick (22) |
13 |
| Feb-04 |
Roger Federer(23) |
194 wks as of Jul-07 |
| Note: Bold indicates player's first time at #1 | |
| Women |
| Date |
Player |
Weeks |
| 3-Nov-75 |
Chris Evert |
140 |
| 10-Jul-78 |
Martina Navratilova |
26 |
| 14-Jan-79 |
Chris Evert |
2 |
| 28-Jan-79 |
Martina Navratilova |
4 |
| 25-Feb-79 |
Chris Evert |
7 |
| 16-Apr-79 |
Martina Navratilova |
10 |
| 25-Jun-79 |
Chris Evert |
11 |
| 10-Sep-79 |
Martina Navratilova |
31 |
| 7-Apr-80 |
Tracy Austin |
2 |
| 21-Apr-80 |
Martina Navratilova |
10 |
| 1-Jul-80 |
Tracy Austin |
20 |
| 18-Nov-80 |
Chris Evert |
76 |
| 3-May-82 |
Martina Navratilova |
2 |
| 17-May-82 |
Chris Evert |
4 |
| 14-Jun-82 |
Martina Navratilova |
156 |
| 10-Jun-85 |
Chris Evert |
18 |
| 14-Oct-85 |
Martina Navratilova |
2 |
| 28-Oct-85 |
Chris Evert |
4 |
| 25-Nov-85 |
Martina Navratilova |
90 |
| 17-Aug-87 |
Steffi Graf |
186 |
| 11-Mar-91 |
Monica Seles |
21 |
| 5-Aug-91 |
Steffi Graf |
1 |
| 12-Aug-91 |
Monica Seles |
1 |
| 19-Aug-91 |
Steffi Graf |
3 |
| 9-Sep-91 |
Monica Seles |
91 |
| 7-Jun-93 |
Steffi Graf |
87 |
| 6-Feb-95 |
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario |
2 |
| 20-Feb-95 |
Steffi Graf |
1 |
| 27-Feb-95 |
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario |
6 |
| 10-Apr-95 |
Steffi Graf |
5 |
| 15-May-95 |
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario |
4 |
| 12-Jun-95 |
Steffi Graf |
9 |
| 15-Aug-95 |
Steffi Graf / Monica Seles (co-number 1s) |
64 |
| 4-Nov-96 |
Steffi Graf |
2 |
| 18-Nov-96 |
Steffi Graf / Monica Seles (co-number 1s) |
1 |
| 25-Nov-96 |
Steffi Graf |
18 |
| >31-Mar-97 |
Martina Hingis |
80 |
| 12-Oct-98 |
Lindsay Davenport |
17 |
| 8-Feb-99 |
Martina Hingis |
21 |
| 5-Jul-99 |
Lindsay Davenport |
5 |
| 9-Aug-99 |
Martina Hingis |
34 |
| 3-Apr-00 |
Lindsay Davenport |
5 |
| 8-May-00 |
Martina Hingis |
1 |
| 15-May-00 |
Lindsay Davenport |
1 |
| 22-May-00 |
Martina Hingis |
73 |
| 15-Oct-01 |
Jennifer Capriati |
3 |
| 5-Nov-01 |
Lindsay Davenport |
10 |
| 14-Jan-02 |
Jennifer Capriati |
6 |
| 25-Feb-02 |
Venus Williams |
3 |
| 18-Mar-02 |
Jennifer Capriati |
5 |
| 22-Apr-02 |
Venus Williams |
4 |
| 20-May-02 |
Jennifer Capriati |
3 |
| 10-Jun-02 |
Venus Williams |
4 |
| 8-Jul-02 |
Serena Williams |
57 |
| 11-Aug-03 |
Kim Clijsters |
10 |
| 20-Oct-03 |
Justine Henin-Hardenne |
1 |
| 27-Oct-03 |
Kim Clijsters |
2 |
| 10-Nov-03 |
Justine Henin-Hardenne |
43 |
| 13-Sep-04 |
Amelie Mauresmo |
5 |
| 18-Oct-04 |
Lindsay Davenport |
7 wks as of 30-Nov-04 | |