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 the first official ATP rankings were published, for ease of navigation.
ATP | Lance Tingay (The Daily Telegraph) | Bud Collins (The Boston Globe) | Rino Tommasi (La Gazzetta dello Sport) | Rex Bellamy (The Times) | Martini and Rossi | Poll of 17 international sportswriters |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | Rex Bellamy | Martini and Rossi | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.) | Judith Elian (L'Équipe) |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | Rex Bellamy | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.) | Judith Elian |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.) | France Press | Barry Lorge (The Washington Post) |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.) | John Barrett | Nixdorf |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | World Tennis | Tennis magazine (U.S.) | Nixdorf |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | World Tennis (panel ranking) | Tennis magazine (U.S.) |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | World Tennis (panel ranking) | John Barrett |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | World Tennis (panel ranking) | John Barrett |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | Rino Tommasi | World Tennis (panel ranking) | John Barrett |
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ATP | Lance Tingay | Bud Collins | World Tennis (panel ranking) | John Barrett |
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