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Austin Krajicek, the current men's doubles world No. 1.

The ATP rankings by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) are the merit-based system for determining the rankings in men's tennis. In doubles, the top-ranked team is the pair who, over the previous 52 weeks, has gathered the most ATP rankings points. Points are awarded based on how far a team advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The ATP has used a computerized system for determining doubles rankings since 1976. An updated rankings list is released at the beginning of each week.

Since the introduction of the ATP rankings the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times. As of 2017, ranking is based on calculating, for each player, his total points from his best 18 results from all eligible tournaments, including the ATP Finals (Doubles) played in the 52-week ranking period. For entry purposes there are no mandatory events, however, once a player is accepted in the main draw of one of these 12 tournaments, as a direct acceptance, a qualifier or a lucky loser or having accepted a wildcard, his result in this tournament shall count for his ranking, whether or not he participates. [1]

The current world No. 1 player is Austin Krajicek.

ATP No. 1 ranked doubles players

Data is from the ATP. The doubles rankings began on March 1, 1976. [2]

  First-time No. 1 player.
  Current world No. 1 (weeks are automatically updated).
 ATP rankings record.
No. Player Start date End date Weeks Total
1   Bob Hewitt ( RSA) Mar 1, 1976 Apr 11, 1976 6 6
2   Raúl Ramírez ( MEX) Apr 12, 1976 Apr 24, 1977 54 54
3   Frew McMillan ( RSA) Apr 25, 1977 May 22, 1977 4 4
Mexico Raúl Ramírez (2) May 23, 1977 Jul 3, 1977 6 60
South Africa Frew McMillan (2) Jul 4, 1977 Jul 10, 1977 1 5
Mexico Raúl Ramírez (3) Jul 11, 1977 Jul 24, 1977 2 62
South Africa Frew McMillan (3) Jul 25, 1977 Feb 4, 1979 80 85
4   Tom Okker ( NED) Feb 5, 1979 Apr 22, 1979 11 11
5   John McEnroe ( USA) Apr 23, 1979 Mar 1, 1981 97 97
6   Stan Smith ( USA) Mar 2, 1981 Apr 26, 1981 8 8
United States John McEnroe (2) Apr 27, 1981 May 24, 1981 4 101
7   Paul McNamee ( AUS) May 25, 1981 Jun 14, 1981 3 3
United States John McEnroe (3) Jun 15, 1981 Jan 31, 1982 33 134
8   Peter Fleming ( USA) Feb 1, 1982 Feb 21, 1982 3 3
United States John McEnroe (4) Feb 22, 1982 Mar 18, 1984 108 242
United States Peter Fleming (2) Mar 19, 1984 Mar 25, 1984 1 4
United States John McEnroe (5) Mar 26, 1984 Jun 10, 1984 11 253
United States Peter Fleming (3) Jun 11, 1984 Aug 5, 1984 8 12
United States John McEnroe (6) Aug 6, 1984 Aug 12, 1984 1 254
United States Peter Fleming (4) Aug 13, 1984 Sep 16, 1984 5 17
United States John McEnroe (7) Sep 17, 1984 Dec 16, 1984 13 267
9   Tomáš Šmíd ( TCH) Dec 17, 1984 Aug 11, 1985 34 34
10   Anders Järryd ( SWE) Aug 12, 1985 Sep 8, 1985 4 4
11   Robert Seguso ( USA) Sep 9, 1985 Sep 15, 1985 1 1
Sweden Anders Järryd (2) Sep 16, 1985 Sep 29, 1985 2 6
United States Robert Seguso (2) Sep 30, 1985 Oct 13, 1985 2 3
12   Ken Flach ( USA) Oct 14, 1985 Oct 20, 1985 1 1
United States Robert Seguso (3) Oct 21, 1985 Dec 15, 1985 8 11
United States Ken Flach (2) Dec 16, 1985 Dec 22, 1985 1 2
United States Robert Seguso (4) Dec 23, 1985 Feb 2, 1986 6 17
Sweden Anders Järryd (3) Feb 3, 1986 Feb 9, 1986 1 7
United States Robert Seguso (5) Feb 10, 1986 Feb 23, 1986 2 19
Sweden Anders Järryd (4) Feb 24, 1986 Mar 16, 1986 3 10
United States Robert Seguso (6) Mar 17, 1986 Mar 23, 1986 1 20
Sweden Anders Järryd (5) Mar 24, 1986 Mar 30, 1986 1 11
United States Robert Seguso (7) Mar 31, 1986 May 18, 1986 7 27
United States Ken Flach (3) May 19, 1986 Jun 8, 1986 3 5
13   Stefan Edberg ( SWE) Jun 9, 1986 Aug 24, 1986 11 11
14   Yannick Noah ( FRA) Aug 25, 1986 Sep 7, 1986 2 2
15   Slobodan Živojinović ( YUG) Sep 8, 1986 Sep 14, 1986 1 1
16   Andrés Gómez ( ECU) Sep 15, 1986 Sep 21, 1986 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović (2) Sep 22, 1986 Oct 19, 1986 4 5
Ecuador Andrés Gómez (2) Oct 20, 1986 Nov 9, 1986 3 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović (3) Nov 10, 1986 Nov 23, 1986 2 7
Ecuador Andrés Gómez (3) Nov 24, 1986 Jan 25, 1987 9 13
Sweden Stefan Edberg (2) Jan 26, 1987 Feb 22, 1987 4 15
France Yannick Noah (2) Feb 23, 1987 Apr 19, 1987 8 10
Sweden Anders Järryd (6) Apr 20, 1987 May 10, 1987 3 14
France Yannick Noah (3) May 11, 1987 Jul 5, 1987 8 18
Sweden Anders Järryd (7) Jul 6, 1987 Aug 9, 1987 5 19
United States Robert Seguso (8) Aug 10, 1987 Aug 16, 1987 1 28
France Yannick Noah (4) Aug 17, 1987 Aug 23, 1987 1 19
United States Robert Seguso (9) Aug 24, 1987 Mar 27, 1988 31 59
Sweden Anders Järryd (8) Mar 28, 1988 Apr 17, 1988 3 22
United States Robert Seguso (10) Apr 18, 1988 May 8, 1988 3 62
Sweden Anders Järryd (9) May 9, 1988 Apr 2, 1989 47 69
17   Emilio Sánchez ( ESP) Apr 3, 1989 Apr 16, 1989 2 2
Sweden Anders Järryd (10) Apr 17, 1989 May 14, 1989 4 73
Spain Emilio Sánchez (2) May 15, 1989 Jun 11, 1989 4 6
18   Jim Grabb ( USA) Jun 12, 1989 Jun 18, 1989 1 1
19   Jim Pugh ( USA) Jun 19, 1989 Sep 10, 1989 12 12
United States John McEnroe (8) Sep 11, 1989 Sep 24, 1989 2 269
Sweden Anders Järryd (11) Sep 25, 1989 Jan 28, 1990 18 91
20   Danie Visser ( RSA) Jan 29, 1990 Mar 25, 1990 8 8
21   Rick Leach ( USA) Mar 26, 1990 May 27, 1990 9 9
United States Jim Pugh (2) May 28, 1990 Jul 22, 1990 8 20
22   Pieter Aldrich ( RSA) Jul 23, 1990 Aug 12, 1990 3 3
South Africa Danie Visser (2) 11
United States Jim Pugh (3) Aug 13, 1990 Sep 9, 1990 4 24
South Africa Pieter Aldrich (2) Sep 10, 1990 Nov 4, 1990 8 11
South Africa Danie Visser (3) 19
United States Jim Pugh (4) Nov 5, 1990 Nov 11, 1990 1 25
South Africa Pieter Aldrich (3) Nov 12, 1990 Nov 18, 1990 1 12
South Africa Danie Visser (4) 20
United States Jim Pugh (5) Nov 19, 1990 Nov 25, 1990 1 26
South Africa Pieter Aldrich (4) Nov 26, 1990 Jan 13, 1991 7 19
South Africa Danie Visser (5) 27
23   David Pate ( USA) Jan 14, 1991 Jul 7, 1991 25 25
24   John Fitzgerald ( AUS) Jul 8, 1991 Feb 23, 1992 33 33
Sweden Anders Järryd (12) Feb 24, 1992 Mar 1, 1992 1 92
Australia John Fitzgerald (2) Mar 2, 1992 Mar 8, 1992 1 34
Sweden Anders Järryd (13) Mar 9, 1992 May 3, 1992 8 100
Australia John Fitzgerald (3) May 4, 1992 Jun 14, 1992 6 40
Sweden Anders Järryd (14) Jun 15, 1992 Jul 5, 1992 3 103
25   Todd Woodbridge ( AUS) Jul 6, 1992 Jul 19, 1992 2 2
Sweden Anders Järryd (15) Jul 20, 1992 Aug 16, 1992 4 107
Australia Todd Woodbridge (2) Aug 17, 1992 Sep 13, 1992 4 6
United States Jim Grabb (2) Sep 14, 1992 Oct 11, 1992 4 5
26   Kelly Jones ( USA) Oct 12, 1992 Oct 18, 1992 1 1
United States Jim Grabb (3) Oct 19, 1992 Nov 1, 1992 2 7
Australia Todd Woodbridge (3) Nov 2, 1992 Nov 15, 1992 2 8
27   Mark Woodforde ( AUS) Nov 16, 1992 Jan 31, 1993 11 11
28   Richey Reneberg ( USA) Feb 1, 1993 Mar 7, 1993 5 5
United States Jim Grabb (4) Mar 8, 1993 Apr 18, 1993 6 13
United States Richey Reneberg (2) Apr 19, 1993 Jun 13, 1993 8 13
Australia Todd Woodbridge (4) Jun 14, 1993 Oct 17, 1993 18 26
29   Patrick Galbraith ( USA) Oct 18, 1993 Nov 7, 1993 3 3
Australia Todd Woodbridge (5) Nov 8, 1993 Nov 14, 1993 1 27
30   Grant Connell ( CAN) Nov 15, 1993 Jan 30, 1994 11 11
31   Paul Haarhuis ( NED) Jan 31, 1994 Feb 13, 1994 2 2
32   Byron Black ( ZIM) Feb 14, 1994 Feb 20, 1994 1 1
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (2) Feb 21, 1994 Mar 6, 1994 2 4
Canada Grant Connell (2) Mar 7, 1994 Mar 20, 1994 2 13
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (3) Mar 21, 1994 May 8, 1994 7 11
Canada Grant Connell (3) May 9, 1994 Jun 5, 1994 4 17
Zimbabwe Byron Black (2) Jun 6, 1994 Jul 24, 1994 7 8
United States Patrick Galbraith (2) Jul 25, 1994 Jul 31, 1994 1 4
33   Jonathan Stark ( USA) Aug 1, 1994 Sep 11, 1994 6 6
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (4) Sep 12, 1994 Jan 15, 1995 18 29
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (4) Jan 16, 1995 Feb 12, 1995 4 33
34   Jacco Eltingh ( NED) 4
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (4) Feb 13, 1995 Apr 2, 1995 7 40
Australia Mark Woodforde (2) Apr 3, 1995 Jun 11, 1995 10 21
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (5) Jun 12, 1995 Sep 10, 1995 13 53
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh (2) 17
Australia Todd Woodbridge (6) Sep 11, 1995 Oct 29, 1995 7 34
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh (3) Oct 30, 1995 Nov 5, 1995 1 18
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (6) 54
Australia Todd Woodbridge (7) Nov 6, 1995 Oct 13, 1996 49 83
Australia Todd Woodbridge (7) Oct 14, 1996 Oct 12, 1997 52 134
Australia Mark Woodforde (3) 73
Australia Todd Woodbridge (7) Oct 13, 1997 Mar 29, 1998 24 159
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh (4) Mar 30, 1998 Jan 31, 1999 44 62
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (7) Feb 1, 1999 Apr 25, 1999 12 66
35   Mahesh Bhupathi ( IND) Apr 26, 1999 May 9, 1999 2 2
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (8) May 10, 1999 Jun 6, 1999 4 70
India Mahesh Bhupathi (2) Jun 7, 1999 Jun 20, 1999 2 4
36   Leander Paes ( IND) Jun 21, 1999 Mar 19, 2000 39 39
37   Jared Palmer ( USA) Mar 20, 2000 May 7, 2000 7 7
38   Alex O'Brien ( USA) May 8, 2000 Jun 11, 2000 5 5
Australia Todd Woodbridge (8) Jun 12, 2000 Oct 29, 2000 20 179
Australia Mark Woodforde (4) Oct 30, 2000 Jan 7, 2001 10 83
Australia Todd Woodbridge (9) Jan 8, 2001 Jul 8, 2001 26 205
39   Jonas Björkman ( SWE) Jul 9, 2001 Jan 27, 2002 29 29
40   Donald Johnson ( USA) Jan 28, 2002 Apr 14, 2002 11 11
United States Donald Johnson (1) Apr 15, 2002 May 12, 2002 4 15
United States Jared Palmer (2) 11
United States Jared Palmer (2) May 13, 2002 May 19, 2002 1 12
United States Jared Palmer (2) May 20, 2002 Jun 23, 2002 5 17
United States Donald Johnson (2) 20
41   Mark Knowles ( BAH) Jun 24, 2002 Aug 18, 2002 8 8
42   Daniel Nestor ( CAN) Aug 19, 2002 Nov 3, 2002 11 11
The Bahamas Mark Knowles (2) Nov 4, 2002 Jun 8, 2003 31 39
43   Max Mirnyi ( BLR) Jun 9, 2003 Sep 7, 2003 13 13
44   Bob Bryan ( USA) Sep 8, 2003 Oct 19, 2003 6 6
45   Mike Bryan ( USA) 6
Belarus Max Mirnyi (2) Oct 20, 2003 Feb 1, 2004 15 28
United States Bob Bryan (2) Feb 2, 2004 Jun 6, 2004 18 24
United States Mike Bryan (2) 24
Sweden Jonas Björkman (2) Jun 7, 2004 Sep 12, 2004 14 43
Canada Daniel Nestor (2) Sep 13, 2004 Oct 3, 2004 3 14
Canada Daniel Nestor (2) Oct 4, 2004 Feb 27, 2005 21 35
The Bahamas Mark Knowles (3) 60
Sweden Jonas Björkman (3) Feb 28, 2005 Mar 20, 2005 3 46
Canada Daniel Nestor (3) Mar 21, 2005 Apr 24, 2005 5 40
The Bahamas Mark Knowles (4) 65
Sweden Jonas Björkman (4) Apr 25, 2005 Nov 6, 2005 28 74
United States Bob Bryan (3) Nov 7, 2005 Jan 28, 2007 64 88
United States Mike Bryan (3) 88
Belarus Max Mirnyi (3) Jan 29, 2007 Apr 15, 2007 11 39
United States Bob Bryan (4) Apr 16, 2007 Jul 6, 2008 64 152
United States Mike Bryan (4) 152
Canada Daniel Nestor (4) Jul 7, 2008 Sep 7, 2008 9 49
United States Bob Bryan (5) Sep 8, 2008 Oct 19, 2008 6 158
United States Mike Bryan (5) 158
Canada Daniel Nestor (5) Oct 20, 2008 Nov 2, 2008 2 51
United States Bob Bryan (6) Nov 3, 2008 Nov 16, 2008 2 160
United States Mike Bryan (6) 160
46   Nenad Zimonjić ( SRB) Nov 17, 2008 Feb 1, 2009 11 11
United States Bob Bryan (7) Feb 2, 2009 May 17, 2009 15 175
United States Mike Bryan (7) 175
Canada Daniel Nestor (6) May 18, 2009 Jun 7, 2009 3 54
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (2) 14
United States Bob Bryan (8) Jun 8, 2009 Sep 13, 2009 14 189
United States Mike Bryan (8) 189
Canada Daniel Nestor (7) Sep 14, 2009 Nov 29, 2009 11 65
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (3) 25
United States Bob Bryan (9) Nov 30, 2009 Jan 31, 2010 9 198
United States Mike Bryan (9) 198
Canada Daniel Nestor (8) Feb 1, 2010 May 16, 2010 15 80
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (4) 40
United States Bob Bryan (10) May 17, 2010 Jun 6, 2010 3 201
United States Mike Bryan (10) 201
Canada Daniel Nestor (9) Jun 7, 2010 Aug 15, 2010 10 90
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić (5) 50
United States Bob Bryan (11) Aug 16, 2010 May 6, 2012 90 291
United States Mike Bryan (11) 291
Canada Daniel Nestor (10) May 7, 2012 Sep 9, 2012 18 108
Belarus Max Mirnyi (4) 57
United States Bob Bryan (12) Sep 10, 2012 Nov 4, 2012 8 299
United States Mike Bryan (12) 299
United States Mike Bryan (12) Nov 5, 2012 Feb 24, 2013 16 315
United States Bob Bryan (13) Feb 25, 2013 Oct 25, 2015 139 438
United States Mike Bryan (12) 454
United States Bob Bryan (13) Oct 26, 2015 Nov 1, 2015 1 439
47   Marcelo Melo ( BRA) Nov 2, 2015 Apr 3, 2016 22 22
48   Jamie Murray ( GBR) Apr 4, 2016 May 8, 2016 5 5
Brazil Marcelo Melo (2) May 9, 2016 Jun 5, 2016 4 26
49   Nicolas Mahut ( FRA) Jun 6, 2016 Jun 12, 2016 1 1
United Kingdom Jamie Murray (2) Jun 13, 2016 Jul 10, 2016 4 9
France Nicolas Mahut (2) Jul 11, 2016 Apr 2, 2017 38 39
50   Henri Kontinen ( FIN) Apr 3, 2017 Jul 16, 2017 15 15
Brazil Marcelo Melo (3) Jul 17, 2017 Aug 20, 2017 5 31
Finland Henri Kontinen (2) Aug 21, 2017 Nov 5, 2017 11 26
Brazil Marcelo Melo (4) Nov 6, 2017 Jan 7, 2018 9 40
Brazil Marcelo Melo (4) Jan 8, 2018 Apr 29, 2018 16 56
51   Łukasz Kubot ( POL) 16
Poland Łukasz Kubot (1) Apr 30, 2018 May 20, 2018 3 19
52   Mate Pavić ( CRO) May 21, 2018 Jul 15, 2018 8 8
United States Mike Bryan (13) Jul 16, 2018 Jul 14, 2019 52 506
53   Juan Sebastián Cabal ( COL) Jul 15, 2019 Feb 2, 2020 29 29
54   Robert Farah ( COL) 29
Colombia Robert Farah (1) Feb 3, 2020 Mar 22, 2020 7 36
Rankings frozen
Mar 23, 2020 Aug 23, 2020 22
Colombia Robert Farah (1) Aug 24, 2020 Apr 4, 2021 32 68
Croatia Mate Pavić (2) Apr 5, 2021 Oct 17, 2021 28 36
55   Nikola Mektić ( CRO) Oct 18, 2021 Nov 7, 2021 3 3
Croatia Mate Pavić (3) Nov 8, 2021 Apr 3, 2022 21 57
56   Joe Salisbury ( GBR) Apr 4, 2022 Oct 2, 2022 26 26
57   Rajeev Ram ( USA) Oct 3, 2022 Nov 6, 2022 5 5
58   Wesley Koolhof ( NED) Nov 7, 2022 Nov 13, 2022 1 1
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof (1) Nov 14, 2022 Jan 15, 2023 9 10
59   Neal Skupski ( GBR) 9
United States Rajeev Ram (2) Jan 16, 2023 Jan 29, 2023 2 7
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof (2) Jan 30, 2023 Feb 19, 2023 3 13
United Kingdom Neal Skupski (2) 12
United States Rajeev Ram (3) Feb 20, 2023 Mar 5, 2023 2 9
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof (3) Mar 6, 2023 Jun 11, 2023 14 27
United Kingdom Neal Skupski (3) 26
60   Austin Krajicek ( USA) Jun 12, 2023 Jun 18, 2023 1 1
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof (4) Jun 19, 2023 Jun 25, 2023 1 28
United Kingdom Neal Skupski (4) 27
United States Austin Krajicek (2) Jun 26, 2023 Jul 16, 2023 3 4
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof (5) Jul 17, 2023 Aug 27, 2023 6 34
United Kingdom Neal Skupski (5) 33
United Kingdom Neal Skupski (5) Aug 28, 2023 Sep 10, 2023 2 35
United States Austin Krajicek (3) Sep 11, 2023 Jan 28, 2024 20 24
61   Rohan Bopanna ( IND) [a] Jan 29, 2024 Feb 25, 2024 4 4
62   Matthew Ebden ( AUS) Feb 26, 2024 Mar 3, 2024 1 1
India Rohan Bopanna (2) Mar 4, 2024 Mar 17, 2024 2 6
United States Austin Krajicek (4) Mar 18, 2024 Present 2 26

Weeks at No. 1

Mike and Bob Bryan were the most successful doubles tennis players of all time and they lead the tour in both total and consecutive weeks atop the rankings.

Total

No. Player Weeks
1. United States Mike Bryan 506
2. United States Bob Bryan 439
3. United States John McEnroe 269
4. Australia Todd Woodbridge 204
5. Canada Daniel Nestor 108
6. Sweden Anders Järryd 107
7. South Africa Frew McMillan 85
8. Australia Mark Woodforde 83
9. Sweden Jonas Björkman 74
10. Netherlands Paul Haarhuis 71
11. Colombia Robert Farah [b] 68
12. The Bahamas Mark Knowles 65
13. Netherlands Jacco Eltingh 63
14. Mexico Raúl Ramírez 62
United States Robert Seguso
16. Belarus Max Mirnyi 57
Croatia Mate Pavić
18. Brazil Marcelo Melo 56
19. Serbia Nenad Zimonjić 50
20. Australia John Fitzgerald 40
21. India Leander Paes 39
France Nicolas Mahut
23. United Kingdom Neal Skupski 35
24. Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 34
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
26. Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal 29
27. South Africa Danie Visser 27
28. United States Jim Pugh 26
Finland Henri Kontinen
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
United States Austin Krajicek 26
32. United States David Pate 25
33. United States Donald Johnson 20
34. South Africa Pieter Aldrich 19
France Yannick Noah
Poland Łukasz Kubot
37. United States Peter Fleming 17
Canada Grant Connell
United States Jared Palmer
40. Sweden Stefan Edberg 15
41. United States Richey Reneberg 13
United States Jim Grabb
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
44. Netherlands Tom Okker 11
45. United States Rick Leach 9
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
United States Rajeev Ram
48. Zimbabwe Byron Black 8
United States Stan Smith
50. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović 7
51. United States Jonathan Stark 6
Spain Emilio Sánchez
South Africa Bob Hewitt
India Rohan Bopanna
55. United States Alex O'Brien 5
United States Ken Flach
57. India Mahesh Bhupathi 4
United States Patrick Galbraith
59. Australia Paul McNamee 3
Croatia Nikola Mektić
61. United States Kelly Jones 1
Australia Matthew Ebden
* active players; current No. 1(s) are in bold

Consecutive

No. Player Weeks
1. United States Mike Bryan 163
2. United States Bob Bryan 140
3. Australia Todd Woodbridge 125
4. United States John McEnroe 108
5. United States John McEnroe (2) 97
6. United States Bob Bryan (2) 90
United States Mike Bryan (2)
8. South Africa Frew McMillan 80
9. Colombia Robert Farah 68
10. United States Bob Bryan (3) 64
United States Mike Bryan (3)
United States Bob Bryan (4)
United States Mike Bryan (4)
14. Mexico Raúl Ramírez 54
15. Australia Mark Woodforde 52
United States Mike Bryan (5)
17. Sweden Anders Järryd 47
18. Netherlands Jacco Eltingh 44
19. India Leander Paes 39
20. France Nicolas Mahut 38
* current streak in bold.

Weeks at No. 1 leaders timeline

No. Leader Date achieved Duration Record
1. South Africa Bob Hewitt March 1, 1976 2 months 6
2. Mexico Raúl Ramírez May 31, 1976 2 years, 3 months 62
3. South Africa Frew McMillan September 4, 1978 2 years, 3 months 85
4. United States John McEnroe December 15, 1980 30 years, 11 months 269
5. United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
December 12, 2011 10 months 299
6. United States Mike Bryan November 5, 2012 11 years, 4 months 506

No. 1 leaders timeline

Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez Frew McMillan John McEnroe Bryan brothers Mike Bryan

Year-end number 1

The year-end No. 1 ranked player is determined based on the ATP rankings following the completion of the final tournament of the calendar year. For doubles, two rankings are maintained, one for the individual player or players with the most points, and one for the team with the most points at the end of the season.

By year

Year Player Team
1976   Raúl Ramírez ( MEX) not awarded
1977   Frew McMillan ( RSA)
1978* South Africa Frew McMillan (2)
1979   John McEnroe ( USA)
1980* United States John McEnroe (2)
1981 United States John McEnroe (3)
1982 United States John McEnroe (4)
1983* United States John McEnroe (5)   Peter Fleming ( USA)
  John McEnroe ( USA)
1984   Tomáš Šmíd ( TCH)   Mark Edmondson ( AUS)
  Sherwood Stewart ( USA)
1985   Robert Seguso ( USA)   Ken Flach ( USA)
  Robert Seguso ( USA)
1986   Andrés Gómez ( ECU)   Hans Gildemeister ( CHI)
  Andrés Gómez ( ECU)
1987 United States Robert Seguso (2)   Sergio Casal ( ESP)
  Emilio Sánchez ( ESP)
1988   Anders Järryd ( SWE)   Rick Leach ( USA)
  Jim Pugh ( USA)
1989 Sweden Anders Järryd (2) United States Robert Leach (2)
United States Jim Pugh (2)
1990   Pieter Aldrich ( RSA)
  Danie Visser ( RSA)
  Pieter Aldrich ( RSA)
  Danie Visser ( RSA)
1991   John Fitzgerald ( AUS)   John Fitzgerald ( AUS)
  Anders Järryd ( SWE)
1992   Mark Woodforde ( AUS)   Todd Woodbridge ( AUS)
  Mark Woodforde ( AUS)
1993   Grant Connell ( CAN)   Grant Connell ( CAN)
  Patrick Galbraith ( USA)
1994   Paul Haarhuis ( NED)   Jacco Eltingh ( NED)
  Paul Haarhuis ( NED)
1995   Todd Woodbridge ( AUS) Australia Todd Woodbridge (2)
Australia Mark Woodforde (2)
1996 Australia Todd Woodbridge (2)
Australia Mark Woodforde (2)
Australia Todd Woodbridge (3)
Australia Mark Woodforde (3)
1997 Australia Todd Woodbridge (3) Australia Todd Woodbridge (4)
Australia Mark Woodforde (4)
1998   Jacco Eltingh ( NED) Netherlands Jacco Eltingh (2)
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (2)
1999   Leander Paes ( IND)   Mahesh Bhupathi ( IND)
  Leander Paes ( IND)
2000 Australia Mark Woodforde (3) Australia Todd Woodbridge (5)
Australia Mark Woodforde (5)
2001   Jonas Björkman ( SWE)   Jonas Björkman ( SWE)
Australia Todd Woodbridge (6)

By year (continued)

Year Player Team
2002   Mark Knowles ( BAH)   Mark Knowles ( BAH)
  Daniel Nestor ( CAN)
2003   Max Mirnyi ( BLR)   Bob Bryan ( USA)
  Mike Bryan ( USA)
2004 The Bahamas Mark Knowles (2)
  Daniel Nestor ( CAN)
The Bahamas Mark Knowles (2)
Canada Daniel Nestor (2)
2005   Bob Bryan ( USA)
  Mike Bryan ( USA)
United States Bob Bryan (2)
United States Mike Bryan (2)
2006* United States Bob Bryan (2)
United States Mike Bryan (2)
United States Bob Bryan (3)
United States Mike Bryan (3)
2007 United States Bob Bryan (3)
United States Mike Bryan (3)
United States Bob Bryan (4)
United States Mike Bryan (4)
2008   Nenad Zimonjić ( SRB) Canada Daniel Nestor (3)
  Nenad Zimonjić ( SRB)
2009 United States Bob Bryan (4)
United States Mike Bryan (4)
United States Bob Bryan (5)
United States Mike Bryan (5)
2010 United States Bob Bryan (5)
United States Mike Bryan (5)
United States Bob Bryan (6)
United States Mike Bryan (6)
2011* United States Bob Bryan (6)
United States Mike Bryan (6)
United States Bob Bryan (7)
United States Mike Bryan (7)
2012 United States Mike Bryan (7) United States Bob Bryan (8)
United States Mike Bryan (8)
2013* United States Bob Bryan (7)
United States Mike Bryan (8)
United States Bob Bryan (9)
United States Mike Bryan (9)
2014* United States Bob Bryan (8)
United States Mike Bryan (9)
United States Bob Bryan (10)
United States Mike Bryan (10)
2015   Marcelo Melo ( BRA)   Jean-Julien Rojer ( NED)
  Horia Tecău ( ROU)
2016   Nicolas Mahut ( FRA)   Jamie Murray ( GBR)
  Bruno Soares ( BRA)
2017 Brazil Marcelo Melo (2)   Łukasz Kubot ( POL)
  Marcelo Melo ( BRA)
2018 United States Mike Bryan (10)   Oliver Marach ( AUT)
  Mate Pavić ( CRO)
2019   Juan Sebastián Cabal ( COL)
  Robert Farah ( COL)
  Juan Sebastián Cabal ( COL)
  Robert Farah ( COL)
2020* Colombia Robert Farah (2) Croatia Mate Pavić (2)
Brazil Bruno Soares (2)
2021   Mate Pavić ( CRO)   Nikola Mektić ( CRO)
Croatia Mate Pavić (3)
2022   Wesley Koolhof ( NED)
  Neal Skupski ( GBR)
  Wesley Koolhof ( NED)
  Neal Skupski ( GBR)
2023   Austin Krajicek ( USA)   Ivan Dodig ( CRO)
  Austin Krajicek ( USA)
2024
* Player(s) ranked No. 1 throughout the calendar year.

Per player

No. Total
10 United States Mike Bryan
8 United States Bob Bryan
5 United States John McEnroe
3 Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia Todd Woodbridge
2 South Africa Frew McMillan
United States Robert Seguso
Sweden Anders Järryd
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Colombia Robert Farah

Per team

No. Total
10 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
5 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
2 United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

Players who became No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam

Player First ranked No. 1 First Grand Slam men's doubles final First Grand Slam men's doubles title
Sweden Stefan Edberg June 9, 1986 1984 US Open (1st of 5) 1987 Australian Open (1st of 3)
United States David Pate January 14, 1991 1991 Australian Open (1st of 2) 1991 Australian Open (only title)
United States Kelly Jones October 12, 1992 1992 Australian Open (1st of 2) none (retired in 1998)
United States Patrick Galbraith October 18, 1993 1993 Wimbledon (1st of 2) none (retired in 1999)
Canada Grant Connell November 15, 1993 1990 Australian Open (1st of 4) none (retired in 1997)
Zimbabwe Byron Black February 14, 1994 1994 Australian Open (1st of 4) 1994 French Open (only title)
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof November 7, 2022 2020 US Open (1st of 3) 2023 Wimbledon (only title)
United Kingdom Neal Skupski November 14, 2022 2022 US Open (1st of 2) 2023 Wimbledon (only title)

Weeks at No. 1 by decade

  • Note: Current No. 1 player indicated in italic.

Weeks at number 1 by country

  • Current No. 1 player indicated in bold.
No. Country Total Players
Players Weeks
1   United States 20 1474 John McEnroe, Stan Smith, Peter Fleming, Robert Seguso, Ken Flach, Jim Grabb, Jim Pugh, Rick Leach, David Pate, Kelly Jones, Richey Reneberg, Patrick Galbraith, Jonathan Stark, Jared Palmer, Alex O'Brien, Donald Johnson, Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan, Rajeev Ram, Austin Krajicek
2   Australia 5 331 Paul McNamee, John Fitzgerald, Todd Woodbridge, Mark Woodforde, Matthew Ebden
3   Sweden 3 196 Anders Järryd, Stefan Edberg, Jonas Björkman
4   Netherlands 4 179 Tom Okker, Paul Haarhuis, Jacco Eltingh, Wesley Koolhof
5 South Africa South Africa 4 137 Bob Hewitt, Frew McMillan, Danie Visser, Pieter Aldrich
6   Canada 2 125 Grant Connell, Daniel Nestor
7   Colombia 2 97 Juan Sebastián Cabal, Robert Farah
8   United Kingdom 3 70 Jamie Murray, Joe Salisbury, Neal Skupski
9   Mexico 1 67 Raúl Ramírez
10   Bahamas 1 65 Mark Knowles
11   Croatia 2 60 Mate Pavić, Nikola Mektić
12   France 2 58 Yannick Noah, Nicolas Mahut
13   Serbia 2 57 Slobodan Živojinović, Nenad Zimonjić
  Belarus 1 Max Mirnyi
15   Brazil 1 56 Marcelo Melo
16   India 3 49 Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna
17   Czechoslovakia 1 34 Tomáš Šmíd
18   Finland 1 26 Henri Kontinen
19   Poland 1 19 Łukasz Kubot
20   Ecuador 1 13 Andrés Gómez
21   Zimbabwe 1 8 Byron Black
22   Spain 1 6 Emilio Sánchez

Weeks are updated automatically.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Bopanna became the oldest player to debut atop the rankings. [3]
  2. ^ a b The ATP rankings were frozen from March 23 to August 23, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic; thus, 22 weeks were not counted towards Farah's total.

References

  1. ^ "Rankings". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  2. ^ "ATP Media Guide | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ^ "Rohan Bopanna reaches doubles World No. 1 | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Jan 29, 2024. Archived from the original on 12 Feb 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-12.

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