ATP Rankings

The below list of the top 100 male tennis players in the 2023 ATP Rankings List is updated every Monday as soon as the updated ranking goes live on the ATP Tour website.

2023 ATP Rankings – Singles

Novak Djokovic is the current world number 1 in the men’s tennis rankings with a total of 11,245 points, followed by Carlos Alcaraz with 8,855 and Daniil Medvedev with 7,600.

Other top players ranked in the top 10 of the world tennis ranking include Jannik Sinner (4), Andrey Rublev (5), Stefanos Tsitsipas (6), Alexander Zverev (7), Holger Rune (8), Hubert Hurkacz (9), and Taylor Fritz (10).

The average age of male players in the top 100 is just under 27 years old with Luca Van Assche, Arthur Fils, and Alex Michelsen (19) the youngest players, and Stan Wawrinka (38), the oldest player in the top 100.

Top 100 Male Tennis Players – 2023

If you are looking for the Live ATP rankings then this is available on the ATP Tour website.

ATP Ranking System Explained

A male professional tennis player’s ranking is based on their performance at ATP-sanctioned tournaments over the proceeding 52-week period.

However, this does not mean that players who play the most tournaments will be ranked the highest as there is a max of 19 tournaments that goes into the calculation of a player’s ranking.

ATP Points 2023

Below is a breakdown of the points awarded to players at ATP 250, 500, 1000, and grand slam tournaments.

Grand Slam Points Breakdown

Winners of the men’s singles and doubles grand slam tournaments receive 2,000 points with the runner-up receiving 1,200 points.

Masters 1000 Points Breakdown

Winners of the men’s singles and doubles at mandatory Masters 1000 tournaments receive 1,000 points with the runner-up receiving 600 points.

ATP 500 Points Breakdown

Winners of the men’s singles and doubles at ATP 500 tournaments receive 500 points with the runner-up receiving 300 points.

ATP 250 Points Breakdown

Winners of the men’s singles and doubles at ATP 250 tournaments receive 250 points with the runner-up receiving 150 points.

Challenger Tournaments

The winners of challenger tournaments receive between 50 and 175 points depending on the level of the tournament, with runners up receiving between 30 and 100 points.

ATP Rankings History

The ATP Rankings system is the method used by the Association of Tennis Professionals to see who should qualify and who should be seeded in the different singles and doubles ATP Tournaments held all across the world.

The first official rankings were published by the ATP on the 23rd of August 1973 with Ilie Nastase being the first tennis player to be ranked number 1 in the world.

Since then a total of 28 different men have achieved the number 1 status, with the current number 1 being Novak Djokovic of Serbia.

List of World Number 1s from 1973 to 2023

Below is a full list of world No.1s from the very first ATP Ranking in 1973 to date.

*The ATP Ranking was frozen between the 23rd of March 2020 and the 23rd of August 2020.

Who has been number 1 in men’s tennis the longest?

Novak Djokovic (400 weeks) currently holds the record for most weeks ranked as the number 1 male tennis player in the world.

The recently retired Roger Federer is in second place with 310 weeks and Pete Sampras is in third with 286 weeks.

Who has spent the most consecutive weeks at number 1 in men’s tennis?

Roger Federer (237 weeks) currently holds the record for the most consecutive ATP weeks ranked number 1 in the world.

Federer’s record run of weeks at number 1 started on the 2nd of February 2004 just after he won his second grand slam at the 2004 Australian Open and lasted until the 17th of August 2008, with Rafael Nadal replacing him as number 1.

Who holds the record for most year end number 1s in men’s tennis?

Novak Djokovic holds the record for most year end number 1s with a total of eight to his name (2023, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2012, and 2011), followed by Pete Sampras with six, and Roger Federer, Jimmy Connors, and Rafael Nadal with five.