Tennis world champions named by the International Tennis Federation

Tennis world champions named by the International Tennis Federation

Since 1978, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has designated a "World Champion" each year based on performances throughout the year, including Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the Davis Cup, and weekly tour events.

Men's singles

The International Tennis Federation's (ITF) choices for men's singles have been generally approved by tennis fans and the tennis media except in 1990 when the designation of Ivan Lendl was strongly criticized by those who claimed that the ITF was punishing Stefan Edberg for not playing the Grand Slam Cup. ["Tennis Magazine" (France), February 1991, issue no. 179. The magazine said, "'On' a choisi de sanctionner un champion qui n'avait pas craint d'avouer publiquement le peu d'importance qu'il accordait à la Coupe du Grand Chelem, la fameuse invention de la FIT pour 'casser' l'ATP Tour." Translated into English, "'One' has chosen to sanction a champion who hadn't feared to publicly confess the little importance he granted to the Grand Slam Cup, the famous ITF invention to 'break' the ATP Tour."] That year, the Association of Tennis Professionals named Edberg its "Player of The Year," in accordance with its computer ranking system, and "Tennis Magazine" (France) ranked Edberg first, Andre Agassi second, and Lendl third. Other instances when the ITF choices differed from the ATP rankings, usually with less controversy, are 1978 (Jimmy Connors), 1982 (John McEnroe), and 1989 (Lendl).

* 1978 Björn Borg
* 1979 Björn Borg (2)
* 1980 Björn Borg (3)
* 1981 John McEnroe
* 1982 Jimmy Connors
* 1983 John McEnroe (2)
* 1984 John McEnroe (3)
* 1985 Ivan Lendl
* 1986 Ivan Lendl (2)
* 1987 Ivan Lendl (3)
* 1988 Mats Wilander
* 1989 Boris Becker
* 1990 Ivan Lendl (4)
* 1991 Stefan Edberg
* 1992 Jim Courier
* 1993 Pete Sampras
* 1994 Pete Sampras (2)
* 1995 Pete Sampras (3)
* 1996 Pete Sampras (4)
* 1997 Pete Sampras (5)
* 1998 Pete Sampras (6)
* 1999 Andre Agassi
* 2000 Gustavo Kuerten
* 2001 Lleyton Hewitt
* 2002 Lleyton Hewitt (2)
* 2003 Andy Roddick
* 2004 Roger Federer
* 2005 Roger Federer (2)
* 2006 Roger Federer (3)
* 2007 Roger Federer (4)

Women's singles

* 1978 Chris Evert
* 1979 Martina Navratilova
* 1980 Chris Evert (2)
* 1981 Chris Evert (3)
* 1982 Martina Navratilova (2)
* 1983 Martina Navratilova (3)
* 1984 Martina Navratilova (4)
* 1985 Martina Navratilova (5)
* 1986 Martina Navratilova (6)
* 1987 Steffi Graf
* 1988 Steffi Graf (2)
* 1989 Steffi Graf (3)
* 1990 Steffi Graf (4)
* 1991 Monica Seles
* 1992 Monica Seles (2)
* 1993 Steffi Graf (5)
* 1994 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
* 1995 Steffi Graf (6)
* 1996 Steffi Graf (7)
* 1997 Martina Hingis
* 1998 Lindsay Davenport
* 1999 Martina Hingis (2)
* 2000 Martina Hingis (3)
* 2001 Jennifer Capriati
* 2002 Serena Williams
* 2003 Justine Henin
* 2004 Anastasia Myskina
* 2005 Kim Clijsters
* 2006 Justine Henin (2)
* 2007 Justine Henin (3)

Men's doubles

* 1996 Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde
* 1997 Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (2)
* 1998 Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis
* 1999 Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes
* 2000 Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde (3)
* 2001 Jonas Björkman & Todd Woodbridge
* 2002 Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor
* 2003 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
* 2004 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (2)
* 2005 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (3)
* 2006 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (4)
* 2007 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (5)

Women's doubles

* 1996 Lindsay Davenport & Mary Joe Fernandez
* 1997 Lindsay Davenport & Jana Novotna
* 1998 Lindsay Davenport & Natasha Zvereva
* 1999 Martina Hingis & Anna Kournikova
* 2000 Julie Halard-Decugis & Ai Sugiyama
* 2001 Lisa Raymond & Rennae Stubbs
* 2002 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suárez
* 2003 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suárez (2)
* 2004 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suárez (3)
* 2005 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur
* 2006 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur (2)
* 2007 Cara Black & Liezel Huber

ee also

*Awards given by the Association of Tennis Professionals
*World number one male tennis player rankings
*Tennis statistics

Notes


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