This article lists the professional tennis players who reached the highest ranking among their compatriots during the Open Era. The rankings used are ATP rankings for men (since 23 August 1973 for singles, and 1 March 1976 for doubles) and WTA rankings for women (since 3 November 1975 for singles, and 4 September 1984 for doubles).
On 11 September 2017, Garbiñe Muguruza and Rafael Nadal made Spain the first country since the United States 14 years ago to simultaneously top both the ATP and the WTA rankings, with Muguruza making her debut in the No. 1 spot. The most recent previous such pair were Serena Williams and Andre Agassi, 28 April to 11 May 2003.[1]
Nation | Ranking | Player(s) | Date reached |
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Algeria | 114 | Lamine Ouahab | 21 September 2009 |
Andorra | 505 | Joan Jiménez-Guerra | 11 October 1999 |
Angola | 1142 | Nélson de Almeida | 14 June 1999 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1021 | Jody Maginley | 21 October 2019 |
Argentina | 2 | Guillermo Vilas | 30 April 1975 |
Armenia | 38 | Sargis Sargsian | 12 January 2004 |
Aruba | 453 | Jose-Luis Muguruza | 12 June 2006 |
Australia | 1 | John Newcombe Patrick Rafter Lleyton Hewitt |
3 June 1974 26 July 1999 19 November 2001 |
Austria | 1 | Thomas Muster | 12 February 1996 |
Azerbaijan | 247 | Emin Ağayev | 21 June 2004 |
Bahamas | 96 | Roger Smith Mark Knowles |
1 August 1988 24 June 1996 |
Bahrain | 1413 | Abdul-Rahman Shehab[2] | 20 September 2004 |
Bangladesh | 1242 | Hira Lal[3] | 10 June 1996 |
Barbados | 106 | Darian King | 8 May 2017 |
Belarus | 18 | Max Mirnyi | 18 August 2003 |
Belgium | 7 | David Goffin | 20 November 2017 |
Benin | 354 | Arnaud Segodo | 2 February 2004 |
Bermuda | 457 | Steven Alger[4] | 4 January 1981 |
Bolivia | 32 | Mario Martinez | 12 September 1983 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23 | Damir Džumhur | 2 July 2018 |
Botswana | 1155 | Petrus Molefe[5] | 13 December 1999 |
Brazil | 1 | Gustavo Kuerten | 4 December 2000 |
Brunei | 1096 | Ak Aki Ismasufian[6] | 11 January 1993 |
Bulgaria | 3 | Grigor Dimitrov | 20 November 2017 |
Burkina Faso | 1580 | Joel Meda | 30 April 2018 |
Burundi | 610 | Guy Orly Iradukunda[7] | 14 January 2019 |
Cambodia | 995 | Bun Kenny | 17 October 2022 |
Cameroon | 1070 | Pierre Otolo-Metomo[8] | 19 December 2001 |
Canada | 3 | Milos Raonic | 21 November 2016 |
Cayman Islands | 1146 | Nigel Mitten[9] | 14 July 2003 |
Central African Republic | 904 | Samir Douat M'Bioka[10] | 7 July 1997 |
Chile | 1 | Marcelo Ríos | 30 March 1998 |
China | 42 | Zhang Zhizhen | 20 May 2024 |
Chinese Taipei | 33 | Lu Yen-hsun | 1 November 2010 |
Colombia | 28 | Santiago Giraldo | 29 September 2014 |
Costa Rica | 55 | Juan Antonio Marín | 11 October 1999 |
Croatia | 2 | Goran Ivanišević* | 4 July 1994 |
Cuba | 131 | Mario Tabares[11] | 28 August 1989 |
Cyprus | 8 | Marcos Baghdatis | 21 August 2006 |
Czech Republic | 2 | Petr Korda | 2 February 1998 |
Czechoslovakia | 1 | Ivan Lendl | 28 February 1983 |
Denmark | 4 | Holger Rune | 21 August 2023 |
Dominican Republic | 43 | Víctor Estrella | 13 July 2015 |
Ecuador | 4 | Andrés Gómez | 11 June 1990 |
Egypt | 34 | Ismail El Shafei | 8 April 1975 |
El Salvador | 139 | Marcelo Arévalo | 2 July 2018 |
Estonia | 71 | Jürgen Zopp | 10 September 2012 |
Finland | 13 | Jarkko Nieminen | 10 July 2006 |
France | 3 | Yannick Noah | 7 July 1986 |
Gabon | 1385 | Kryce-Didier Momo-Kassa[12] | 3 November 2003 |
Georgia | 16 | Nikoloz Basilashvili[13] | 27 May 2019 |
Germany | 1 | Boris Becker | 28 January 1991 |
Ghana | 275 | Henry Adjei-Darko[14] | 30 January 2006 |
Greece | 3 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 9 August 2021 |
Guadeloupe | 1179 | Jean-Christian Morandais[15] | 13 November 2023 |
Guam | 1591 | Christopher Cajigan[16] | 30 July 2018 |
Guatemala | 275 | Christopher Díaz Figueroa | 30 September 2013 |
Haiti | 22 | Ronald Agénor | 8 May 1989 |
Hong Kong | 180 | Coleman Wong | 6 May 2024 |
Hungary | 12 | Balázs Taróczy | 5 April 1982 |
Iceland | 703 | Arnar Sigurdsson | 7 May 2007 |
India | 18 | Vijay Amritraj | 20 October 1980 |
Indonesia | 240 | Suwandi[17] | 18 June 2001 |
Iran | 146 | Taghi Akbari | 3 June 1974 |
Ireland | 129[n 1] | Conor Niland | 6 December 2010 |
Israel | 18 | Amos Mansdorf | 16 November 1987 |
Italy | 1 | Jannik Sinner | 10 June 2024 |
Ivory Coast | 200 | Claude N'Goran | 7 August 1995 |
Jamaica | 98[n 2] | Dustin Brown | 26 July 2010 |
Japan | 4 | Kei Nishikori | 2 March 2015 |
Jordan | 181 | Abedallah Shelbayh | 29 January 2024 |
Kazakhstan | 17 | Alexander Bublik | 6 May 2024 |
Kenya | 100 | Paul Wekesa | 1 May 1995 |
Kuwait | 336 | Mohammad Ghareeb | 17 July 2006 |
Kyrgyzstan | 607 | Daniiar Duldaev | 14 July 2014 |
Latvia | 10 | Ernests Gulbis | 9 June 2014 |
Lebanon | 259[n 3] | Hady Habib[18] | 27 May 2024 |
Liechtenstein | 1614 | Vital Flurin Leuch[19] | 17 September 2018 |
Lithuania | 50 | Ričardas Berankis | 23 May 2016 |
Luxembourg | 21 | Gilles Müller | 31 July 2017 |
Madagascar | 1009 | Antso Rakotondramanga | 29 April 2013 |
Malaysia | 424 | V. Selvam | 12 December 1994 |
Mali | 820 | Veerawah Selvam[20] | 1 October 1990 |
Malta | 875 | Gordon Asciak | 9 May 1994 |
Mexico | 4 | Raúl Ramírez | 7 November 1976 |
Moldova | 39 | Radu Albot | 5 August 2019 |
Monaco | 84 | Jean-René Lisnard | 27 January 2003 |
Montenegro | 263 | Goran Tošić | 7 June 2010 |
Morocco | 14 | Younes El Aynaoui | 11 March 2003 |
Namibia | 976 | Jurgens Strydom | 12 November 2007 |
Netherlands | 3 | Tom Okker | 2 March 1974 |
Netherlands Antilles | 218 | Jean-Julien Rojer[21] | 15 August 2005 |
New Zealand | 18 | Onny Parun | 16 September 1975 |
Nigeria | 52 | Nduka Odizor | 11 June 1984 |
North Macedonia | 242 | Predrag Rusevski | 11 February 2008 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 340 | Colin Sinclair | 18 September 2023 |
Norway | 2 | Casper Ruud | 12 September 2022 |
Oman | 1212 | Khalid Al Nabhani[22] | 17 March 2003 |
Pakistan | 34 | Haroon Rahim[23] | 24 October 1977 |
Panama | 1417 | Alberto Gonzalez[24] | 12 February 2007 |
Paraguay | 9 | Víctor Pecci | 21 April 1980 |
Peru | 18 | Jaime Yzaga | 30 October 1989 |
Philippines | 72 | Cecil Mamiit | 11 October 1999 |
Poland | 8 | Hubert Hurkacz | 29 January 2024 |
Portugal | 28 | João Sousa | 16 May 2016 |
Puerto Rico | 120 | Miguel Nido[25] | 23 April 1990 |
Qatar | 950 | Sultan Al-Alawi | 11 September 2000 |
Romania | 1 | Ilie Năstase | 23 August 1973 |
Russia | 1 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov Marat Safin Daniil Medvedev |
3 May 1999 20 November 2000 28 February 2022 |
Rwanda | 1422 | Eric Hagenimana[26] | 11 October 2004 |
San Marino | 1101 | Marco De Rossi | 26 September 2022 |
Saudi Arabia | 1303 | Fahad Al Saad[27] | 4 October 2004 |
Senegal | 74 | Yahiya Doumbia | 19 September 1988 |
Serbia | 1 | Novak Djokovic* | 4 July 2011 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 63 | Novak Djokovic* | 29 May 2006 |
Sierra Leone | 1194 | Sahr Timothy Kpulun[28] | 26 September 2011 |
Singapore | 655 | Wei Pin Choo[29] | 30 November 1992 |
Slovakia | 6 | Karol Kučera | 14 September 1998 |
Slovenia | 43 | Grega Žemlja Aljaž Bedene |
15 July 2013 19 February 2018 |
Solomon Islands | 956 | Michael Leong | 22 June 2009 |
South Africa | 5 | Kevin Curren Kevin Anderson |
22 July 1985 16 July 2018 |
South Korea | 19 | Chung Hyeon | 2 April 2018 |
Soviet Union | 9 | Alex Metreveli | 3 July 1974 |
Spain | 1 | Carlos Moyá Juan Carlos Ferrero Rafael Nadal Carlos Alcaraz |
15 March 1999 8 September 2003 18 August 2008 12 September 2022 |
Sri Lanka | 292 | Sivagnanam Suresh[30] | 4 January 1981 |
Sudan | 1488 | Gaafar El Sadig[31] Mohammed Youssif[32] |
6 February 2006 6 February 2006 |
Sweden | 1 | Björn Borg Mats Wilander Stefan Edberg |
23 August 1977 12 September 1988 13 August 1990 |
Switzerland | 1 | Roger Federer | 2 February 2004 |
Syria | 323 | Hazem Naw | 4 March 2024 |
Tajikistan | 1393 | Dilshod Sharifi[33] | 9 July 2012 |
Tanzania | 1024 | Ronald Rugimbana[34] | 14 July 2003 |
Thailand | 9 | Paradorn Srichaphan | 12 May 2003 |
Togo | 316 | Komlavi Loglo | 1 October 2007 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 969 | Joseph Cadogan[35] | 12 September 2011 |
Tunisia | 42 | Malek Jaziri | 12 November 2018 |
Turkey | 77 | Marsel İlhan | 2 March 2015 |
Turkmenistan | 1115 | Isa Mämmetgulyýew | 25 July 2016 |
Uganda | 509 | Patrick Tibbs[36] | 4 January 1982 |
Ukraine | 4 | Andriy Medvedev | 16 May 1994 |
United Arab Emirates | 805 | Omar Alawadhi | 14 July 2003 |
United Kingdom | 1 | Andy Murray | 7 November 2016 |
United States | 1 | Jimmy Connors John McEnroe Jim Courier Pete Sampras Andre Agassi Andy Roddick |
29 July 1974 3 March 1980 10 February 1992 12 April 1993 10 April 1995 3 November 2003 |
United States Virgin Islands | 1038 | Larry Angus[37] | 18 June 1990 |
Uruguay | 19 | Pablo Cuevas | 15 August 2016 |
Uzbekistan | 33 | Denis Istomin | 13 August 2012 |
Venezuela | 66 | Jorge Andrew | 31 December 1978 |
Vietnam | 231 | Lý Hoàng Nam | 28 November 2022 |
Yugoslavia | 7 | Goran Ivanišević* | 28 January 1991 |
Zambia | 913 | Dermot Sweeney[38] | 30 November 1992 |
Zimbabwe | 22 | Byron Black | 29 April 1996 |
* Goran Ivanišević is included for both Yugoslavia and Croatia, and Novak Djokovic is included for both Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia.
* Monica Seles is included for both United States and Yugoslavia.
Nation | Grand Slams Won | Player(s) |
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USA | 51 | Pete Sampras (14), Jimmy Connors (8), Andre Agassi (8), John McEnroe (7), Jim Courier (4), Arthur Ashe (3), Stan Smith (2), Roscoe Tanner, Vitas Gerulaitis, Johan Kriek, Michael Chang, Andy Roddick |
Spain | 32 | Rafael Nadal (22), Carlos Alcaraz (3), Sergi Bruguera (2), Andrés Gimeno, Manuel Orantes, Carlos Moyá, Albert Costa, Juan Carlos Ferrero |
Nation | Ranking | Player(s) | Date reached |
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Argentina | 1 | Horacio Zeballos | 6 May 2024 |
Australia | 1 | Paul McNamee John Fitzgerald Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde Matthew Ebden |
25 May 1981 8 July 1991 6 July 1992 16 November 1992 26 February 2024 |
Austria | 2 | Oliver Marach | 28 May 2018 |
Bahamas | 1 | Mark Knowles | 24 June 2002 |
Belarus | 1 | Max Mirnyi | 9 June 2003 |
Belgium | 10 | Dick Norman | 26 April 2010 |
Bolivia | 79 | Federico Zeballos | 18 March 2024 |
Brazil | 1 | Marcelo Melo | 2 November 2015 |
Canada | 1 | Grant Connell Daniel Nestor |
15 November 1993 3 November 2002 |
Chile | 5 | Hans Gildemeister | 27 April 1987 |
China | 59 | Zhang Zhizhen | 6 May 2024 |
Chinese Taipei | 62 | Hsieh Cheng-Peng | 10 June 2019 |
Colombia | 1 | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah |
15 July 2019 15 July 2019 |
Croatia | 1 | Mate Pavić Nikola Mektić |
21 May 2018 18 October 2021 |
Czech Republic | 1 | Tomáš Šmíd | 17 December 1984 |
Ecuador | 1 | Andrés Gómez | 15 September 1986 |
El Salvador | 5 | Marcelo Arévalo | 14 November 2022 |
Finland | 1 | Henri Kontinen | 3 April 2017 |
France | 1 | Yannick Noah Nicolas Mahut |
25 August 1986 6 June 2016 |
Germany | 6 | Boris Becker Udo Riglewski |
22 September 1986 25 March 1991 |
Greece | 64 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 29 August 2022 |
India | 1 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes Rohan Bopanna |
26 April 1999 21 June 1999 29 January 2024 |
Indonesia | 68 | Christopher Rungkat | 17 June 2019 |
Israel | 5 | Andy Ram Jonathan Erlich |
7 July 2008 7 July 2008 |
Italy | 7 | Fabio Fognini | 20 July 2015 |
Kazakhstan | 21 | Andrey Golubev | 16 May 2022 |
Latvia | 108 | Ģirts Dzelde | 4 October 1993 |
Mauritius | 570 | Kamil Patel[45] | 6 December 1999 |
Mexico | 1 | Raúl Ramírez | 12 April 1976 |
Monaco | 12 | Hugo Nys | 12 June 2023 |
Netherlands | 1 | Tom Okker Paul Haarhuis Jacco Eltingh Wesley Koolhof |
5 February 1979 31 January 1994 16 January 1995 7 November 2022 |
New Zealand | 6 | Michael Venus | 29 August 2022 |
Pakistan | 8 | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 6 June 2011 |
Peru | 15 | Luis Horna | 2 February 2009 |
Philippines | 18 | Treat Huey | 11 July 2016 |
Poland | 1 | Łukasz Kubot | 8 January 2018 |
Portugal | 26 | João Sousa | 13 May 2019 |
Romania | 2 | Horia Tecău | 23 November 2015 |
Russia | 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 30 March 1998 |
Serbia | 1 | Nenad Zimonjić | 17 November 2008 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 9 | Nenad Zimonjić | 20 March 2006 |
South Africa | 1 | Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan Danie Visser Pieter Aldrich |
1 March 1976 25 April 1977 29 January 1990 23 July 1990 |
Spain | 1 | Emilio Sánchez Marcel Granollers |
3 April 1989 6 May 2024 |
Sweden | 1 | Anders Järryd Stefan Edberg Jonas Björkman |
12 August 1985 9 June 1986 9 July 2001 |
Switzerland | 8 | Marc Rosset | 2 November 1992 |
Tunisia | 66 | Skander Mansouri | 6 May 2024 |
Ukraine | 33 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 June 2011 |
United Kingdom | 1 | Jamie Murray Joe Salisbury Neal Skupski |
4 April 2016 4 April 2022 14 November 2022 |
United States | 1 | 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 |
27 April 1981 2 March 1981 1 February 1982 9 September 1985 14 October 1985 12 June 1989 19 June 1989 26 March 1990 14 January 1991 12 October 1992 1 February 1993 18 October 1993 1 August 1994 20 March 2000 8 May 2000 28 January 2002 8 September 2003 8 September 2003 3 October 2022 12 June 2023 |
Uruguay | 14 | Pablo Cuevas | 20 April 2009 |
Venezuela | 44 | Nicolás Pereira | 19 November 1990 |
Yugoslavia | 1 | Slobodan Živojinović | 8 September 1986 |
Zimbabwe | 1 | Byron Black | 14 February 1994 |