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Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and All the No. 1 Tennis Players, by Number of Weeks
Roger Federer, No. 1 Tennis Player in the World, Again
Twenty-six different ATP tennis players have held the No. 1 ranking since the Open Era began in 1968.
Current No. 1 player in the world, Roger Federer, recently passed Pete Sampras as the longest reigning No. 1 player over the course of a career, 291 weeks and counting.
Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are the active men on the list who can each still add to their accumulated week totals as the best player in the world.
Tomorrow, we’ll check out the ladies.
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| PLAYER | COUNTRY | TOTAL CAREER WEEKS AT NO. 1 | |
| 1. | Roger Federer | Switzerland | 291 (Current No. 1) |
| 2. | Pete Sampras | USA | 286 |
| 3. | Ivan Lendl | Czechoslovakia | 270 |
| 4. | Jimmy Connors | USA | 268 |
| 5. | John McEnroe | USA | 170 |
| 6. | Björn Borg | Sweden | 109 |
| 7. | Rafael Nadal | Spain | 102 |
| 8. | Andre Agassi | USA | 101 |
| 9. | Lleyton Hewitt | Australia | 80 |
| 10. | Stefan Edberg | Sweden | 72 |
| 11. | Jim Courier | USA | 58 |
| 12. | Novak Djokovic | Serbia | 53 |
| 13. | Gustavo Kuerten | Brazil | 43 |
| 14. | Ilie Nastase | Romania | 40 |
| 15. | Mats Wilander | Sweden | 20 |
| 16. | Andy Roddick | USA | 13 |
| 17. | Boris Becker | Germany | 12 |
| 18. | Marat Safin | Russia | 9 |
| 19. | John Newcombe | Australia | 8 |
| 19. | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Spain | 8 |
| 21. | Thomas Muster | Austria | 6 |
| 21. | Marcelo Ríos | Chile | 6 |
| 21. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Russia | 6 |
| 21. | Marat Safin | Russia | 6 |
| 25. | Carlos Moyà | Spain | 2 |
| 26. | Patrick Rafter | Australia | 1 |
Photo: telegraph.co.uk
