List of UK number 1 men's tennis players

The UK number 1 in men's tennis is the male tennis player representing the United Kingdom who has the highest ATP ranking.

List

Year

UK number 1

Highest world ranking

in year

in career

1973

Roger Taylor

11

1974
 

Roger Taylor \19Apr/
Mark Cox

15
17

1975

Mark Cox

25

1976

Mark Cox

17

1977
 

Mark Cox \31Dec/
Buster Mottram

13
20

1978

Buster Mottram

17

1979

Buster Mottram

24

1980

Buster Mottram

38

1981

Buster Mottram

45

1982

Buster Mottram

20

1983
 

Buster Mottram \12Dec/
Colin Dowdeswell

15
31

1984
 

Colin Dowdeswell \25Jun/
John Lloyd

33
23

1985

John Lloyd

31

1986
 

John Lloyd \8Dec/
Andrew Castle

34
127

1987
 

Andrew Castle \20Jul/14Sep\2Nov/
Jeremy Bates

126
84

1988
 

Jeremy Bates \28Nov/
Neil Broad

63
109

1989
 

Neil Broad \24Jul/
Jeremy Bates

84
96

1990

Jeremy Bates

72

1991
 

Jeremy Bates \6May/17Jun\
Andrew Castle

132
203

1992

Jeremy Bates

79

1993
 

Jeremy Bates
Greg Rusedski \12Jul/4Oct\18Oct/

72
(48)

1994
 

Jeremy Bates
Greg Rusedski /24Oct\

73
(41)

1995
 

Jeremy Bates \22May/
June[date?] Greg Rusedski

54
35

1996
 

Greg Rusedski \29Apr/
Tim Henman

33
25

1997
 

Tim Henman \25Aug/
Greg Rusedski

14
4

1998
 

Greg Rusedski \14Sep/
Tim Henman

4
7

1999

Tim Henman

5

2000

Tim Henman

9

2001

Tim Henman

8

2002

Tim Henman

4

2003

Tim Henman

9

2004

Tim Henman

4

2005

Tim Henman

6

2006
 

Tim Henman \27Feb/
Andy Murray

36
16

2007

Andy Murray

7

2008

Andy Murray

4

2009

Andy Murray

2

2010

Andy Murray

3

2011

Andy Murray

3

2012

Andy Murray

3

2013

Andy Murray

2

2014

Andy Murray

5

See also

  • ATP Rankings
  • ATP players with highest rank of 2 to 5
  • List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles players
  • ITF World Champions