List of highest ranked tennis players per country

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]

Singles

Men
NationRankingPlayer(s)Date reached
 Algeria114Lamine Ouahab21 September 2009
 Argentina2Guillermo Vilas30 April 1975
 Armenia38Sargis Sargsian12 January 2004
 Australia 1John Newcombe
Patrick Rafter
Lleyton Hewitt		3 June 1974
26 July 1999
19 November 2001
 Austria 1Thomas Muster12 February 1996
 Bahamas96Mark Knowles24 June 1996
 Barbados106Darian King8 May 2017
 Belarus18Max Mirnyi18 August 2003
 Belgium7David Goffin20 November 2017
 Bolivia35Mario Martinez12 September 1983
 Bosnia and Herzegovina23Damir Džumhur2 July 2018
 Brazil 1Gustavo Kuerten4 December 2000
 Bulgaria3Grigor Dimitrov20 November 2017
 Canada3Milos Raonic21 November 2016
 Chile 1Marcelo Ríos30 March 1998
 China136Zhang Zhizhen10 February 2020
 Chinese Taipei33Lu Yen-hsun1 November 2010
 Colombia28Santiago Giraldo29 September 2014
 Costa Rica55Juan Antonio Marín11 October 1999
 Croatia2Goran Ivanišević4 July 1994
 Cyprus8Marcos Baghdatis21 August 2006
 Czech Republic 1Ivan Lendl28 February 1983
 Denmark41Kenneth Carlsen7 June 1993
 Dominican Republic43Víctor Estrella13 July 2015
 Ecuador4Andrés Gómez11 June 1990
 Egypt34Ismail El Shafei8 April 1975
 El Salvador139Marcelo Arévalo2 July 2018
 Estonia71Jürgen Zopp10 September 2012
 Finland13Jarkko Nieminen10 July 2006
 France3Yannick Noah7 July 1986
 Georgia9Alex Metreveli3 July 1974
 Germany1Boris Becker28 January 1991
 Greece5Stefanos Tsitsipas5 August 2019
 Guatemala275Christopher Díaz Figueroa30 September 2013
 Haiti22Ronald Agénor8 May 1989
 Hong Kong653Wong Hong Kit12 December 2018
 Hungary12Balázs Taróczy5 April 1982
 Iceland703Arnar Sigurdsson7 May 2007
 India16Vijay Amritraj7 July 1980
 Indonesia241Christopher RungkatApril 8, 2013
 Iran146Taghi Akbari3 June 1974
 Ireland129[n 1]Conor Niland6 December 2010
 Israel18Amos Mansdorf16 November 1987
 Italy4Adriano Panatta24 August 1976
 Jamaica64Dustin Brown10 October 2016
 Japan4Kei Nishikori2 March 2015
 Kazakhstan33Andrey Golubev4 October 2010
 Latvia10Ernests Gulbis9 June 2014
 Lithuania50Ričardas Berankis23 May 2016
 Luxembourg21Gilles Müller31 July 2017
 Mexico4Raúl Ramírez7 November 1976
 North Macedonia510Tomislav Jotovski15 June 2015
 Moldova39Radu Albot5 August 2019
 Monaco84Jean-René Lisnard27 January 2003
 Montenegro236Goran Tošić7 June 2010
 Morocco14Younes El Aynaoui11 March 2003
 Netherlands3Tom Okker2 March 1974
 New Zealand19Chris Lewis16 April 1984
 Nigeria52Nduka Odizor11 June 1984
 Norway25Casper Ruud28 September 2020
 Pakistan44Haroon Rahim2 July 1977
 Paraguay9Víctor Pecci21 April 1980
 Peru18Jaime Yzaga30 October 1989
 Philippines72Cecil Mamiit11 October 1999
 Poland10Wojciech Fibak25 July 1977
 Portugal28João Sousa16 May 2016
 Romania1Ilie Năstase23 August 1973
 Russia1Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Marat Safin		3 May 1999
20 November 2000
 Senegal74Yahiya Doumbia19 September 1988
 Serbia1Novak Djokovic4 July 2011
 Serbia and Montenegro63Novak Djokovic29 May 2006
 Slovakia4Miloslav Mečíř22 February 1988
 Slovenia43Grega Žemlja
Aljaž Bedene		15 July 2013
19 February 2018
 South Africa5Kevin Curren
Kevin Anderson		 22 July 1985
16 July 2018
 South Korea19Chung Hyeon2 April 2018
 Spain 1Carlos Moyà
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Rafael Nadal		15 March 1999
8 September 2003
18 August 2008
 Sweden1Björn Borg
Mats Wilander
Stefan Edberg		23 August 1977
12 September 1988
13 August 1990
  Switzerland1Roger Federer2 February 2004
 Thailand9Paradorn Srichaphan12 May 2003
 Tunisia46Malek Jaziri12 November 2018
 Turkey77Marsel İlhan2 March 2015
 Ukraine4Andriy Medvedev16 May 1994
 United Kingdom1Andy Murray7 November 2016
 United States1Jimmy 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
 Uruguay19Pablo Cuevas15 August 2016
 Uzbekistan33Denis Istomin13 August 2012
 Venezuela74Nicolás Pereira22 July 1996
 Vietnam385Lý Hoàng Nam11 November 2018
 Yugoslavia7Goran Ivanišević28 January 1991
 Zimbabwe22Byron Black29 April 1996

Women
NationRankingPlayer(s)Date reached
 Albania1061Daniela Islamaj21 June 2010
 Algeria381Feriel Esseghir8 April 2002
 Angola373Helga Vieira16 July 2001
 Argentina3Gabriela Sabatini27 February 1989
 Armenia422Ani Amiraghyan12 August 2013
 Australia 1Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Ashleigh Barty		26 April 1976
24 June 2019
 Austria7Barbara Schett13 September 1999
 Azerbaijan1141Kamilla Farhad7 November 2011
 Bahamas953Simone Pratt29 October 2012
 Belarus 1Victoria Azarenka30 January 2012
 Belgium 1Kim Clijsters
Justine Henin		11 August 2003
20 October 2003
 Bolivia187María Fernanda Álvarez Terán28 September 2009
 Bosnia and Herzegovina99Mervana Jugić-Salkić21 June 2004
 Brazil43Teliana Pereira19 October 2015
 Bulgaria4Magdalena Maleeva29 January 1996
 Cambodia585Andrea Ka21 May 2017
 Canada4Bianca Andreescu21 October 2019
 Chile162Daniela Seguel28 July 2018
 China2Li Na17 February 2014
 Chinese Taipei23Hsieh Su-wei25 February 2013
 Colombia16Fabiola Zuluaga17 January 2005
 Croatia4Iva Majoli5 February 1996
 Cuba722Yanet Núñez Mojarena14 October 2002
 Czech Republic1Karolína Plíšková17 July 2017
 Denmark 1Caroline Wozniacki11 October 2010
 Dominican Republic424Francesca Segarelli15 June 2015
 Ecuador669Doménica González5 November 2012
 Egypt188Mayar Sherif3 February 2019
 El Salvador805Liz Cruz26 April 2004
 Estonia14Anett Kontaveit1 April 2019
 Finland50Emma Laine7 August 2006
 France 1Amelie Mauresmo13 September 2004
 Georgia12Leila Meskhi5 August 1991
 Germany 1Steffi Graf
Angelique Kerber		17 August 1984
12 September 2016
 Greece14Eleni Daniilidou12 May 2003
 Guatemala608Andrea Weedon05 August 2019
 Haiti397Neyssa Etienne14 June 2004
 Hong Kong184Zhang Ling12 September 2011
 Hungary7Andrea Temesvári23 January 1984
 India27Sania Mirza27 August 2007
 Indonesia19Yayuk Basuki6 October 1997
 Iran15Aravane Rezaï11 October 2010
 Ireland181Kelly Liggan15 September 2003
 Israel11Shahar Pe'er31 January 2011
 Italy4Francesca Schiavone31 January 2011
 Jamaica724Alanna Broderick1 November 2004
 Japan1Naomi Osaka28 January 2019
 Kazakhstan17Elena Rybakina24 February 2020
 Kyrgyzstan163Ksenia Palkina Ulukan16 March 2009
 Latvia5Jeļena Ostapenko19 March 2018
 Liechtenstein137Stephanie Vogt24 February 2014
 Lithuania197Lina Stančiūtė28 September 2009
 Luxembourg18Anne Kremer29 July 2002
 Macedonia170Lina Gjorcheska12 June 2017
 Madagascar44Dally Randriantefy11 April 2005
 Malaysia329Khoo Chin-bee15 September 2003
 Malta713Helene Pellicano1 July 2019
 Mauritius233Marinne Giraud9 February 2009
 Mexico34Angélica Gavaldón1 January 1996
 Moldova406Alexandra Perper25 June 2018
 Montenegro46Danka Kovinić22 February 2016
 Morocco139Bahia Mouhtassine24 June 2002
 Namibia871Lesedi Sheya Jacobs31 October 2016
 Netherlands4Kiki Bertens13 May 2019
 New Zealand17Belinda Cordwell4 December 1989
 Nigeria935Blessing Samuel3 November 2008
 Norway174Amy Jönsson4 July 1988
 Oman362Fatma Al Nabhani4 October 2010
 Pakistan943Ushna Suhail12 December 2016
 Papua New Guinea276Abigail Tere-Apisah6 August 2018
 Paraguay51Rossana de los Ríos12 November 2001
 Peru14Laura Arraya4 March 1990
 Philippines386Francesca La'o7 November 1994
 Poland2Agnieszka Radwańska9 July 2012
 Portugal76Michelle Larcher de Brito6 July 2009
 Puerto Rico27Kristina Brandi
Monica Puig		4 December 2000
26 September 2016
 Romania1Simona Halep9 October 2017
 Russia1Maria Sharapova
Dinara Safina		22 August 2005
20 April 2009
 Samoa662Steffi Carruthers13 October 2014
 San Marino448Francesca Guardigli4 August 1997
 Serbia1Ana Ivanovic
Jelena Janković		9 June 2008
11 August 2008
 Serbia and Montenegro9Jelena Dokic17 February 2003
 Singapore438Stefanie Tan15 May 2017
 Slovakia4Dominika Cibulková20 March 2017
 Slovenia20Katarina Srebotnik7 August 2006
 South Africa3Amanda Coetzer3 November 1997
 South Korea45Cho Yoon-jeong14 July 2003
 Spain1Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Garbiñe Muguruza		6 February 1995
11 September 2017
 Sri Lanka268Lihini Weerasuriya15 February 1993
 Sweden10Catarina Lindqvist15 April 1985
  Switzerland1Martina Hingis31 March 1997
 Thailand19Tamarine Tanasugarn13 May 2002
 Trinidad and Tobago905Yolande Leacock18 April 2011
 Tunisia45Ons Jabeur3 February 2020
 Turkey60Çağla Büyükakçay12 September 2016
 Turkmenistan536Anastasiya Prenko3 May 2010
 Ukraine3Elina Svitolina11 September 2017
 Uruguay222Daniela Olivera16 April 2001
 United Kingdom2Virginia Wade3 November 1975
 United States1Chris Evert
Martina Navratilova
Tracy Austin
Monica Seles*
Lindsay Davenport
Jennifer Capriati
Venus Williams
Serena Williams		3 November 1975
10 July 1978
7 April 1980
15 August 1995
12 October 1998
15 October 2001
25 February 2002
8 July 2002
 Uzbekistan16Iroda Tulyaganova17 June 2002
 Venezuela26María Vento-Kabchi19 July 2004
 Vietnam876Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang12 April 2010
 Yugoslavia1Monica Seles*11 March 1991
 Zimbabwe31Cara Black15 March 1999

* Monica Seles is included twice due to change of citizenship.

Most successful in a Grand Slam (Open Era)

Australia

North America

South America

Africa

Asia

Europe

Australia

North America

South America

Africa

Asia

Europe

Doubles

Men
NationRankingPlayer(s)Date reached
 Australia1Paul McNamee
John Fitzgerald
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde		25 May 1981
8 July 1991
6 July 1992
16 November 1992
 Austria2Oliver Marach28 May 2018
 Bahamas1Mark Knowles24 June 2002
 Belarus1Max Mirnyi9 June 2003
 Belgium10Dick Norman26 April 2010
 Brazil1Marcelo Melo2 November 2015
 Canada1Grant Connell
Daniel Nestor		15 November 1993
3 November 2002
 Chile5Hans Gildemeister27 April 1987
 Colombia1Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah		15 Jul 2019
 Croatia1Mate Pavić21 May 2018
 Czech Republic1Tomáš Šmíd17 December 1984
 Ecuador1Andrés Gómez15 September 1986
 Finland1Henri Kontinen3 April 2017
 France1Yannick Noah
Nicolas Mahut		25 August 1986
6 June 2016
 Germany6Boris Becker
Udo Riglewski		22 September 1986
25 March 1991
 India1Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes		26 April 1999
21 June 1999
 Indonesia81Christopher Rungkat25 February 2019
 Israel5Andy Ram
Jonathan Erlich		7 July 2008
 Latvia108Ģirts Dzelde4 October 1993
 Mexico1Raúl Ramírez12 April 1976
 Netherlands1Tom Okker
Paul Haarhuis
Jacco Eltingh		5 February 1979
31 January 1994
16 January 1995
 Peru15Luis Horna2 February 2009
 Philippines18Treat Huey11 July 2016
 Poland1Łukasz Kubot8 January 2018
 Romania2Horia Tecău23 November 2015
 Serbia1Nenad Zimonjić17 November 2008
 Serbia and Montenegro9Nenad Zimonjić20 March 2006
 South Africa1Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan
Danie Visser
Pieter Aldrich		1 March 1976
25 April 1977
29 January 1990
23 July 1990
 Spain1Emilio Sánchez3 April 1989
 Sweden1Anders Järryd
Stefan Edberg
Jonas Björkman		12 August 1985
9 June 1986
9 July 2001
  Switzerland8Marc Rosset2 November 1992
 United Kingdom1Jamie Murray4 April 2016
 United States1John 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		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
 Yugoslavia1Slobodan Živojinović8 September 1986
 Zimbabwe1Byron Black14 February 1994

Women
NationRankingPlayer(s)Date reached
 Argentina1Paola Suárez
Gisela Dulko		9 September 2002
1 November 2010
 Australia1Rennae Stubbs
Samantha Stosur		21 August 2000
6 February 2006
 Belarus1Natasha Zvereva7 October 1991
 Belgium1Kim Clijsters4 August 2003
 Canada6Jill Hetherington27 March 1989
 Chile38Alexa Guarachi17 February 2020
 China1Peng Shuai17 February 2014
 Chinese Taipei1Hsieh Su-wei
Latisha Chan		12 May 2014
23 October 2017
 Croatia19Mirjana Lučić-Baroni26 October 1998
 Czech Republic1Helena Suková
Jana Novotná
Květa Peschke
Lucie Šafářová		5 February 1990
27 August 1990
4 July 2011
21 August 2017
 France1Julie Halard-Decugis11 September 2000
 Germany3Steffi Graf
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch		3 March 1987
17 August 1987
 Hungary1Tímea Babos20 August 2018
 India1Sania Mirza13 April 2015
 Indonesia9Yayuk Basuki6 July 1998
 Italy1Flavia Pennetta
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci		28 February 2011
10 September 2012
15 October 2012
 Japan1Ai Sugiyama23 October 2000
 Kazakhstan3Yaroslava Shvedova23 February 2016
 Latvia1Larisa Neiland27 January 1992
 Macedonia137Lina Gjorcheska31 October 2016
 Montenegro67Danka Kovinić20 June 2016
 Peru27Laura Arraya28 March 1988
 Poland16Agnieszka Radwańska10 October 2011
 Romania11Monica Niculescu2 April 2018
 Russia1Anna Kournikova
Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina		22 November 1999
11 June 2018
11 June 2018
 Serbia19Jelena Janković9 June 2014
 Slovakia3Janette Husárová21 April 2003
 Slovenia1Katarina Srebotnik4 July 2011
 South Africa4Liezel Huber14 July 2005
 Spain1Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Virginia Ruano Pascual		19 October 1992
8 September 2003
 Sweden27Johanna Larsson24 October 2016
  Switzerland1Martina Hingis8 June 1998
 Thailand15Tamarine Tanasugarn13 September 2004
 Turkey53İpek Şenoğlu19 October 2009
 Ukraine9Elena Tatarkova
Kateryna Bondarenko		5 July 1999
20 October 2008
 United States1Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
Gigi Fernández
Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu
Lisa Raymond
Liezel Huber
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Bethanie Mattek-Sands		4 September 1984
18 March 1985
4 March 1991
20 October 1997
3 April 2000
12 June 2000
12 November 2007
7 June 2010
7 June 2010
9 January 2017
 Zimbabwe1Cara Black17 October 2005

Footnotes
  1. Matt Doyle ranked world number 56 in 1983. He represented Ireland in the Davis Cup from 1981 but did not acquire Irish nationality until 1985.

References
  1. "Garbine Muguruza joins Rafael Nadal as World No 1". The Indian Express. 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
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