The first racket of the world: rating of the best tennis players of the world

Tennis is one of the oldest sports. The ball game appeared long before our era. Initially, it was a noble entertainment for members of the upper classes. Over time, everyone started to play tennis, who liked it. Today tennis is one of the most prestigious sports. The fees of professional players are a tidy sum with six zeros.

History of rating occurrence

At the beginning of the XX century, tennis from the category of the sport purely for the sake of pleasure and recognition goes into the rank of professional. Athletes begin to perform at demonstration matches in front of viewers who buy entrance tickets. With the development of such tournaments, the foundation of prize funds begins. The winner receives a solid fee and recognition of competitors.

In 1972 the men's tennis association of the ATP was founded. A year later, after serious financial discrimination of female tennis players in terms of fees, a women's tennis association was founded.

Each of the organizations has its own rating table. During the season tennis players take part in a certain number of professional tournaments. And the judges count the number of points. The system of calculation is rather complicated, each tournament has a certain significance. Winning several Grand Slam tournaments and final international competitions, after going to the Wimbledon final, you can secure the first line of the rating.

There is a situation that athletes participate in most tournaments and provide themselves leadership, not having wins in the Grand Slam tournament. Such embarrassment occurred between Russian woman Safina and American Williams. The dark-skinned diva expressed her surprise at Dinara's championship in the standings without winning the main tournament of the season.

Association of Tennis Professionals was founded in 1973. To become the first racket of the world among men, you need to score the most points by winning in such tournaments: Grand Slam tournaments, ATP series 1000, ATP 500 series, ATP 250 series, Challenger and Masters cup.

The first rackets of the world

Men and women, professional tennis players, strive to get to the first stages of the rating. This provides the athlete not only status, but also decent fees. As a rule, such athletes are shot in clips, movies, actively engaged in business and charity. And the first rackets of the world, women and men, become persons of advertising campaigns of the largest brands that produce sportswear and equipment.

During the whole existence of the ranking, the first tennis shoes of the world among men were 25 tennis players. The brightest of them - the Swiss Roger Federer - 302 weeks led the standings. Modest Mith Sampras was the first racket of the world for 286 weeks. Czech Ivan Lendl for 270 weeks was in the lead in the ranking. American Jimmy Connors in 1973 won the championship and held it for 268 weeks.

Women's standings since 1973 have 20 female athletes climbing to the top of the table. The list of the world's first women's rackets is headed by Steffi Graf. Ten years with small breaks, she held the lead in tennis. Her constant rival American Martina Navratilova was in the lead for 332 weeks. Another American Chris Evert led the standings for 260 weeks. Serena Williams is the first racket of the world for 257 weeks. Who knows, maybe she'll beat all the records.

The first racket of the world in 2015: women

The current tennis season and its winners did not become a surprise for connoisseurs of tennis. After her triumphant return in 2011, Serena Williams every now and then becomes the winner of the courts. In 2015, Wimbledon won Serena - again the first racket of the world. After a serious injury and illness Williams was able to recover, go back to tennis and at 31 again become the best. On her personal account, 90 wins in the Grand Slam and WTA tournaments. It was the third in the ranking of the best tennis players in history by the number of tournaments and cups won. In 2012, Serena won the Olympics.

The best tennis players of the world in ATP version

As predicted once the first in the standings Andre Agassi, this season the leader will remain Novak Djokovic. Predictions have come true, the Serb again - the first racket of the world.

Talented Novak began his sports career at the age of four. In 2011, his triumphal march in the world of tennis started. Having won the second time in the open Australian championship, Novak began his unbeaten series of tournaments, winning a row in 42 meetings.

In the summer of 2011 Novak went to the final of Wimbledon, thus ensuring the first place in the standings. 2013 Djokovic finished in the status of the second racket of the world. In 2014 and 2015, The talented Serb was in good shape. September 13, 2015 at the US Open final Djokovic met for the seventeenth time with Roger Federer and confidently won, thereby confirming the title of the strongest tennis player in the world.