This is a list of top international male singles tennis players, both past and present.

It includes players who have met one or more of the following criteria in singles:

Officially ranked among the top 25 players by the Association of Tennis Professionals (since 1973) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1973 Reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament Reached the finals of year-end championships Won a medal at the Olympic Games

Players who have won at least one Grand Slam singles title or have been ranked world no. 1 in singles are in bold. Players who are still active on the tour are in italics.

List

Active players shown in italics {|class="sortable wikitable" !width="160"|Name!!Birth!!Death!!Nationality!!!!Rank!!Highest inclusion criteria |- id=A |||1920||2006|||| || || 1949 French Championships quarterfinalist |- |||1982||–|| Argentina|| || 20 || Ranking in 2006 |- |||1921||2010|| Hungary|| || || 1947 French Championships quarterfinalist |- |||1970||–|||| 2011 || 1 || Winner of 8 Grand Slam titles and a career Super Slam completed in 1999 + 1 Olympic gold medal + 1 Year-End Championship → 1992 Wimbledon champion • 1994/1999 US Open champion • 1995/2000/2001/2003 Australian Open champion • 1999 French Open champion • 1996 Olympic gold medalist • 1990 ATP Tour World Championships winner • Year-End No. 1 in 1999 • ranking world no. 1 for 101 weeks |- |||1964||–|| Haiti|| || 22 || 1989 French Open quarterfinalist • ranking in 1989 |- |||1962||–|| Spain|| || 7 || Ranking in 1984 |- |||1973||–|||| || 25 || Ranking in 2000 |- |||2003||–|| Spain|| || 1|| Winner of 7 Grand Slam titles and a career Grand Slam completed in 2026 → 2026 Australian Open champion • 2022/2025 U.S. Open champion • 2023/2024 Wimbledon Champion • 2024/2025 French Open champion • 2025 Tour Finals finalist • 2024 Olympic silver medalist • Year-End No. 1 in 2022 and 2025 • ranking world no. 1 for 66 weeks in 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026. |- |||1880||1969|| United States|| 1961 || || Winner of 1 Grand Slam title → 1908 Australasian Championships winner (Now known as the Australian Open) |- |||1951||–|| Australia|| || 8 || 1977 (December) Australian Open semifinalist • ranking in 1975 |- |||1904||1977|| United States|| 1963 || 4 || Winner of 1 Grand Slam title → 1935 United States champion, 1934 finalist • 1930 Wimbledon finalist • ranking in 1932 and 1935 |- |||1985||–|||| || 9 || 2008/2010/2012 French Open quarterfinalist • 2013 Australian Open quarterfinalist • ranking in 2011 |- |||1895||1984|| Spain|| 1977 || 5 || 1921 Wimbledon semifinalist • rated world no. 5 in 1927 |- |||1920||1997|| Philippines|| || || 1952, 1953 French Championships quarterfinalist |- |||1953||–|||| 2024 || 16 || 1973 and 1981 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1973 and 1974 U.S. Open quarterfinalist • ranking in 1980 |- |||1984||–|||| || 7 || 2004 Wimbledon semifinalist • ranking in 2006 |- |||1894||1973|| Australia|| 2013 || 3 || Winner of 3 Grand Slam titles → 1922, 1924 and 1925 Australasian champion • rated world no. 3 in 1924 and 1925 |- |||1986||–|| South Africa|| || 5 || 2018 Wimbledon finalist • 2017 US Open finalist • ranking in 2018 |- |||1935||–|| Australia|| 2000 || 2 || Winner of 1 Grand Slam title → 1957 United States champion • rated amateur world no. 2 in 1957 and 1958 |- |||1983||–|||| || 18 || 2007 French Open quarterfinalist • ranking in 2008 |- |||1952||–|||| || || 1975 French Open quarterfinalist |- |||1963||–|||| || 23 || Ranking in 1986 |- |||1963||–|||| || 12 || 1984 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • Ranking in 1986 |- |||1973||–|||| || 22 || 1997 and 1998 French Open quarterfinalist • 2000 and 2004 Australian Open quarterfinalist • ranking in 2001 |- |||1964||–|||| || 5 || 1983 U.S. Open semifinalist • ranking in 1984 |- |||2001|||| Italy|| || || 2026 French Open semifinalist |- |||1964||–|||| || 23 || 1992 Olympic silver medalist • ranking in 1991 |- |||1917||1986|| Hungary|| || || Winner of 1 Grand Slam title → 1947 French champion • 1948 Wimbledon semifinalist |- |||1943||1993|||| 1985 || 2 || Winner of 3 Grand Slam titles → 1968 U.S. Open champion • 1970 Australian Open champion • 1975 Wimbledon champion • ranking in 1975 |- |||2000||–|||| || 4 || 2021/2025 U.S. Open semifinalist • 2022 Australian Open quarterfinalist • 2021/2026 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 2026 French Open quarterfinalist • Ranking in 2026 |- |||1906||2000|| Great Britain|| 1997 || 2 || 1932 and 1938 Wimbledon finalist • 1937 French finalist • amateur ranking in 1931 |- |||1932||2024|||| || 5 || 1958 and 1960 French finalist • ranking in 1958 |- id=B |||1872||1929|| Great Britain|| 2013 || || Winner of 3 Grand Slam titles → 1891, 1892 and 1895 Wimbledon champion, 1893, 1894 and 1896 runner-up |- |||2000||–|| Argentina|| || 18 || Ranking in 2024 |- |||1985||–|||| || 8 || 2006 Australian Open finalist • 2006 Wimbledon semifinalist • ranking in 2006 |- |||1953||–|||| || 7 || 1977 U.S. Open semifinalist • 1978 French Open semifinalist • ranking in 1978 |- |||1873||1943|| Great Britain|| || || 1908, 1909 and 1911 Wimbledon finalist |- |||1941||–|||| || || Ranked a world top-20 player for 1971 |- |||1992||–|| Georgia|| || 16 || Ranking in 2019 |- |||1988||–|| Spain|| || 9 || Ranking in 2020 • 2016 Olympics quarterfinals • 2019 Wimbledon semifinalist |- |||1879||1944|| Great Britain|| || || 1912 Australasian championships finalist |- |||1967||–|| West Germany/Germany || 2003 || 1 || Winner of 6 Grand Slam titles → 1985/1986/1989 Wimbledon champion • 1989 U.S. Open champion • 1991/1996 Australian Open champion • 1988 Masters Grand Prix champion; 1992/1995 ATP Tour World champion • ranking world no. 1 for 12 weeks in 1991 |- |||1885||1949|||| 1969 || || 1906 U.S. Championship finalist |- |||1945||–|||| || || 1968 Australian Championships quarterfinalist |- |||1875||1947|| United States|| || || 1904 Olympic bronze medalist |- |||1987||–|| Brazil|| || 21 || Ranking in 2010 |- |||1959||–|| Argentina|| || 21 || Ranking in 1987 |- |||1981||–|||| || 25 || 2006 French Open quarterfinalist • ranking in 2014 |- |||1973||–|| Spain|| || 7 || 1994 French Open finalist • ranking in 1994 |- |||1985||–|| Czech Republic|| || 4 || 2010 Wimbledon finalist • 2011 Tour Finals semifinalist • ranking in 2015 |- |||1925||2008|| Sweden|| || || 1946/1948/1951 Wimbledon quarterfinalist |- |||1966||–|||| || 7 || 1989 U.S. Open quarterfinalist • 1989 French Open quarterfinalist • ranking in 1990 |- |||1967||–|| Sweden|| || || 1993 Australian Open quarterfinalist |- |||1914||1994|||| || || Winner of 1 Grand Slam title → 1946 French Championships champion |- |||1996||–|| Italy|| || 6 || 2022 Australian Open semifinalist • 2021/2026 French Open quarterfinalist • 2021 Wimbledon finalist • 2019 U.S. Open semifinalist • Ranking in 2022 |- |||1951||–|| Italy|| || 12 || 1973 French Open quarterfinalist • ranking in 1973 |- |||1909||1980|| Great Britain|| || || 1939 French Championships quarterfinalist |- |||1972||–|| Sweden|| || 4 || 1997 U.S. Open semifinalist • 2006 Wimbledon semifinalist • ranking in 1997 |- |||1969||–|| Zimbabwe|| || 22 || 1995 U.S. Open quarterfinalist • 2000 Wimbledon quarterfinalist • ranking in 1996 |- |||1979||–|||| || 4 || 2005/2006 U.S. Open quarterfinalist • 2008 Australian Open quarterfinalist • 2006 Tour Finals finalist • ranking in 2006 |- |||1976||–|| Spain|| || || 1997 French Open quarterfinalist |- |||2005||–|| Belgium|| || || 2026 U.S. Open quarterfinalist |- |||1969||–|||| || 12 || Ranking in 1996 |- |||1870||1958|| Great Britain|| || || 1896 Olympic gold medalist |- |||1956||–|| Sweden|| 1987 || 1 || Winner of 11 Grand Slam titles → 1974/1975/1978/1979/1980/1981 French Open champion • 1976/1977/1978/1979/1980 Wimbledon champion • 1979/1980 Masters Grand Prix champion • Year-End No. 1 in 1979 and 1980 • ranking world no. 1 for 109 weeks → for 1 week in 1977, 32 in 1979, 49 in 1980 and 27 in 1981 |- |||1898||1994|||| 1976 || 2 || Winner of 5 Grand Slam titles → 1924 and 1931 French champion • 1924 and 1926 Wimbledon champion • 1928 Australian champion • ranking in 1926 |- |||1949||–|||| || 25 || Ranking in 1977 |- |||1943||–|| Australia|| || || Winner of 1 Grand Slam title → 1968 Australian champion |- |||1908||2003|||| || || 1931 French Championships finalist, 1928 Wimbledon semifinalist |- |||1930||2011|| Belgium|| || || 1958 French Championships semifinalist |- ||| || || Great Britain|| || || Won inaugural French championships in 1891 |- |||1864||1939|| United States|| || || 1885 U.S. Championships finalist |- |||1918||1999|| Australia|| 1984 || 2 || Winner of 2 Grand Slam titles → 1939 and 1946 Australian champion • ranking in 1939 |- |||1877||1968|| Australia|| 1977 || || Winner of 3 Grand Slam titles → 1907 and 1914 Wimbledon champion • 1911 Australasian champion |- |||1924||2001|| Great Britain|| || 3 || 1946 Wimbledon finalist • amateur ranking in 1946 |- |||1922||2011|||| || || 1946 United States finalist • 1947 Wimbledon finalist |- |||1895||1978||||1976 || 9 || 1926 Wimbledon semifinalist • rated world no. 9 in 1927 |- |||1971||–|| Spain|| || 3 || Winner of 2 Grand Slam titles → 1993/1994 French Open champion • 1996 Olympic silver medalist • ranking in 1994 |- |||1997||–|| Kazakhstan|| ||10|| 2025 French Open quarterfinalist • Ranking in 2026 |- |||1940||–|| || 2005|| 5 || 1960 U.S. National semifinalist • ranking in 1960 |- |||1915||2000|||| 1964 || 1 || Winner of 6 Grand Slam titles → 1937 and 1938 Wimbledon champion • 1937 and 1938 United States champion • 1938 French champion • 1938 Australian champion • rated amateur world no. 1 for 2 years, 1937 through 1938 |- id=C |||1965||–|||| || 22 || Ranking in 1989 • 1988 U.S. Open semifinalist |- |||1871||1953|| United States|| 1955 || || Winner of 3 Grand Slam titles → 1890, 1891 and 1892 United States champion |- |||1976||–|||| || 16 || Ranking in 2003 |- |||1968||–|||| || 18 || Ranking in 1992 |- |||1963||–|||| || 21 || Ranking in 1985 |- |||1977||–|||| || 8 || Ranking in 2005 ◌ 2002/2005/2007 French Open quarterfinalist |- |||1970||–|||| || || 1991 Australian Open quarterfinalist |- |||1869||1937|| Great Britain|| || || 1903 Wimbledon semifinalist • 1908 Olympic indoor silver medalist |- |||1968||–|||| || 6 || Ranking in 1988 |- |||1991||–|||| || 10 || Ranking in 2017 • 2017/2020 U.S. Open semifinalist • 2020 Olympic bronze medalist |- |||1951||–|||| || 13 || Ranking in 1976 ◌ 1974 Australian Open semifinalist |- |||1965||–|||| || 4 || Winner of 1 Grand Slam title → 1987 Wimbledon champion • ranking in 1988 |- |||1992||–|| Italy|| || 16 || 2018 French Open semifinalist • ranking in 2019 |- |||1917||1965|| Czechoslovakia|| || || 1937, 1938 French Championships quarterfinalist • 1938 Wimbledon quarterfinalist |- |||1998||–|||| || 18 || Ranking in 2025 |- |||1875||1955|||| 1961 || || 1894 United States semifinalist |- |||1966||–|||| || || 1990 French Open quarterfinalist • 1991 Wimbledon quarterfinalist |- |||1972||–|||| 2008 || 2 || Winner of 1 Grand Slam title → 1989 French Open champion • ranking in 1996 |- |||1987||–|||| || 25 || 2013 Australian Open quarterfinalist • ranking in 2013 |- |||1979||–|||| || 15 || 2004/2011 French Open quarterfinalist • 2007 US Open quarterfinalist • ranking in 2004 |- |||1970||–|| Soviet Union/|| || 13 || 1990 Australian Open quarterfinalist • 1990 U.S. Open quarterfinalist • 1992 Olympic bronze medalist • ranking in 1991 |- |||1966||–|| Soviet Union/|| || 9 || 1989 French Open semifinalist • ranking in 1991 |- |||1850||1903|| Great Britain|| || || 1884 Wimbledon semifinalist |- |||1988||–|| || || 3 || 2014 U.S. Open champion • 2017 Wimbledon finalist • 2018 Australian Open finalist • 2022 French Open semifinalist • 2010 Australian Open semifinalist • ranking in 2018 |- |||1859||1937|| United States||1983 || || 1882 U.S. Championship finalist |- |||1861||1956|| United States||1955 || || 1885/1886/1887 U.S. Championship semifinalist |- |||1968||–|||| || 18 || Ranking in 1992 |-