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|| 1913 || '''[[Tony Wilding]]''' (NZ) '''A.''' || [[Norman Brookes]] (AUS) '''A.''' and [[Maurice McLoughlin]] (USA) '''A.''' || '''A. Wallis Myers''' of the London '''Daily Telegraph'''; his top 10 rankings, all amateur, were Wilding, Brookes and McLoughlin tied for 2nd, [[Jim Cecil Parke]], [[R. Norris Williams]], [[Percy Dixon]], [[Otto Froitzheim]], [[Stanley Doust]], [[André Gobert]], and [[Max Décugis]]. | || 1913 || '''[[Tony Wilding]]''' (NZ) '''A.''' || [[Norman Brookes]] (AUS) '''A.''' and [[Maurice McLoughlin]] (USA) '''A.''' || '''A. Wallis Myers''' of the London '''Daily Telegraph'''; his top 10 rankings, all amateur, were Wilding, Brookes and McLoughlin tied for 2nd, [[Jim Cecil Parke]], [[R. Norris Williams]], [[Percy Dixon]], [[Otto Froitzheim]], [[Stanley Doust]], [[André Gobert]], and [[Max Décugis]]. | ||
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|| 1925 || '''[[Bill Tilden|Big Bill Tilden]]''' (USA) '''A.''' || [[Bill Johnston|Little Bill Johnston]] (USA) '''A.''' || '''A. Wallis Myers''' of the London '''Daily Telegraph'''; his top 10 rankings, all amateur, were Tilden, Johnston, Richards, Lacoste, Williams, Borotra, Patterson, Alonso, Norton, [[Takeichi Harada]]. | || 1914 || '''[[Maurice McLoughlin]]''' (USA) '''A.''' || [[Norman Brookes]] (AUS) '''A.''' and [[Tony Wilding]] (NZ) '''A.''' || '''A. Wallis Myers''' of the London '''Daily Telegraph'''; his top 10 rankings, all amateur, were McLoughlin, Brookes and Wilding tied for 2nd, Froitzheim, Williams, Parke, [[Arthur Lowe (tennis)|Arthur Lowe]], [[F. Gordon Lowe]], [[Heinrich Kleinschroth]], and Décugis. | ||
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|| 1925 || '''[[Bill Tilden|Big Bill Tilden]]''' (USA) '''A.''' || [[Bill Johnston|Little Bill Johnston]] (USA) '''A.''' || '''A. Wallis Myers''' of the London '''Daily Telegraph'''; his top 10 rankings, all amateur, were Tilden, Johnston, Richards, Lacoste, Williams, Borotra, Patterson, Alonso, Norton, and [[Takeichi Harada]]. | |||
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*''The Official Encyclopedia of Tennis'' (1981) of the [[United States Tennis Association]] has annual rankings for the top 10 amateur players as compiled every year from 1914 through 1980. These rankings were made annually by various tennis experts at a London newspaper, '''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''', '''A. Wallis Myers''' (1913-1938), '''John Olliff''' (1939-1951), and '''Lance Tingay''' (1952-1967). Beginning with the late 1920s, some of the best players in the world were professionals; once they became professionals, as Bill Tilden did in 1931, they were not longer included in these annual lists. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 5 July 2007
This is a supplement to the articles about Tennis and Famous tennis players, and to the articles about the individual players.
Under construction: this will be a chronological list of all male players who have ever been considered to be the World No. 1 player or Co-No. 1 for an entire year. There were no official rankings of players worldwide until approximately 1972, so all of these rankings are both unofficial and entirely subjective. For each year, however, at least one, and sometimes more, authoritative source for that ranking is given:
(A = Amateur, P = Professional)
The No. 1 player in the world for the full calendar year:
| Year | Name | World No. 2 | Source of Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Tony Wilding (NZ) A. | Norman Brookes (AUS) A. and Maurice McLoughlin (USA) A. | A. Wallis Myers of the London Daily Telegraph; his top 10 rankings, all amateur, were Wilding, Brookes and McLoughlin tied for 2nd, Jim Cecil Parke, R. Norris Williams, Percy Dixon, Otto Froitzheim, Stanley Doust, André Gobert, and Max Décugis. |
| 1914 | Maurice McLoughlin (USA) A. | Norman Brookes (AUS) A. and Tony Wilding (NZ) A. | A. Wallis Myers of the London Daily Telegraph; his top 10 rankings, all amateur, were McLoughlin, Brookes and Wilding tied for 2nd, Froitzheim, Williams, Parke, Arthur Lowe, F. Gordon Lowe, Heinrich Kleinschroth, and Décugis. |
| 1925 | Big Bill Tilden (USA) A. | Little Bill Johnston (USA) A. | A. Wallis Myers of the London Daily Telegraph; his top 10 rankings, all amateur, were Tilden, Johnston, Richards, Lacoste, Williams, Borotra, Patterson, Alonso, Norton, and Takeichi Harada. |
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- The Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (1981) of the United States Tennis Association has annual rankings for the top 10 amateur players as compiled every year from 1914 through 1980. These rankings were made annually by various tennis experts at a London newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, A. Wallis Myers (1913-1938), John Olliff (1939-1951), and Lance Tingay (1952-1967). Beginning with the late 1920s, some of the best players in the world were professionals; once they became professionals, as Bill Tilden did in 1931, they were not longer included in these annual lists.
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