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Since 1978, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has designated a "World Champion" each year based on performances throughout the year, including Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the Davis Cup, and weekly tour events.

Men's singles

The International Tennis Federation's (ITF) choices for men's singles have been generally approved by tennis fans and the tennis media except in 1990 when the designation of Ivan Lendl was strongly criticized by those who claimed that the ITF was punishing Stefan Edberg for not playing the Grand Slam Cup.^[1] That year, the Association of Tennis Professionals named Edberg its "Player of The Year," in accordance with its computer ranking system, and Tennis Magazine (France) ranked Edberg first, Andre Agassi second, and Lendl third. Other instances when the ITF choices differed from the ATP rankings, usually with less controversy, are 1978 (Jimmy Connors), 1982 (John McEnroe), and 1989 (Lendl).

1978 Björn Borg
1979 Björn Borg (2)
1980 Björn Borg (3)
1981 John McEnroe
1982 Jimmy Connors
1983 John McEnroe (2)
1984 John McEnroe (3)
1985 Ivan Lendl
1986 Ivan Lendl (2)
1987 Ivan Lendl (3)
1988 Mats Wilander
1989 Boris Becker
1990 Ivan Lendl (4)
1991 Stefan Edberg
1992 Jim Courier
1993 Pete Sampras
1994 Pete Sampras (2)
1995 Pete Sampras (3)
1996 Pete Sampras (4)
1997 Pete Sampras (5)
1998 Pete Sampras (6)
1999 Andre Agassi
2000 Gustavo Kuerten
2001 Lleyton Hewitt
2002 Lleyton Hewitt (2)
2003 Andy Roddick
2004 Roger Federer
2005 Roger Federer (2)
2006 Roger Federer (3)
2007 Roger Federer (4)
2008 Rafael Nadal
2009 Roger Federer (5)

Women's singles

1978 Chris Evert
1979 Martina Navratilova
1980 Chris Evert (2)
1981 Chris Evert (3)
1982 Martina Navratilova (2)
1983 Martina Navratilova (3)
1984 Martina Navratilova (4)
1985 Martina Navratilova (5)
1986 Martina Navratilova (6)
1987 Steffi Graf
1988 Steffi Graf (2)
1989 Steffi Graf (3)
1990 Steffi Graf (4)
1991 Monica Seles
1992 Monica Seles (2)
1993 Steffi Graf (5)
1994 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
1995 Steffi Graf (6)
1996 Steffi Graf (7)
1997 Martina Hingis
1998 Lindsay Davenport
1999 Martina Hingis (2)
2000 Martina Hingis (3)
2001 Jennifer Capriati
2002 Serena Williams
2003 Justine Henin
2004 Anastasia Myskina
2005 Kim Clijsters
2006 Justine Henin (2)
2007 Justine Henin (3)
2008 Jelena Jankovic
2009 Serena Williams (2)

Men's doubles

1996 Todd Woodbridge (1) & Mark Woodforde (1) – see also The Woodies
1997 Todd Woodbridge (2) & Mark Woodforde (2)
1998 Jacco Eltingh (1) & Paul Haarhuis (1)
1999 Mahesh Bhupathi (1) & Leander Paes (1)
2000 Todd Woodbridge (3) & Mark Woodforde (3)
2001 Jonas Björkman (1) & Todd Woodbridge (4)
2002 Mark Knowles (1) & Daniel Nestor (1)
2003 Bob Bryan (1) & Mike Bryan (1) – see also Bob and Mike Bryan
2004 Bob Bryan (2) & Mike Bryan (2)
2005 Bob Bryan (3) & Mike Bryan (3)
2006 Bob Bryan (4) & Mike Bryan (4)
2007 Bob Bryan (5) & Mike Bryan (5)
2008 Daniel Nestor (2) & Nenad Zimonjic (1)
2009 Bob Bryan (6) & Mike Bryan (6)

Women's doubles

1996 Lindsay Davenport (1) & Mary Joe Fernandez (1)
1997 Lindsay Davenport (2) & Jana Novotna (1)
1998 Lindsay Davenport (3) & Natasha Zvereva (1)
1999 Martina Hingis (1) & Anna Kournikova (1)
2000 Julie Halard-Decugis (1) & Ai Sugiyama (1)
2001 Lisa Raymond (1) & Rennae Stubbs (1)
2002 Virginia Ruano Pascual (1) & Paola Suárez (1)
2003 Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) & Paola Suárez (2)
2004 Virginia Ruano Pascual (3) & Paola Suárez (3)
2005 Lisa Raymond (2) & Samantha Stosur (1)
2006 Lisa Raymond (3) & Samantha Stosur (2)
2007 Cara Black (1) & Liezel Huber (1)
2008 Cara Black (2) & Liezel Huber (2)
2009 Serena Williams (1) & Venus Williams (1)

Notes

^ Tennis Magazine (France), February 1991, issue no. 179. The magazine said, "'On' a choisi de sanctionner un champion qui n'avait pas craint d'avouer publiquement le peu d'importance qu'il accordait à la Coupe du Grand Chelem, la fameuse invention de la FIT pour 'casser' l'ATP Tour." Translated into English, "'One' has chosen to sanction a champion who hadn't feared to publicly confess the little importance he granted to the Grand Slam Cup, the famous ITF invention to 'break' the ATP Tour."

External links

International Tennis Federation's Roll of Honour

[1] Tennis Magazine (France), February 1991, issue no. 179. The magazine said, "'On' a choisi de sanctionner un champion qui n'avait pas craint d'avouer publiquement le peu d'importance qu'il accordait à la Coupe du Grand Chelem, la fameuse invention de la FIT pour 'casser' l'ATP Tour." Translated into English, "'One' has chosen to sanction a champion who hadn't feared to publicly confess the little importance he granted to the Grand Slam Cup, the famous ITF invention to 'break' the ATP Tour."

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	Since 1978, the [[International Tennis Federation]] (ITF) has designated a "World Champion" each year based on performances throughout the year, including [[Grand Slam (tennis)\|Grand Slam]] tournaments, the [[ATP World Tour Finals]], the [[Davis Cup]], and weekly tour events.		Since 1978, the [[International Tennis Federation]] (ITF) has designated a "World Champion" each year based on performances throughout the year, including [[Grand Slam (tennis)\|Grand Slam]] tournaments, the [[ATP World Tour Finals]], the [[Davis Cup]], and weekly tour events.