ATP RANKINGS HISTORY 1973 - 2013 Special Edition Forty years of our lives LUCA MARIANANTONI Luca Marianantoni mobile +39 338 6309103 [email protected] facebook.com/luca.marianantoni twitter.com/Marianantoni 1973 YEAR-END TOP 100 ATP RANKINGS 1 Nastase Ilie ROM 51 Crealy Dick AUS 2 Newcombe John AUS 52 Masters Geoff AUS 3 Connors Jimmy USA 53 Pattison Andrew ZIM 4 Okker Tom NED 54 Molina Ivan COL 5 Smith Stan USA 55 Dominguez Patrice FRA 6 Rosewall Ken AUS 56 Austin Jeff USA 7 Orantes Manuel ESP 57 Bengtson Ove SWE 8 Laver Rod AUS 58 Szoke Peter HUN 9 Kodes Jan CZE 59 Solomon Harold USA 10 Ashe Arthur USA 60 Stone Allan AUS 11 Gorman Tom USA 61 Johansson Kjell SWE 12 Emerson Roy AUS 62 Mulligan Martin AUS 13 Riessen Marty USA 63 Barthes Pierre FRA 14 Panatta Adriano ITA 64 Phillips Moore Barry AUS 15 Pilic Nikola YUG 65 Jovanovic Boro YUG 16 Taylor Roger GBR 66 Battrick Gerald GBR 17 Fillol Jaime CHI 67 Goven Georges FRA 18 Borg Bjorn SWE 68 Gisbert Juan ESP 19 Richey Cliff USA 69 Zugarelli Antonio ITA 20 Bertolucci Paolo ITA 70 Franulovic Zeljko YUG 21 Gottfried Brian USA 71 Stewart Sherwood USA 22 Cox Mark GBR 72 Froehling Frank USA 23 Drysdale Cliff RSA 73 Maud Robert RSA 24 Tanner Roscoe USA 74 Tiriac Ion ROM 25 Fairlie Brian NZL 75 Estep Mike USA 26 Ramirez Raul MEX 76 Barazzutti Corrado ITA 27 Stockton Dick USA 77 Pinto Bravo Jaime CHI 28 Dibbs Eddie USA 78 McMillan Frew RSA 29 Alexander John AUS 79 Sakai Toshiro JPN 30 Amritraj Vijay IND 80 Carmichael Bob AUS 31 Vilas Guillermo ARG 81 El Shafei Ismail EGY 32 Meiler Karl GER 82 Borowiak Jeff USA 33 Mottram Buster GBR 83 Munoz Antonio ESP 34 Metreveli Alex RUS 84 Chanfreau Jean Baptiste FRA 35 Lutz Bob USA 85 Kary Hans AUT 36 Stolle Fred AUS 86 Cooper John AUS 37 Pohmann Hans Jurgen GER 87 Fletcher Ian AUS 38 Van Dillen Erik USA 88 Holecek Milan CZE 39 Dibley Colin AUS 89 N’Godrella Wanaro FRA 40 Parun Onny NZL 90 Rahim Haroon PAK 41 Proisy Patrick FRA 91 Zednik Vladimir CZE 42 Case Ross AUS 92 Simpson Jeff NZL 43 Moore Ray RSA 93 Paish John GBR 44 Hrebec Jiri CZE 94 Kamiwazumi Jun JPN 45 Jauffret Francois FRA 95 McManus Jim USA 46 Fassbender Jurgen GER 96 Seewagen Butch USA 47 Pasarell Charlie USA 97 Kronk Paul AUS 48 Graebner Clark USA 98 Dell Dick USA 49 Dent Phil AUS 99 Cornejo Patricio CHI 50 Gerken Paul USA 100 Lloyd John GBR ATP RANKINGS LUCA MARIANANTONI 1974 1 Connors Jimmy USA 51 Fassbender Jurgen GER 2 Newcombe John AUS 52 Yuill John RSA 3 Borg Bjorn SWE 53 Pasarell Charlie USA 4 Laver Rod AUS 54 Masters Geoff AUS 5 Vilas Guillermo ARG 55 Mayer Sandy USA 6 Okker Tom NED 56 Barazzutti Corrado ITA 7 Ashe Arthur USA 57 Maud Robert RSA 8 Rosewall Ken AUS 58 Fairlie Brian NZL 9 Smith Stan USA 59 Mottram Buster GBR 10 Nastase Ilie ROM 60 Van Dillen Erik USA 11 Orantes Manuel ESP 61 Crealy Dick AUS 12 Riessen Marty USA 62 Lara Marcelo MEX 13 Metreveli Alex RUS 63 Stewart Sherwood USA 14 Tanner Roscoe USA 64 Dominguez Patrice FRA 15 Solomon Harold USA 65 Hewitt Bob RSA 16 Stockton Dick USA 66 Cornejo Patricio CHI 17 Kodes Jan CZE 67 Meiler Karl GER 18 Ramirez Raul MEX 68 Bengtson Ove SWE 19 Drysdale Cliff RSA 69 Gerken Paul USA 20 Dibbs Eddie USA 70 Franulovic Zeljko YUG 21 Parun Onny NZL 71 Zugarelli Antonio ITA 22 Gorman Tom USA 72 Tiriac Ion ROM 23 Roche Tony AUS 73 Ganzabal Julian ARG 24 Koch Thomas BRA 74 Proisy Patrick FRA 25 Richey Cliff USA 75 Ruffels Ray AUS 26 Jauffret Francois FRA 76 Phillips Moore Barry AUS 27 Pattison Andrew ZIM 77 Molina Ivan COL 28 Alexander John AUS 78 Moore Ray RSA 29 Gottfried Brian USA 79 Andrews John USA 30 Fillol Jaime CHI 80 Barthes Pierre FRA 31 Case Ross AUS 81 Velasco Jairo COL 32 Cox Mark GBR 82 Emerson Roy AUS 33 Pilic Nikola YUG 83 Goven Georges FRA 34 Panatta Adriano ITA 84 Reid Raz USA 35 Gisbert Juan ESP 85 Amritraj Anand IND 36 Martin Billy USA 86 Kary Hans AUT 37 El Shafei Ismail EGY 87 Whitlinger John USA 38 Taroczy Balazs HUN 88 Brown Bill USA 39 Warwick Kim AUS 89 Kuki Jun JPN 40 Amritraj Vijay IND 90 Dibley Colin AUS 41 Taylor Roger GBR 91 Holecek Milan CZE 42 Borowiak Jeff USA 92 Kronk Paul AUS 43 Dent Phil AUS 93 Zednik Vladimir CZE 44 Hrebec Jiri CZE 94 Mandarino Edison BRA 45 Pohmann Hans Jurgen GER 95 Krulevitz Steve USA 46 McMillan Frew RSA 96 McNair Freddie USA 47 Gerulaitis Vitas USA 97 Lloyd John GBR 48 Lutz Bob USA 98 Plotz Hans Joachim GER 49 Stone Allan AUS 99 Graebner Clark USA 50 Bertolucci Paolo ITA 100 Battrick Gerald GBR 4 ATP RANKINGS LUCA MARIANANTONI 1975 1 Connors Jimmy USA 51 Mitton Bernie RSA 2 Vilas Guillermo ARG 52 Taylor Roger GBR 3 Borg Bjorn SWE 53 Hrebec Jiri CZE 4 Ashe Arthur USA 54 Molina Ivan COL 5 Orantes Manuel ESP 55 Pecci Victor PAR 6 Rosewall Ken AUS 56 Crealy Dick AUS 7 Nastase Ilie ROM 57 Bertolucci Paolo ITA 8 Alexander John AUS 58 Fibak Wojtek POL 9 Tanner Roscoe USA 59 McMillan Frew RSA 10 Laver Rod AUS 60 Pinner Ulrich GER 11 Okker Tom NED 61 Moore Ray RSA 12 Roche Tony AUS 62 Koch Thomas BRA 13 Ramirez Raul MEX 63 Pasarell Charlie USA 14 Panatta Adriano ITA 64 Fassbender Jurgen GER 15 Gerulaitis Vitas USA 65 El Shafei Ismail EGY 16 Fillol Jaime CHI 66 Fairlie Brian NZL 17 Solomon Harold USA 67 Martin Billy USA 18 Dibbs Eddie USA 68 Franulovic Zeljko YUG 19 Kodes Jan CZE 69 Taroczy Balazs HUN 20 Newcombe John AUS 70 Andrews John USA 21 Smith Stan USA 71 Carmichael Bob AUS 22 Lutz Bob USA 72 Van Dillen Erik USA 23 Gottfried Brian USA 73 Delaney Jim USA 24 Riessen Marty USA 74 Pohmann Hans Jurgen GER 25 Cox Mark GBR 75 Rahim Haroon PAK 26 Parun Onny NZL 76 Plotz Hans Joachim GER 27 Case Ross AUS 77 Stewart Sherwood USA 28 Mayer Sandy USA 78 Dominguez Patrice FRA 29 Amritraj Vijay IND 79 Cahill Mike USA 30 Stockton Dick USA 80 Gerken Paul USA 31 Meiler Karl GER 81 Velasco Jairo COL 32 Richey Cliff USA 82 Goven Georges FRA 33 Dent Phil AUS 83 Stilwell Graham GBR 34 Hewitt Bob RSA 84 Kary Hans AUT 35 Mottram Buster GBR 85 Dowdeswell Colin GBR 36 Drysdale Cliff RSA 86 Elschenbroich Harald GER 37 Pattison Andrew ZIM 87 Giltinan Bob AUS 38 Stone Allan AUS 88 Menon Sashi IND 39 Jauffret Francois FRA 89 Kronk Paul AUS 40 Barazzutti Corrado ITA 90 Zugarelli Antonio ITA 41 Gisbert Juan ESP 91 Holmes Norman USA 42 Cano Ricardo ARG 92 Spear Nikola YUG 43 Proisy Patrick FRA 93 Lloyd John GBR 44 Masters Geoff AUS 94 Dibley Colin AUS 45 Gorman Tom USA 95 Andersson Birger SWE 46 Higueras Josè ESP 96 Amaya Victor USA 47 Metreveli Alex RUS 97 Johansson Kjell SWE 48 Borowiak Jeff USA 98 Whitlinger John USA 49 Warwick Kim AUS 99 Cramer Pat RSA 50 Pilic Nikola YUG 100 Waltke Trey USA 5 ATP RANKINGS LUCA MARIANANTONI 1976 1 Connors Jimmy USA 51 Cano Ricardo ARG 2 Borg Bjorn SWE 52 Scanlon Bill USA 3 Nastase Ilie ROM 53 Masters Geoff AUS 4 Orantes Manuel ESP 54 Meiler Karl GER 5 Ramirez Raul MEX 55 Pattison Andrew ZIM 6 Vilas Guillermo ARG 56 Pasarell Charlie USA 7 Panatta Adriano ITA 57 Bertram Byron RSA 8 Solomon Harold USA 58 Koch Thomas BRA 9 Dibbs Eddie USA 59 Riessen Marty USA 10 Gottfried Brian USA 60 Borowiak Jeff USA 11 Tanner Roscoe USA 61 Lloyd John GBR 12 Ashe Arthur USA 62 Martin Billy USA 13 Rosewall Ken AUS 63 Metreveli Alex RUS 14 Fibak Wojtek POL 64 Delaney Jim USA 15 Stockton Dick USA 65 Mitton Bernie RSA 16 Smith Stan USA 66 Prajoux Belus CHI 17 Cox Mark GBR 67 Warwick Kim AUS 18 Gerulaitis Vitas USA 68 Pilic Nikola YUG 19 Kodes Jan CZE 69 Hrebec Jiri CZE 20 Lutz Bob USA 70 Kary Hans AUT 21 Newcombe John AUS 71 Moor Terry USA 22 Barazzutti Corrado ITA 72 Pinner Ulrich GER 23 Okker Tom NED 73 Hagey Chico USA 24 Fillol Jaime CHI 74 Laver Rod AUS 25 Drysdale Cliff RSA 75 Mayer Sandy USA 26 Jauffret Francois FRA 76 Stewart Sherwood USA 27 Ruffels Ray AUS 77 Krulevitz Steve USA 28 Richey Cliff USA 78 Kuki Jun JPN 29 Parun Onny NZL 79 Walts Butch USA 30 Zugarelli Antonio ITA 80 Taylor Roger GBR 31 Amritraj Vijay IND 81 Estep Mike USA 32 Taroczy Balazs HUN 82 Teacher Brian USA 33 Bertolucci Paolo ITA 83 Hewitt Bob RSA 34 Pecci Victor PAR 84 Waltke Trey USA 35 Edmondson Mark AUS 85 Dibley Colin AUS 36 Fairlie Brian NZL 86 McMillan Frew RSA 37 Dent Phil AUS 87 Kronk Paul AUS 38 Crealy Dick AUS 88 McNair Freddie USA 39 Moore Ray RSA 89 Ball Sydney AUS 40 Pohmann Hans Jurgen GER 90 Menon Sashi IND 41 Mottram Buster GBR 91 Molina Ivan COL 42 Higueras Josè ESP 92 Machette Mike USA 43 Bengtson Ove SWE 93 Fassbender Jurgen GER 44 Franulovic Zeljko YUG 94 Ganzabal Julian ARG 45 Case Ross AUS 95 Caujolle Jean Francoise FRA 46 Gorman Tom USA 96 Johansson Kjell SWE 47 Alexander John AUS 97 Yuill John RSA 48 Mayer Gene USA 98 Betancur Alvaro COL 49 Rahim Haroon PAK 99 Dupre Pat USA 50 Roche Tony AUS 100 Gisbert Juan ESP 6 ATP RANKINGS LUCA MARIANANTONI 1977 1 Connors Jimmy USA 51 Lewis Chris NZL 2 Vilas Guillermo ARG 52 Walts Butch USA 3 Borg Bjorn SWE 53 Moor Terry USA 4 Gerulaitis Vitas USA 54 Teacher Brian USA 5 Gottfried Brian USA 55 Case Ross AUS 6 Dibbs Eddie USA 56 Hewitt Bob RSA 7 Orantes Manuel ESP 57 Riessen Marty USA 8 Ramirez Raul MEX 58 Jauffret Francois FRA 9 Nastase Ilie ROM 59 Martin Billy USA 10 Stockton Dick USA 60 Gullikson Tom USA 11 Barazzutti Corrado ITA 61 McMillan Frew RSA 12 Rosewall Ken AUS 62 Saviano Nick USA 13 Fibak Wojtek POL 63 Hrebec Jiri CZE 14 Solomon Harold USA 64 Fassbender Jurgen GER 15 Tanner Roscoe USA 65 Letcher Cliff AUS 16 Mayer Sandy USA 66 Johansson Kjell SWE 17 Fillol Jaime CHI 67 Smid Tomas CZE 18 Alexander John AUS 68 Crealy Dick AUS 19 Roche Tony AUS 69 Cornejo Patricio CHI 20 Mottram Buster GBR 70 Lara Marcelo MEX 21 McEnroe John USA 71 Pasarell Charlie USA 22 Dent Phil AUS 72 Granat Jiri CZE 23 Panatta Adriano ITA 73 Amaya Victor USA 24