- ITF World Champions
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Since 1978, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has designated a "World Champion" [1] each year based on performances throughout the year, including Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the Davis Cup, and weekly tour events.
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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.[2] 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).
Women's singles
ITF world champions for women differed from the WTA year-end rankings the following years: Chris Evert (1978), Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1994), Jennifer Capriati (2001), Anastasia Myskina (2004) and Kim Clijsters (2005).
Year Player Nationality 1978 Chris Evert 
United States1979 Martina Navratilova United States1980 Chris Evert (2) United States1981 Chris Evert (3) United States1982 Martina Navratilova (2) United States1983 Martina Navratilova (3) United States1984 Martina Navratilova (4) United States1985 Martina Navratilova (5) United States1986 Martina Navratilova (6) United States1987 Steffi Graf 
West Germany1988 Steffi Graf (2) West Germany1989 Steffi Graf (3) West Germany1990 Steffi Graf (4) Germany1991 Monica Seles 
Yugoslavia1992 Monica Seles (2) 
Yugoslavia1993 Steffi Graf (5) Germany1994 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 
Spain1995 Steffi Graf (6) Germany1996 Steffi Graf (7) Germany1997 Martina Hingis 
Switzerland1998 Lindsay Davenport United States1999 Martina Hingis (2) Switzerland2000 Martina Hingis (3) Switzerland2001 Jennifer Capriati United States2002 Serena Williams United States2003 Justine Henin 
Belgium2004 Anastasia Myskina 
Russia2005 Kim Clijsters Belgium2006 Justine Henin (2) Belgium2007 Justine Henin (3) Belgium2008 Jelena Janković 
Serbia2009 Serena Williams (2) United States2010 Caroline Wozniacki 
DenmarkMen's doubles
Year Player Nationality 1996 Todd Woodbridge (1) & Mark Woodforde (1) 
Australia & Australia1997 Todd Woodbridge (2) & Mark Woodforde (2) Australia & Australia1998 Jacco Eltingh (1) & Paul Haarhuis (1) 
Netherlands & Netherlands1999 Mahesh Bhupathi (1) & Leander Paes (1) 
India & India2000 Todd Woodbridge (3) & Mark Woodforde (3) Australia & Australia2001 Jonas Björkman (1) & Todd Woodbridge (4) 
Sweden & Australia2002 Mark Knowles (1) & Daniel Nestor (1) 
Bahamas & 
Canada2003 Bob Bryan (1) & Mike Bryan (1) United States & United States2004 Bob Bryan (2) & Mike Bryan (2) United States & United States2005 Bob Bryan (3) & Mike Bryan (3) United States & United States2006 Bob Bryan (4) & Mike Bryan (4) United States & United States2007 Bob Bryan (5) & Mike Bryan (5) United States & United States2008 Daniel Nestor (2) & Nenad Zimonjić (1) Canada & Serbia2009 Bob Bryan (6) & Mike Bryan (6) United States & United States2010 Bob Bryan (7) & Mike Bryan (7) United States & United StatesWomen's doubles
Boys
Boy's singles (1978-2003)
Year Player Nationality 1978 Ivan Lendl 
Czechoslovakia1979 Raúl Viver 
Ecuador1980 Thierry Tulasne 
France1981 Pat Cash Australia1982 Guy Forget France1983 Stefan Edberg Sweden1984 Mark Kratzmann Australia1985 Claudio Pistolesi 
Italy1986 Javier Sánchez Spain1987 Jason Stoltenberg Australia1988 Nicolas Pereira 
Venezuela1989 Nicklas Kulti Sweden1990 Andrea Gaudenzi Italy1991 Thomas Enqvist Sweden1992 Brian Dunn United States1993 Marcelo Ríos 
Chile1994 Federico Browne 
Argentina1995 Mariano Zabaleta Argentina1996 Sébastien Grosjean France1997 Arnaud Di Pasquale France1998 Roger Federer Switzerland1999 Kristian Pless Denmark2000 Andy Roddick United States2001 Gilles Müller 
Luxembourg2002 Richard Gasquet France2003 Marcos Baghdatis 
CyprusBoy's doubles (1982-2003)
Year Player Nationality 1982 Fernando Pérez 
Mexico1983 Mark Kratzmann Australia1984 Agustín Moreno Mexico1985 Petr Korda & Cyril Suk Czechoslovakia & Czechoslovakia1986 Tomás Carbonell Spain1987 Jason Stoltenberg Australia1988 David Rikl & Tomas Zdrazila Czechoslovakia & Czechoslovakia1989 Wayne Ferreira 
South Africa1990 Marten Renström Sweden1991 Karim Alami 
Morocco1992 Enrique Abaroa Mexico1993 Steven Downs 
New Zealand1994 Benjamin Ellwood Australia1995 Kepler Orellana Venezuela1996 Sébastien Grosjean France1997 Nicolás Massú Chile1998 José de Armas Venezuela1999 Julien Benneteau & Nicolas Mahut France & France2000 Lee Childs & James Nelson 
United Kingdom & United Kingdom2001 Bruno Echagaray & Santiago González Mexico & Mexico2002 Florin Mergea & Horia Tecău 
Romania & Romania2003 Scott Oudsema United StatesBoy's combined (from 2003)
Year Player Nationality 2004 Gaël Monfils France2005 Donald Young United States2006 Thiemo de Bakker Netherlands2007 Ričardas Berankis 
Lithuania2008 Yang Tsung-hua 
Chinese Taipei2009 Daniel Berta Sweden2010 Juan Sebastián Gómez 
ColombiaGirls
Girl's singles (1978-2003)
Year Player Nationality 1978 Hana Mandlíková Czechoslovakia1979 Mary-Lou Piatek United States1980 Susan Mascarin United States1981 Zina Garrison United States1982 Gretchen Rush United States1983 Pascale Paradis France1984 Gabriela Sabatini Argentina1985 Laura Garronei Italy1986 Patricia Tarabini Argentina1987 Natasha Zvereva 
Soviet Union1988 Cristina Tessi Argentina1989 Florencia Labat Argentina1990 Karina Habšudová Czechoslovakia1991 Zdenka Malkova Czechoslovakia1992 Rossana de los Ríos 
Paraguay1993 Nino Louarsabishvili 
Georgia1994 Martina Hingis Switzerland1995 Anna Kournikova Russia1996 Amélie Mauresmo France1997 Cara Black 
Zimbabwe1998 Jelena Dokić Australia1999 Lina Krasnoroutskaya Russia2000 María Emilia Salerni Argentina2001 Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia2002 Barbora Strýcová 
Czech Republic2003 Kirsten Flipkens BelgiumGirl's doubles (1982-2003)
Year Player Nationality 1982 Beth Herr United States1983 Larisa Savchenko Soviet Union1984 Mercedes Paz Argentina1985 Mariana Perez-Roldan & Patricia Tarabini Argentina & Argentina1986 Leila Meskhi Soviet Union1987 Natalia Medvedeva Soviet Union1988 Jo-Anne Faull Australia1989 Andrea Strnadová Czechoslovakia1990 Karina Habšudová Czechoslovakia1991 Nancy Feber & Eva Martincová Belgium & Czechoslovakia1992 Laurence Courtois Belgium1993 Cristina Moros United States1994 Martina Nedelkova 
Slovakia1995 Ludmila Varmuzova Czech Republic1996 Jitka Schonfeldova & Michaela Paštiková Czech Republic & Czech Republic1997 Irina Selyutina & Irina Selyutina 
Kazakhstan & Zimbabwe1998 Eva Dyrberg Denmark1999 Daniela Bedáňová Czech Republic2000 María Emilia Salerni Argentina2001 Petra Cetkovská Czech Republic2002 Elke Clijsters Belgium2003 Andrea Hlaváčková Czech RepublicGirl's combined (from 2003)
Year Player Nationality 2004 Michaëlla Krajicek Netherlands2005 Victoria Azarenka 
Belarus2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Russia2007 Urszula Radwańska 
Poland2008 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 
Thailand2009 Kristina Mladenovic France2010 Daria Gavrilova RussiaMen's wheelchair
Year Player Nationality 1991 Randy Snow United States1992 Laurent Giammartini France1993 Kai Schrameyer Germany1994 Laurent Giammartini (2) France1995 David Hall Australia1996 Ricky Molier Netherlands1997 Ricky Molier (2) Netherlands1998 David Hall (2) Australia1999 Stephen Welch United States2000 David Hall (3) Australia2001 Ricky Molier (3) Netherlands2002 David Hall (4) Australia2003 David Hall (5) Australia2004 David Hall (6) Australia2005 Michael Jeremiasz France2006 Robin Ammerlaan Netherlands2007 Shingo Kunieda 
Japan2008 Shingo Kunieda (2) Japan2009 Shingo Kunieda (3) Japan2010 Shingo Kunieda (4) JapanWomen's wheelchair
Year Player Nationality 1991 Chantal Vandierendonck Netherlands1992 Monique Van Den Bosch Netherlands1993 Monique Kalkman (2) Netherlands1994 Monique Kalkman (3) Netherlands1995 Monique Kalkman (4) Netherlands1996 Chantal Vandierendonck (2) Netherlands1997 Chantal Vandierendonck (3) Netherlands1998 Daniela Di Toro Australia1999 Daniela Di Toro (2) Australia2000 Esther Vergeer Netherlands2001 Esther Vergeer (2) Netherlands2002 Esther Vergeer (3) Netherlands2003 Esther Vergeer (4) Netherlands2004 Esther Vergeer (5) Netherlands2005 Esther Vergeer (6) Netherlands2006 Esther Vergeer (7) Netherlands2007 Esther Vergeer (8) Netherlands2008 Esther Vergeer (9) Netherlands2009 Esther Vergeer (10) Netherlands2010 Esther Vergeer (11) NetherlandsSee also
- International Tennis Federation
- ATP World Tour Awards
- WTA Awards
- World number one male tennis player rankings
- World number one female tennis player rankings
- Tennis statistics
References
- ^ ANNUAL ITF WORLD CHAMPIONS AWARDS
- ^ 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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