- Marcelo Ríos
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Marcelo Ríos 
Country Chile Residence Santiago, Chile Born December 26, 1975
Santiago, ChileHeight 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 1994 Retired 2004 Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money $9,713,771 Singles Career record 391 - 192 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) Career titles 18 Highest ranking No. 1 (March 30, 1998) Grand Slam results Australian Open F (1998) French Open QF (1998, 1999) Wimbledon 4R (1997) US Open QF (1997) Doubles Career record 36 - 57 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) Career titles 1 Highest ranking 141 (May 7, 2001) Medal record Competitor for 
ChileMen's Tennis Pan American Games Silver 2003 Santo Domingo Men's Singles Silver 2003 Santo Domingo Men's Doubles Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (born December 26, 1975) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino ("The Chinese") and El zurdo de Vitacura ("The Vitacura's Lefthanded"), he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles rankings in 1998. He held the World No. 1 ranking for six weeks. He has held the top ranking in both juniors and seniors. He was the first player to win the three clay-court Masters Series tournaments (Monte Carlo, Rome, and Hamburg) since the format began in 1990. He is the only male player in the open era to have been World No. 1 while never managing to win a Grand Slam singles tournament in his career. He did reach the 1998 Australian Open final, losing to Petr Korda.
He retired prematurely in 2004, after being overtaken by a back injury. He played his last ATP level tournament while only 27 years old at the 2003 French Open.
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Tennis career
Early years
Ríos began playing tennis at the age of 11 at the Sport Francés golf club in Vitacura (Greater Santiago), adjacent to his house.
Juniors
In 1993. Ríos became the first male player from Latin America to be ranked world number one in juniors. That year, he won the boys' singles title at the US Open and his first satellite tournament in Chile.
ATP Tour
1994
Ríos turned professional in 1994 and quickly began to acquire international fame after his participation at Roland Garros, where in the second round, at just 18 years of age, he confronted Pete Sampras, fighting a hard battle to lose 6-7, 6-7, 4-6. His great left-handed ability, plus his novel long hair and backwards visor, drew the attention of the media, marking his first step towards international stardom. That same year he won his first challenger in Dresden, Germany.
1995
In May 1995, aged 19, Ríos won his first tournament title in Bologna defeating Marcelo Filippini of Uruguay 6-2, 6-4, and breaking into the world's top fifty for the first time. Then in June he won at Amsterdam in both singles (against Jan Siemerink, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4) and doubles (with Sjeng Schalken) and won the tournament in Kuala Lumpur against Mark Philippoussis 7-6, 6-2. He also reached the final of his home country's ATP tournament in Santiago de Chile. Ríos ended the year ranked No. 25 in the world.
1996
Ríos's achievements this year included stellar performances in the Masters Series (then called Super 9) tournaments. He reached the quarterfinals in Stuttgart and the Masters Series of Rome, and the semifinals in Indian Wells, Monte Carlo, and Canada. In Sankt Polten, Austria, he won his fourth career title by defeating the Spaniard Félix Mantilla 6-1, 6-4. Ríos again reached the final in Santiago de Chile (where a sort of curse seemed to deny him victory in front of his home crowd), and also reached the finals in Barcelona and Scottsdale. For much of the year Ríos would be ranked in the top ten, becoming the first Chilean in history to do so. He finished the year ranked number 11.
1997
In 1997 Ríos for the first time reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament at the Australia Open and again at the US Open. He also won the Super 9 tournament at Monte Carlo; after a first round bye, he beat Andrea Gaudenzi, Albert Costa, Carlos Moyá, Magnus Larsson, and, in the final, Àlex Corretja, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Two weeks later he lost in the final of the Rome Masters against the same Spaniard. Other successes for the year included the quarterfinals (again) in the Madrid Masters and the finals in Marseille, Boston, and (for the third time) in Santiago. Ríos went as high as No. 6 during the year, and ended the year in the top ten for the first time, being No. 10.
1998: World No.1
The year 1998 brought the peak of the career of Ríos, who reached the number 1 spot in the world. The year began with success. He won the tournament (the first of the year) in Auckland, New Zealand, against Richard Fromberg, then reached the final of the Australian Open, losing to Petr Korda (who would be sanctioned by the ATP in December 1998 after testing positive for nandrolone following a doping test at Wimbledon). The following months brought successes such as the title of the Super 9 (the current Masters Series) at Indian Wells, where he defeated hard-serving Greg Rusedski in the final.
The consummation came in the final Super 9 at Key Biscayne, Florida, under the guidance of his coach Larry Stefanki. After victories over Hendrik Dreekman, Tommy Haas, and Goran Ivanišević, Ríos beat Thomas Enqvist in the quarterfinals and Tim Henman in the semis. In the final on March 29, Ríos defeated Andre Agassi 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. In Chile, thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate the triumph of the first Chilean to reach the sport's number one ranking, grabbing the position from Pete Sampras (who had maintained 102 consecutive weeks at number one, and 5 years ending the season as the leader). In the days ahead, there was a crowded reception leading Ríos to former president Eduardo Frei on the balcony of La Moneda, with ten thousand people cheering outside the palace. Ríos's number one ranking lasted four weeks; he lost it after being unable to defend the title at Monte Carlo because of an injury suffered in the Davis Cup while defeating Hernán Gumy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On August 10, however, Ríos recovered the number one spot for another two weeks. During this extraordinary season Marcelo also won the Rome Masters against Albert Costa in the final, Saint Poelten beating Vincent Spadea, the Grand Slam Cup against Andre Agassi, and Singapore against Mark Woodforde. Furthermore, he reached the quarterfinals in the Madrid and Paris Masters. The year 1998 was a milestone in the career of Marcelo and the sports history of Chile. Ríos won 7 titles, including 3 Masters Series, and reached the final of the Australian Open. On July 27 of that year, he reached the maximum number of points achieved throughout his career: 3719 (by the scoring system used prior to the year 2000). He ended the year ranked No. 2 behind Pete Sampras, who topped the world rankings for a sixth consecutive year.
1999
Ríos maintained a high level throughout 1999, although his game was interrupted by repeated injuries and surgeries. This prevented him from defending the points achieved by reaching the final of the Australian Open the previous year, so he fell several positions in the rankings. He reached the final of the Monte Carlo Masters, but after trailing 4-6, 1-2, had to retire due to a new injury, awarding the tournament to Gustavo Kuerten. Ríos subsequently won the Hamburg Masters in a match that lasted more than four hours against Mariano Zabaleta; 2 weeks later he became champion in Sankt Pölten for the third consecutive time. In October, he won at Singapore and reached the final in Beijing, losing to the Swede Magnus Norman. He also reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros and the Madrid Masters. Despite the many injuries and surgeries he suffered, Ríos would complete his third consecutive year as a Top Ten player, at the No. 9 world ranking.
2000
This year was marked by repeated and disabling injuries that would prevent Ríos from staying among the top players in the world. He won the tournament of Umag, Croatia beating the Argentine Mariano Puerta in the final. Ríos also reached the semifinals at the Hamburg Masters losing to Marat Safin, one of the new stars of the circuit. Ríos finished the year No. 37 in the world.
2001
In 2001 Ríos won the first tournament of the year in Doha. However, his performance in the following tournaments was weaker, weakened by an ankle operation, which resulted him to drop out of the top 50 in the world for the first time since he was a teenager. In September Ríos won another title, this time in Hong Kong, defeating German Rainer Schüttler in the final. Ríos decided to return in October to play a Challenger tournament, winning the final of Santiago beating the Argentine Edgardo Massa in the final. Also reached a doubles final in Scottsdale. Ríos ended the year as No.39 in the world.
2002
In early 2002 he had some good results, but a back injury prevented him from continuing the season successfully. It was the same injury that he had had two operations with already, and finally prevented him from returning to a competitive level. His best results were the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, the semifinal at the Miami Masters, and the final in the Stockholm tournament playing the Thai Paradorn Srichaphan. Ríos would again finish among the 25 best players in the world in position No. 24, but without managing to recover from injuries that beset him since late 1999.
2003
In Viña del Mar tournament (formerly Santiago tournament) Ríos reached the final, losing to Spaniard David Sánchez, losing the fourth of four finals he participated in his home country. However, representing Chile together with Fernando González and Nicolás Massú, he won the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf. The same year he also won silver medals in singles and doubles alongside Adrián García in the 2003 Pan American Games. In May Ríos played his last ATP-level match, losing in the first round at Roland Garros to Mario Ančić after withdrawing at 1-6 0-1. In 2003 Ríos played very few tournaments, in most of which he had to withdraw. This resulted in ending the year only as No. 105 in the world.
Tour retirement
In 2004, six years after claiming the World No. 1 ranking, and after a long absence from the tour, Ríos returned to competition with a 6–0, 6–0 victory at a Challenger Series tournament in Ecuador. He played his last competitive match in early April 2004 at a challenger in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where he retired in the round of 16.
Finally, on July 16, 2004, after years of constant injuries and back discomfort—and at just 28 years old—Rios announced his retirement from tennis during a press conference in Santiago. He organized a farewell tour across his home country, travelling through several cities, meeting with fans, offering tennis clinics, and playing friendly matches with international and local tennis players such as Petr Korda and Goran Ivanišević. The tour ended on December 22, 2004, at a soccer stadium in Santiago, where he played his final tennis match against Guillermo Coria of Argentina.
Ríos intended to return to ATP competition in February 2007 at the Viña del Mar tournament (Movistar Open); however, he retired because of the same back injury that made him retire from the tour.
On March 30, 2007, Ríos played an exhibition match in the Movistar Arena against Andre Agassi, both as a way to commemorate the match where Ríos rose to World No. 1 and as a way of having the American play in Chile. On June 24, 2008, Ríos defeated Pete Sampras in an exhibition match that commemorated the ten years anniversary of having reached the Number 1 ranking in the world.
Champions Tour
On March 29, 2006, Ríos, aged 30, debuted on the ATP Champions Tour, a tour for former tour players. At his first tournament on the tour in Doha, Qatar, he defeated Thomas Muster, Henri Leconte, Pat Cash, and Cédric Pioline to claim the title. The following week he repeated, this time winning the crown in Hong Kong, where he won the final before an also former world No. 1 Thomas Muster. Rios won six tournaments in a row, adding Algarve Graz, Paris and Eindhoven to the above. His inclusion on the senior circuit caused mild controversy, as he was significantly younger than many of his fellow competitors.[1] He ended the year as number one, winning a total of six tournaments and holding a winning streak of 25 matches, achieving the record of being the only player in history to be No. 1 in the world as a junior, professional and veteran.
In 2008 Ríos came back to veteran's tour where he won the tournaments in Barcelona and Algarve. On June 22, 2008, he was defeated by Pete Sampras in the final of a seniors tournament in São Paulo, Brazil. Ríos ended the year as No.3 in the veteran's world rankings.
Personal life
Ríos was born in Santiago, Chile to Jorge Ríos Jarvis, an engineer and businessman, and Alicia Mayorga, a teacher. He has an older sister, Paula.
Ríos had a girlfriend named Patricia Larraín, between 1996 and 1998. [2]
Ríos met Costa Rican, Giuliana Sotela, in September 1998 while he was training at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida. Ríos and Sotela got married in December 2000, in Santiago. They have a daughter, Constanza, who was born in June 2001. In March 2004, the marriage ended in divorce, which legally took place in Costa Rica, as Chile did not allow married couples the right of divorce until November 2004. During 2004, Ríos worked as a sports commentator for a radio station in Chile.
In April 2005, Ríos married model, María Eugenia "Kenita" Larraín, a former fiancée of football player Iván Zamorano. The couple subsequently experienced a very public break-up in September of the same year after an incident in Costa Rica in which Larraín was injured when Ríos allegedly threw her out of his car while he was driving to visit his daughter. Ríos claimed that marrying Larraín was "the biggest mistake of my life."
In May 2009, Ríos married Paula Pavic.[3] They have two daughters together, Isidora (born December 2008) and Colomba (born 2010).[4][5]
In November 2011, an English language book was published by Mark 'Scoop' Malinowski about Rios titled, 'Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew.' [6]
Controversies
Ríos' career has been marked by a number of controversies.
- After achieving the number one in singles, an Argentine reporter ask him what it felt like to be at the same status as Guillermo Vilas; he answered "Vilas was No. 2 and I'm No. 1."[citation needed]
- He was fined US$10,000 for speeding during the 1998 Stuttgart tournament.[7]
- In a confusing incident, he ran over his physical trainer, Manuel Astorga, with his jeep, leaving him gravely injured at the foot. Astorga was later fired as trainer.[7]
- After a magazine published some photos of him dancing seductively with a woman at a Paris disco, his girlfriend (later to be his first wife), Giuliana Sotela, broke up with him. During a Davis Cup press conference, Ríos read a letter, asking Sotela for forgiveness. He ended the press conference in tears.[8]
- He was accused by his second wife, María Eugenia Larraín, of throwing her out of his car while driving to visit his daughter in Costa Rica. Larraín arrived to Santiago's airport in dramatic fashion, in a wheelchair and showing multiple bruises on her legs. He claimed those bruises were caused by falling while skiing.[7]
- He was arrested in Rome in 2001 after he punched a taxi driver in the nose and then had a fight with the policemen arresting him.[8]
- In 2003, while training for a Davis Cup tie with Ecuador, he allegedly urinated on some men in a La Serena bar's bathroom and was later expelled from his hotel after being accused of swimming nude. As a consequence, the Chilean team missed a flight to Ecuador the following day. He later apologized for the incidents.[7][9]
- In 2003, he and a friend were expelled from a Santiago bar after insulting other clients and being involved in a brawl with some waiters. Both were arrested and later released.[7]
- He reportedly told Monica Seles to move her "fat ass" while on a lunch queue, but he has denied this.[8]
- During the 1997 Wimbledon tournament he commented that grass was for "cows and soccer" and not suitable for tennis play.[8]
- He was disqualified from the 2000 Mercedes-Benz Cup tennis tournament in Los Angeles, California during a first round match with Gouichi Motomura of Japan and fined US$5,000 for saying "fuck you" to the chair umpire.[8]
- During a post-match interview at the Basel tournament, he insulted a journalist under his breath after she asked him whether he had Native American ancestry.[10]
- He tried to moon some reporters who were recording him while partying outside his apartment in Reñaca.[8]
- He fired his coach Larry Stefanki shortly after he became World No. 1, claiming that he wanted to go in a different direction.
- He won the Prix Citron 'award' several different years (many in a row) for being the most disagreeable player on tour.
All finals (33)
Singles: 31 (18-13)
- Wins (18)
Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) Grand Slam Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (5) ATP International Series Gold (2) ATP International series (10) Titles by Surface Hard (7) Clay (9) Grass (0) Carpet (2) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final 1. May 28, 1995 Bologna, Italy Clay 
Marcelo Filippini6–2, 6–4 2. July 30, 1995 Amsterdam, Netherlands Clay 
Jan Siemerink6–4, 7–5, 6–4 3. October 8, 1995 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Carpet (i) 
Mark Philippoussis7–6(6), 6–2 4. May 26, 1996 Sankt Pölten, Austria Clay 
Fèlix Mantilla6–2, 6–4 5. April 27, 1997 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Àlex Corretja6–4, 6–3, 6–3 6. January 18, 1998 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Richard Fromberg4–6, 6–4, 7–6(3) 7. March 15, 1998 Indian Wells, USA Hard 
Greg Rusedski6–3, 6–7(15), 7–6(4), 6–4 8. March 29, 1998 Miami, USA Hard 
Andre Agassi7–5, 6–3, 6–4 9. May 17, 1998 Rome, Italy Clay Albert Costawalkover 10. May 24, 1998 Sankt Pölten, Austria Clay Vincent Spadea6–2, 6–0 11. October 5, 1998 Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany Hard (i) Andre Agassi6–4, 2–6, 7–6(1), 5–7, 6–3 12. October 18, 1998 Singapore Carpet (i) Mark Woodforde6–4, 6–2 13. May 9, 1999 Hamburg, Germany Clay 
Mariano Zabaleta6–7(5), 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(5), 6–2 14. May 23, 1999 Sankt Pölten, Austria Clay Mariano Zabaleta4–4, retired 15. October 17, 1999 Singapore Hard (i) 
Mikael Tillström6–2, 7–6(5) 16. July 23, 2000 Umag, Croatia Clay Mariano Puerta7–6(1), 4–6, 6–3 17. January 7, 2001 Doha, Qatar Hard 
Bohdan Ulihrach6–3, 2–6, 6–3 18. September 30, 2001 Hong Kong, China Hard 
Rainer Schüttler7–6(3), 6–2 - Runners-ups (13)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final 1. October 29, 1995 Santiago, Chile Clay Sláva Doseděl7–6(3), 6–3 2. March 10, 1996 Scottsdale, USA Hard 
Wayne Ferreira2–6, 6–3, 6–3 3. April 21, 1996 Barcelona, Spain Clay 
Thomas Muster6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 4. November 10, 1996 Santiago, Chile Clay Hernán Gumy6–4, 7–5 5. February 16, 1997 Marseille, France Hard (i) Thomas Enqvist6–4, 1–0, retired 6. May 18, 1997 Rome, Italy Clay Àlex Corretja7–5, 7–5, 6–3 7. August 24, 1997 Boston, USA Hard Sjeng Schalken7–5, 6–3 8. November 9, 1997 Santiago, Chile Clay Julián Alonso6–2, 6–1 9. February 1, 1998 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Petr Korda6–2, 6–2, 6–2 10. April 25, 1999 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 
Gustavo Kuerten6–4, 2–1, retired 11. October 10, 1999 Shanghai, China Hard Magnus Norman2–6, 6–3, 7–5 12. October 27, 2002 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) 
Paradorn Srichaphan6–7(2), 6–0, 6–3, 6–2 13. February 16, 2003 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay David Sánchez1–6, 6–3, 6–3 Doubles: 2 (1-1)
- Win (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final 1. July 30, 1995 Amsterdam, Netherlands Clay Sjeng Schalken Wayne Arthurs
Neil Broad7–6, 6–2 - Runner-up (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final 1. March 11, 2001 Scottsdale, USA Hard Sjeng Schalken Donald Johnson
Jared Palmer7–6(3), 6–2 Team competition wins
- May 25, 2003: World Team Championship, Düsseldorf, Germany (Clay)
Other wins
- August 2003: Men's Singles, Silver medal, Pan American Games, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- August 2003: Men's Doubles, Silver medal, Pan American Games, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Singles performance timeline
Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Career SR Career W-L Win % Grand Slams Australian Open A A A 1R QF F A A 1R QF A 0 / 5 14–5 73.68 French Open A 2R 2R 4R 4R QF QF 1R 2R A 1R 0 / 9 17–9 65.38 Wimbledon A A 1R A 4R 1R A A A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50.00 US Open A 2R 1R 2R QF 3R 4R 3R 3R 3R A 0 / 9 17–9 65.38 Grand Slam W-L 0–0 2–2 1–3 4–3 14–4 12–4 7–2 2–2 3–3 6–2 0–1 0 / 26 51–26 66.23 ATP Masters Series Indian Wells A A 3R SF 2R W 3R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1 / 9 16–8 66.67 Miami A A 3R 3R 3R W 4R 4R 2R SF 4R 1 / 9 20–7 74.07 Monte Carlo A A LQ SF W A F 1R 2R 3R A 1 / 6 16–4 80.00 Rome A A 2R QF F W 1R 1R 2R A A 1 / 7 15–6 71.43 Hamburg A A A SF 3R 2R W SF 2R A A 1 / 6 14–5 73.68 Canada A A A SF A A A 3R A 3R A 0 / 3 7–3 70.00 Cincinnati A A 1R A 3R 2R A 2R A 2R A 0 / 5 4–5 44.44 Madrid (Stuttgart) A A A QF QF QF QF A 3R 2R A 0 / 6 11–5 68.75 Paris A A A 2R 2R QF 2R A A 1R A 0 / 5 2–5 28.57 Masters W-L 0–0 0–0 5–4 20–8 16–7 20–3 14–6 10–7 4–5 12–7 3–1 5 / 56 104–48 68.42 Year End Ranking 562 107 25 11 10 2 9 37 39 24 105 Career money: $9,713,771 ATP Tour career earnings
Year Majors ATP wins Total wins Earnings ($) Money list rank 1997 0 1 1 1,397,445 12 1998 0 7 7 3,420,054 2 1999 0 3 3 1,794,244 5 2000 0 1 1 493,816 40 2001 0 2 2 466,025 43 2002 0 0 0 506,160 39 2003 0 0 0 308,140 73 Career 0 18 18 9,713,771 39 Records
- Ríos has the record for being the only player in history to have been world No. 1 as a junior, as a professional and as a senior
- He was the first Latin American to reach the world No. 1 ranking, first achieved on March 30, 1998
- He was the first player to win all three clay-court ATP Masters Series since the format started in 1990
- He is the only No.1 ATP ranked player in the open era not to win a Grand Slam title in his entire career.
References
- ^ McEnroe angry over young seniors. BBC News
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19980405/ai_n14478133/?tag=b_cpb
- ^ http://latercera.com/contenido/671_126044_9.shtml
- ^ http://cl.globedia.com/marcelo-rios-padre-tercera-vez-esposa-meses-embarazo
- ^ http://latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2010/08/656-280815-9-marcelo-rios-los-gonzalez-quieren-hacer-millonadas-con-la-davis.shtml
- ^ http://newyorktennismagazine.com/article3582/new-york-tennis-magazine-book-preview-marcelo-rios-man-we-barely-knew
- ^ a b c d e El escándalo tras regreso de Kenita
- ^ a b c d e f ¿Cuánto sabe del lado B del Chino?
- ^ Marcelo Ríos pidió disculpas al equipo y a su familia
- ^ D.N.I. / MARCELO RIOS
External links
- Marcelo Ríos at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Marcelo Ríos at the International Tennis Federation
- Marcelo Ríos at the Davis Cup
Preceded by
Pete Sampras
Pete SamprasWorld No. 1
March 30, 1998 - April 26, 1998
August 10, 1998 - August 23, 1998Succeeded by
Pete Sampras
Pete SamprasPreceded by
Goran IvaniševićATP Champions Tour
Year-End No.1
2004Succeeded by
Sergi BrugueraUS Open boys' singles champions 1973 Billy Martin • 1974 Billy Martin • 1975 Howard Schoenfield • 1976 Ricardo Yzaga • 1977 Van Winitsky • 1978 Per Hjertquist • 1979 Scott Davis • 1980 Mike Falberg • 1981 Thomas Hogstedt • 1982 Pat Cash • 1983 Stefan Edberg • 1984 Mark Kratzmann • 1985 Tim Trigueiro • 1986 Javier Sánchez • 1987 David Wheaton • 1988 Nicolás Pereira • 1989 Jonathan Stark • 1990 Andrea Gaudenzi • 1991 Leander Paes • 1992 Brian Dunn • 1993 Marcelo Ríos • 1994 Sjeng Schalken • 1995 Nicolas Kiefer • 1996 Daniel Elsner • 1997 Arnaud Di Pasquale • 1998 David Nalbandian • 1999 Jarkko Nieminen • 2000 Andy Roddick • 2001 Gilles Müller • 2002 Richard Gasquet • 2003 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga • 2004 Andy Murray • 2005 Ryan Sweeting • 2006 Dušan Lojda • 2007 Ričardas Berankis • 2008 Grigor Dimitrov • 2009 Bernard Tomic • 2010 Jack Sock • 2011 Oliver Golding
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World No. 1 singles players 
Ilie Năstase (1973/1974 - 40 w) · 
John Newcombe (1974 - 8 w) · 
Jimmy Connors (1974/1983 - 268 w) · 
Björn Borg (1977/1981 - 109 w) · John McEnroe (1980/1985 - 170 w)
Ivan Lendl (1983/1990 - 270 w) · Mats Wilander (1988/1989 - 20 w) · Stefan Edberg (1990/1992 - 72 w) · 
Boris Becker (1991 - 12 w) · Jim Courier (1992/1993 - 58 w)
Pete Sampras (1993/2000 - 286 w) · Andre Agassi (1995/2003 - 101 w) · 
Thomas Muster (1996 - 6 w) · 
Marcelo Ríos (1998 - 6 w) · 
Carlos Moyá (1999 - 2 w)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1999 - 6 w) · Patrick Rafter (1999 - 1 w) · Marat Safin (2000/2001 - 9 w) · 
Gustavo Kuerten (2000/2001 - 43 w) · Lleyton Hewitt (2001/2003 - 80 w)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003 - 8 w) · Andy Roddick (2003/2004 - 13 w) · 
Roger Federer (2004/2010 - 285 w) · Rafael Nadal (2008/2011 - 102 w) · 
Novak Djokovic (2011 - 21 w)ATP rankings began on August 23, 1973 · (year first held/year last held - number of weeks (w)) · current No. 1 in bold, as of November 21, 2011Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- Chilean male tennis players
- Olympic tennis players of Chile
- People from Santiago
- Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- United States Open champions (tennis)
- World No. 1 tennis players
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