Association of Tennis Professionals

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players. (Female players formed the Women's Tennis Association the year after.) In 1990, the association became the organizer of the principal worldwide tennis tour, thereafter known as the ATP Tour.

ATP Tour records

Titles

• Singles:
• Most titles won:

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• Players who won the "Grand Slam" (All four Grand Slam tournaments in one calendar year): Don Budge (1938), Rod Laver (1962, 1969)
• Players who won the "Career Grand Slam": Andre Agassi, Don Budge, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, Fred Perry.
• Most Grand Slam titles won in a career: Pete Sampras (U.S.), 14.
• Most Tennis Masters Cup titles won in a career: Pete Sampras (U.S.) & Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/USA), 5.
• Most Tennis Masters Series titles won in a career: Andre Agassi (U.S.), 17.
• Most titles in a season:
• before 1990: Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) in 1977, 16.
• since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 12.
• Consecutive tournaments won on 3 different surfaces:
• before 1990: Björn Borg (Sweden) in 1979 and Ivan Lendl (only player to have won them in consecutive weeks)
• since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004.
• Doubles:
• Most titles overall: Todd Woodbridge (Australia), 82.
• Most titles as a team: Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (Australia), 61. See also The Woodies.
• Most Grand Slam titles overall: Todd Woodbridge (Australia), 16.
• Most Grand Slam titles as a team: Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (Australia), 11.

Ranking

Longest Winning Streaks (Open Era)

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• Hard:
• before 1990: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia), 31 (1985-86).
• since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland), 40 (running).
• Grass:
• before 1990: Björn Borg (Sweden) between 1976-1980, 41 (lost to John McEnroe, 1981 Wimbledon F).
• since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2005, 36 (running).
• Clay:
• before 1990: Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) in 1977, 53.
• since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 40.
• current: Rafael Nadal (Spain) in 2005, 36.
• Indoors: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/U.S.) between 1981-1983, 66 (lost to John McEnroe, Philadelphia F).
• Against Top-10 players: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2005, 26 (lost to Marat Safin, 2005 Australian Open SF).
• Most finals won in succession:
• before 1990: Bjorn Borg (Sweden) between 1979-1980 and John McEnroe (U.S.) between 1984-1985, 12.
• since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) between 2003-2005, 24 (running).

Miscellaneous

• Career Money leaders (as of 30 Sep-2005)
• Career Matches Won (as of 30-Sep-2005)
• Win-Loss leaders:
• before 1990: Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia/U.S.) in 1982, 106-9 (.922).
• since 1990: Thomas Muster (Austria) in 1995, 86-18 (.827).
• Winning percentage leaders:
• before 1990: John McEnroe (U.S.) in 1984, .965 (W-L: 82-3).
• since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2004, .925 (W-L: 74-6).
• Best start to a season:
• before 1990: John McEnroe (U.S.) in 1984, W-L: 39-0.
• since 1990: Roger Federer (Switzerland) in 2005, W-L: 32-1.
• Most Aces hit in a match (since 1991):
• Most Prize Money won:
• Career: Pete Sampras (U.S.), $43,280,489.
• At the end of the season: Pete Sampras (U.S.) in 1997, $6,498,311.
• Most times elected ATP Player of The Year: Pete Sampras (U.S.) between 1993–1998, 6.
• Longest singles match: Fabrice Santoro defeated Arnaud Clément (France) at Roland Garros 2004, in a 6h 37m first round match.
• Fastest individual serve recorded (since 1991): Andy Roddick (U.S.) in 2004, 155 Mh / 249 km/h.