Simply Roger Federer

On Tuesday, 24 November, Roger Federer was guaranteed to finish the 2009 calendar year ranked No. 1 in the world after beating Andy Murray at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

This is the fifth time Federer has finished leading the world rankings. Pete Sampras holds the record in this respect, having wrapped up six year end No. 1 rankings (1993-1998).

Federer now joins Ivan Lendl as the only players to have held, lost and regained the year end no. 1 position since the current ATP rankings were introduced in 1973.

Year end No. 1 ATP rankings by individual

# Name Nation Year(s)

6 Pete Sampras USA 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

5 Jimmy Connors USA 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978

5 Roger Federer SUI 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

4 John McEnroe USA 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984

4 Ivan Lendl TCH 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989

2 Björn Borg SWE 1979, 1980

2 Stefan Edberg SWE 1990, 1991

2 Lleyton Hewitt AUS 2001, 2002

1 Ilie Nastase ROU 1973

1 Mats Wilander SWE 1988

1 Jim Courier USA 1992

1 Andre Agassi USA 1999

1 Gustavo Kuerten BRA 2000

1 Andy Roddick USA 2003

1 Rafael Nadal ESP 2008

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