Top Ranked Professional Men Tennis Players

Top tennis players in the world (currently ranked 2007)

• Lleyton Hewitt
• Marat Safin
• Juan Carlos Ferrero
• Tim Henman
• Carlos Moya
• Albert Costa
• Tommy Haas
• Andy Roddick
• Roger Federer

Player Information

Lleyton Hewitt - The Aussie finished in the Top 4 for the fourth time in the last five years, despite on-and-off injuries. He collected his lone title of the season in January in Sydney, defeating qualifier Ivo Minar in the finals and extending his title streak to eight consecutive years. He did not play again until March at the ATP Masters Series in Indian Wells and reached the finals after a three tiebreak win over Andy Roddick in semi-finals before falling to No. 1 Roger Federer.

Marat Safin - The No. 2 Russian (behind Davydenko) captured his second career Grand Slam title before a left knee injury sidelined him for most of the second half of the year. He played only one tournament in the final five months of the season due to lingering knee problems. He had opened the season by capturing his title at the Australian Open. Safin is one of only three players (Gasquet, Nadal) to beat Federer in 2005.

Juan Carlos Ferrero - The Spaniard finished in the Top 20 for the fifth time in six years, reaching two ATP finals and doubling his match wins total (23 to 46) from the previous season. He dropped to as low as No. 98 on Feb. 21 before climbing to as high as 11th in the INDESIT ATP 2005 Race. Ferrero was named ATP Newcomer of Year in 1999. In Oct. 2001, he opened his own tennis school, Equelite -Juan Carlos Ferrero, in his hometown of Villena, Alicante, to promote future tennis talents between ages 14 and 21. He was the recipient of Spain's 2003 National Sportsman of the Year award on Sept. 30, 2004 from King Juan Carlos in Madrid, the highest sporting accolade given by the Spanish government.

Tim Henman - The British No. 1 finished out of Top 20 for first time since 1996. His eight-year streak of having reached at least one ATP final also came to an end with his best results being five Quarter Finals during the season. He compiled a 12-5 record in the first three months, reaching Quarter Finals in four consecutive tournaments in Rotterdam (l. to Ancic), Dubai (l. to Ljubicic), ATP Masters Series Indian Wells (l. to Canas) and AMS Miami (l. to Federer). Henman began playing tennis at age 2 1/2 with his parents, Anthony and Jane, along with two older brothers at their family's court. His grandfather, Henry Billington, competed at Wimbledon ‘48, ‘50, and ‘51, and his great grandmother, Ellen Stawell Brown, was the first lady to serve over-arm at Wimbledon in 1901.

Carlos Moya - The veteran Spaniard finished out of the Top 20 for first time in five years but won an ATP title for the sixth consecutive season. He struggled with his right shoulder on-and-off during year. Moya donated his first prize earnings of the season, a total of $52,000 after winning Chennai title on Jan. 9, to tsunami relief efforts.

Albert Costa - In 2005, the Spaniard finished out of the Top 100 for first time since his rookie season in 1993 and played the fewest matches (30) since then as well. His best results were semi-final results in the first week of the season in Doha (l. to Ljubicic) and in April in Valencia where he defeated Davydenko in 1st round before losing to countryman Ferrer.

Tommy Haas - The No. 2 German (behind Kiefer) finished in the Top 50 for the eighth time in nine years, a season highlighted by four ATP Semi-Finals. In February, Haas advanced to back-to-back semi-finals in San Jose (l. to Roddick) and in Memphis (l. to Mirnyi). He did not win back-to-back matches again until April when he opened the clay court season with a Quarter Final in Houston (l. to Melzer) and followed with Semi-Final result in Munich (l. to Pavel). In May, he helped his native country to win the ATP World Team Championship title over Argentina by winning three of four singles and doubles matches.

Andy Roddick - The No. 1 American finished in the Top 3 for the third straight year, a season highlighted by five ATP titles in seven finals. He has won at least 50 matches in the last four seasons and is a winner of at least four ATP titles in the last three years. Roddick captured titles in San Jose in February, Houston in April, Queen's in June, Washington in August, and Lyon in October.

Roger Federer - The International Tennis Writers Association (ITWA) has voted Roger Federer its Player of the Year for 2005 and awarded him its annual Ambassador for Tennis Award. It's the second year in succession that Federer has scooped both of the organization's annual accolades. The Swiss won Wimbledon and the US Open and was runner-up at the Tennis Masters Cup during 2005, which saw him end the season as World No.1 for the third year running.

David Nalbandian, who stunned Federer, the two-time defending Masters Cup champion, in a fantastic five-set finale at the Masters Cup, advances from out of the top ten all the way to sixth. Nalbandian is one of three Argentines to finish in the top ten.