ATP Awards explained

This is a list of all the awards given by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to players and others of particular distinction during a given season. Rafael Nadal is the only man to win every ATP award in the player category.[1]

Player & Team of the Year

The ATP Player and Team of the Year awards are presently given to the player and team who end the year as world No. 1 in the ATP rankings.[2] In earlier years, this was not explicitly the case as in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982 and 1989 the Players of the Year named by the ATP (listed below) did not have the No. 1 ranking based on the ATP's point system at the end of that particular year. In those years, the No. 1 ranking was held by Jimmy Connors (1975–78), John McEnroe (1982) and Ivan Lendl (1989). The most successful players in this category are Novak Djokovic in singles, and Bryan brothers in doubles.

Year width=200Player of the Year
1975 Arthur Ashe
1976 Björn Borg
1977 Björn Borg
1978 Björn Borg
1979 Björn Borg
1980 Björn Borg
1981 John McEnroe
1982 Jimmy Connors
1983 John McEnroe
1984 John McEnroe
1985 Ivan Lendl
1986 Ivan Lendl
1987 Ivan Lendl
1988 Mats Wilander
1989 Boris Becker
1990 Stefan Edberg
1991 Stefan Edberg
1992 Jim Courier
1993 Pete Sampras
1994 Pete Sampras
1995 Pete Sampras
1996 Pete Sampras
1997 Pete Sampras
1998 Pete Sampras
1999 Andre Agassi
2000 Gustavo Kuerten
2001 Lleyton Hewitt
2002 Lleyton Hewitt
2003 Andy Roddick
2004 Roger Federer
2005 Roger Federer
2006 Roger Federer
2007 Roger Federer
2008 Rafael Nadal
2009 Roger Federer
2010 Rafael Nadal
2011 Novak Djokovic
2012 Novak Djokovic
2013 Rafael Nadal
2014 Novak Djokovic
2015 Novak Djokovic
2016 Andy Murray
2017 Rafael Nadal
2018 Novak Djokovic
2019 Rafael Nadal
2020 Novak Djokovic
2021 Novak Djokovic
2022 Carlos Alcaraz
2023 Novak Djokovic
Year Team of the year
1975 Brian Gottfried & Raúl Ramírez
1976 Brian Gottfried & Raúl Ramírez
1977 Bob Hewitt & Frew McMillan
1978 Bob Hewitt & Frew McMillan
1979 Peter Fleming & John McEnroe
1980 Bob Lutz & Stan Smith
1981 Peter Fleming & John McEnroe
1982 Sherwood Stewart & Ferdi Taygan
1983 Peter Fleming & John McEnroe
1984 Peter Fleming & John McEnroe
1985 Ken Flach & Robert Seguso
1986 Hans Gildemeister & Andrés Gómez
1987 Stefan Edberg & Anders Järryd
1988 Rick Leach & Jim Pugh
1989 Rick Leach & Jim Pugh
1990 Pieter Aldrich & Danie Visser
1991 John Fitzgerald & Anders Järryd
1992
1993 Grant Connell & Patrick Galbraith
1994 Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis
1995 Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde
1996 Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde
1997 Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde
1998 Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis
1999 Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupathi
2000 Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde
2001 Jonas Björkman & Todd Woodbridge
2002 Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor
2003
2004 Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor
2005 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2006 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2007 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2008 Nenad Zimonjić & Daniel Nestor
2009 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2010 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2011 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2012 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2013 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2014 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2015
2016 Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares
2017 Łukasz Kubot & Marcelo Melo
2018 Oliver Marach & Mate Pavić
2019 Juan Sebastián Cabal & Robert Farah
2020 Mate Pavić & Bruno Soares
2021 Nikola Mektić & Mate Pavić
2022 Wesley Koolhof & Neal Skupski
2023 Ivan Dodig & Austin Krajicek

Coach of the Year

The ATP Coach of the Year award goes to the ATP coach who helped guide his players to a higher level of performance during the year. It is nominated and voted by fellow ATP coaches.[2]

Year Coach of the Year Coached player Rest of nominees Coached players
2016
Emmanuel Planque
Mikael Tillström Gaël Monfils
2017
Alexander Zverev Sr. Alexander Zverev
Mischa Zverev
2018 Jan de Witt
Carlos Moyá Rafael Nadal
Simone Vagnozzi Marco Cecchinato
2019 Dominic Thiem
Carlos Moyá Rafael Nadal
Apostolos Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas
2020 Gilles Cervara Daniil Medvedev
Nicolás Massú Dominic Thiem
Riccardo Piatti Jannik Sinner
2021
Gilles Cervara Daniil Medvedev
Christian Ruud Casper Ruud
2022 Juan Carlos Ferrero Carlos Alcaraz
Goran Ivanišević Novak Djokovic
Christian Ruud Casper Ruud
2023 Darren Cahill
Simone Vagnozzi
Jannik Sinner Craig Boynton Hubert Hurkacz
Juan Carlos Ferrero Carlos Alcaraz
Goran Ivanišević Novak Djokovic
Bryan Shelton Ben Shelton

Tim Gullikson Career Coach Award

The Tim Gullikson Career Coach award showcases someone who has inspired generations of young players and fellow coaches to grow the sport of tennis. It is voted on by fellow ATP coaches.[3]

Year width=150Coach
2019 Tony Roche
2020 Bob Brett
2021 not given
2022
2023 José Higueras

Most improved player, Comeback player & Newcomer of the year

Most Improved Player award - This award is voted by the ATP players from the nominees. It goes to the player who reached a significantly higher ATP ranking by year’s end and who demonstrated an increasingly improved level of performance through the year.[4]

Newcomer of the Year award - This award is voted by the ATP players from the nominees. It goes to the Next Generation player (player aged 21-and-under) who entered the Top 100 for the first time and made the biggest impact on the ATP Tour during the season.

Comeback Player of the Year award - This award is voted by the ATP players from the nominees. It goes to the player who has overcome serious injury in re-establishing himself as one of the top players on the ATP Tour.

Most Improved Player
1973 Vijay Amritraj
1974 Guillermo Vilas
1975 Vitas Gerulaitis
1976 Wojciech Fibak
1977 Brian Gottfried
1978 John McEnroe
1979 Víctor Pecci
1980not attributed
1981 Ivan Lendl
1982 Peter McNamara
1983 Jimmy Arias
1984not attributed
1985 Boris Becker
1986 Mikael Pernfors
1987 Peter Lundgren
1988 Andre Agassi
1989 Michael Chang
1990 Pete Sampras
1991 Jim Courier
1992 Henrik Holm
1993 Todd Martin
1994 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
1995 Thomas Enqvist
1996 Tim Henman
1997 Patrick Rafter
1998 Andre Agassi
1999 Nicolás Lapentti
2000 Marat Safin
2001 Goran Ivanišević
2002 Paradorn Srichaphan
2003 Rainer Schüttler
2004 Joachim Johansson
2005 Rafael Nadal
2006 Novak Djokovic
2007 Novak Djokovic
2008 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
2009 John Isner
2010 Andrey Golubev
2011 Alex Bogomolov Jr.
2012 Marinko Matosevic
2013 Pablo Carreño Busta
2014 Roberto Bautista Agut
2015 Hyeon Chung
2016 Lucas Pouille
2017 Denis Shapovalov
2018 Stefanos Tsitsipas
2019 Matteo Berrettini
2020 Andrey Rublev
2021 Aslan Karatsev
2022 Carlos Alcaraz
2023 Jannik Sinner
Newcomer of the Year
1973not attributed
1974not attributed
1975 Vitas Gerulaitis
1976 Wojciech Fibak
1977 Tim Gullikson
1978 John McEnroe
1979 Vincent Van Patten
1980 Mel Purcell
1981 Tim Mayotte
1982 Chip Hooper
1983 Scott Davis
1984 Bob Green
1985 Jaime Yzaga
1986 Ulf Stenlund
1987 Richey Reneberg
1988 Michael Chang
1989 Sergi Bruguera
1990 Fabrice Santoro
1991 Byron Black
1992 Andriy Medvedev
1993 Patrick Rafter
1994 Albert Costa
1995 Mark Philippoussis
1996 Dominik Hrbatý
1997 Julián Alonso
1998 Marat Safin
1999 Juan Carlos Ferrero
2000 Olivier Rochus
2001 Andy Roddick
2002 Paul-Henri Mathieu
2003 Rafael Nadal
2004 Florian Mayer
2005 Gaël Monfils
2006 Benjamin Becker
2007 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
2008 Kei Nishikori
2009 Horacio Zeballos
2010 Tobias Kamke
2011 Milos Raonic
2012 Martin Kližan
2013 Jiří Veselý*
2014 Borna Ćorić*
2015 Alexander Zverev*
2016 Taylor Fritz*
2017 Denis Shapovalov*
2018 Alex de Minaur
2019 Jannik Sinner
2020 Carlos Alcaraz
2021 Jenson Brooksby
2022 Holger Rune
2023 Arthur Fils
Comeback player of the Year
1973not attributed
1974not attributed
1975not attributed
1976not attributed
1977not attributed
1978not attributed
1979 Arthur Ashe
1980not attributed
1981 Bob Lutz
1982 Jeff Borowiak
1983 Butch Walts
1984not attributed
1985not attributed
1986not attributed
1987not attributed
1988not attributed
1989 Goran Prpić
1990 Thomas Muster
1991 Jimmy Connors
1992 Henri Leconte
1993 Mikael Pernfors
1994 Guy Forget
1995 Derrick Rostagno
1996 Stéphane Simian
1997 Sergi Bruguera
1998 Younes El Aynaoui
1999 Chris Woodruff
2000 Sergi Bruguera
2001 Guillermo Cañas
2002 Richard Krajicek
2003 Mark Philippoussis
2004 Tommy Haas
2005 James Blake
2006 Mardy Fish
2007 Igor Andreev
2008 Rainer Schüttler
2009 Marco Chiudinelli
2010 Robin Haase
2011 Juan Martín del Potro
2012 Tommy Haas
2013 Rafael Nadal
2014 David Goffin
2015 Benoît Paire
2016 Juan Martín del Potro
2017 Roger Federer
2018 Novak Djokovic
2019 Andy Murray
2020 Vasek Pospisil
2021 Mackenzie McDonald
2022 Borna Ćorić
2023 Jan-Lennard Struff

Fans' Favourite

The ATP Fans' Favourite award is voted online by tennis fans from the top 25 singles players and top 15 doubles teams in the year's Race Rankings as of the rankings update after the US Open is concluded.[4]

Year width=200Player
2000 Gustavo Kuerten
2001 Marat Safin
2002 Marat Safin
2003 Roger Federer
2004 Roger Federer
2005 Roger Federer
2006 Roger Federer
2007 Roger Federer
2008 Roger Federer
2009 Roger Federer
2010 Roger Federer
2011 Roger Federer
2012 Roger Federer
2013 Roger Federer
2014 Roger Federer
2015 Roger Federer
2016 Roger Federer
2017 Roger Federer
2018 Roger Federer
2019 Roger Federer
2020 Roger Federer
2021 Roger Federer
2022 Rafael Nadal
2023 Jannik Sinner
Year Team
2005
2006 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2007 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2008 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2009 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2010 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2011 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2012 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2013 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2014 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2015 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2016 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2017 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2018 Mike Bryan & Jack Sock
2019 Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
2020 Jamie Murray & Neal Skupski
2021 Pierre-Hugues Herbert & Nicolas Mahut
2022 Thanasi Kokkinakis & Nick Kyrgios
2023 Karen Khachanov & Andrey Rublev

Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award

The Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship award is unique as it is voted by the ATP players themselves from the ones nominated by the ATP. The award goes to the player who, throughout the year, conducted himself at the highest level of professionalism and integrity, who competed with his fellow players with the utmost spirit of fairness and who promoted the game through his off-court activities.[2]

↓ ATP Sportsmanship ↓
1977 Arthur Ashe
1978 not awarded
1979 Stan Smith
1980 Jaime Fillol
1981 José Luis Clerc
1982 Steve Denton
1983 José Higueras
1984 Brian Gottfried
1985 Mats Wilander
1986 Yannick Noah
1987 Miloslav Mečíř
1988 Stefan Edberg
1989 Stefan Edberg
1990 Stefan Edberg
1991 John Fitzgerald
1992 Stefan Edberg
1993 Todd Martin
1994 Todd Martin
1995 Stefan Edberg
↓ Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship ↓
1996 Àlex Corretja
1997 Pat Rafter
1998 Àlex Corretja
1999 Pat Rafter
2000 Pat Rafter
2001 Pat Rafter
2002 Paradorn Srichaphan
2003 Paradorn Srichaphan
2004 Roger Federer
2005 Roger Federer
2006 Roger Federer
2007 Roger Federer
2008 Roger Federer
2009 Roger Federer
2010 Rafael Nadal
2011 Roger Federer
2012 Roger Federer
2013 Roger Federer
2014 Roger Federer
2015 Roger Federer
2016 Roger Federer
2017 Roger Federer
2018 Rafael Nadal
2019 Rafael Nadal
2020 Rafael Nadal
2021 Rafael Nadal
2022 Casper Ruud
2023 Carlos Alcaraz

Arthur Ashe Humanitarian & Ron Bookman Media Excellence awards

The Arthur Ashe Humanitarian award - This award is presented by the ATP to a person, not necessarily an ATP Player, who has made outstanding humanitarian contributions.[2]
The Ron Bookman Media Excellence award - This award is presented by the ATP to journalists who have made "significant contributions to the game of tennis".[2]

Arthur Ashe Humanitarian
Award recipients
1983 John McEnroe
1984 Alan King
1985 Stan Smith
Margie Smith
1986 Kay McEnroe
1987 Rob Finkelstein
1988 not given
1989
1990 Marie-Claire Noah
1991 John O'Shea
1992 Arthur Ashe
1993 Orville Brown
1994 Paul McNamee
1995 Andre Agassi
1996 Paul Flory
1997 Nelson Mandela
1998 Patrick Rafter
1999 Mac Winker
2000 Richard Krajicek
2001 Andre Agassi
2002 Amir Hadad
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
2003 Gustavo Kuerten
2004 Andy Roddick
2005 Carlos Moyà
2006 Roger Federer
2007 Ivan Ljubičić
2008 James Blake
2009 MaliVai Washington
2010 Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
2011 Rafael Nadal
2012 Novak Djokovic
2013 Roger Federer
2014 Andy Murray
2015 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
2016 Marin Čilić
2017 Horia Tecău
2018 Tommy Robredo
2019 Kevin Anderson
2020 Frances Tiafoe
2021 Marcus Daniell
2022 Andy Murray
2023 Félix Auger-Aliassime
Ron Bookman Media Excellence
Award recipients
1984 Russ Adams
1985 Robert Briner
1986 Richard Evans
1987 not given
1988
1989
1990 Philippe Bouin
1991
1992 Dan Maskell
1993 Rino Tommasi
1994 European Tennis Press
1995 Gianni Ciaccia
1996 Brett Haber
1997 John Anthony Parsons
1998 Gerd Szepanski
1999 L'Équipe
2000 Iain Carter
2001 Christopher Clarey
2002 Pedro Hernández
2003 John Anthony Parsons
2004 Tennis Channel
2005 Neil Harman
2006 John Barrett
2007 Bud Collins
2008 Alan Trengove
2009 Vincenzo Martucci
2010 L'Équipe
2011 Juan José Mateo
2012 Paul Newman
2013 Bendou Zhang
2014 Douglas Robson
2015 Linda Pearce
2016 Mike Dickson
2017 Guillermo Salatino
2018 Sue Barker
2019 Courtney Walsh
2020 Kevin Mitchell
2021 Prajwal Hegde
2022 Sebastián Torok
2023 L'Équipe

Tournaments of the Year

The Tournament of the Year awards are voted by the ATP players for the different categories: ATP Tour Masters 1000, ATP Tour 500 and ATP Tour 250. The awards go to the tournament in its category that operated at the highest level of professionalism and integrity and which provided the best conditions and atmosphere for participating players.[2]

Year width=150ATP Masters !ATP Tour 250
1986 no Masters level tournaments Stuttgart
1987 Stuttgart (2)
1988 IndianapolisStuttgart (3)
1989 Indianapolis (2)Stuttgart (4)
1990 Indianapolis (3)Memphis
1991 Indianapolis (4)Gstaad
1992 Indianapolis (5)Scottsdale
1993 Indianapolis (6)Scottsdale (2)
1994 Indianapolis (7)Sun City
1995 Indianapolis (8)Tel Aviv
1996 Indianapolis (9)Gstaad (2)
1997 Indianapolis (10)Kitzbühel
1998 MiamiDubai
1999 Miami (2)Lyon & Scottsdale (3)
2000 Miami (3)Halle
2001 Monte CarloIndianapolis (11)Shanghai
2002 Miami (4)Båstad
2003 Miami (5)Dubai (2)Houston & Båstad (2)
2004 Miami (6)Dubai (3)Houston (2) & Båstad (3)
2005 Miami (7)Dubai (4)Båstad (4)
2006 Miami (8)Dubai (5)Båstad (5)
2007 Monte Carlo (2)AcapulcoBåstad (6)
2008 Miami (9)Dubai (6)Båstad (7)
2009 Shanghai (2)Dubai (7)Båstad (8)
2010 Shanghai (3)Dubai (8)Båstad (9)
2011 Shanghai (4)Dubai (9)Båstad (10)
2012 Shanghai (5)Dubai (10)Båstad (11)
2013 Shanghai (6)Dubai (11)Queen's Club
2014 Indian WellsDubai (12)Queen's Club (2)
2015 Indian Wells (2)Queen's Club (3)Doha & St. Petersburg
2016 Indian Wells (3)Queen's Club Championships Queen's Club (4)Stockholm & Winston-Salem
2017 Indian Wells (4)Acapulco (2)Doha (2)
2018 Indian Wells (5)Queen's Club (5)Stockholm (2)
2019 Indian Wells (6)Acapulco (3)Doha (3)
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Indian Wells (7)Doha (4)
2022 Indian Wells (8)Queen's Club (6)Doha (5)
2023 Indian Wells (9)Queen's Club (7)Båstad (12)

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ATP Awards 2022: Complete list of winners ft. Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Casper Ruud. Sportskeeda. 16 December 2022. 21 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Nominees Revealed For 2018 ATP World Tour Awards Presented By Moët & Chandon. Association of Tennis Professionals. 17 October 2018. 1 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Roche Honoured With Tim Gullikson Career Coach Award. Association of Tennis Professionals. 19 December 2019. 18 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Nadal, Federer Among 2017 Awards Nominees. Association of Tennis Professionals. 20 October 2017. 1 November 2018.