A full recap, hopefully updated periodically. Current as of: October 14, 2010
The following list counts the number of times a player has defeated the sitting world number one men's singles player at the time of their match. Currently, 205 players have defeated the world number one a total of 449 times.
The last player to defeat a world number one was Nikolay Davydenko. He defeated Rafael Nadal at Doha in 2011. This was Davydenko's 4th win of a sitting #1.
The complete list:
19 Boris Becker
14 Ivan Lendl
13 Rafael Nadal
11 John McEnroe
10 Andre Agassi
9 Stefan Edberg
8 Bjorn Borg
7 Michael Chang, Richard Krajicek
6 Roscoe Tanner, Pete Sampras, Goran Ivanisevic
5 Tom Okker, Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier, Magnus Norman, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Carlos Moya, Andy Murray
4 Dick Stockton, Guillermo Vilas, Mats Wilander, Michael Stich, Sergi Bruguera, Karol Kucera, Patrick Rafter, Greg Rusedski, Mark Philippoussis, Dominik Hrbaty, Marat Safin, Roger Federer, Nikolay Davydenko
3 John Alexander, Ilie Nastase, Bill Scanlon, Vijay Amritraj, Kevin Curren, Pat Cash, Wayne Ferreira, Max Mirnyi, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Gustavo Kuerten, Guillermo Canas, David Nalbandian, Fernando Gonzalez, Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin Del Potro
2 Andrew Pattison, Raul Ramirez, Corrado Barazzutti, Adriano Panatta, Manuel Orantes, Arthur Ashe, Rolf Gehring, Victor Pecci Sr., Eliot Teltscher, Johan Kriek, Eddie Dibbs, Gene Mayer, Shlomo Glickstein, Henri Leconte, Joakim Nystrom, Yannick Noah, Andrei Cherkasov, Guy Forget, David Wheaton, Amos Mansdorf, Jacco Eltingh, Todd Martin, Paul Haarhuis, Marc Rosset, Bohdan Ulihrach, Petr Korda, Mark Woodforde, Tommy Haas, Thomas Enqvist, Alex Corretja, Jan-Michael Gambill, Arnaud Clement, Felix Mantilla, Francisco Clavet, Sebastien Grosjean, Rainer Schuettler, Jonas Bjorkman, Tim Henman, Andy Roddick, Gilles Simon, Tomas Berdych, Robin Soderling, Marcos Baghdatis
1 Tom Gorman, Pierre Barthes, Allan Stone, Robert Maud, Jan Kodes, Ken Rosewall, Juan Gisbert Sr., Alex Matreveli, Onny Parun, John Newcombe, Dick R. Bohrnstedt, Roger Dowdeswell, Vitas Gerulaitis, John Whitlinger, Brian Gottfried, Mark Cox, John Feaver, Harold Solomon, Richard Lewis, Jeff Borowiak, Hank Pfister, Brian Teacher, Tom Gullikson, Jose-Luis Clerc, Erik Van Dillen, Tomas Smid, Vincent Van Patten, Steve Denton, Mike Bauer, Francisco Gonzalez, Peter McNamara, Mark Dickson, Balasz Taroczy, Christophe Roger-Vasselin, Anders Jarryd, Leif Shiras, Henrik Sundstrom, Miloslav Mecir Sr., David Pate, Peter Lundgren, John Fitzgerald, Jonas Svensson, Roger Smith, Dan Goldie, Patrik Kuhnen, Carl-Uwe Steeb, Ramesh Krishnan, Andres Gomez, Emilio Sanchez, Aaron Krickstein, Alexander Volkov, Daniel Nestor, Andrei Chesnokov, Andrei Olhovskiy, Diego Perez, Henrik Holm, Jakob Hlasek, Derrick Rostagno, Jonathan Stark, Grant Stafford, Brett Steven, Cedric Pioline, Carlos Costa, Karim Alami, Jaime Yzaga, MaliVai Washington, Sandon Stolle, Adrian Voinea, Nicolas Pereira, Magnus Norman, Thomas Muster, Ramon Delgado, Daniel Vacek, Byron Black, Jason Stoltenberg, Mariano Zabaleta, Sargis Sargisian, Vincent Spadea, Hicham Arazi, Jiri Vanek, Gianluca Pozzi, Jerome Golmard, Fernando Vicente, Thomas Johansson, Arnaud Di Pasquale, Flavio Saretta, Ivan Ljubicic, Julien Boutter, Sjeng Schalken, Nicolas Escude, Alberto Martin, Gaston Gaudio, Paradorn Srichaphan, Raemon Sluiter, Younes El Aynaoui, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo, Agustin Calleri, Taylor Dent, Jiri Novak, Albert Costa, Richard Gasquet, Filippo Volandri, Mardy Fish, Radek Stepanek, Ivo Karlovic, James Blake, Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Julien Benneteau, Ernests Gulbis, Albert Montanes, Feliciano Lopez, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Jurgen Melzer
The following list counts the number of times a player has defeated the sitting world number one men's singles player at the time of their match. Currently, 205 players have defeated the world number one a total of 449 times.
The last player to defeat a world number one was Nikolay Davydenko. He defeated Rafael Nadal at Doha in 2011. This was Davydenko's 4th win of a sitting #1.
The complete list:
19 Boris Becker
14 Ivan Lendl
13 Rafael Nadal
11 John McEnroe
10 Andre Agassi
9 Stefan Edberg
8 Bjorn Borg
7 Michael Chang, Richard Krajicek
6 Roscoe Tanner, Pete Sampras, Goran Ivanisevic
5 Tom Okker, Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier, Magnus Norman, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Carlos Moya, Andy Murray
4 Dick Stockton, Guillermo Vilas, Mats Wilander, Michael Stich, Sergi Bruguera, Karol Kucera, Patrick Rafter, Greg Rusedski, Mark Philippoussis, Dominik Hrbaty, Marat Safin, Roger Federer, Nikolay Davydenko
3 John Alexander, Ilie Nastase, Bill Scanlon, Vijay Amritraj, Kevin Curren, Pat Cash, Wayne Ferreira, Max Mirnyi, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Gustavo Kuerten, Guillermo Canas, David Nalbandian, Fernando Gonzalez, Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin Del Potro
2 Andrew Pattison, Raul Ramirez, Corrado Barazzutti, Adriano Panatta, Manuel Orantes, Arthur Ashe, Rolf Gehring, Victor Pecci Sr., Eliot Teltscher, Johan Kriek, Eddie Dibbs, Gene Mayer, Shlomo Glickstein, Henri Leconte, Joakim Nystrom, Yannick Noah, Andrei Cherkasov, Guy Forget, David Wheaton, Amos Mansdorf, Jacco Eltingh, Todd Martin, Paul Haarhuis, Marc Rosset, Bohdan Ulihrach, Petr Korda, Mark Woodforde, Tommy Haas, Thomas Enqvist, Alex Corretja, Jan-Michael Gambill, Arnaud Clement, Felix Mantilla, Francisco Clavet, Sebastien Grosjean, Rainer Schuettler, Jonas Bjorkman, Tim Henman, Andy Roddick, Gilles Simon, Tomas Berdych, Robin Soderling, Marcos Baghdatis
1 Tom Gorman, Pierre Barthes, Allan Stone, Robert Maud, Jan Kodes, Ken Rosewall, Juan Gisbert Sr., Alex Matreveli, Onny Parun, John Newcombe, Dick R. Bohrnstedt, Roger Dowdeswell, Vitas Gerulaitis, John Whitlinger, Brian Gottfried, Mark Cox, John Feaver, Harold Solomon, Richard Lewis, Jeff Borowiak, Hank Pfister, Brian Teacher, Tom Gullikson, Jose-Luis Clerc, Erik Van Dillen, Tomas Smid, Vincent Van Patten, Steve Denton, Mike Bauer, Francisco Gonzalez, Peter McNamara, Mark Dickson, Balasz Taroczy, Christophe Roger-Vasselin, Anders Jarryd, Leif Shiras, Henrik Sundstrom, Miloslav Mecir Sr., David Pate, Peter Lundgren, John Fitzgerald, Jonas Svensson, Roger Smith, Dan Goldie, Patrik Kuhnen, Carl-Uwe Steeb, Ramesh Krishnan, Andres Gomez, Emilio Sanchez, Aaron Krickstein, Alexander Volkov, Daniel Nestor, Andrei Chesnokov, Andrei Olhovskiy, Diego Perez, Henrik Holm, Jakob Hlasek, Derrick Rostagno, Jonathan Stark, Grant Stafford, Brett Steven, Cedric Pioline, Carlos Costa, Karim Alami, Jaime Yzaga, MaliVai Washington, Sandon Stolle, Adrian Voinea, Nicolas Pereira, Magnus Norman, Thomas Muster, Ramon Delgado, Daniel Vacek, Byron Black, Jason Stoltenberg, Mariano Zabaleta, Sargis Sargisian, Vincent Spadea, Hicham Arazi, Jiri Vanek, Gianluca Pozzi, Jerome Golmard, Fernando Vicente, Thomas Johansson, Arnaud Di Pasquale, Flavio Saretta, Ivan Ljubicic, Julien Boutter, Sjeng Schalken, Nicolas Escude, Alberto Martin, Gaston Gaudio, Paradorn Srichaphan, Raemon Sluiter, Younes El Aynaoui, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo, Agustin Calleri, Taylor Dent, Jiri Novak, Albert Costa, Richard Gasquet, Filippo Volandri, Mardy Fish, Radek Stepanek, Ivo Karlovic, James Blake, Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Julien Benneteau, Ernests Gulbis, Albert Montanes, Feliciano Lopez, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Jurgen Melzer