ATP Awards
Tennis award
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.
01Player and Team of the Year
Since 2000, the ATP Player and Team of the Year awards are given to the player and team who end the year as world No. 1 in the ATP rankings. 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 hold 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 the Bryan brothers in doubles.
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02Coach 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.
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.
| Year | Coach |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Tony Roche |
| 2020 | Bob Brett |
| 2021 | Not given |
| 2022 | |
| 2023 | José Higueras |
| 2024 | Not given |
03Most Improved Player, Comeback Player & Newcomer of the Year
Most Improved Player award - The nominees for this award are determined by an International Tennis Writers' Association (ITWA) vote; ATP players then vote for a winner from the list of nominees. The award 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.
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 - The nominees for this award are determined by an International Tennis Writers' Association (ITWA) vote; ATP players then vote for a winner from the list of 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.
| Comeback player of the Year | |
|---|---|
| 1973 | not attributed |
| 1974 | not attributed |
| 1975 | not attributed |
| 1976 | not attributed |
| 1977 | not attributed |
| 1978 | not attributed |
| 1979 | Arthur Ashe |
| 1980 | not attributed |
| 1981 | Bob Lutz |
| 1982 | Jeff Borowiak |
| 1983 | Butch Walts |
| 1984 | not attributed |
| 1985 | not attributed |
| 1986 | not attributed |
| 1987 | not attributed |
| 1988 | not 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 (2) |
| 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 (2) |
| 2013 | Rafael Nadal |
| 2014 | David Goffin |
| 2015 | Benoît Paire |
| 2016 | Juan Martín del Potro (2) |
| 2017 | Roger Federer |
| 2018 | Novak Djokovic |
| 2019 | Andy Murray |
| 2020 | Vasek Pospisil |
| 2021 | Mackenzie McDonald |
| 2022 | Borna Ćorić |
| 2023 | Jan-Lennard Struff |
| 2024 | Matteo Berrettini |
*From 2013 to 2017, this award was named ATP Star of Tomorrow, and it was given to the youngest player who ended the year in the Top 100 of the ATP Singles Rankings. If two or more players in the Top 100 shared the youngest birth year, the higher-ranked player won the award.
04Breakthrough of the Year
The ATP Breakthrough of the Year award was introduced in 2025 and replaces the awards for Most Improved Player, Comeback Player and Newcomer of the Year. It is awarded to the player who made the biggest breakthrough on the ATP Tour this season, with consideration given to milestone wins, significant jumps in the ATP Rankings and first ATP Tour titles, with a preference for achievements by young talents. The award is voted on by current and former ATP players who have reached world No. 1.
| Breakthrough of the Year | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Valentin Vacherot |
05Fans' 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.
The pool was later expanded to include the top 100 singles players and the top 20 doubles teams.
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06Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
Nominees for the ATP's Sportsmanship Award, named after Stefan Edberg since 1996, are determined by an International Tennis Writers' Association (ITWA) vote. Since 2025, current and former ATP players to have reached world No. 1 then vote for a winner from the list of nominees. 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.
| ↓ 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 (2) |
| 1990 | Stefan Edberg (3) |
| 1991 | John Fitzgerald |
| 1992 | Stefan Edberg (4) |
| 1993 | Todd Martin |
| 1994 | Todd Martin (2) |
| 1995 | Stefan Edberg (5) |
| ↓ Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship ↓ | |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Àlex Corretja |
| 1997 | Pat Rafter |
| 1998 | Àlex Corretja (2) |
| 1999 | Pat Rafter (2) |
| 2000 | Pat Rafter (3) |
| 2001 | Pat Rafter (4) |
| 2002 | Paradorn Srichaphan |
| 2003 | Paradorn Srichaphan (2) |
| 2004 | Roger Federer |
| 2005 | Roger Federer (2) |
| 2006 | Roger Federer (3) |
| 2007 | Roger Federer (4) |
| 2008 | Roger Federer (5) |
| 2009 | Roger Federer (6) |
| 2010 | Rafael Nadal |
| 2011 | Roger Federer (7) |
| 2012 | Roger Federer (8) |
| 2013 | Roger Federer (9) |
| 2014 | Roger Federer (10) |
| 2015 | Roger Federer (11) |
| 2016 | Roger Federer (12) |
| 2017 | Roger Federer (13) |
| 2018 | Rafael Nadal (2) |
| 2019 | Rafael Nadal (3) |
| 2020 | Rafael Nadal (4) |
| 2021 | Rafael Nadal (5) |
| 2022 | Casper Ruud |
| 2023 | Carlos Alcaraz |
| 2024 | Grigor Dimitrov |
| 2025 | Carlos Alcaraz (2) |
07Arthur 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.
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".
| 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 (2) |
| 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 (2) |
| 2011 | Rafael Nadal |
| 2012 | Novak Djokovic |
| 2013 | Roger Federer (2) |
| 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 (2) |
| 2023 | Félix Auger-Aliassime |
| 2024 | Dominic Thiem |
| 2025 | Andrey Rublev |
| Ron Bookman Media Excellence Award recipients | |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Russ Adams |
| 1985 | Robert Briner |
| 1986 | Richard Evans |
| 1987 | not given |
| 1988 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1990 | Philippe Bouin |
| 1991 | Russ Adams (2) |
| 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 (2) |
| 2004 | Tennis Channel |
| 2005 | Neil Harman |
| 2006 | John Barrett |
| 2007 | Bud Collins |
| 2008 | Alan Trengove |
| 2009 | Vincenzo Martucci |
| 2010 | L'Équipe (2) |
| 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 (3) |
| 2024 | Joan Solsona |
08Tournaments 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.
| Year | ATP Masters | ATP Tour 500 | ATP Tour 250 | ||||||||||||
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| 1986 | no Masters level tournaments | Cincinnati | Stuttgart | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | Stratton Mountain | Stuttgart (2) | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | Indianapolis | Stuttgart (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 | Miami | Dubai | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Miami (2) | Lyon & Scottsdale (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | Miami (3) | Halle | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Monte Carlo | Indianapolis (11) | Shanghai | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | Miami (4) | Kitzbühel | 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) | Acapulco | Båstad (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 Wells | Dubai (12) | Queen's Club (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Indian Wells (2) | Queen's Club (3) | Doha & St. Petersburg | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Indian Wells (3) | 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) | Vienna | Doha (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Indian Wells (8) | Queen's Club (6) | Doha (5) | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | Indian Wells (9) | Queen's Club (7) | Båstad (12) | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Indian Wells (10) | Queen's Club (8) | Doha (6) | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | Cincinnati (2) | Doha (7) | Båstad (13) | ||||||||||||
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