ITF World Champions

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The International Tennis Federation (ITF) designates a '''World Champion''' each year based on its own majority opinion of performances throughout the year, emphasizing the Grand Slam tournaments,<ref name="slampriority">ITF Constitution, p.26, Rule 2.2(a)(iii)</ref> and also considering team events such as the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/1687794.stm|title=ITF opt for Hewitt and Capriati|date=2 December 2001|work=BBC Online|access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref> Men's and women's singles champions were first named in 1978; the title is now also awarded for doubles, wheelchair, and junior players.<ref>ITF Constitution, p.53 Appendix E</ref> It is sometimes named the "ITF Player of the Year" award, alluding to similar other year-end awards in tennis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/21711645|title=Rafael Nadal, Garbine Muguruza win ITF Player of the Year awards|date=2017-12-08|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-14}}</ref>

==Rules and procedures== The ITF's constitution states that no tennis tournament can be designated the "World Championships" without unanimous consent of the ITF Council.<ref>ITF Constitution, p.29: Article 29(a)</ref> There is currently no such tournament. The constitution also states:<ref>ITF Constitution, p.38 Regulation 3.1</ref> :The ITF may award the title of World Champion to players who, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, are the most outstanding players in any one-year. The names of players who have been awarded this title shall be listed in the Roll of Honour.

The opinion of the Board of Directors is taken to be equivalent to the majority opinions of the members of the Board.

It also states:<ref name="slampriority"/> :Official Tennis Championships [i.e. the Grand Slam events] shall be the decisive factor in the determination of the ITF World Champions for each year.

The boys' and girls' singles and doubles titles prior to 2003 were awarded based on world ranking. Since then singles and doubles rankings have been combined in a single award each for boys and for girls.<ref>ITF Constitution, Appendix E, pp.53, 60</ref>

The world champion accolade has been extended by the ITF to wheelchair tennis players of the Men's and Women's division since 1991 and also based on world ranking. In November 2017, the ITF announced that the quad wheelchair tennis division is to be recognised in its annual list of ITF World Champions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itftennis.com/276840?channel=itfwheelchairtennisnews |title=ITF Tennis - WHEELCHAIR - Articles - ITF to honour quad wheelchair world champions |website=www.itftennis.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213210321/http://www.itftennis.com/276840?channel=itfwheelchairtennisnews |archive-date=2017-12-13}}</ref>

In 1996, the Philippe Chatrier Award was introduced, honouring individuals or organisations who have made outstanding contributions to tennis globally, both on and off the court. The award is considered to be the ITF's highest accolade and is named after the former French tennis player Philippe Chatrier, who was President of the governing body between 1977 and 1991.<ref name="Philippe">{{cite news | last1=Gillen |first1=Nancy | title=Santana and Stolle receive ITF Philippe Chatrier Award | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1092706/santana-stolle-philippe-chatrier-award |access-date=15 July 2020 | work=Inside the Games | date=1 April 2020}}</ref>

The ITF World Champions Dinner takes place annually to honour the previous year's champions,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/about/world-champions/champions-dinner.aspx|title=World Champions Dinner|year=2013|publisher=ITF|access-date=20 December 2013|archive-date=16 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816012612/http://www.itftennis.com/about/world-champions/champions-dinner.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> who are presented with a trophy, but not any monetary prize.<ref name="stp19790117"/> The dinner was held during the French Open up until 2022, but since 2023 has been held during Wimbledon.

For 2020 there were no ITF World Champion awards given due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tennis season was suspended for about 5 months for both the female and the male tennis players.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/itf-celebrates-2019-world-champions/ |title=ITF celebrates 2019 World Champions |website=www.itftennis.com |access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref>

==Men's singles== The first men's panel in 1978 had three members, Don Budge, Fred Perry, and Lew Hoad,<ref name="stp19790117">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=psEwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3VgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4134%2C1062636|title=Borg: Sitting on top of the World|agency=Associated Press|work=Evening Independent|page=11C|access-date=20 December 2013|date=17 January 1979|location=St. Petersburg, Florida|via=Google News Archive}}</ref><ref name="si1978">{{cite magazine|author1=Joe Jares|title=Champion by committee|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=February 13, 1978|volume=48|issue=8|page=11|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1978/02/13/822386/scorecard}}</ref> who attended the season's Grand Slam events at ITF expense to inform their choice.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The New Yorker |title=The Sports Scene: Budge and the Grand Slam |last="Wind |first=Herbert Warren |author-link=Herbert Warren Wind |volume=63 |date=15 February 1978 |page=76}}</ref> The 1983 panel split two to one between John McEnroe (votes of Budge and Perry) and Mats Wilander (vote of Hoad).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H51TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QocDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3786%2C2874646|title=McEnroe tapped as world's best|last=UPI|date=17 January 1984|work=The Bulletin|page=D-1|access-date=20 December 2013|location=Bend, Oregon}}</ref> The 1984 panel had five members,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yKMRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6294%2C659612|title=McEnroe crowned World Champ by tennis panel|date=17 January 1985|work=Gainesville Sun|page=3E|access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref> while the 1985 panel had four: Budge, Perry, Hoad, and Tony Trabert.<ref name="age19860121"/> When Ivan Lendl was chosen as champion for 1985, the panel's announcement was accompanied with a rebuke for Lendl's criticism of some tournaments and his refusal to play in the Davis Cup.<ref name="age19860121">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j8wzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1953%2C3476736|title=All the awards, plus a rebuke|last=Fogarty|first=Mark|date=21 January 1986|work=The Age|page=48|access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref> Perry and Trabert were on the 1986 panel, with performances outside the Grand Slams taken into consideration.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OfJYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lI0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2018%2C3639088|title=It's official: Lendl best in world|date=11 December 1986|work=Boca Raton News|page=4D|access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref>

The 1990 designation of Lendl as champion was a surprise.<ref name="ap19901218"/> That year, the Association of Tennis Professionals named Stefan Edberg its "Player of The Year", in accordance with the ATP rankings, while ''Tennis Magazine'' (France) ranked Edberg first, Andre Agassi second, and Lendl third.<ref name="tennisfr1991"/> ''Tennis'' also suggested the ITF was punishing Edberg for denigrating the Grand Slam Cup tournament it had introduced.<ref name="tennisfr1991">{{cite journal |journal=Tennis |location=France |date=February 1991 |issue=179 |quote=On' a choisi de sanctionner un champion qui n'avait pas craint d'avouer publiquement le peu d'importance qu'il accordait à la Coupe du Grand Chelem, la fameuse invention de la FIT pour 'casser' l'ATP Tour. (It was decided to punish a champion who was not afraid to admit publicly how little he thought of the Grand Slam Cup, the famous ITF invention to 'break' the ATP Tour) |language=fr}}</ref> The ITF panel, of Perry, Trabert, and Frank Sedgman, called it "the toughest decision any of us can remember having to make", and stated it was Lendl's better average performance in the Grand Slams that made the difference.<ref name="ap19901218">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V5MrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=stAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3224%2C1916947 |title=Lendl, not Edberg, named tennis world champion |agency=Associated Press |date=18 December 1990 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |page=1C |access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref>

Other instances when the ITF choices differed from the ATP rankings are 1978, with Bjorn Borg being favoured over Jimmy Connors, 1982, with Connors favoured over McEnroe, 1989, with Boris Becker favoured over Lendl, 2013 with Novak Djokovic favoured over Rafael Nadal, 2022 with Nadal favoured over Carlos Alcaraz, and 2025 with Jannik Sinner favoured over Alcaraz.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Announced: 2025 ITF World Champions presented by UNIQLO |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/announced-2025-itf-world-champions-presented-by-uniqlo/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=www.itftennis.com}}</ref>

{| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width=50|Year|| width=200|Player |- |style="text-align:center"| 1978 || {{flagicon|SWE}} '''Björn Borg''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1979 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1980 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1981 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''John McEnroe''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1982 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''Jimmy Connors''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1983 || {{flagicon|USA}} John McEnroe {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1984 || {{flagicon|USA}} John McEnroe {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1985 || {{flagicon|TCH}} '''Ivan Lendl''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1986 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Ivan Lendl {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1987 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Ivan Lendl {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1988 || {{flagicon|SWE}} '''Mats Wilander''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1989 || {{flagicon|FRG}} '''Boris Becker''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1990 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Ivan Lendl {{small|(4)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1991 || {{flagicon|SWE}} '''Stefan Edberg''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1992 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''Jim Courier''' |-''' |style="text-align:center"| 1993 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''Pete Sampras''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1994 || {{flagicon|USA}} Pete Sampras {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1995 || {{flagicon|USA}} Pete Sampras {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1996 || {{flagicon|USA}} Pete Sampras {{small|(4)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1997 || {{flagicon|USA}} Pete Sampras {{small|(5)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1998 || {{flagicon|USA}} Pete Sampras {{small|(6)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 1999 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''Andre Agassi''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2000 || {{flagicon|BRA}} '''Gustavo Kuerten''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2001 || {{flagicon|AUS}} '''Lleyton Hewitt''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2002 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2003 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''Andy Roddick''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2004 || {{flagicon|SUI}} '''Roger Federer''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2005 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2006 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2007 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer {{small|(4)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2008 || {{flagicon|ESP}} '''Rafael Nadal''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2009 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer {{small|(5)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2010 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2011 || {{flagicon|SRB}} '''Novak Djokovic''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2012 || {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2013 || {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2014 || {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic {{small|(4)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2015 || {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic {{small|(5)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2016 || {{flagicon|GBR}} '''Andy Murray''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2017 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2018 || {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic {{small|(6)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2019 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal {{small|(4)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2020 || style="background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center;|''No award due to COVID-19 pandemic'' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2021 || {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic {{small|(7)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2022 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Nadal {{small|(5)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2023 || {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic {{small|(8)}} |- |style="text-align:center"| 2024 || {{flagicon|ITA}} '''Jannik Sinner''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2025 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Jannik Sinner {{small|(2)}} |} {{col-break|gap=3em}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! width=50|Total|| width=200|Player |- ! rowspan="1"| 8 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Novak|Djokovic}}|SRB}} |- ! rowspan="1"| 6 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Pete|Sampras}}|USA}} |- ! rowspan="2"| 5 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Roger|Federer}}|SUI}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Rafael|Nadal}}|ESP}} |- ! rowspan="1" |4 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Ivan|Lendl}}|TCH}} |- ! rowspan="2"|3 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Björn|Borg}}|SWE}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|John|McEnroe}}|USA}} |- ! rowspan="2"| 2 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Lleyton|Hewitt}}|AUS}} |- |{{flagathlete|{{sortname|Jannik|Sinner}}|ITA}} |- ! rowspan="9"|1 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Jimmy|Connors}}|USA}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Mats|Wilander}}|SWE}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Boris|Becker}}|GER}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Stefan|Edberg}}|SWE}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Jim|Courier}}|USA}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andre|Agassi}}|USA}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Gustavo|Kuerten}}|BRA}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andy|Roddick}}|USA}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andy|Murray}}|GBR}} |} |}

==Women's singles== The women's panel initially featured three former women's champions, Margaret Court, Margaret duPont and Ann Jones.<ref name="wapo">{{cite news|author1=Ron Rosen|title=Fie to Computers, Let People Decide|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1978/01/17/fie-to-computers-let-people-decide/c17b1c22-e342-4463-b44b-f4dbbd227132/|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 17, 1978}}</ref><ref name="stp19790117"/><ref name="si1978"/> Althea Gibson was a member through the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/althea-gibson-37191.html|title=Obituaries: Althea Gibson|last=Flink|first=Steve|date=30 September 2003|work=The Independent|access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref>

ITF world champions for women differed from the WTA year-end rankings the following years: 1978 (Martina Navratilova), 1994 (Steffi Graf), 2001 (Lindsay Davenport), 2004 (Lindsay Davenport), 2005 (Lindsay Davenport), 2011 (Caroline Wozniacki), 2012 (Victoria Azarenka), 2017 (Simona Halep), 2023 (Iga Świątek), 2024 (Aryna Sabalenka).

{| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width=50|Year|| width=200|Player |- |style="text-align:center"| 1978 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''Chris Evert''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1979 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''Martina Navratilova''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1980 || {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert (2) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1981 || {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert (3) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1982 || {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova (2) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1983 || {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova (3) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1984 || {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova (4) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1985 || {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova (5) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1986 || {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova (6) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1987 || {{flagicon|GER}} '''Steffi Graf''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1988 || {{flagicon|GER}} Steffi Graf (2) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1989 || {{flagicon|GER}} Steffi Graf (3) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1990 || {{flagicon|GER}} Steffi Graf (4) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1991 || {{flagicon|YUG}} '''Monica Seles''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1992 || {{flagicon|YUG}} Monica Seles (2) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1993 || {{flagicon|GER}} Steffi Graf (5) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1994 || {{flagicon|ESP}} '''Arantxa Sánchez Vicario''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1995 || {{flagicon|GER}} Steffi Graf (6) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1996 || {{flagicon|GER}} Steffi Graf (7) |- |style="text-align:center"| 1997 || {{flagicon|SUI}} '''Martina Hingis''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1998 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''Lindsay Davenport''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 1999 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis (2) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2000 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis (3) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2001 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''Jennifer Capriati''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2002 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''Serena Williams''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2003 || {{flagicon|BEL}} '''Justine Henin''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2004 || {{flagicon|RUS}} '''Anastasia Myskina''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2005 || {{flagicon|BEL}} '''Kim Clijsters''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2006 || {{flagicon|BEL}} Justine Henin (2) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2007 || {{flagicon|BEL}} Justine Henin (3) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2008 || {{flagicon|SRB}} '''Jelena Janković''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2009 || {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams (2) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2010 || {{flagicon|DEN}} '''Caroline Wozniacki''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2011 || {{flagicon|CZE}} '''Petra Kvitová''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2012 || {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams (3) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2013 || {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams (4) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2014 || {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams (5) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2015 || {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams (6) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2016 || {{flagicon|GER}} '''Angelique Kerber''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2017 || {{flagicon|ESP}} '''Garbiñe Muguruza''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2018 || {{flagicon|ROM}} '''Simona Halep''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2019 || {{flagicon|AUS}} '''Ashleigh Barty''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2020 || style="background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center;|''No award due to COVID-19 pandemic'' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2021 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty (2) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2022 || {{flagicon|POL}} '''Iga Świątek''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2023 || {{flagicon|}} '''Aryna Sabalenka''' |- |style="text-align:center"| 2024 || {{flagicon|POL}} Iga Świątek (2) |- |style="text-align:center"| 2025 || {{flagicon|}} Aryna Sabalenka (2) |} {{col-break|gap=3em}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! width=50|Total|| Player |- ! 7 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Steffi|Graf}}|GER}} |- ! rowspan=2| 6 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Martina|Navratilova}}|USA}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Serena|Williams}}|USA}} |- ! rowspan=3| 3 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Chris|Evert}}|USA}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Martina|Hingis}}|SUI}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Justine|Henin}}|BEL}} |- ! rowspan=4| 2 | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Monica|Seles}}|YUG}} |- | {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Ashleigh|Barty}}|AUS}} |- | {{flagicon|POL}} Iga Świątek |- | {{flagicon|}} Aryna Sabalenka |- ! rowspan="11"|1 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Capriati |- | {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Myskina |- | {{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters |- | {{flagicon|SRB}} Jelena Janković |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki |- | {{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová |- | {{flagicon|GER}} Angelique Kerber |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} Garbiñe Muguruza |- | {{flagicon|ROM}} Simona Halep |} |}

==Doubles== {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | ===Men's doubles=== {| class="wikitable" !Year!! Player |- |1996||{{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde |- |1997||{{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Woodbridge (2) & Mark Woodforde (2) |- |1998||{{flagicon|NED}} Jacco Eltingh & {{flagicon|NED}} Paul Haarhuis |- |1999||{{flagicon|IND}} Mahesh Bhupathi & {{flagicon|IND}} Leander Paes |- |2000||{{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Woodbridge (3) & Mark Woodforde (3) |- |2001||{{flagicon|SWE}} Jonas Björkman & {{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Woodbridge (4) |- |2002||{{flagicon|BAH}} Mark Knowles & {{flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Nestor |- |2003||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan |- |2004||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan (2) & Mike Bryan (2) |- |2005||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan (3) & Mike Bryan (3) |- |2006||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan (4) & Mike Bryan (4) |- |2007||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan (5) & Mike Bryan (5) |- |2008||{{flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Nestor (2) & {{flagicon|SRB}} Nenad Zimonjić |- |2009||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan (6) & Mike Bryan (6) |- |2010||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan (7) & Mike Bryan (7) |- |2011||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan (8) & Mike Bryan (8) |- |2012||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan (9) & Mike Bryan (9) |- |2013||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan (10) & Mike Bryan (10) |- |2014||{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan (11) & Mike Bryan (11) |- |2015||{{flagicon|NED}} Jean-Julien Rojer & {{flagicon|ROM}} Horia Tecău |- | 2016 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Murray & {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Soares |- | 2017 || {{flagicon|POL}} Łukasz Kubot & {{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelo Melo |- | 2018 || {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan (12) & {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock |- | 2019 || {{flagicon|COL}} Juan Sebastián Cabal & {{flagicon|COL}} Robert Farah |- | 2020 || style="background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center;" |''No award due to COVID-19 pandemic'' |- | 2021 || {{flagicon|CRO}} Nikola Mektić & {{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić |- | 2022 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Joe Salisbury & {{flagicon|USA}} Rajeev Ram |- | 2023 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Joe Salisbury (2) & {{flagicon|USA}} Rajeev Ram (2) |- | 2024 || {{flagicon|ESA}} Marcelo Arévalo & {{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić (2) |- | 2025 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Marcel Granollers & {{flagicon|ARG}} Horacio Zeballos |} {{col-break|gap=3em}}

===Women's doubles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year || Player |- | 1996 || {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport & {{flagicon|USA}} Mary Joe Fernández |- | 1997 || {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport (2) & {{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Novotná |- | 1998 || {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport (3) & {{flagicon|BLR}} Natasha Zvereva |- | 1999 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis & {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kournikova |- | 2000 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Julie Halard-Decugis & {{flagicon|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama |- | 2001 || {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond & {{flagicon|AUS}} Rennae Stubbs |- | 2002 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual & {{flagicon|ARG}} Paola Suárez |- | 2003 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual (2) & {{flagicon|ARG}} Paola Suárez (2) |- | 2004 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual (3) & {{flagicon|ARG}} Paola Suárez (3) |- | 2005 || {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond (2) & {{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur |- | 2006 || {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond (3) & {{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur (2) |- | 2007 || {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black & {{flagicon|USA}} Liezel Huber |- | 2008 || {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black (2) & {{flagicon|USA}} Liezel Huber (2) |- | 2009 || {{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams & Venus Williams |- | 2010 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Gisela Dulko & {{flagicon|ITA}} Flavia Pennetta |- | 2011 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Květa Peschke & {{flagicon|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik |- | 2012 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Sara Errani & {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberta Vinci |- | 2013 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Sara Errani (2) & {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberta Vinci (2) |- | 2014 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Sara Errani (3) & {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberta Vinci (3) |- | 2015 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis (2) & {{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza |- | 2016 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia & {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic |- | 2017 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis (3) & {{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} Chan Yung-jan |- | 2018 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Krejčíková & {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková |- | 2019 || {{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos & {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic (2) |- | 2020 || style="background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center;" |''No award due to COVID-19 pandemic'' |- | 2021 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Krejčíková (2) & {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková (2) |- | 2022 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Krejčíková (3) & {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková (3) |- | 2023 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Storm Hunter & {{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens |- | 2024 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Sara Errani (4) & {{flagicon|ITA}} Jasmine Paolini |- | 2025 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Sara Errani (5) & {{flagicon|ITA}} Jasmine Paolini (2) |} |}

==Junior== {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | ===Boys' combined (2004– )=== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 320px;" |- ! Year|| Player |- | 2004 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Gaël Monfils |- | 2005 || {{flagicon|USA}} Donald Young |- | 2006 || {{flagicon|NED}} Thiemo de Bakker |- | 2007 || {{flagicon|LTU}} Ričardas Berankis |- | 2008 || {{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} Yang Tsung-hua |- | 2009 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Daniel Berta |- | 2010 || {{flagicon|COL}} Juan Sebastián Gómez |- | 2011 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Veselý |- | 2012 || {{flagicon|CAN}} Filip Peliwo |- | 2013 || {{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Zverev |- | 2014 || {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Rublev |- | 2015 || {{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Fritz |- | 2016 || {{flagicon|SRB}} Miomir Kecmanović |- | 2017 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Axel Geller |- | 2018 || {{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} Tseng Chun-hsin |- | 2019 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Thiago Agustin Tirante |- | 2020 || style="background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center;" |''No award due to COVID-19 pandemic'' |- | 2021 || {{flagicon|CHN}} Shang Juncheng |- | 2022 || {{flagicon|BEL}} Gilles-Arnaud Bailly |- | 2023 || {{flagicon|BRA}} João Fonseca |- | 2024 || {{flagicon|NOR}} Nicolai Budkov Kjær |- | 2025 || {{flagicon|BUL}} Ivan Ivanov |} {{col-break|gap=3em}}

===Girls' combined (2004– )=== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 320px;" |- ! Year|| Player |- | 2004 || {{flagicon|NED}} Michaëlla Krajicek |- | 2005 || {{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka |- | 2006 || {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |- | 2007 || {{flagicon|POL}} Urszula Radwańska |- | 2008 || {{flagicon|THA}} Noppawan Lertcheewakarn |- | 2009 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic |- | 2010 || {{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Gavrilova |- | 2011 || {{flagicon|RUS}} Irina Khromacheva |- | 2012 || {{flagicon|USA}} Taylor Townsend |- | 2013 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic |- | 2014 || {{flagicon|USA}} Catherine "CiCi" Bellis |- | 2015 || {{flagicon|HUN}} Dalma Gálfi |- | 2016 || {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Potapova |- | 2017 || {{flagicon|USA}} Whitney Osuigwe |- | 2018 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Clara Burel |- | 2019 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Diane Parry |- | 2020 || style="background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center;" |''No award due to COVID-19 pandemic'' |- | 2021 || {{flagicon|CRO}} Petra Marčinko |- | 2022 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Havlíčková |- | 2023 || {{flagicon|RUS}} Alina Korneeva |- | 2024 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Emerson Jones |- | 2025 || {{flagicon|USA}} Kristina Penickova |} |}

===Singles (1978–2003) === {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | ====Boys' singles==== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 320px;" |- ! Year|| Player |- | 1978 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Ivan Lendl |- | 1979 || {{flagicon|ECU}} Raúl Viver |- | 1980 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Tulasne |- | 1981 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Pat Cash |- | 1982 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Guy Forget |- | 1983 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Stefan Edberg |- | 1984 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Kratzmann |- | 1985 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Claudio Pistolesi |- | 1986 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Sánchez |- | 1987 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Stoltenberg |- | 1988 || {{flagicon|VEN}} Nicolás Pereira |- | 1989 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Nicklas Kulti |- | 1990 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Gaudenzi |- | 1991 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Thomas Enqvist |- | 1992 || {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Dunn |- | 1993 || {{flagicon|CHI}} Marcelo Ríos |- | 1994 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Browne |- | 1995 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Mariano Zabaleta |- | 1996 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Grosjean |- | 1997 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Arnaud Di Pasquale |- | 1998 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer |- | 1999 || {{flagicon|DEN}} Kristian Pless |- | 2000 || {{flagicon|USA}} Andy Roddick |- | 2001 || {{flagicon|LUX}} Gilles Müller |- | 2002 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Richard Gasquet |- | 2003 || {{flagicon|CYP}} Marcos Baghdatis |} {{col-break|gap=3em}}

====Girls' singles==== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 320px;" |- ! Year|| Player |- | 1978 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Hana Mandlíková |- | 1979 || {{flagicon|USA}} Mary-Lou Piatek |- | 1980 || {{flagicon|USA}} Susan Mascarin |- | 1981 || {{flagicon|USA}} Zina Garrison |- | 1982 || {{flagicon|USA}} Gretchen Rush |- | 1983 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Pascale Paradis |- | 1984 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriela Sabatini |- | 1985 || {{flagicon|ITA}} Laura Garrone |- | 1986 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Patricia Tarabini |- | 1987 || {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Zvereva |- | 1988 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Cristina Tessi |- | 1989 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Florencia Labat |- | 1990 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Karina Habšudová |- | 1991 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Zdeňka Málková |- | 1992 || {{flagicon|PAR}} Rossana de los Ríos |- | 1993 || {{flagicon|GEO|variant=1990}} Nino Louarsabishvili |- | 1994 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis |- | 1995 || {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kournikova |- | 1996 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo |- | 1997 || {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black |- | 1998 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Jelena Dokić |- | 1999 || {{flagicon|RUS}} Lina Krasnoroutskaya |- | 2000 || {{flagicon|ARG}} María Emilia Salerni |- | 2001 || {{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova |- | 2002 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Barbora Strýcová |- | 2003 || {{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens |} |}

===Doubles (1978–2003)=== {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | ====Boys' doubles==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year|| Player |- | 1982 || {{flagicon|MEX}} Fernando Pérez Pascal |- | 1983 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Kratzmann |- | 1984 || {{flagicon|MEX}} Agustín Moreno |- | 1985 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Petr Korda & {{flagicon|TCH}} Cyril Suk |- | 1986 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Tomás Carbonell |- | 1987 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Stoltenberg |- | 1988 || {{flagicon|TCH}} David Rikl & {{flagicon|TCH}} Tomáš Anzari |- | 1989 || {{flagicon|RSA|variant=1928}} Wayne Ferreira |- | 1990 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Mårten Renström |- | 1991 || {{flagicon|MAR}} Karim Alami |- | 1992 || {{flagicon|MEX}} Enrique Abaroa |- | 1993 || {{flagicon|NZL}} Steven Downs |- | 1994 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Benjamin Ellwood |- | 1995 || {{flagicon|VEN|1930}} Kepler Orellana |- | 1996 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Grosjean |- | 1997 || {{flagicon|CHI}} Nicolás Massú |- | 1998 || {{flagicon|VEN|1930}} José de Armas |- | 1999 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Benneteau & {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Mahut |- | 2000 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Lee Childs & {{flagicon|GBR}} James Nelson |- | 2001 || {{flagicon|MEX}} Bruno Echagaray & {{flagicon|MEX}} Santiago González |- | 2002 || {{flagicon|ROM}} Florin Mergea & {{flagicon|ROM}} Horia Tecău |- | 2003 || {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Oudsema |} {{col-break|gap=3em}}

====Girls' doubles==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year|| Player |- | 1982 || {{flagicon|USA}} Beth Herr |- | 1983 || {{flagicon|URS}} Larisa Savchenko |- | 1984 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Mercedes Paz |- | 1985 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Mariana Perez-Roldan & {{flagicon|ARG}} Patricia Tarabini |- | 1986 || {{flagicon|URS}} Leila Meskhi |- | 1987 || {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Medvedeva |- | 1988 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Jo-Anne Faull |- | 1989 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Andrea Strnadová |- | 1990 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Karina Habšudová |- | 1991 || {{flagicon|TCH}} Eva Martincová |- | 1992 || {{flagicon|BEL}} Nancy Feber & {{flagicon|BEL}} Laurence Courtois |- | 1993 || {{flagicon|USA}} Cristina Moros |- | 1994 || {{flagicon|SLO}} Martina Nedelkova |- | 1995 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Ludmila Varmuzova |- | 1996 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Jitka Schönfeldová & {{flagicon|CZS}} Michaela Paštiková |- | 1997 || {{flagicon|KAZ}} Irina Selyutina & {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black |- | 1998 || {{flagicon|DEN}} Eva Dyrberg |- | 1999 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Daniela Bedáňová |- | 2000 || {{flagicon|ARG}} María Emilia Salerni |- | 2001 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Cetkovská |- | 2002 || {{flagicon|BEL}} Elke Clijsters |- | 2003 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Andrea Hlaváčková |} |}

==Wheelchair== {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | === Men's wheelchair === {| class="wikitable" style="width: 320px;" |- ! Year|| Player |- | 1991 || {{flagicon|USA}} Randy Snow |- | 1992 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Laurent Giammartini |- | 1993 || {{flagicon|GER}} Kai Schramayer |- | 1994 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Laurent Giammartini (2) |- | 1995 || {{flagicon|AUS}} David Hall |- | 1996 || {{flagicon|NED}} Ricky Molier |- | 1997 || {{flagicon|NED}} Ricky Molier (2) |- | 1998 || {{flagicon|AUS}} David Hall (2) |- | 1999 || {{flagicon|USA}} Stephen Welch |- | 2000 || {{flagicon|AUS}} David Hall (3) |- | 2001 || {{flagicon|NED}} Ricky Molier (3) |- | 2002 || {{flagicon|AUS}} David Hall (4) |- | 2003 || {{flagicon|AUS}} David Hall (5) |- | 2004 || {{flagicon|AUS}} David Hall (6) |- | 2005 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Michaël Jeremiasz |- | 2006 || {{flagicon|NED}} Robin Ammerlaan |- | 2007 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda |- | 2008 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda (2) |- | 2009 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda (3) |- | 2010 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda (4) |- | 2011 || {{flagicon|NED}} Maikel Scheffers |- | 2012 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Houdet |- | 2013 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda (5) |- | 2014 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda (6) |- | 2015 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda (7) |- | 2016 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Gordon Reid |- | 2017 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Gustavo Fernández |- | 2018 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda (8) |- | 2019 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Gustavo Fernández (2) |- | 2020 || style="background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center;" |''No award due to COVID-19 pandemic'' |- | 2021 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda (9) |- | 2022 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda (10) |- | 2023 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Alfie Hewett |- | 2024 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Tokito Oda |- | 2025 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Tokito Oda (2) |} {{col-break|gap=3em}}

===Women's wheelchair=== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 320px;" |- ! Year|| Player |- | 1991 || {{flagicon|NED}} Chantal Vandierendonck |- | 1992 || {{flagicon|NED}} Monique Van Den Bosch |- | 1993 || {{flagicon|NED}} Monique Kalkman (2) |- | 1994 || {{flagicon|NED}} Monique Kalkman (3) |- | 1995 || {{flagicon|NED}} Monique Kalkman (4) |- | 1996 || {{flagicon|NED}} Chantal Vandierendonck (2) |- | 1997 || {{flagicon|NED}} Chantal Vandierendonck (3) |- | 1998 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Daniela Di Toro |- | 1999 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Daniela Di Toro (2) |- | 2000 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer |- | 2001 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (2) |- | 2002 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (3) |- | 2003 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (4) |- | 2004 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (5) |- | 2005 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (6) |- | 2006 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (7) |- | 2007 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (8) |- | 2008 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (9) |- | 2009 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (10) |- | 2010 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (11) |- | 2011 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (12) |- | 2012 || {{flagicon|NED}} Esther Vergeer (13) |- | 2013 || {{flagicon|NED}} Aniek van Koot |- | 2014 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Yui Kamiji |- | 2015 || {{flagicon|NED}} Jiske Griffioen |- | 2016 || {{flagicon|NED}} Jiske Griffioen (2) |- | 2017 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Yui Kamiji (2) |- | 2018 || {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot |- | 2019 || {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot (2) |- | 2020 || style="background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center;" |''No award due to COVID-19 pandemic'' |- | 2021 || {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot (3) |- | 2022 || {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot (4) |- | 2023 || {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot (5) |- | 2024 || {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot (6) |- | 2025 || {{flagicon|JPN}} Yui Kamiji (3) |} |}

===Quad's wheelchair=== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 320px;" |- ! Year|| Player |- | 2017 || {{flagicon|USA}} David Wagner |- | 2018 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan Alcott |- | 2019 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan Alcott (2) |- | 2020 || style="background: #f2f2f2; text-align: center;" |''No award due to COVID-19 pandemic'' |- | 2021 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan Alcott (3) |- | 2022 || {{flagicon|NED}} Niels Vink |- | 2023 || {{flagicon|NED}} Niels Vink (2) |- | 2024 || {{flagicon|NED}} Sam Schröder |- | 2025 || {{flagicon|NED}} Niels Vink (3) |}

==References== ;ITF Constitution: * {{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_46448_original.PDF |title=Memorandum, Articles of Association and Bye-laws of ITF LIMITED; Trading as the International Tennis Federation |date=6 January 2010 |publisher=ITF |first=Vicki |last=Fecci |access-date=20 December 2013 |location=Nassau, Bahamas |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118183826/http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialibrary/pdf/original/IO_46448_original.PDF |archive-date=18 January 2012 }}

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==External links== * {{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/about-us/itf-events/itf-world-champions-awards/overview/|title=ITF World Champions Awards|publisher=International Tennis Federation (ITF)}}

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