THE TOP 100 - AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB

A list of Australian players who have broken into the top 100 over the past 35 years

Below is a list of Australian Players who finished the year ranked inside the world's top 100 over the past 36 years (1987 -2023).

BASED ON YEAR END RANKINGS (and my memory!)

1987 – 5 players - Cash, Masur, Woodforde, Fitzgerald, Cahill

1988 – 8 players -Cash, Fitzgerald, Cahill, Woodforde, Masur, Frawley, Stoltenberg, Drewett

1989 –6 players - Masur, Cahill, Woodforde, Stoltenberg, Fitzgerald, Anderson

1990 – 7 players - Fromberg, Masur, Woodbridge, Woodforde, Kratzmann, Cash, Cahill

1991 – 6 players - Masur, Stoltenberg, Woodforde, Woodbridge, Cahill, Fromberg

1992 – 6 player - Masur, Woodforde, Youl, Woodbridge, Stolle, Fromberg, Morgan

1993 – 7 players - Masur, Woodforde, Woodbridge, Morgan, Rafter, Fromberg, Stoltenberg,

1994 – 5 players top 100 – Stoltenberg, Rafter, Woodforde, Woodbridge, Morgan

1995 – 8 players top 100 – Stoltenberg, Rafter, Draper, Fromberg, Tebbutt, Woodbridge, Phillippoussis, Woodforde.

1996 – 8 players top 100 - Stoltenberg, Rafter, Draper, Fromberg, Woodbridge, Woodforde, Phillippoussis, Stolle

1997 – 6 players top 100 - Rafter, Stoltenberg, Woodforde, Fromberg, Woodbridge, Draper

1998 – 9 players top 100 - Rafter, Phillippoussis, Stoltenberg, Fromberg, Draper, Woodforde, Ilie, Woodbridge, Hewitt

1999 – 7 players top 100 - Rafter, Phillippoussis, Hewitt, Ilie, Fromberg, Stoltenberg, Arthurs

2000 – 6 players top 100 - Hewitt, Phillippoussis, Ilie, Stoltenberg, Arthurs, Fromberg

2001 – 4 players top 100 - Hewitt, Rafter, Ilie, Arthurs

2002 – 3 players top 100 - Hewitt, Arthurs, Phillippoussis

2003 – 2 players top 100 - Hewitt, Phillippoussis

2004 – 2 players top 100 - Hewitt, Arthurs

2005 – 2 players top 100 - Hewitt, Arthurs

2006 – 2 players top 100 - Hewitt, Phillippoussis – Huge increase of investment by TA in 2006 in athlete development, including National Academies, Ais Pro Tour Program and Pro Tournaments.

2007 – 3 players top 100 - Hewitt, Luczak, Guccione

2008 – 3 players top 100 - Hewitt, Luczak, Guccione

2009 – 2 players top 100 - Hewitt, Luczak

2010 – 2 players top 100 - Hewitt, Luczak

2011 – 3 players top 100 - Hewitt, Tomic, Ebden,

2012 – 3 players top 100 - Hewitt, Tomic, Matosevic

2013 – 4 players top 100 - Hewitt, Tomic, Matosevic, Ebden

2014 – 6 players top 100 - Hewitt, Tomic, Kyrgios, Groth, Matosevic, Duckworth

2015 – 6 players top 100 - Hewitt, Tomic, Kyrgios, Groth, Kokkinakis, Millman

2016 – 4 players top 100 - Kyrgios, Tomic, Thompson, Millman

2017 – 4 players top 100 – Ebden, Thompson, Tomic, Kyrgios

2018 – 6 players top 100 – Edben, Kyrgios, Kubler, Thompson, MIllman , De Minaur, Tomic

2019 – 6 players top 100 - Alexei Popyrin, Jordan Thompson, Nick Kyrgios, Alex De Minaur, John Millman, James Duckworth

2020 – 4 players top 100 – De Minaur, Thompson, Kyrgios, Millman

2021 - 6 players top 100 - De Minaur, Duckworth, Popyrin, Millman, Thompson, Kyrgios

2022 - 5 players top 100 - De Minaur, Kyrgios, Thompson, O'Connell, Kokkinakis,

March 2023 - FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998 THERE ARE 8 MEN IN THE TOP 100 INCLUDING:

Kyrgios, De MInaur, Kubler, Thompson, Purcell, O'Connell, Popyrin, Kokkinakis

Sept 2023 - There are currently 9 male players ranked inside the top 100.

De Minaur, Purcell, Vukic, Thompson, O'Connelll, Popyrin, Hijikata, Kokkinakis, Kubler

May 2024 - De Minaur, Thompson, Popyrin, O'Connell, Hijikata, Purcell, Vukic, Walton, Kokkinakis (9 players)

IN SUMMARY:

--- From Jan 1987 to Dec 1996 we saw 13 Australian male players break into the top 100 (Cahill, Anderson, Morgan, Woodforde, Drewett, Fromberg, Kratzmann, Stolle, Rafter, Woodbridge, Tebbutt, Draper, Phillippoussis)

--- From Jan 1997 to December 2006 we saw just 3 Australian male players break into the top 100 (Hewitt, Ilie and Arthurs)

--- From Jan 2007 to Sept 23 we saw 17 Australian male players break into the top 100 (Luczak, Guccione, Edben, Matosevic, Kyrgios, Groth, Tomic, Duckworth, Thompson, Kubler, Millman, De Minaur, O'Connell, Purcell, Vukic, Hijikata and Popyrin)

--- “The exclusive club” – in total over the past 37 years, there have been just 35 Australian male players break into the top 100 (based on year end rankings).

Australian female players to finish year end top 100 in the past 33 years, 1987 to 2020.

87 – Balestrat, Turnbull, Smylie, Minter, Minter, Provis

88 – Minter, Provis, Balestrat

89 – Minter, Byrne, Provis, Smylie, Faull, McQuillan, Field

90 – McQuillan, Provis, Smylie, Minter

91 – McQuillan, Provis, Minter, Godridge

92 – McQuillan, Provis, Byrne, Stubbs

93 – Provis, Jaggard, Radford

94 – Radford, McQuillan

95 – Provis, McQuillan, Stubbs, Radford

96 – Provis

97 – McQuillan, Guse, Ellwood

98 – No Australian player ended year inside top 100

99 – Dokic, Pratt, Molik

2000 – Dokic, Pratt, McQuillan, Molik

01 – Molik, Pratt, McQuillan

02 – Molik, Pratt

03 – Molik , Pratt

04 – Molik, Pratt, Stosur

05 – Molik, Stosur

06 – Stosur, Pratt

07 – Stosur, Molik, Pratt, Dellacqua

08 – Stosur, Dellacqua

09 – Stosur, Dokic

10 – Stosur, Gajdosova, Rodionova

11 – Stosur, Gajdosova, Dokic

12 – Stosur, Dellacqua

13 – Stosur

14 - Stosur, Dellacqua, Gajdosova,

15 – Stosur, Tomljanovic

16 – Stosur, Gavrilova,

August 17 – Stosur, Gavrilova, Barty ,

2018 – 4 players – Barty, Gavrilova, Tomljanovic, Stosur

2019 – 5 players – Barty, Gavrilova, Tomljanovic, Stosur, Sharma

2020 – Barty , Tomljanovic

2021 - Barty, Tomljanovic, Sharma

2022- Tomljanovic, Saville (nee Gavrilova) Note: Barty retired in 2022

2023 - Kim Birrell (Sept 23). Nobody else finished year end top 100

IN SUMMARY:

18 Australian developed female players (not counting those who developed their tennis from birth to age 18 in another country) have broken into the top 100 in the past 30 years

Rachel McQuillan finished year end top 100 in 9 out of 13 years. A very good player rarely mentioned by anyone.

The past 18.5 years have seen just 8 Australian developed players break into the top 100 including Molik, Pratt, Stosur, Dokic, Barty, Dellacqua, Sharma and Birrell (Both Tomljanovic and Gavrilova emigrated to Australia during late teens or early twenties ). And since 2004 just 4 Australian developed female players have cracked the top 100 (Stosur, Barty, Dellacqua and Sharma)

Sam Stosur has finished year end top 100 for 15 years in a row!

Nicole Pratt finished year end top 100 in 8 out of 9 years.

Nicole Bradtke (nee Provis) finished year end top 100 in 9 out of 10 years.

CLICK TO SEE THE AUSSIE "TOP 200" SINGLES CLUB

TOP 100 SINGLES PLAYERS THE PAST 30 YEARS BY STATE:

NSW – McQuillan, Radford, Stubbs, Jaggard, Morgan, Dokic, Woodbridge, Stoltenberg, Thompson, Duckworth, Groth, Tebbutt, Stolle, Di Minaur, Popyrin, Drewett, O'Connell, Purcell, Vukic, Hijikata (20 in total)

VIC – Cash, Minter, Minter, Provis, Smylie, Matosevic, Ilie, Arthurs, Philippoussis, Godridge, Field (11 in total)

QLD – Stosur, Barty, Tomic, Millman, Pratt, Kratzmann, Rafter, Draper, Guse, Kubler, Birrell (11 in total)

SA – Cahill, Woodforde, Fitzgerald, Kokkinakis, Molik, Faull, (6 in total)

TAS – Fromberg, Youl (2 in total)

WA – Dellacqua, Ebden, Byrne, Sharma (4 in total)

ACT – Kyrgios, Ellwood, Masur (3 in total)

NT - nobody

DID I MISS SOMEONE OR MAKE A MISTAKE? SEND ME AN EMAIL - toddlarkham@hotmail.com and i will correct it!

HERE

Learn More