ATP Rankings: The top five players over 35
It is a young man’s game and there are only seven men over 35 currently ranked in the top 100 of the ATP Rankings.
However, some of those players can certainly still mix it with the absolute best and one of them might just lay claim to being the greatest of all time.
The current top five ranked players over 35 on the ATP Tour includes three former Grand Slam winners.
All seven men over 35 in the top 100 are from Europe but they are very different players.
Here we count down the top five players over 35 according to their ATP Ranking.
5 Stan Wawrinka
Stan Wawrinka is the oldest players currently ranked in the top 100 players in the world at the age of 38.
Wawrinka underwent double surgeries in both 2017 and 2021 but continues to turn out in ATP Tour events like a relentless Swiss juggernaut.
He is one of just three players to defeat Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal at Grand Slams.
Wawrinka won 11 consecutive finals between 2014 and 2016 and has 16 titles to his name. He is the current world No 46 and reached his most recent final in Banja Luka earlier this year.
4 Roberto Bautista Agut
Roberto Bautista Agut is still at it after all these years with the 35-year-old Spaniard currently ranked as the world No 40.
His run to the final at Adelaide 2 has been the best performance of his season to date but he also reached the last four in Halle.
He has banked $910,780 already this season, likely a good reason he remains active on the tour.
Bautista Agut played football for Spanish La Liga club Villarreal until he was 14 years old but ultimately chose tennis.
3 Andy Murray
Andy Murray may have had a rollercoaster season with many difficult moments but he is the third-highest ranked player over 35.
The 36-year-old has scratched his way to world No 39 this season thanks to three Challenger title wins.
His best performance in a full ATP Tour event was in his run to the final in Doha.
Murray is the only man who can boast more than seven wins against each member of the big three.
2 Adrian Mannarino
French journeyman and World No 23 Adrian Mannarino is the second-highest ranked player over 35.
Mannarino has won two titles this season including the recent Astana Open and at the age of 35 could soon reach a new career-high ranking.
He sports a respectable record of 37-20 this season with $1,462,771 in prize money banked.
He is three wins away from equalling his personal best wins tally for a single season.
1 Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic dominates the over 35 game and could be in line to break several age-related records for the ATP Tour in coming years.
It is looking likely that Djokovic will end the year as the No 1 player in the world for the eighth time.
He has won five titles and over $10 million in prize money across the 2023 season to date.
If Djokovic can defend his US Open title next season he will lay claim to being the oldest ever Grand Slam winner.
