Luni a avut o schimbare la vârf în clasamentul ATP de dublu: Mate Pavic a devenit al 52-lea jucător care ocupă prima poziţie a ierarhiei, în urma unui proges de 4 locuri faţă de săptămâna trecută.
Croatul în vârstă de doar 24 de ani este al 52-lea jucător care ocupă locul 1 de când se ţine clasamentul – 1 martie 1976 (lista completă, la sfârşitul ştirii).
Desigur că bună parte din succes i-o datoreză partenerului său, Oliver Marach (Austria) – care ocupă locul 4 în această săptămână.
Ei au ajuns să joace împreună după ce stabiliseră un parteneriat doar pentru ATP Masters 1000 Miami 2017 – atunci se clasau pe 36, Pavic şi pe 37, Marach – ca la sfârşitul turneului să realizeze că nu au parteneri fixaţi pentru turneeele următoare şi astfel au rămas împreună, deşi începutul nu a fost cel mai bun.
Dar mai întâtâi au venit finalele: ATP 250 Series Stuttgart 2017, Antalya 2017 şi mai ales cea de la Wimbledon 2017, pierdută la mare luptă.
Apoi victoriile de turneu: ATP 250 Series Stockholm 2017 şi la începutul sezonului 2018: Doha şi Auckland.
A urmat marea victorie – titlul de la Australian Open şi au jucat finalele la ATP 500 Series Rotterdam şi ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo.
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În ce-i priveşte pe jucătorii noştri, Horia Tecău, care nu a jucat din cauza accidentării, a coborât pe locul 13, iar Florin Mergea a regresat încă 43 de locuri la începutul săptămânii şi a ieşit şi din top 200 – locul 225.
După o serie de 4 înfrângeri consecutive la primul meci: ATP 250 Budapesta (/ Marius Copil), Istanbul (/ Roman Jebavy), ATP Masters 1000 Madrid (/ Daniel Nestor) şi ATP Challenger Heilbronn (/ Roman Jebavy), Florin a revenit la începutul acestei săptămâni în circuitul ITF Futures, unde a jucat alături de Dacian Crăciun (1201 ATP la dublu), un fost bun dublist – 200 ATP în 2007, dar care acum la 37 de ani, joacă de plăcere turneele din România şi se mai deplasează la vecini.
Ei au fost învinşi în primul tur de Victor Cornea (489) / Victor Crivoi (-): 6-4, 6-4
Victor Crivoi este şi el retras, a devenit între timp antrenor şi sunt semnale că unul cu un viitor foarte frumos.
Nu putem decât să-i urăm lui Florin sănătate şi forţă de mai reveni încă odată. Cum a reuşit atunci, este foarte posibil să mai reuşească încă o dată.
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| 1 |  RSA |
Bob Hewitt (1) | March 1, 1976 | April 11, 1976 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 |  MEX |
Raúl Ramírez (1) | April 12, 1976 | April 24, 1977 | 54 | 54 |
| 3 | RSA |
Frew McMillan (1) | April 25, 1977 | May 22, 1977 | 4 | 4 |
| MEX |
Raúl Ramírez (2) | May 23, 1977 | July 3, 1977 | 6 | 60 | |
| RSA |
Frew McMillan (2) | July 4, 1977 | July 10, 1977 | 1 | 5 | |
| MEX |
Raúl Ramírez (3) | July 11, 1977 | July 24, 1977 | 2 | 62 | |
| RSA |
Frew McMillan (3) | July 25, 1977 | February 4, 1979 | 80 | 85 | |
| 4 |  NED |
Tom Okker (1) | February 5, 1979 | April 22, 1979 | 11 | 11 |
| 5 |  USA |
John McEnroe (1) | April 23, 1979 | March 1, 1981 | 97 | 97 |
| 6 | USA |
Stan Smith (1) | March 2, 1981 | April 26, 1981 | 8 | 8 |
| USA |
John McEnroe (2) | April 27, 1981 | May 24, 1981 | 4 | 101 | |
| 7 |  AUS |
Paul McNamee (1) | May 25, 1981 | June 14, 1981 | 3 | 3 |
| USA |
John McEnroe (3) | June 15, 1981 | January 31, 1982 | 33 | 134 | |
| 8 | USA |
Peter Fleming (1) | February 1, 1982 | February 21, 1982 | 3 | 3 |
| USA |
John McEnroe (4) | February 22, 1982 | March 18, 1984 | 108 | 242 | |
| USA |
Peter Fleming (2) | March 19, 1984 | March 25, 1984 | 1 | 4 | |
| USA |
John McEnroe (5) | March 26, 1984 | June 10, 1984 | 11 | 253 | |
| USA |
Peter Fleming (3) | June 11, 1984 | August 5, 1984 | 8 | 12 | |
| USA |
John McEnroe (6) | August 6, 1984 | August 12, 1984 | 1 | 254 | |
| USA |
Peter Fleming (4) | August 13, 1984 | September 16, 1984 | 5 | 17 | |
| USA |
John McEnroe (7) | September 17, 1984 | December 16, 1984 | 13 | 267 | |
| 9 |  TCH |
Tomáš Šmíd (1) | December 17, 1984 | August 11, 1985 | 34 | 34 |
| 10 |  SWE |
Anders Järryd (1) | August 12, 1985 | September 8, 1985 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | USA |
Robert Seguso (1) | September 9, 1985 | September 15, 1985 | 1 | 1 |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (2) | September 16, 1985 | September 29, 1985 | 2 | 6 | |
| USA |
Robert Seguso (2) | September 30, 1985 | October 13, 1985 | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 | USA |
Ken Flach (1) | October 14, 1985 | October 20, 1985 | 1 | 1 |
| USA |
Robert Seguso (3) | October 21, 1985 | December 15, 1985 | 8 | 11 | |
| USA |
Ken Flach (2) | December 16, 1985 | December 22, 1985 | 1 | 2 | |
| USA |
Robert Seguso (4) | December 23, 1985 | February 2, 1986 | 6 | 17 | |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (3) | February 3, 1986 | February 9, 1986 | 1 | 7 | |
| USA |
Robert Seguso (5) | February 10, 1986 | February 23, 1986 | 2 | 19 | |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (4) | February 24, 1986 | March 16, 1986 | 3 | 10 | |
| USA |
Robert Seguso (6) | March 17, 1986 | March 23, 1986 | 1 | 20 | |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (5) | March 24, 1986 | March 30, 1986 | 1 | 11 | |
| USA |
Robert Seguso (7) | March 31, 1986 | May 18, 1986 | 7 | 27 | |
| USA |
Ken Flach (3) | May 19, 1986 | June 8, 1986 | 3 | 5 | |
| 13 | SWE |
Stefan Edberg (1) | June 9, 1986 | August 24, 1986 | 11 | 11 |
| 14 |  FRA |
Yannick Noah (1) | August 25, 1986 | September 7, 1986 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  YUG |
Slobodan Živojinović (1) | September 8, 1986 | September 14, 1986 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 |  ECU |
Andrés Gómez (1) | September 15, 1986 | September 21, 1986 | 1 | 1 |
| YUG |
Slobodan Živojinović (2) | September 22, 1986 | October 19, 1986 | 4 | 5 | |
| ECU |
Andrés Gómez (2) | October 20, 1986 | November 9, 1986 | 3 | 4 | |
| YUG |
Slobodan Živojinović (3) | November 10, 1986 | November 23, 1986 | 2 | 7 | |
| ECU |
Andrés Gómez (3) | November 24, 1986 | January 25, 1987 | 9 | 13 | |
| SWE |
Stefan Edberg (2) | January 26, 1987 | February 22, 1987 | 4 | 15 | |
| FRA |
Yannick Noah (2) | February 23, 1987 | April 19, 1987 | 8 | 10 | |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (6) | April 20, 1987 | May 10, 1987 | 3 | 14 | |
| FRA |
Yannick Noah (3) | May 11, 1987 | July 5, 1987 | 8 | 18 | |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (7) | July 6, 1987 | August 9, 1987 | 5 | 19 | |
| USA |
Robert Seguso (8) | August 10, 1987 | August 16, 1987 | 1 | 28 | |
| FRA |
Yannick Noah (4) | August 17, 1987 | August 23, 1987 | 1 | 19 | |
| USA |
Robert Seguso (9) | August 24, 1987 | March 27, 1988 | 31 | 59 | |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (8) | March 28, 1988 | April 17, 1988 | 3 | 22 | |
| USA |
Robert Seguso (10) | April 18, 1988 | May 8, 1988 | 3 | 62 | |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (9) | May 9, 1988 | April 2, 1989 | 47 | 69 | |
| 17 |  ESP |
Emilio Sánchez (1) | April 3, 1989 | April 16, 1989 | 2 | 2 |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (10) | April 17, 1989 | May 14, 1989 | 4 | 73 | |
| ESP |
Emilio Sánchez (2) | May 15, 1989 | June 11, 1989 | 4 | 6 | |
| 18 | USA |
Jim Grabb (1) | June 12, 1989 | June 18, 1989 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | USA |
Jim Pugh (1) | June 19, 1989 | September 10, 1989 | 12 | 12 |
| USA |
John McEnroe (8) | September 11, 1989 | September 24, 1989 | 2 | 269 | |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (11) | September 25, 1989 | January 28, 1990 | 18 | 91 | |
| 20 | RSA |
Danie Visser (1) | January 29, 1990 | March 25, 1990 | 8 | 8 |
| 21 | USA |
Rick Leach (1) | March 26, 1990 | May 27, 1990 | 9 | 9 |
| USA |
Jim Pugh (2) | May 28, 1990 | July 22, 1990 | 8 | 20 | |
| 22 | RSA RSA |
Pieter Aldrich (1) Danie Visser (2) |
July 23, 1990 | August 12, 1990 | 3 | 3 11 |
| USA |
Jim Pugh (3) | August 13, 1990 | September 9, 1990 | 4 | 24 | |
| RSA RSA |
Pieter Aldrich (2) Danie Visser (3) |
September 10, 1990 | November 4, 1990 | 8 | 11 19 |
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| USA |
Jim Pugh (4) | November 5, 1990 | November 11, 1990 | 1 | 25 | |
| RSA RSA |
Pieter Aldrich (3) Danie Visser (4) |
November 12, 1990 | November 18, 1990 | 1 | 12 20 |
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| USA |
Jim Pugh (5) | November 19, 1990 | November 25, 1990 | 1 | 26 | |
| RSA RSA |
Pieter Aldrich (4) Danie Visser (5) |
November 26, 1990 | January 13, 1991 | 7 | 19 27 |
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| 23 | USA |
David Pate (1) | January 14, 1991 | July 7, 1991 | 25 | 25 |
| 24 | AUS |
John Fitzgerald (1) | July 8, 1991 | February 23, 1992 | 33 | 33 |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (12) | February 24, 1992 | March 1, 1992 | 1 | 92 | |
| AUS |
John Fitzgerald (2) | March 2, 1992 | March 8, 1992 | 1 | 34 | |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (13) | March 9, 1992 | May 3, 1992 | 8 | 100 | |
| AUS |
John Fitzgerald (3) | May 4, 1992 | June 14, 1992 | 6 | 40 | |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (14) | June 15, 1992 | July 5, 1992 | 3 | 103 | |
| 25 | AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (1) | July 6, 1992 | July 19, 1992 | 2 | 2 |
| SWE |
Anders Järryd (15) | July 20, 1992 | August 16, 1992 | 4 | 107 | |
| AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (2) | August 17, 1992 | September 13, 1992 | 4 | 6 | |
| USA |
Jim Grabb (2) | September 14, 1992 | October 11, 1992 | 4 | 5 | |
| 26 | USA |
Kelly Jones (1) | October 12, 1992 | October 18, 1992 | 1 | 1 |
| USA |
Jim Grabb (3) | October 19, 1992 | November 1, 1992 | 2 | 7 | |
| AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (3) | November 2, 1992 | November 15, 1992 | 2 | 8 | |
| 27 | AUS |
Mark Woodforde (1) | November 16, 1992 | March 31, 1993 | 11 | 11 |
| 28 | USA |
Richey Reneberg (1) | February 1, 1993 | March 7, 1993 | 5 | 5 |
| USA |
Jim Grabb (4) | March 8, 1993 | April 18, 1993 | 6 | 13 | |
| USA |
Richey Reneberg (2) | April 19, 1993 | June 13, 1993 | 8 | 13 | |
| AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (4) | June 14, 1993 | October 17, 1993 | 18 | 26 | |
| 29 | USA |
Patrick Galbraith (1) | October 18, 1993 | November 7, 1993 | 3 | 3 |
| AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (5) | November 8, 1993 | November 14, 1993 | 1 | 27 | |
| 30 |  CAN |
Grant Connell (1) | November 15, 1993 | January 30, 1994 | 11 | 11 |
| 31 | NED |
Paul Haarhuis (1) | January 31, 1994 | February 13, 1994 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 |  ZIM |
Byron Black (1) | February 14, 1994 | February 20, 1994 | 1 | 1 |
| NED |
Paul Haarhuis (2) | February 21, 1994 | March 6, 1994 | 2 | 4 | |
| CAN |
Grant Connell (2) | March 7, 1994 | March 20, 1994 | 2 | 13 | |
| NED |
Paul Haarhuis (3) | March 21, 1994 | May 8, 1994 | 7 | 11 | |
| CAN |
Grant Connell (3) | May 9, 1994 | June 5, 1994 | 4 | 17 | |
| ZIM |
Byron Black (2) | June 6, 1994 | July 24, 1994 | 7 | 8 | |
| USA |
Patrick Galbraith (2) | July 25, 1994 | July 31, 1994 | 1 | 4 | |
| 33 | USA |
Jonathan Stark (1) | August 1, 1994 | September 11, 1994 | 6 | 6 |
| NED |
Paul Haarhuis (4) | September 12, 1994 | January 15, 1995 | 18 | 29 | |
| 34 | NED NED |
Paul Haarhuis (4) Jacco Eltingh (1) |
January 16, 1995 | February 12, 1995 | 4 | 33 4 |
| NED |
Paul Haarhuis (4) | February 13, 1995 | April 2, 1995 | 7 | 40 | |
| AUS |
Mark Woodforde (2) | April 3, 1995 | June 11, 1995 | 10 | 21 | |
| NED NED |
Paul Haarhuis(5) Jacco Eltingh (2) |
June 12, 1995 | September 10, 1995 | 13 | 53 17 |
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| AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (6) | September 11, 1995 | October 29, 1995 | 7 | 34 | |
| NED NED |
Jacco Eltingh (3) Paul Haarhuis (6) |
October 30, 1995 | November 5, 1995 | 1 | 18 54 |
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| AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (7) | November 6, 1995 | October 13, 1996 | 49 | 83 | |
| AUS AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (7) Mark Woodforde (3) |
October 14, 1996 | October 12, 1997 | 52 | 134 73 |
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| AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (7) | October 13, 1997 | March 29, 1998 | 24 | 159 | |
| NED |
Jacco Eltingh (4) | March 30, 1998 | January 31, 1999 | 44 | 62 | |
| NED |
Paul Haarhuis (7) | February 1, 1999 | April 25, 1999 | 12 | 66 | |
| 35 |  IND |
Mahesh Bhupathi (1) | April 26, 1999 | May 9, 1999 | 2 | 2 |
| NED |
Paul Haarhuis (8) | May 10, 1999 | June 6, 1999 | 4 | 70 | |
| IND |
Mahesh Bhupathi (2) | June 7, 1999 | June 20, 1999 | 2 | 4 | |
| 36 | IND |
Leander Paes (1) | June 21, 1999 | March 19, 2000 | 39 | 39 |
| 37 | USA |
Jared Palmer (1) | March 20, 2000 | May 7, 2000 | 7 | 7 |
| 38 | USA |
Alex O’Brien (1) | May 8, 2000 | June 11, 2000 | 5 | 5 |
| AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (8) | June 12, 2000 | October 29, 2000 | 20 | 179 | |
| AUS |
Mark Woodforde (4) | October 30, 2000 | January 7, 2001 | 10 | 83 | |
| AUS |
Todd Woodbridge (9) | January 8, 2001 | July 8, 2001 | 26 | 205 | |
| 39 | SWE |
Jonas Björkman (1) | July 9, 2001 | January 27, 2002 | 29 | 29 |
| 40 | USA |
Donald Johnson (1) | January 28, 2002 | April 14, 2002 | 11 | 11 |
| USA USA |
Donald Johnson (1) Jared Palmer (2) |
April 15, 2002 | May 12, 2002 | 4 | 15 11 |
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| USA |
Jared Palmer (2) | May 13, 2002 | May 19, 2002 | 1 | 12 | |
| USA USA |
Jared Palmer (2) Donald Johnson (2) |
May 20, 2002 | June 23, 2002 | 5 | 17 20 |
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| 41 |  BAH |
Mark Knowles (1) | June 24, 2002 | August 18, 2002 | 8 | 8 |
| 42 | CAN |
Daniel Nestor (1) | August 19, 2002 | November 3, 2002 | 11 | 11 |
| BAH |
Mark Knowles (2) | November 4, 2002 | June 8, 2003 | 31 | 39 | |
| 43 |  BLR |
Max Mirnyi (1) | June 9, 2003 | September 7, 2003 | 13 | 13 |
| 44 45 |
USA USA |
Bob Bryan (1) Mike Bryan (1) |
September 8, 2003 | October 19, 2003 | 6 | 6 6 |
| BLR |
Max Mirnyi (2) | October 20, 2003 | February 1, 2004 | 15 | 28 | |
| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (2) Mike Bryan (2) |
February 2, 2004 | June 6, 2004 | 18 | 24 24 |
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| SWE |
Jonas Björkman (2) | June 7, 2004 | September 12, 2004 | 14 | 43 | |
| CAN |
Daniel Nestor (2) | September 13, 2004 | October 3, 2004 | 3 | 14 | |
| CAN BAH |
Daniel Nestor (2) Mark Knowles (3) |
October 4, 2004 | February 27, 2005 | 21 | 35 60 |
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| SWE |
Jonas Björkman (3) | February 28, 2005 | March 20, 2005 | 3 | 46 | |
| CAN BAH |
Daniel Nestor (3) Mark Knowles (4) |
March 21, 2005 | April 24, 2005 | 5 | 40 65 |
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| SWE |
Jonas Björkman (4) | April 25, 2005 | November 6, 2005 | 28 | 74 | |
| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (3) Mike Bryan (3) |
November 7, 2005 | January 28, 2007 | 64 | 88 88 |
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| BLR |
Max Mirnyi (3) | January 29, 2007 | April 15, 2007 | 11 | 39 | |
| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (4) Mike Bryan (4) |
April 16, 2007 | July 6, 2008 | 64 | 152 152 |
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| CAN |
Daniel Nestor (4) | July 7, 2008 | September 7, 2008 | 9 | 49 | |
| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (5) Mike Bryan (5) |
September 8, 2008 | October 19, 2008 | 6 | 158 158 |
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| CAN |
Daniel Nestor (5) | October 20, 2008 | November 2, 2008 | 2 | 51 | |
| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (6) Mike Bryan (6) |
November 3, 2008 | November 16, 2008 | 2 | 160 160 |
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| 46 |  SRB |
Nenad Zimonjić (1) | November 17, 2008 | February 1, 2009 | 11 | 11 |
| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (7) Mike Bryan (7) |
February 2, 2009 | May 17, 2009 | 15 | 175 175 |
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| CAN SRB |
Daniel Nestor (6) Nenad Zimonjić (2) |
May 18, 2009 | June 7, 2009 | 3 | 54 14 |
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| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (8) Mike Bryan (8) |
June 8, 2009 | September 13, 2009 | 14 | 189 189 |
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| CAN SRB |
Daniel Nestor (7) Nenad Zimonjić (3) |
September 14, 2009 | November 29, 2009 | 11 | 65 25 |
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| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (9) Mike Bryan (9) |
November 30, 2009 | January 31, 2010 | 9 | 198 198 |
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| CAN SRB |
Daniel Nestor (8) Nenad Zimonjić (4) |
February 1, 2010 | May 16, 2010 | 15 | 80 40 |
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| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (10) Mike Bryan (10) |
May 17, 2010 | June 6, 2010 | 3 | 201 201 |
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| CAN SRB |
Daniel Nestor (9) Nenad Zimonjić (5) |
June 7, 2010 | August 15, 2010 | 10 | 90 50 |
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| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (11) Mike Bryan (11) |
August 16, 2010 | May 6, 2012 | 90 | 291 291 |
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| CAN BLR |
Daniel Nestor (10) Max Mirnyi (4) |
May 7, 2012 | September 9, 2012 | 18 | 108 57 |
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| USA USA |
Bob Bryan (12) Mike Bryan (12) |
September 10, 2012 | November 4, 2012 | 8 | 299 299 |
|
| USA |
Mike Bryan (12) | November 5, 2012 | February 24, 2013 | 16 | 315 | |
| USA USA |
Mike Bryan (12) Bob Bryan (13) |
February 25, 2013 | October 25, 2015 | 139 ↑ | 454 ↑ 438 |
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| USA |
Bob Bryan (13) | October 26, 2015 | November 1, 2015 | 1 | 439 | |
| 47 |  BRA |
Marcelo Melo (1) | November 2, 2015 | April 3, 2016 | 22 | 22 |
| 48 |  GBR |
Jamie Murray (1) | April 4, 2016[3] | May 8, 2016 | 5 | 5 |
| BRA |
Marcelo Melo (2) | May 9, 2016 | June 5, 2016 | 4 | 26 | |
| 49 | FRA |
Nicolas Mahut (1) | June 6, 2016 | June 12, 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| GBR |
Jamie Murray (2) | June 13, 2016 | July 10, 2016 | 4 | 9 | |
| FRA |
Nicolas Mahut (2) | July 11, 2016 | April 2, 2017 | 38 | 39 | |
| 50 |  FIN |
Henri Kontinen (1) | April 3, 2017 | July 16, 2017 | 15 | 15 |
| BRA |
Marcelo Melo (3) | July 17, 2017 | August 20, 2017 | 5 | 31 | |
| FIN |
Henri Kontinen (2) | August 21, 2017 | November 5, 2017 | 11 | 26 | |
| BRA |
Marcelo Melo (4) | November 6, 2017 | January 7, 2018 | 9 | 40 | |
| 51 | BRA POL |
Marcelo Melo (4) Łukasz Kubot (1) |
January 8, 2018 | April 29, 2018 | 16 | 56 16 |
| POL |
Łukasz Kubot (1) | April 30, 2018 | May 20, 2018 | 3 | 19 | |
| 52 |  CRO |
Mate Pavić (1) | May 21, 2018 | Present | 1 | 1 |
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