The Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the professional male tennis player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year.
Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.
Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous.Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance between February 2001 and June 2002. The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting in 2023, the Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award and Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award were combined into one Best Tennis Player ESPY Award. The ESPY Award that year was presented to Novak Djokovic over finalists Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka, and Iga Świątek.
List of winners YearPlayerNation representedOther announced finalistsFor those iterations of the award for which online fan balloting was undertaken, the ESPN Select Nominating Committee presented three or four candidates.1993Jim Courier1994Pete Sampras1995Pete Sampras (2)1996Pete Sampras (3)1997Pete Sampras (4)1998Pete Sampras (5)1999Pete Sampras (6)Andre Agassi ( United States) Yevgeny Kafelnikov ()2000Andre AgassiYevgeny Kafelnikov () Pete Sampras ()2001Pete Sampras (7)Yevgeny Kafelnikov () Gustavo Kuerten () Marat Safin ()2002Lleyton HewittAndre Agassi () Gustavo Kuerten ()2003Andre Agassi (2)Juan Carlos Ferrero () Lleyton Hewitt () Pete Sampras (2004Andy RoddickAndre Agassi () Roger Federer () Juan Carlos Ferrero ()2005Roger FedererRafael Nadal () Andy Roddick () Marat Safin ()2006Roger Federer (2)James Blake () Rafael Nadal () David Nalbandian ()2007Roger Federer (3)James Blake () Rafael Nadal () Andy Roddick )2008Roger Federer (4)Novak Djokovic () Rafael Nadal ()2009Roger Federer (5)Rafael Nadal ()2010Roger Federer (6)Juan Martín del Potro () Rafael Nadal ()2011Rafael NadalRoger Federer () Novak Djokovic ()2012Novak DjokovicRoger Federer () Rafael Nadal ()2013Novak Djokovic (2)Roger Federer () Rafael Nadal () Andy Murray ()2014Rafael Nadal (2)Novak Djokovic () Andy Murray ()2015Novak Djokovic (3)Marin Cilic () Roger Federer () Stan Wawrinka ()2016Novak Djokovic (4)Andy Murray () Roger Federer ()2017Roger Federer (7)Andy Murray () Rafael Nadal ( Stan Wawrinka ()2018Roger Federer (8)Rafael Nadal () Marin Cilic ()2019Roger Federer (9)Rafael Nadal () Novak Djokovic () Stefanos Tsitsipas ()2020Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021Novak Djokovic (5)Daniil Medvedev () Rafael Nadal () Dominic Thiem ()2022Rafael Nadal (3)Carlos Alcaraz () Dylan Alcott () Félix Auger-Aliassime ()2023Novak Djokovic (6)Carlos Alcaraz () Iga Swiatek () Aryna Sabalenka ()
Multiple winners Roger Federer is the only male player to win the award eight and nine times. Pete Sampras, Federer, and Novak Djokovic are the only players to have won the award in consecutive seasons. Federer and Sampras have won the award six consecutive times, a record.
Players that are still active in Europe are highlighted in boldface.
+ Multiple Tennis Player of the Year Player Wins Seasons971994-99, 200162012-13, 2015–16, 2021, 202332011, 2013, 202222000, 2003
See also Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award ATP Player of the Year Award ITF World Champions World number one male tennis player rankings
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