Jimmy Connors was always ranked third.
 Connors lost his stranglehold on the top ranking to Borg in early 1979 and wound up with an official tour record of 815 against Borg as Borg is four years younger and won the last ten times they met
 His older rivals included Arthur Ashe, Rod Laver, Ilie Nstase, John Newcombe, Manuel Orantes, Ken Rosewall, and Stan Smith

