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Class of 2020
24 ATP players first appeared in the top 500 in 2020. 12 are there now, 4 in the top 100; the best of the class is Carlos Alcaraz at No. 1. Biggest climb: Carlos Alcaraz, No. 446 on debut to No. 3 today.
24Debuted in 2020
12In the top 500 now
4In the top 100 now
No. 1Best: Carlos Alcaraz
| # | Player | Debut | Debut rank | Now | Best | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Alcaraz ESP | 2020-01-20 | 446 | No. 3 | 1 | ▲ 443 |
| 2 | Jiri Lehecka CZE | 2020-09-28 | 359 | No. 23 | 12 | ▲ 336 |
| 3 | Thiago Agustin Tirante ARG | 2020-12-21 | 379 | No. 52 | 42 | ▲ 327 |
| 4 | Facundo Diaz Acosta ARG | 2020-01-20 | 496 | No. 72 | 47 | ▲ 424 |
| 5 | Holger Rune DEN | 2020-12-21 | 472 | No. 142 | 4 | ▲ 330 |
| 6 | Vitaliy Sachko UKR | 2020-11-23 | 496 | No. 180 | 156 | ▲ 316 |
| 7 | Timofey Skatov KAZ | 2020-09-28 | 472 | No. 199 | 125 | ▲ 273 |
| 8 | Harold Mayot FRA | 2020-03-16 | 454 | No. 237 | 103 | ▲ 217 |
| 9 | Yu Hsiou Hsu TPE | 2020-01-20 | 471 | No. 296 | 161 | ▲ 175 |
| 10 | Duje Ajdukovic CRO | 2020-09-28 | 462 | No. 345 | 105 | ▲ 117 |
| 11 | Marek Gengel CZE | 2020-02-17 | 499 | No. 411 | 229 | ▲ 88 |
| 12 | Jonas Forejtek CZE | 2020-02-17 | 476 | No. 433 | 217 | ▲ 43 |
| 13 | Carlos Gimeno Valero ESP | 2020-10-26 | 434 | out | 262 | — |
| 14 | Marko Miladinovic SRB | 2020-01-20 | 454 | out | 454 | — |
| 15 | Mircea-Alexandru Jecan ROU | 2020-01-20 | 455 | out | 453 | — |
| 16 | Nick Chappell USA | 2020-01-20 | 469 | out | 334 | — |
| 17 | Riccardo Balzerani ITA | 2020-01-20 | 473 | out | 473 | — |
| 18 | Strong Kirchheimer USA | 2020-03-16 | 476 | out | 381 | — |
| 19 | Thomas Laurent FRA | 2020-03-16 | 477 | out | 477 | — |
| 20 | Alexey Zakharov RUS | 2020-01-20 | 479 | out | 297 | — |
| 21 | Quentin Robert (1994) FRA | 2020-01-20 | 486 | out | 440 | — |
| 22 | Jorge Brian Panta Herreros PER | 2020-01-20 | 491 | out | 447 | — |
| 23 | Ergi Kirkin TUR | 2020-01-20 | 492 | out | 251 | — |
| 24 | Gage Brymer USA | 2020-01-20 | 493 | out | 450 | — |
A player's class is the year they first appeared in the weekly top 500. Our stored lists begin in 2015 and are sampled every four weeks before 2024, so a brief visit to the top 500 in the earlier years can be missed.