Djokovic, 35, returned to the top of the ATP rankings following his victory at the Australian Open in late January, the 22nd grand slam of his career.
This Monday the Balkan officially equaled the primacy of Graf, who led the ranking of weeks for both women and men, since his retirement in 1999.
The closest male rival in the Serbian’s historical list is the Swiss Roger Federer, already retired from active sport and who spent a total of 310 weeks as number one in the world.
Behind Djokovic in the professional classification appears the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, absent from the slopes for three months, returned in style, with his coronation in the Buenos Aires tournament to thus maintain a considerable advantage over the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, third in the scale.
Relegated to 12th at the end of January, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev gained three places with his victory in Rotterdam and his rival in the final, Italy’s Jannik Sinner, moved up two places to 12th.
Medvedev’s advance pushed Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliasime, now ninth in the ranking, Norway’s Holger Rune (10) and Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz (11) back one seat.
For Latin America, the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, who reached the semifinal of the Argentina Open, conquered 20 positions to rank 81.
ATP Ranking:
1-Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7,070 points.
2-Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 6,480.
3-Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 5,940.
4-Casper Ruud (NOR) 5.515.
5-Andrey Rublev (RUS) 3,860. 6-Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3,815.
7-Taylor Fritz (EEUU) 3.660.
8-Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 3.250 (+3).
9-Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3.200 (-1).
10-Holger Rune (DIN) 3,161 (-1).
11-Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 2.995 (-1).
12-Jannik Sinner (ITA) 2.745 (+2).
13-Cameron Norrie (GBR) 2.615 (-1).
14-Karen Khachanov (RUS) 2.470 (-1).
15-Frances Thiafoe (USA) 2.350.
16-Alexander Zverev (ALE) 2.320 (+1).
17-Pablo Carreno (ESP) 2,285 (-1).
18-Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 1,855 (+2).
19-Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 1.825.
20-Borna Coric (CRO) 1,815 (+1). – – –
33-Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 1,230 (-3).
35-Sebastián Báez (ARG) 1,105 (+1).
38-Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 1.010 (-6).
56-Federico Coria (ARG) 810 (-7).
59-Pedro Cachín (ARG) 797 (+9).
75-Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 684 (+7).
81-Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 643 (+20).
83-Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 631 (-5).
87-Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 595 (+1).
88-Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 594 (-3).
91-Emilio Gómez (ECU) 592 (+3).
98-Cristian Garin (CHI) 546 (+2).
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