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Novak Djokovic (Belgrade, 1987) will finish 2023 at number one in the ATP. It will be the eighth season that the Serbian ends the year at the top of the rankings. His victory against Holger Rune on the first day of the group stage of the ATP Finals (7-6 6-7 6-3) has confirmed the Serbian tennis player’s status as number one at the end of the year. Since 1973, 51 seasons with a tennis player finishing at the top of the rankings. Of the 51 editions, eight feature Djokovic, 15.70%. His first season finishing number one was in 2011, he repeated it in 2012, another double in 2014-2015, 2018 the third time, and the last three in 2020, 2021 and 2023. In between, Nadal has ‘snuck in’ three times and Murray and Alcaraz one time each.
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The eight seasons as number one at the end of the year are a men’s individual record and shared with the German Steffi Graf. In men’s singles tennis, Djokovic already held the record for seven years leading the ATP at the end of the season. The American Pete Sampras has six crowns and, just behind him, are the five number ones at the end of the year of Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. There are 51 number one titles at the end of the year and 18 tennis players who have achieved it: Djokovic, Sampras, Connors, Federer, Nadal, McEnroe, Lendl, Borg, Edberg, Hewitt, Nastase, Wilander, Courier, Agassi, Kuerten, Roddick, Murray y Alcaraz. Six Americans, three Swedes, two Spaniards and one Serbian, one Swiss, one Australian, one Romanian, one Brazilian and one British. 10 Europeans, seven Americans and one oceanic. ATP Tour Djokovic, in addition to the record of eight years finishing as ATP number one (he started at age 23), holds the record for weeks as number one. It totals 399 and it has long since surpassed the 310 weeks that seemed unattainable. He has more weeks as ATP number one than 21 of the tennis players who have ever been there, combined. The Serbian also has the record for most Masters 1000 titles with 40. He will most likely maintain it since the next in contention is Rafael Nadal with 36 titles. Federer (28), Agassi (17) and Murray (14) appear below. In Grand Slams, Novak also holds the men’s singles record with the 24 titles he holds. He is followed by Rafael Nadal with 22 and Roger Federer with 20. Do you want to receive more news like this? Sign up for our newsletter and receive a summary of the week’s news every Friday
2023-11-14 03:00:10
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