Novak Djokovic is today the undisputed number one in the world ranking, having won the last three major events held (Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon) and is now very close to the realization of the much coveted Grand Slam, last completed by the Australian Rod Laver back in 1969.
Novak is, of course, also the absolute dominator of the Race to Turin, valid for the ATP Finals in Turin, in which he has more than 2,500 points behind the second (the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, finalist at Roland Garros and champion in the Masters 1000 di Monte Carlo).
Last spring, Djokovic also managed to beat rival Roger Federer’s resounding record in terms of weeks spent at the top of the ATP rankings: a whopping 310, a figure that seemed unattainable.
On the other hand, Novak, thanks also to the points maintained with the victory in Melbourne, first reached and then demolished the number of the Swiss, remaining today at 330.
Djokovic, the record breaker
Now, the Belgrade champion will surely surpass Martina Navratilova, who in her incredible career (which saw her win 344 singles and doubles tournaments) managed to stay at the top of the ranking for 332 weeks.
After her, Nole will only miss the German Steffi Graf to leave her behind: the former German star is in fact the only tennis player in history who has been number one in the world for a total of 377 weeks.
Figures that pale in comparison to Steffi’s, but certainly won’t demoralize Djokovic – the Serb has already shown us his incredible skills on numerous occasions. At Flushing Meadows, Djokovic will have to try to redeem his performance from last year, when due to a completely unintentional accident with the linesman, Nole was disqualified.
The return of Spanish Rafael Nadal is expected, absent from Roland Garros and who preferred to give up both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games. With 30 finals contested and 20 triumphs in Grand Slam events, he is the most successful player in the history of the Grand Slam, tied with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, having won nine Australian Open (absolute record), six Wimbledon, three US Open and two Roland.
Garros. Along with Rod Laver, he is the only player of the Open era to have simultaneously held the title of all four Grand Slam events and the only one to do so on three different surfaces. With the victory at Roland Garros 2021 he became the first tennis player, in the Open era, to have won all the Grand Slams at least twice and the third overall after Roy Emerson and Rod Laver.
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