The best number one in the world in history is back. Once his tenth crown was consummated at the 2023 Australian Open, the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic regained his place in the honorary position of the ATP ranking and with it further stretched one of the most important records of the ‘white sport’.
Nole reached 374 weeks as number one in the world, a figure that will last for at least the entire month of February. With this, he distances himself even further from his main pursuers in this classification, who are already retired players.
Second place is held by Swiss Roger Federer, who hung up his racket last year and spent 310 weeks in the position of honor throughout his career. The third and last place on the podium is occupied by the American Pete Sampras with 286 weeks as the world number one.
Further back in the ranking are the Americans Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors with 270 and 268 weeks, respectively. Only in sixth place on the list does the other great active player appear, the Spanish Rafael Nadal, in his case with 209 weeks in the position of honor.
At this point, it seems practically impossible for him to add a lot of time in the elite and therefore Djokovic’s record seems not to be at stake. This is the panorama in a classification that ‘Nole’ seems to be controlled and that aspires to continue moving away.
Do you see Novak Djokovic surpassing the 400 week mark as the number one in the world?
