The Serbian added a total of 377 weeks at the top of the ATP ladder and surpassed the German’s mark.
The classification ATP the number was published this monday 378 where Serbian Novak Djokovic appears as the number one player in the worldperfect record in professional circuits, surpass the 377 of German Steffi Graf, which he tied seven days ago.
Djokovic, who this week will return to competition in Dubai for the first time after winning the Australian Open, reigned supreme with 6,980 points, compared to 6,780 for the Spaniard. Carlos Alcaraz, who lost the final in Rio this Sunday, with a leg problem. The Murcian would have been level on points with Djokovic had he won the Brazilian tournament, but lost to British Cameron Norrie, whom he defeated last week in the final in Buenos Aires.
the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the norwegian Casper Ruud They retain the third and fourth positions, but the ranking is rearranged in the following places with the rise of the American taylor fritz from seventh to fifth, the Russian descent Andrei Rublev from fifth to sixth, the improvement of also Russian Daniel Medvedev from the eighth to the seventh and the fall of the Spanish Rafael Nadal, injured since the Australian Open, went from sixth to eighth. The Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and the Danish Holger Rune maintained the ninth and tenth steps.
The Argentinian Francisco Cerudoloin 32nd place, is the best Ibero-American player in the ranking, followed by his compatriots sebastian baez35; Diego Schwartzman37; Frederick Coria58; Pedro Cachin, 61; and Thomas Martin Etcheverry, 76; Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, 77; Colombian Daniel Galán, 83; Brazilian Thiago Monteiro, 84; Chilean Nicolás Jarry, semifinalist in Rio and gained 52 positions, up to 87; Ecuadorian Emilio Gómez, 90; Argentine Facundo Bagnis, 94; Bolivian Hugo Dellien, 96, fifteen places better than last week; and the Chilean Christian Garín, 100.
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Source: Tycsports
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