The Serbian tennis player has been in the status of the world’s first racket in the men’s category for a very long time.
Novak Djokovic has yet another incredible tennis achievement. The 35-year-old athlete became the record holder in both men’s and women’s tennis for the number of weeks at the status of world number one racket. The Serb begins week 378 at the top of the ATP rankings.
According to this indicator, she surpassed the legendary German tennis player Steffi Graf. His success has stood since 1997. Remember that the best in this indicator among men – Roger Federer, Djokovic overtook for a long time. The Swiss have 310 weeks left.
378- @DjokerNole today marks the 378th week in her career as the number one tennis player in the world, breaking Steffi Graf’s mark of 377 in the combined men’s and women’s records. The next best in the men’s ranking is Roger Federer at 310. Rarified. pic.twitter.com/QKoEtl4HIr
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) February 27, 2023
As for the new ATP rating, there has been a significant change in the past week. American Taylor Fritz rounded out the top five.
We also noticed our Alexei Krutykh, who is constantly updating his own notes. Now Ukrainian is on the list in 160th place.
ATP. Score. February 27
Eleven). Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – 6980
2. (2). Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) – 6780
3. (3). Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) – 5805
4. (4). Kasper Ruud (Norway) – 5515
5. (7). Taylor Fritz (USA) – 3660
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160. (167). Alexey Krutykh (Ukraine) – 365
337. (334). Vitaly Sachko (Ukraine) – 149
381. (382). Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine) – 123
388. (375). Ilya Marchenko (Ukraine) – 120
390. (388). Vladislav Orlov (Ukraine) – 120
438. (440). Oleg Prikhodko (Ukraine) – 99
513. (513). Eric Vanshelboim (Ukraine) – 69
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