The Serbian remains at the top of the rankings after winning the ATP Finals this Sunday.
Novak Djokovic starts this monday 400th week as world number one, a record in the history of tennis and sports. Winner this Sunday of ATP Finals and this season of three out of four Grand Slams, finalist in the fourth (Wimbledon), Djokovic, 36, reached the top of the world rankings for the first time more than 12 years ago, on July 4, 2011, and remained in that position for 53 weeks.
His longest streak at number one was 122 weeks between July 7, 2014 and November 6, 2016. On the all-time list, Djokovic is followed by a German tennis player for the longest time at number one. Steffi Graf377 weeks, the Americans Martina Navratilova332, and Serena Williams319, and the Swiss Roger Federer310.
After Djokovic, the Spaniard ends the season in the top places in the world Carlos Alcarazthe Russian Daniel Medvedev the Italian Jannik Sinner and the Russian Andrey Rublev, in that order. Greek completes the top ten positions Stefanos Tsitsipasthe German Alexander Zverevthe danish Holger Runethe Polish Hubert Kurkacz and the American Taylor Fritz. Rafael Nadalwhich is about to determine the date of his return to the courts, appears in position 662.
The Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo21, is the best Latin American player, ahead of his countrymen Sebastian Baez28, Tomas Martín Etcheverry30, Pedro Cachín70, from Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, 80, from Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, 83, from Chilean Cristian Garín (87), from Argentine Federico Coria (88), the Colombian Daniel Galán (91) and the Argentine Facundo Díaz Acosta (93).
Source: Tycsports
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