At Indian Wells, Djokovic added to his tally with his 400th Masters victory and the 1000th victory of his professional career.
No other player has been able to stay at the top of the world rankings for as long as Djokovic. Roger Federer has been number one in the ranking for 310 weeks (5 years and 50 weeks), which is the second according to this indicator. Pete Sampras is in third place with 5 years and 26 weeks at the top.
Rafael Nadal, who spent 209 weeks (4 years and 1 week) in first place, did not even enter the top 5 of this indicator.
Novak Djokovic topped the ATP rankings for the first time on July 4, 2011. He held this position for a total of 641 weeks, almost 65% of the time in his professional career.
- Djokovic takes first place in number of Masters victories on hard court
Source: Sport
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