PARIS, Feb 27 — Novak Djokovic on Monday sets a new record in men’s and women’s tennis for total weeks spent on top of the world rankings. The 35-year-old winner of 22 Grand...
PARIS, Feb 27 — Novak Djokovic on Monday sets a new record in men’s and women’s tennis for total weeks spent on top of the world rankings.
“It’s surreal in a way to be that many weeks world number one, to match Steffi Graf, who is one of the all-time greats of our sport, both men and women,” said Djokovic, whose first spell at the top began in July 2011 after his maiden Wimbledon triumph.Australia’s Pat Rafter served-and-volleyed his way to the 1997 and 1998 US Opens, two of his 11 career titles.
Rafter was world number one for just a week from July 26, 1999, the first Australian man to reach the peak since John Newcombe in 1971.Rafter remains the only player since rankings began in the 1970s to spend just one week at number one. Next on the list are Evonne Goolagong and Carlos Moya who spent two weeks each at the summit.
The Spaniard’s spell in the top 10 has stretched over 900 consecutive weeks, a feat that not even Novak Djokovic or the now-retired Roger Federer can boast.
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