Novak Djokovic continues to make his mark on the tennis world. With 377 weeks at the top of the ATP ranking, on Monday the Serb equaled the record held by German tennis player Steffi Graf. He achieved the record even without playing in a tournament in the last seven days.
In 2021, "Nole" surpassed the men's record held by Roger Federer. Next week, he will maintain his number one spot when he plays the ATP World Tour 500 in Dubai. With this, will surpass the record of the legendary German tennis player.
Following the top two, the players to spend the highest number weeks at number one are Martina Navrátilová (322 weeks), Serena Williams (319), Federer (310), Pete Sampras (286), Ivan Lendl (270), Jimmy Connors (268), Chris Evert (260), Martina Hingis (209) and Rafael Nadal (209).
At the age of 35, Djokovic's next goal is to surpass Australian Margaret Court as the tennis player with the most Grand Slam titles in history (22 titles for Djokovic to Court's 24).
