How long federer number 1

It was just a blip — Djokovic was back at number one again by November and with the exception of November until January last year, when Nadal reclaimed pole position, he has been rock solid. Against Nadal, he has a lead and is still one of only two men to have beaten the Spaniard at Roland Garros since At least Nadal, however, can boast comfortably seeing off Djokovic in the Roland Garros final, denying the Serb the opportunity to become the first man in half a century to win all four Slams more than once.

Djokovic, whose lone French Open title came in , has comfortably more Australian Opens than Federer six and Nadal one. Share your perspective on this article with a post on ScrollStack, and send it to your followers. Contribute Now. He is also a year younger than Rafael Nadal who also has 20 majors.

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Rafael Nadal has been ranked No. The ranking takes into account the results of the immediate past 52 weeks. Ranking lists are usually issued each Monday except during the duration of the four Grand Slam tournaments and the events in Miami and Indian Wells. The winner of one of the Grand Slam tournaments, for example, is awarded 2, ranking points, while the runner-up gets 1, ranking points. The Masters, challengers and futures tournaments are less valuable than the Grand Slam tournaments in regards to the number of ranking points a player can gain.

Since ATP introduced its computerized ranking system in , 25 men have been ranked as the world number one.

Roger Federer, winner of a record 19 Grand Slam titles in his career, also holds the record for the most total weeks at number one, with weeks spanning over three separate periods.

This achievement bettered the record of Pete Sampras who held the number one spot for weeks over eleven separate periods. Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors are the only other men to have ranked number one for more than weeks in total. Yet Federer remains the only man to be ranked number one for over weeks, a feat that has also been achieved by female players Martina Navratilova weeks and Steffi Graf weeks.

At the other end of the scale, Pat Rafter is the only man to have the number one position for just a single week, which he achieved in July Loading statistic Show source. Download for free You need to log in to download this statistic Register for free Already a member?

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