Tennis player, Novak Djokovic has spent 310 weeks as world No 1, equalling Roger Federer‘s record.
The 33-year-old Serbian made chasing the mark, which he is guaranteed to break next week, one of his major career goals.
Djokovic has been helped by temporary changes to ranking system, imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic, that mean players can count tournaments from two years instead of one.
However, there is no doubt Djokovic remains the world’s best tennis player as he lifted his ninth Australian Open trophy in February, defeating Daniil Medvedev in three straight sets.
He is now prioritising Grand Slams as he chases down his other major goal of winning more Grand Slams than Federer and Nadal, who each have 20 singles titles. Djokovic’s trophy in Melbourne took him to 18 slam titles.
He begun 2021 by winning nine consecutive matches while last year he did not lose a completed match until French Open final in October.
Djokovic’s fifth spell at the top of the rankings began on February 3 last year while he has been No 1 for all but 32 weeks since Federer hit 310 weeks in June 2018. His longest stint as No 1 was 122 weeks between July 2014 and November 2016.
Djokovic sits on 12,030 points, more than 2,000 clear of Rafael Nadal, with Daniil Medvedev and Dominic Thiem the only other players with more than 7,000 points.
