Novak Djokovic Breaks Roger Federer’s File as Oldest Participant to Be Ranked ATP No. 1

Novak Djokovic is officially the oldest world No. 1 in ATP history.

At 36 years and 321 days feeble, Djokovic surpassed Roger Federer’s file as he continues to connect himself as the finest participant within the history of males’s tennis. Djokovic is made up our minds to begin his 420th week as the No. 1 participant within the arena on Monday.

The Serb is already by a long way the longest-reigning No. 1 in tennis history. His 420 weeks are 110 more than Federer had all the contrivance by his profession. Pete Sampras is a miles away third on the listing with 286 weeks at No. 1.

Djokovic is lawful 12 match wins away from breaking Jimmy Connors’ file of 109. He already holds the all-time file for most Wide Slams with 24, sitting two certain of Rafael Nadal. One more major would push him previous Margaret Court for essentially the most within the history of tennis.

With Federer retired and Nadal struggling with injuries, Djokovic is the final of the Gigantic Three regularly on tour. He has no longer declare a date on his receive retirement but admitted it does weigh on his mind.

“To be correct, I’m form of divided [on retirement],” Djokovic said in January. “There could be constantly a segment of me that is a younger boy who lawful adores tennis and knows most efficient about tennis and devoted his entire life to tennis and that boy quiet wants to wait on going.

“After which, on completely different aspect, I’m the father of two kids, and I’m away from my household, and whenever I scoot for a protracted interval it breaks my coronary heart. So I’m constantly occupied with, How long should quiet I play, how many tournaments should quiet I play, is it price it?”

Presumably the final box to ascertain for Djokovic could be turning into the oldest participant in history to know a Wide Slam. Ken Rosewall on the moment holds that file at 37 years, one month and 24 days.

With Djokovic’s 37th birthday coming up next month, shall we in discovering to survey that file plunge sooner rather than later.