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On This Day: Djokovic begins four-hundredth week as World No. 1
Flashback to 2023, when the Serbian started a milestone week atop the PIF ATP Rankings
November 20, 2025
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On November 20, 2023, Novak Djokovic started his four-hundredth week as World No. 1 following his Nitto ATP Finals triumph.
By ATP Workers
Novak Djokovic ushered in a record-extending four-hundredth week atop the PIF ATP Rankings in type in November 2023.
Greater than 12 years after he first rose to World No. 1, the Serbian downed Jannik Sinner to earn a document seventh title on the coveted Nitto ATP Finals. His reward for that Turin triumph was an unprecedented four-hundredth week at World No. 1, starting the next day, 20 November 2023.
“It is a fairly good achievement, 400 weeks at No. 1. It is by no means been finished in historical past,” mentioned Djokovic, who additionally clinched ATP Yr-Finish No. 1 introduced by PIF for a document eighth time that week. “Somebody will finally break it, however hopefully it stays there for a very long time.”
Djokovic’s journey to the milestone achievement started on 4 July 2011, when he turned the twenty fifth participant to affix the ATP No. 1 Membership. At age 24, Djokovic downed rival Rafael Nadal within the Wimbledon last, claiming his first of seven triumphs on the All England Membership. Djokovic had already secured his debut atop the PIF ATP Rankings by defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga within the semi-finals.
Spanning from December 2010 to Roland Garros in 2011, Djokovic loved a powerful 43-match successful streak, solely halted by Roger Federer within the semi-finals of the clay-court main. However Djokovic’s dominance was simply retreating. He tallied a standout 70-6 match document in 2011.
Djokovic has at occasions dominated the game, amassing 101-tour degree trophies and spending a document 428 weeks at No. 1. His 419th week as World No. 1 was historic: On 1 April 2024 — then 36 years and 321 days previous — Djokovic surpassed Federer because the oldest No. 1 in PIF ATP Rankings historical past.
The Belgrade native has lifted a document 24 main titles and 40 ATP Masters 1000 crowns. In 2018 in Cincinnati, Djokovic turned the primary participant in Masters 1000 historical past to win all 9 elite tournaments and full the profession Golden Masters. Two years later, on the identical occasion, Djokovic accomplished his second profession Golden Masters.
With 10 stints as World No. 1, Djokovic has claimed a 485-78 match document (86.1 per cent) whereas holding that place. His longest consecutive streak as World No. 1 was 122 weeks, from July 2014 to November 2016. On 27 February 2023, Djokovic secured the all-time document throughout males’s and ladies’s tennis, overtaking Stefanie Graf along with his 378th week within the pole place.
All through his two-decade profession, Djokovic has shattered data, redefined milestones and turned historical past into his personal private playground. In the case of the ATP No. 1 Membership, which options 29 gamers, Djokovic stands in a league of his personal.
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