Novak Djokovic reaches 400 weeks as world number one in men's tennis

With the 2023 ATP Finals championship, Novak Djokovic has officially reached the milestone of 400 weeks as world number one of the International Men's Tennis Association (ATP).

Novak Djokovic chạm cột mốc 400 tuần đứng vị trí số một quần vợt nam thế giới

Novak Djokovic - world number one male tennis player. (Source: ATP Tour)

With the ATP Finals 2023 championship in Turin (Italy) on November 20, Novak Djokovic has gained 1,300 more points, officially reaching the 400th week as world number one. The Serbian tennis player is now far ahead of second-ranked Federer (310 weeks) in terms of the number of weeks holding the ATP men's singles top spot.

The Serbian has also won 98 ATP titles in his career and set a record of 7 ATP Finals titles. In 2023, Djokovic won 7 titles including 3 Grand Slams, 1 ATP Finals, 2 ATP Masters 1,000 and 1 ATP 250, although he only participated in 12 tournaments.

On the ATP men's singles rankings, Alcaraz ranked second with 8,865 points, Sinner ranked third with 7,600 points, and Medvedev ranked fourth (6,490 points).

The four stars who won tickets to the semi-finals of the ATP Finals 2023, including Djokovic, Alcaraz, Sinner and Medvedev, have scores far above the remaining group.

Closing a successful 2023, Djokovic still shows great ambition for next season: "I will stay in the leading position as long as I want to continue, as long as I have the ability to beat young opponents.

Why should I stop when I can still win the biggest titles? When my opponents start beating me consistently, maybe I will consider taking a break or even quitting tennis altogether.

Next year I still hope to do the best thing a tennis player can do, which is to win all 4 Grand Slams and win the Olympic Gold Medal. My body has allowed me to compete well this year, hopefully everything good will continue to come in 2024."

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