Most Weeks as Men's Tennis No 1 by Age | Can Sinner catch up?
Who had spent the most weeks as Men's Tennis No 1 by a certain age?
Jannik Sinner just won the Australian Open 2024 to claim his first Slam title at the age of 22. Now No 4 in the ATP Ranking, Sinner is getting closer to Medvedev, Alcaraz and Djokovic.
Novak Djokovic recently extended his record of most weeks as the ATP World No 1 ranking to more than 400 weeks. How many did he have when he was at the same age as Sinner is now? How long had Federer already been the best tennis player in the world by that age? Let's have a look and compare all of the Open Era Men's Tennis No 1 players by age.
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Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest ever men at the top of the Tennis world in 2022 after winning the US Open. This year he added more weeks as he won his first Wimbledon title against none other than Novak Djokovic. But the Serb managed to win all the other biggest titles of the 2023 ATP season as he won 3 Grand Slams and finished the year off with his record 7th ATP Finals title, surpassing Roger Federer. It was a record extending 8th year end No 1 and the Djoker could soon also become the oldest No 1 player in the Open Era.
Who is the oldest ever No 1 player at the moment and who had spent the most weeks as the Tennis no 1 at what age? Let's find out.