Andy's Dubai title and Novak's Acapulco QF exit move him 2215 points clear as WR 1 : 12040 points to 9825.

If Andy was not to win another ranking match before the Rome Masters and Novak retained his Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid titles and won Monte Carlo ( with nothing else sneaked in ) Andy would still be #1 at the start of Rome. I trust that won't be how it plays out !

Novak can make a maximum net gain from IW, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid of 2040 points ( 45 + 45 + 1350 + 600 - that's not even giving Andy showing up 10 points ). Being ranked #1 at the start of Rome would take Andy to 28 weeks at #1.

Of course, the odds are and we'd certainly hope that Andy will actually extend his lead over these 4 tournanents, particularly over Indian Wells and Miami.

As has been clear for a while he will go to #15 on the time at WR 1 list, ahead of Wilander. Bit of a jump to #14 Nastase on 40 weeks ( and #13 Kuerten on 43 weeks ). Basically to reach #14 with his current run Andy would have to hold position until a few weeks after Wimbledon, the conclusion of which would take him to 37 weeks.

Cheers for that Indy.

It is a fascinating list, and in terms of greats of the modern era it doesn't really lie, skewed only by the fact that Borg binned tennis so early and definitely more dominant than pistol Pete and he had Mac to put in his place!

For me purely a subjective opinion based on: hero worship, 3 grand slams, a couple of gold medals and a DC; Andy is up there (obviously not statistically) well beyond the Agassi's of this world, alongside Rafa.

We have just been fortunate to have had 4 greats of the modern era playing simultaneously and to be fair to Wawrinka if he was born in a different decade he would be well up the board too!

Thank you for posting!

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Tuesday 7th of March 2017 10:04:44 PM

With these two so out of sorts, it leaves the door at least ajar for someone else to sneak up on them for top spot.

Despite Andy pulling out of Miami, his lead will increase substantially as Djokovic has now pulled out as well.

At this rate Federer's going to be #1 not too long after Wimbledon. Murray's injury/performance issues (of which the latter may well be down to the former) are becoming a real concern. I hope he gets back to fitness/form soon but if he is to be out for a spell, it's a real shame that he won't be able to effectively defend his #1. Pretty typical of his career actually, to get knocked down with injury woes after major successes. His previous responses have been remarkable of course, but he's older now. Been a pretty frustrating start to the year.