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indiana


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Having claimed a SF place in Rotterdam, Federer will return to the top of the rankings on Monday.

It will be over 14 years since he first went to #1 and over 5 years 3 months since he was last there.

Since Fed first went to #1, up to and including this coming Monday will make it 734 weeks in a row that the spot has been held by one of the big 4, the last previous WR 1 being Andy Roddick. And it won't be taken by anyone else anytime soon.

Total weeks:
Federer 303
Djokovic 223
Nadal 167
Murray 41



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Not sure Andy can crack the top 3 again to be honest. Top 10 is guaranteed tho

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Whoures58 wrote:

Not sure Andy can crack the top 3 again to be honest. Top 10 is guaranteed tho

 We like an optimist smile

(Top ten is pretty good......)



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Andy is right up there. Regardless of what anyone says. The countdown to Brisbane has started

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Yeah, this season has been weird so far. Djokovic and Roger calling the shots now that Nadal and Andy are out. Next year has to be better



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Great work by Sascha Zverev at the ATP finals but he is not close enough to prevent 15 years ( 784 weeks ) of the big 4 sharing the WR 1 position come the 04/02/19 rankings. This run started when Fed first became WR 1 on 02/02/04.

The number of weeks up to the start of the Australian Open on 14/01/19 will be :

Federer - 310 weeks (1st in total weeks of the 26 #1s since 1973)
Djokovic - 234 (5th)
Nadal - 196 (6th)
Murray - 41 (14th)

Total - 781 weeks

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ATP_number_1_ranked_singles_tennis_players



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The rankings at 27/05 going into the French Open will see 'the big 4' reach 800 successive weeks at WR 1 without anyone else getting a look in. Or likely to anytime soon.

Federer 310 weeks
Djokovic 253
Nadal 196
Murray 41



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Could Dominic Thiem be the player that ends the over 16 year dynasty of one of 4 players being ATP #1? 

Rankings at 14.09.20

1. N Djokovic 10860 points
2. R Nadal 9850
3. D Thiem 9125

In the short term Djoko has most chance to improve his points if he behaves ( 600 and 720 points from last year's Rome Masters and French Open respectively ). Nadal cannot improve on maximum points from these two events and Thiem only on his RU 1200 points from the French Open.

So it it will still be a while yet.



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Not this year for Thiem. I think Novak and Rafa will hang on for one more year. But changing of the guard will happen this year for the new top 4 by Aus/French Open 2022. My prediction will be they year Rafa fails to win the French that it happens. I have him down for one more French in 2021 in the meantime.

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indiana wrote:

Could Dominic Thiem be the player that ends the over 16 year dynasty of one of 4 players being ATP #1? 

 17 years, now.

If my maths is right, it will be 900 weeks sometime in May (5th?)

 

Edit: although that includes 22 weeks of limbo - I don't know if that counts or not?



-- Edited by christ on Monday 15th of February 2021 01:56:08 PM

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christ wrote:
indiana wrote:

Could Dominic Thiem be the player that ends the over 16 year dynasty of one of 4 players being ATP #1? 

 17 years, now.

If my maths is right, it will be 900 weeks sometime in May (5th?)

 

Edit: although that includes 22 weeks of limbo - I don't know if that counts or not?



-- Edited by christ on Monday 15th of February 2021 01:56:08 PM

 Yes, it certainly can be said to be over 17 years since anyone else was #1.

Even not counting these 22 suspended weeks in the individual counts, according to wiki Djokovic is just about to pass Ferderer's total weeks at #1. The 22/02/21 rankings will take it to Federer 310 weeks, Djokovic 309 ( Nadal 209 ). And Djokovic will be #1 for a while yet.



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With the 08/03/21 update Djokovic duly tots up most weeks as ATP #1, even excluding the suspension in ranking updates from March to August 2020.

1. N Djokovic  311
2. R Federer  310
3. P Sampras  286
4. I Lendl  270
5. J Connors  268
6. R Nadal  209

14.  A Murray  41



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It's been mentioned elsewhere but worth noting here, now that Medvedev has actually succeeded in winning 2 rounds on RG clay, that he could theoretically go to WR 1 after RG. It does for starters need him to somehow reach the final ( enough if Djokovic doesn't reach the final from the top half ). If both Djokovic and Medvedev reach the final the winner will be WR 1.

Current live rankings :
1. Djokovic 10713 ( 11313 - 50% of his 1200 points for being 2020 runner up )
2. Medvedev 9873 ( 9793 + so far 80 additional points over his existing 10 RG points )

Potential points :
Djokovic : champion 12113, runner up 11313 ( any RG points above 600 add to his live total )
Medvedev : champion 11783, runner up 10983 ( every extra RG point he earns will add to his live total )

Nadal will be at best WR 3 after RG, having to win the title again just to stay on 9630 points.

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Yes, still at the RG QF stage Medvedev could have theoretically gone to WR 1 after RG. But in fact not close to truly happening and Djokovic increased his points lead at the top.

1. Djokovic 12113
2. Medvedev 10143
3. Nadal 8630



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And Djoko of course has the first two slams of the season and his eye on the Grand Slam in 2021.

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