It’s official: Novak Djokovic breaks Roger Federer of being the man that managed to stay at the top of the rankings for most. With this week, Novak has recorded in total 311 weeks as the world no.1. Stefanos Tsitsipas also advanced in the rankings to overtake Roger as the new world no.5. Daniil Medvedev is still rank no3, but next week he will overtake Nadal to become the new world no.2.
Novak Djokovic in 2021
Now ranked no.1, Djokovic played his last match on the 21st of February when he overcame Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-2 6-2 in the final of the Australian Open to win his 82nd career title.
At the moment, during this season Djokovic owns a compiled 9-0 win-loss record. Djokovic has won 1 title at the Australian Open.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2021
Now ranked no.5 (career-high), Tsitsipas played his last match on the 6th of March when he surrendered to Andrey Rublev 6-3 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Rotterdam (draw).
This season Stefanos has a compiled 9-2 match record. Stefanos Tsitsipas’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open and Rotterdam.
Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas squared off 6 times. Their record is 4-2 for Djokovic. Previously, the last time when they played, Novak Djokovic won 6-3 6-2 5-7 4-6 6-1 in the semifinal in Paris (French Open) in October 2020.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
Roger Federer in 2021
Now the world no.6, Federer played his last match on the 30th of January 2020 when he capitulated to Novak Djokovic 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal of the Australian Open (draw).
