Novak Djokovic keeps on breaking every sort of record. The Serbian sensation will secure the year-end world number 1 ranking after defeating Hubert Hurkacz in the semi-final in Paris on Saturday. This achievement means that Djokovic finishes at the top of the rankings for a record seventh time. He was previously sharing this record with Pete Sampras.
Djokovic an achieving the world number 1 record
Novak was clearly elated with his latest record to comment:
“Just proud and extremely happy. Obviously, that was one of the biggest goals and it’s always one of the biggest goals, to try to be No. 1 and end the season as No. 1. To do it for the record seventh time and surpass my childhood idol and role model, Pete [Sampras], is incredible. Very grateful, very blessed to be in this position.”
Djokovic in Paris, ranking, and results in 2021
Now ranked no.1, the Serbian has achieved a composed 47-6 match record in 2021. Djokovic is now having a run in Paris where he toppled Marton Fucsovics 6-2 4-6 6-3, Gael Monfils w/o, Taylor Harry Fritz 6-4 6-3 and Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-0 7-65.
Novak Djokovic will compete against the world no.2 Daniil Medvedev in the final on Sunday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Their actual head to head record is 5-4 for Djokovic.
Novak conquered 4 titles in 2021 at the Australian Open, in Belgrade, at the French Open and in Wimbledon. The Serbian reached the final in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) and at the U.S. Open.
The Serbian won 85 titles in his career: 48 on hard courts, 17 on clay courts, 13 on indoor courts and 7 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Medvedev in Paris, ranking, and results in 2021
Now the world no.2 (career-high), Daniil achieved a composed 54-11 match record in 2021. The Russian is currently competing in Paris where he defeated Ilya Ivashka 7-5 6-4, Sebastian Korda 4-6 6-1 6-3, Hugo Gaston 7-67 6-4 and Alexander Zverev 6-2 6-2.
Daniil Medvedev will come up against the world no.1 Novak Djokovic in the final on Sunday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Their current record is 5-4 for Djokovic.
Medvedev clinched 4 titles in 2021 in Marseille, in Mallorca, in Toronto and at the U.S. Open. The Russian reached the final at the Australian Open.
Daniil won 13 titles in his career: 6 on hard courts, 6 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev fought against each other 9 times. The head to head is 5-4 for Djokovic. Previously, the last time when they played each other, Daniil Medvedev won 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the final in New York (U.S. Open) on the 12th of September 2021.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
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