Novak Djokovic hits 414 weeks at No. 1, now two years' worth of weeks more than any other man
Also: Jasmine Paolini cracks the Top 20, Jakub Mensik makes history and Matthew Ebden rises to the top in doubles.
Novak Djokovic just keeps piling up the weeks at No. 1, hitting milestone after milestone—and he hits another one this week.
This is his 414th career week at No. 1, now two years’ worth of weeks more at the top spot than any other man in ATP rankings history.
He’s now 104 weeks ahead of Roger Federer, who spent 310 career weeks at No. 1. At 52 weeks a year, that’s two years’ worth of weeks.
MOST WEEKS AT NO. 1 IN ATP RANKINGS HISTORY (since 1973):
- 414: Novak Djokovic (and counting…)
- 310: Roger Federer
- 286: Pete Sampras
- 270: Ivan Lendl
- 268: Jimmy Connors
The 24-time Grand Slam champion will return to action at Indian Wells in a week's time—and given he has no points to defend during the entire Sunshine Swing, he could very well increase his lead at No. 1 and hit many more milestones in the weeks and months to come.
Meanwhile, the three men who captured ATP titles this past week all move up the rankings: Karen Khachanov, a former No. 8, rises from No. 17 to No. 15 after winning the title in Doha, his first time in the Top 15 since the Australian Open; Sebastian Baez rises from No. 30 to No. 21, surpassing his previous high of No. 25, after winning his first ATP 500 title in Rio de Janeiro; and Jordan Thompson, who just broke into the Top 40 for the first time last week at No. 40, jumps to another new personal best of No. 32 after winning his first ATP title in Los Cabos.
There are two very notable Top 100 debuts, too: Argentina’s Mariano Navone soars from No. 113 to No. 60 after reaching his first ATP final in Rio, falling to Baez; and Czech teen Jakub Mensik jumps from No. 116 to No. 87 after reaching his first ATP final in Doha, falling to Khachanov.
The 18-year-old Mensik, who was born in 2005, is actually the first man born in 2005 or later to reach the Top 100 in ATP rankings history.
Over on the WTA rankings, Italy's Jasmine Paolini breaks into the Top 20 for the first time, rising from No. 26 to No. 14 after capturing the biggest title of her career at the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai.
It hasn’t actually been that long since an Italian woman was in the Top 20—Martina Trevisan, a semifinalist at Roland Garros in 2022, was ranked in the Top 20 as recently as the week of May 15th, 2023.
But with Trevisan peaking at No. 18, it’s actually been a long time since an Italian woman has been ranked this high. The last time an Italian woman was in the Top 15 was the week of September 26th, 2016, when Roberta Vinci was No. 15—and Paolini is the highest-ranked Italian woman since the week of September 5th, 2016, when Vinci was No. 8.
A little further down on the WTA rankings, Anna Kalinskaya rises from No. 40 to No. 24—her Top 30 debut—after reaching her first WTA final in Dubai, and Poland’s Magdalena Frech rises from No. 53 to No. 42, her Top 50 debut, after qualifying and reaching the third round of Dubai.
And last but certainly not least, Australia’s Matthew Ebden rises to No. 1 in doubles for the first time, switching spots with his regular doubles partner, India's Rohan Bopanna, who dips from No. 1 to No. 2.
Ebden has 10 career ATP doubles titles, including two Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon in 2022 (alongside countryman Max Purcell) and the Australian Open this year (with Bopanna). He also has one Masters 1000 title to his name at Indian Wells last year (with Bopanna).
A former No. 39 in singles who’s played exclusively in doubles since the summer of 2022, Ebden is the 63rd player to reach No. 1 in ATP doubles rankings history, and the fifth Australian player to do it.
AUSTRALIANS TO REACH ATP NO. 1 IN DOUBLES (since 1976):
- Paul McNamee in 1981 [3 career weeks at No. 1]
- John Fitzgerald in 1991 [40 career weeks at No. 1]
- Todd Woodbridge in 1992 [205 career weeks at No. 1]
- Mark Woodforde in 1992 [84 career weeks at No. 1]
- Matthew Ebden in 2024 [1 career week at No. 1 so far…]