In the 2022 season, due to not vaccinating Covid-19, Novak Djokovic missed many tournaments. After the last Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, the Serbian player lost the world's No. 1 to Carlos Alcaraz.
In the 2023 season, Djokovic returned to Australia to play Australia expanded and crowned the championship. This 22nd Grand Slam title also helps him regain the No. 1 ATP. Currently, the Serbian star has 7070 points in the rankings.
Notably, this is also the 377 week Djokovic holding the No. 1 world in his career. Thus, the 35 -year -old player officially leveled the record of the former female tennis player Steffi Graf. Ranked third in the list is Martina Navratilova (332 weeks). Serena Williams (319 weeks) and Roger Federer (310 weeks) are ranked fourth and fifth.
This week, Djokovic is not participating in the tournament. Next Monday, he will be deducted 90 points for winning tickets to the quarterfinals of Dubai Championships last year. Therefore, if Alcaraz won the ATP 500 Rio Open championship in Qatar, he will have the same 6980 points like Nole.
Even so, Djokovic will still keep the No. 1 throne due to the law of ATP. Accordingly, when the two players equal to the score, the first criterion to consider the hierarchy is the number of prizes participated in the period of total score. According to statistics, Nole only attended 15 prizes, while Alcaraz participated in 18 prizes.
Currently, Djokovic is in the process of asking for a special entry into the US to be able to participate in the upcoming two Master tournaments, Indian Wells and Miami Open. The country of flags has not yet lifted the request for vaccines with foreigners.
