A report on Ivan Lendl and List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players

Novak Djokovic, the current men's singles world No. 1.

Ivan Lendl in the final of the 1984 ABN World Tennis tournament in Rotterdam

Novak Djokovic, the record holder of most weeks spent as world No. 1.

Lendl (far right) talking to Judy Murray.

Roger Federer spent a record 237 consecutive weeks at world No. 1. in the 2000s.

Ivan Lendl spent the most weeks at the top of the ATP rankings in the 1980s.

Jimmy Connors spent the most weeks at world No. 1 in the 1970s.

Ilie Năstase became the first ATP world No. 1 ranked player on August 23, 1973.

Novak Djokovic holds an all-time record of seven year-end No. 1 rankings.

Pete Sampras finished a six consecutive years as world No. 1 in the 1990s.

John McEnroe finished as the year-end No. 1 for four consecutive years in the 1980s.

Lleyton Hewitt was the youngest male player to hold the world No. 1 ranking, at age 20 in November 2001.

Daniil Medvedev, the current men's singles world No. 1.

Lendl was ranked world No. 1 in singles for 270 weeks and won 94 singles titles.

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Two players, Ivan Lendl and Marcelo Ríos, have reached No. 1 without previously having won a major title.

- List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players

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Tennis

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Racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

French singles player Guillaume Rufin serves to Czech player Tomáš Berdych in a tennis match at the Australian Open

Painting from Cremona; end of the 16th century.

Augurio Perera's house in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, where he and Harry Gem first played the modern game of lawn tennis

Tennis doubles final at 1896 Olympic Games

International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino

Racket of Franjo Punčec in a wooden frame – late 1930s

Two different tennis strings of lengths 12m (left), and 200 m (right)

Convention dictates that the two players shake hands at the end of a match.

Novak Djokovic in a two-handed backhand motion.

A tennis match at Centre Court of Wimbledon in 2007.

McEnroe with Fleming playing as a doubles team at Wimbledon in the 1980s.

An umpire informing two players of the rules.

McEnroe attained the No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, finishing his career with 77 singles and 78 doubles titles; this remains the highest men's combined total of the Open Era.

Earlier in Sampras' career, the most Grand Slams won up to that point by other active players was eight (jointly held by Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl).

Federer at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships

Roger Federer

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Swiss professional tennis player.

Federer hits a forehand at the 2006 US Open, where he became the first man in history to achieve the Wimbledon-US Open double for three consecutive seasons.

Federer was called "Darth Federer" by fans and commentators at the 2007 US Open.

Federer winning the 2009 French Open, and completing the career Grand Slam

Federer won a record 16th major at the 2010 Australian Open.

Federer won a record 17th major, a record-equaling 7th Wimbledon, and returned to No. 1.

Federer receiving serve against Richard Gasquet in the title-clinching match for Switzerland at the 2014 Davis Cup

Federer and Nadal at Wimbledon's Centre Court.

Federer and Djokovic at the Canadian Open in 2010.

Roger Federer has spent a total of 310 weeks and a record 237 consecutive weeks at the top of the ATP rankings.

Federer serving at the Australian Open in 2014

He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.

His 11 singles titles were the most of any player in two decades, and his record of 74–6 was the best since Ivan Lendl in 1986.

Jimmy Connors

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Connors at the 1978 ABN Tennis Tournament holding his Wilson T2000 steel racket

James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player.

His prominent younger opponents included Björn Borg, Vitas Gerulaitis, Ivan Lendl, and John McEnroe.

Djokovic holding the 2019 Wimbledon men's trophy

Novak Djokovic

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Serbian professional tennis player.

Novak Djokovic Singles Ranking History Chart

Singles Ranking Composite History Chart (Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic)

Djokovic during his first round match at the 2007 US Open.

Djokovic celebrating Australian Open triumph in Belgrade.

Djokovic celebrates upon defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, clinching the world No. 1 ranking for the first time in his career.

Djokovic kissing Coupe des Mousquetaires after winning the 2016 French Open, completing Nole Slam and the career Grand Slam.

Djokovic celebrating at the 2018 US Open. His victory at the event tied him with Pete Sampras with 14 Grand Slam titles.

Djokovic playing in the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters

Djokovic and Federer after their semifinal match at the 2011 US Open.

Djokovic serving at the Eastbourne International. Djokovic plays with a Head racquet and wears Lacoste apparel and Asics shoes.

Kindergarten in Jalovik village built by the Novak Djokovic Foundation.

Djokovic with Emir Kusturica in Andrićgrad in January 2014, where he received Key to the City.

He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 a record seven times.

He moved into equal eighth on the all-time list of men with the most Major titles, tying Agassi, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, Ken Rosewall and Fred Perry.

McEnroe at the 2012 French Open in which he won the senior doubles event with his brother Patrick

John McEnroe

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American former professional tennis player and musician.

John McEnroe at the 1979 ABN Tennis Tournament

McEnroe in a Dunlop advertisement published on El Gráfico, 1981

McEnroe with Peter Fleming (left) at Wimbledon, mid 1980s

John McEnroe serving during a Champions Cup Boston match, 2007

John McEnroe in the 2007 Madrid Masters Senior

McEnroe demonstrating his swing at a Vanity Fair party in New York City, 2009

McEnroe attained the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, finishing his career with 77 singles titles on the ATP Tour and 78 doubles titles; this remains the highest men's combined total of the Open Era.

He made the WCT Final for the third time and beat Ivan Lendl in an epic five-setter.