No 1 monopoly by Big 4

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adil1972

Hall of Fame
federer became No. 1 for first time on 2nd February 2004,

since then No. 1 ranking has been shared by Big 4 only

thats 823 consecutive weeks

federer share 310 weeks
nadal share 197 weeks
djokovic share 275 weeks
murray share 41 weeks

i am not sure but i think this is new record in tennis history

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farrighttennis

New User
It's even crazier than that. Not only have Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray been No. 1 for over 15 years, but they have also held the top two rankings since Nadal joined in on August 1st, 2005. That's 744 weeks. Medvedev cannot hit number two until the Australian Open, so that's over 750 with these guys at the top. The longest streak since the rankings were first held was when Connors, Borg, McEnroe and Lendl held the number one spot between July 29, 1974 and September 12, 1988, when Wilander took the top spot. That's 737 weeks. That means that the Big 4 have held the top two spots longer than any other group of 4 has held just the top spot. That's pretty insane.
 
Mainad

Mainad

Bionic Poster
I'm always a bit surprised that Wawrinka never even made it as far as #2. Is there any other example of a 3 times Slam winning player never being ranked as high as #2?
 
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