Pheasant
Legend
The players that have held the record for weeks at #1 during my time of following tennis are:
Connors at 268
Lendl at 270
Sampras at 286
Federer at 310
Djokovic at 397+
These 5 players spent a large chunk of their prime years at #1. What I'm curious about is how they did against the world #1 when they weren't ranked #1 for all of those weeks.
Of this group, here are the players with the most wins vs world #1:
Djokovic: 16-18, .471
Lendl: 14-17, .452
Federer: 10-20, .333
Sampras: 6-7, .462
Connors: 5-30, .143
I find Lendl's 14 wins and Djoker's 16 wins vs world #1 quite impressive, especially since they were the record holders for being #1 in that metric.
Connors at 268
Lendl at 270
Sampras at 286
Federer at 310
Djokovic at 397+
These 5 players spent a large chunk of their prime years at #1. What I'm curious about is how they did against the world #1 when they weren't ranked #1 for all of those weeks.
Of this group, here are the players with the most wins vs world #1:
Djokovic: 16-18, .471
Lendl: 14-17, .452
Federer: 10-20, .333
Sampras: 6-7, .462
Connors: 5-30, .143
I find Lendl's 14 wins and Djoker's 16 wins vs world #1 quite impressive, especially since they were the record holders for being #1 in that metric.