UPDATE - Weeks at number 1

[5555]

1. Federer 302
2. Sampras 286
3. Lendl 270
4. Connors 268
5. McEnroe 170
6. Borg 109
7. Nadal 102
8. Agassi 101
9. Djokovic 81
10. Hewitt 80
11. Edberg 72
12. Courier 58
13. Kuerten 43
14. Năstase 40
15. Wilander 20
16. Roddick 13
17. Becker 12
18. Safin 9
19. Newcombe 8
= Ferrero 8
21. Muster 6
= Ríos 6
= Kafelnikov 6
24. Moyá 2
25. Rafter 1

 

[joeri888]

I think Djokovic can go to 100 or something. After that, hard to predict.

Consecutive, I am not sure. It depends on the coming months. He has to perform to keep Federer off his back I think. Federer still can really hurt Djokovic whenever they play, so if they were to meet in for instance the W semifinal, it could cost Djokovic a lot of points. It could also help Nadal challenge again. Since he beats Federer easily.

If Federer-Djokovic is the semi, Nadal wins
If Federer-Nadal is the semi, Djokovic wins
If Djokovic-Nadal is the semi (Nadal drops to 3), Roger has a great chance on both clay and grass.

 

[Magnus]

Nadal will reclaim #1 and get to 300+ weeks

Djokovic will get to about 125 weeks as #1.

Federer will stay at 285.

Murray will be zero.

Del potro will be at about 10.

 

[joeri888]

Nadal will reclaim #1 and get to 300+ weeks

Djokovic will get to about 125 weeks as #1.

Federer will stay at 285.

Murray will be zero.

Del potro will be at about 10.

How and when do you see Nadal having 200 more weeks as no. 1? And when will Djokovic have his additional 100 weeks? That's 6 years in total of domination by Nadal and Djokovic. I hope you were Djoking about the Nadalpart.

 

[Magnus]

I think Djokovic can go to 100 or something. After that, hard to predict.

Consecutive, I am not sure. It depends on the coming months. He has to perform to keep Federer off his back I think. Federer still can really hurt Djokovic whenever they play, so if they were to meet in for instance the W semifinal, it could cost Djokovic a lot of points. It could also help Nadal challenge again. Since he beats Federer easily.

If Federer-Djokovic is the semi, Nadal wins
If Federer-Nadal is the semi, Djokovic wins
If Djokovic-Nadal is the semi (Nadal drops to 3), Roger has a great chance on both clay and grass.

Roger will not go up to #2 though, because Nadal will keep getting to finals and grabbing clay titles while Federer will continue his awful performances in IW/Miami and early clay events.

 

[Slice&Smash]

Nadal will reclaim #1 and get to 300+ weeks

Djokovic will get to about 125 weeks as #1.

Federer will stay at 285.

Murray will be zero.

Del potro will be at about 10.

Nadal is very likely to reclaim the #1 ranking again this year. But to hold it for 4 more years is almost impossible.

Nadal wasted a lot of time being #2 for Federer. He just doesn't have enough prime performance left in him and that's why he will never exceed the 200 weeks range.

 

[joeri888]

Roger will not go up to #2 though, because Nadal will keep getting to finals and grabbing clay titles while Federer will continue his awful performances in IW/Miami and early clay events.

That might well be true. But still, if Federer just makes semifinals, and Djokovic keeps beating Nadal in every event (including MC), Federer will be no. 2 at some point. It was partly Federer who kept Nadal the clay king last year.

And I wonder if Djokovic will decide to play MC, to give himself some cushion.

 

[Magnus]

How and when do you see Nadal having 200 more weeks as no. 1? And when will Djokovic have his additional 100 weeks? That's 6 years in total of domination by Nadal and Djokovic. I hope you were Djoking about the Nadalpart.

6 years of domination sounds about right. By then bother Nads and Djoks will decline a bit. I think Nads will conquer Djoks eventually. DP will be there to give those guys some big fights and will claim the #1 spot for a few weeks.

 

[joeri888]

6 years of domination sounds about right. By then bother Nads and Djoks will decline a bit. I think Nads will conquer Djoks eventually. DP will be there to give those guys some big fights and will claim the #1 spot for a few weeks.

Nadal with 4 more years at no. 1? Don't see it, sorry.

 

[Magnus]

Nadal with 4 more years at no. 1? Don't see it, sorry.

well I guess we'll know in a few years right?

 

[tennis_pro]

Unless Djokovic gets injured or is simply out of form for an extended period of time, I don't see Nadal reclaiming the no 1 position.

 

[MG1]

Rankings gonna change from the end of 2013 or start of 2014.

Federer will be 32/Rafa-27/Nole & Murray-26/Ferrer-31/bedych-28

 

[Raistlin]

Nadal will never retain that #1 title again and if he does he'd probably mysteriously get some injury that will keep him out for some time and when he comes back he'll be Djokovic's punching bag again.

 

[christinamaniac7]

Rafa will reclaim the #1 position surely before RG, he has a good shot at winning IW/miami duo, and also reclaiming rome/madrid titles... So that'd take lots of points off djoker before the start of RG!

 

[tennis_pro]

Rafa will reclaim the #1 position surely before RG, he has a good shot at winning IW/miami duo, and also reclaiming rome/madrid titles... So that'd take lots of points off djoker before the start of RG!

Nadal is more likely to lose before the F of any of the tournaments you mentioned than to win any of those.

 

[FlamEnemY]

^^ I don't get it. Djokovic has a massive amount of points, I can't see how he can lose the top ranking before RG.

 

[DjokovicForTheWin]

Holy crap, Sampras only had 102 consecutive weeks?????? Wow, I didn't realize he was that far behind Federer.

 

[PSNELKE]

Djokovic should easily surpass 150 weeks in his career. Same for Ralph.
Weird stat with Pete only 102 consecutive weeks.
Even though I know it won't happen, but I would love to see Fed surpassing Pete in that category.
It's not like he doesn't have enough of those records though. :lol:

 

[Steffi-forever]

Holy crap, Sampras only had 102 consecutive weeks?????? Wow, I didn't realize he was that far behind Federer.

Well, in his prime, players like Muster, Rios, Moya, Kafelnikov, Rafter, Kuerten were n° 1... Even Korda almost got there in the spring 1998 I believe.

 

[DjokovicForTheWin]

Well, in his prime, players like Muster, Rios, Moya, Kafelnikov, Rafter, Kuerten were n° 1... Even Korda almost got there in the spring 1998 I believe.

Wow even Korda almost reach #1 in Pete's era? LOL. I guess Pete played in a pretty weak era.

 

[Mainad]

^^ I don't get it. Djokovic has a massive amount of points, I can't see how he can lose the top ranking before RG.

Yes, but that's a massive amount of points to defend. He's the defending champion at practically every single big tourney between now and RG!

 

[wimble10]

Well, in his prime, players like Muster, Rios, Moya, Kafelnikov, Rafter, Kuerten were n° 1... Even Korda almost got there in the spring 1998 I believe.

Yes, there was more competition between the top players back then.

 

[wimble10]

Wow even Korda almost reach #1 in Pete's era? LOL. I guess Pete played in a pretty weak era.

Sampras, Agassi, Lendl, McEnroe, Wilander, Federer might disagree.

 

[Logan71]

I can't see how Djoker wouldn't defend some of those before RG.If Nadal is the finalist at all these events and he needs to win some to cause a points swing then Djoker may come back towards him but my guess is that RG/WIM double will decide it.

I just don't see enough points on the table for him to close 3200 points maybe 1000 taking into account that Novak will be a finalist or at least semi at all the events between now and Paris.

 

[FlamEnemY]

Yes, but that's a massive amount of points to defend. He's the defending champion at practically every single big tourney between now and RG!

Well yeah, sure. But when all is said and done, he only needs to do better than his opponents, not better or equal to last year. The huge lead he acquired in the second half of last year is enough to keep him up in the rankings, even if he bombs out in a tournament before RG.

 

[BrooklynNY]

Korda was a known PED user.

 

[Talker]

Well yeah, sure. But when all is said and done, he only needs to do better than his opponents, not better or equal to last year. The huge lead he acquired in the second half of last year is enough to keep him up in the rankings, even if he bombs out in a tournament before RG.

True, just stay ahead in any 12 month span.

Djokovic is doing it the right way, getting as much rest as he can and not going overboard with tournaments he doesn't need.

 

[Towser83]

Djokovic needs to defend Dubai and then do well in IW and Miami. Nadal might not defend his finals there, in fact both Djokovic and Nadal will be threatened by Murray (Federer not so much a threat on these hardcourts, later in Canada and Cinci is a different story) but in the clay masters Nadal will be eaching the final and defending his Madrid and Rome points, so Novak's goal is to beat him at MC to add some points there. In IW and Miami though it's possible for Djokovic to even gain if he wins and Nadal doesn't make the finals, or stay ahead if they both fall but Nadal goes earlier. I'd be surprised if both IWand Miami were Djokovic vs Nadal finals. Ultimately though it doesn't matter if he loses the number 1 ranking to Nadal before RG, his next big goal is to win RG. With all 4 slams he's surely be number 1 and if he somehow wasn't, who cares? He'd hold all 4 slams.

 

[Juan Ma Del Pony]

Djokovic needs to defend Dubai and then do well in IW and Miami. Nadal might not defend his finals there, in fact both Djokovic and Nadal will be threatened by Murray (Federer not so much a threat on these hardcourts, later in Canada and Cinci is a different story) but in the clay masters Nadal will be eaching the final and defending his Madrid and Rome points, so Novak's goal is to beat him at MC to add some points there. In IW and Miami though it's possible for Djokovic to even gain if he wins and Nadal doesn't make the finals, or stay ahead if they both fall but Nadal goes earlier. I'd be surprised if both IWand Miami were Djokovic vs Nadal finals. Ultimately though it doesn't matter if he loses the number 1 ranking to Nadal before RG, his next big goal is to win RG. With all 4 slams he's surely be number 1 and if he somehow wasn't, who cares? He'd hold all 4 slams.

Yeah he'd be the anti-Wozniacki at that point. I'd love to hear her response to that LOL.

 

[Towser83]

Yeah he'd be the anti-Wozniacki at that point. I'd love to hear her response to that LOL.

hahaha the anti-wozniacki that's pretty funny

 

[Mustard]

Holy crap, Sampras only had 102 consecutive weeks?????? Wow, I didn't realize he was that far behind Federer.

286 weeks overall, though, which is the all-time record.

Korda was a known PED user.

Korda tested positive for nandrolone after his 1998 Wimbledon quarter final match against Henman. It was publically revealed in December 1998, and Korda was eventually banned from tennis for 12 months from July 1999 after the ITF successfully appealed against their own appeals committee's decision not to suspend Korda. By the time Korda was banned, Korda's form had collapsed in very quick fashion and he retired after failing to even qualify for 1999 Wimbledon.

As for saying he was a known PED user, I totally disagree. I was shocked when I heard he had tested positive for a steroid and thought it was a very late April fools joke.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

If someone is found to have been doping, it's likely that's it's gonna be some kind of 'late April Fools joke'.


*A smile creeps upon my face very very slowly*

 

[PCXL-Fan]

I was thinking Magnus lost his marbles to such an extent he was unsaveable. But then I realised 6 more years domination from Nadal is only slightly cuckoo. There are no great young players on the horizon who I can see taking a slightly diminished Nadal and Djokovic and Murray off the top 4 spots.

Remember when Djokovic, Murray, Nadal and Federer were 18-19 years old? They all had high +12 rankings and scalps of top players.
Dimitrov is 22yrs old and is over 3 years behind them all and has nothing.
Raonic will never win a slam hes a slightly better Isner.
19.5yr old Harrison is lucky to get a career as good as Berdych.

 

[DjokovicForTheWin]

Sampras, Agassi, Lendl, McEnroe, Wilander, Federer might disagree.

You think all of those guys are from the same era??? Get a clue.

 

[TopFH]

I was thinking Magnus lost his marbles to such an extent he was unsaveable. But then I realised 6 more years domination from Nadal is only slightly cuckoo. There are no great young players on the horizon who I can see taking a slightly diminished Nadal and Djokovic and Murray off the top 4 spots.

Remember when Djokovic, Murray, Nadal and Federer were 18-19 years old? They all had high +12 rankings and scalps of top players.
Dimitrov is 22yrs old and is over 3 years behind them all and has nothing.
Raonic will never win a slam hes a slightly better Isner.
19.5yr old Harrison is lucky to get a career as good as Berdych.

I disagree about Raonic. He'll be No.1 in 3-4 years. Also, remember players compete as long as their bodies, not their competition, allow them. Do you really believe Nadal, Djoker and Murray will be dominating at 32+?

 

[PCXL-Fan]

I disagree about Raonic. He'll be No.1 in 3-4 years.

I dont see the continuous upward trajectory of Raonic.  His forehand is good and his serve is phenomenal but so so many other aspects of his game leave him out of the top 10 player group. His serve is all that is winning him matches against the likes of the top 15 players he's beating. I see him being able to improve somewhat in all catagories but not enough to win a slam or claim enough points to earn #1.

We are all just so desperate to see new blood and the new big up and coming star we can't see things rationally. Case and point being Dimitrov, look at all the fans out there certain he'll produce slam or multislam greatness and be no.1. They want it bad, but will not pan out.

Also, remember players compete as long as their bodies, not their competition, allow them. Do you really believe Nadal, Djoker and Murray will be dominating at 32+?

Nope. Maybe Djokovic/Nadal/Murray can hold onto 3 of the 4 top spots for another 4 years. 5 years tops. 6 years like Magnus said is a little silly. Not batshit insane mind you, just a little silly.

 

[5555]

Djokovic has overtaken Năstase.

 

[niff]

Good chance for Djokovic to overtake Nadal's consecutive record, needs to hold him off until after Wimbledon?

 

[tennis_pro]

If Djokovic holds his own until post-US Open, he can buy an additional 15 weeks of the top spot as he's defending close to nothing in the fall.

 

[Rock Strongo]

I think Connors will be back at the number 1 spot for 20 weeks.

 

[kiki]

Nadal will reclaim #1 and get to 300+ weeks

Djokovic will get to about 125 weeks as #1.

Federer will stay at 285.

Murray will be zero.

Del potro will be at about 10.

ABMK has brought in two new toys called Tomic and Dolgolopov that certainly will surprise all of you...they may even reach Tommy Haas superstar status, you know...

 

[Andres]

Djokovic has overtaken Năstase.



TOTAL
1. Sampras 286
2. Federer 285
3. Lendl 270
4. Connors 268
5. McEnroe 170
6. Borg 109
7. Nadal 102
8. Agassi 101
9. Hewitt 80
10. Edberg 72
11. Courier 58
12. Kuerten 43
13. Djokovic 41
14. Năstase 40
15. Wilander 20
16. Roddick 13
17. Becker 12
18. Safin 9
19. Newcombe 8
= Ferrero 8
21. Muster 6
= Ríos 6
= Kafelnikov 6
24. Moyá 2
25. Rafter 1

CONSECUTIVE
1. Federer 237
2. Connors 160
3. Lendl 157
4. Sampras 102
5. Hewitt 75
6. McEnroe 58
7. Nadal 56
8. Agassi 52
9. Borg 46
10. Djokovic 41
11. Năstase 40
12. Kuerten 30
13. Courier 27
14. Edberg 24
15. Wilander 20

I'd say you should edit the OP. Right now, it's OK because we only have to navigate two pages, but by the end of the year, we could be talking about 1.5K+ posts.

Editing the OP would allow us to see the stats as soon as we enter the thread

Anyway, thanks for doing it!

 

[Feather]

Roger Federer will one day beat Pete Sampras and sail over 300 weeks as number one. It will happen by the end of this year.

 

[Evan77]

Roger Federer will one day beat Pete Sampras and sail over 300 weeks as number one. It will happen by the end of this year.

yeah, it will happen in your dreams, lol. but hey, dreaming is free .

 

[Cup8489]

yeah, it will happen in your dreams, lol. but hey, dreaming is free .

so is the crack your on, apparently.

 

[Feather]

yeah, it will happen in your dreams, lol. but hey, dreaming is free .

A Wimbledon win, his seventh win, can give him 1640 points and if that happens, it's quite possible

Bw he is number one in points earned this year

 

[Bender]

A Wimbledon win, his seventh win, can give him 1640 points and if that happens, it's quite possible

Bw he is number one in points earned this year

Hasn't Wimbledon been his worst slam in recent years?

 

[Andres]

Bw he is number one in points earned this year

No, he's not.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/YTD-Singles.aspx

 

[timnz]

Connors 244/245 weeks

Federers 237 consecutive weeks are impressive, but its good to remember that connors from late july 1974 to april 1979 only lost the number 1 ranking for 1 week. 244 out of 245 weeks.

 

[5555]

Djokovic has overtaken Kuerten.