Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova Top The ITF World Champion List

Written by: Staff on 14th December 2011

Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova Top The ITF World Champion List

Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball to Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia during their group A match of the ATP World Tour tennis finals in London, Britain, 25 November 2011. EPA/KERIM OKTEN |

The ITF has announced its world champions, with Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova heading the list. It is the first time either player has received the honor. Djokovic becomes the first man other than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to be named ITF World Champion since 2003, and Kvitova is the first Czech player to become a singles world champion since Ivan Lendl was honored for the fourth time in 1990.

Djokovic enjoyed a remarkable 12 months, beginning with a 43-match winning streak and ending with three majors – the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open – and the year-end number one ranking. Kvitova’s major achievements were winning Wimbledon and the WTA Championships, and being a member of the Czech Republic’s winning Fed Cup team.

Bob and Mike Bryan are named Men’s Doubles World Champions for the eighth occasion, while Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik become Women’s Doubles World Champions for the first time.

Jiri Vesely is named ITF Junior World Champion alongside Irina Khromacheva, while the ITF Wheelchair World Champions are Dutch duo Esther Vergeer and Maikel Scheffers. Vergeer becomes world champion for an astonishing 12th successive year, after extending her winning streak to an incredible 434 matches. She is unbeaten in singles since January 2003.

The ITF World Champions will receive their awards at the annual ITF World Champions Dinner on Tuesday June 5th in Paris during Roland Garros.

Topics: Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitova