Novak Djokovic Is Still Number One
Novak Djokovic Is Still Number One 
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Novak Djokovic will finish as the No. 1 player in the year-end South African Airways 2011 ATP Rankings. He is the 16th different player to finish No. 1 in the history of the ATP Rankings (since 1973).
World No.2 Rafael Nadal’s third-round loss at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Thursday assured the Serb of the top ranking come the end of the season.
The 24-year-old Belgrade native is the first Serbian man to finish No. 1 in the history of the ATP Rankings (since 1973). It also marks a record eighth straight year a European is the No. 1 player on the ATP World Tour. For seven years from 1985-91, Europeans finished No. 1.
Djokovic is the first player other than Roger Federer (2004-07, ‘09) or Rafael Nadal(2008, ’10) to finish No. 1 since American Andy Roddick in 2003.
Djokovic will be officially crowned as the year-end No. 1 at a special trophy presentation at the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London where he will be competing for a fifth straight year. The tournament takes place Nov. 20-27.
On July 4, Djokovic became No. 1 in the South African Airways 2011 ATP Rankings for the first time after winning his first Wimbledon title. He began his outstanding season with a 41-match winning streak (43 overall back to last year). He has won a career-high 10 titles in 11 finals, including his second Australian Open and first US Open crowns.
En route to a 64-3 match record, he has captured a record five ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles in a season, in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, Rome and Montreal. He has also compiled a 20-2 mark vs. Top 10 opponents, defeating rivals Nadal six times and Federer four times so far in 2011.
Between now and the end of the season, the Serb is due to play at the Basel Swiss Indoors, theBNP Paribas Masters in Paris, and the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 in London.
ATP WORLD TOUR YEAR-END NO. 1
(since 1973)
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Novak Djokovic (Serbia) |
| 2010 | Rafael Nadal (Spain) |
| 2009 | Roger Federer (Switzerland) |
| 2008 | Rafael Nadal (Spain) |
| 2007 | Roger Federer (Switzerland) |
| 2006 | Roger Federer (Switzerland) |
| 2005 | Roger Federer (Switzerland) |
| 2004 | Roger Federer (Switzerland) |
| 2003 | Andy Roddick (U.S.) |
| 2002 | Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) |
| 2001 | Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) |
| 2000 | Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) |
| 1999 | Andre Agassi (U.S.) |
| 1998 | Pete Sampras (U.S.) |
| 1997 | Pete Sampras (U.S.) |
| 1996 | Pete Sampras (U.S.) |
| 1995 | Pete Sampras (U.S.) |
| 1994 | Pete Sampras (U.S.) |
| 1993 | Pete Sampras (U.S.) |
| 1992 | Jim Courier (U.S.) |
| 1991 | Stefan Edberg (Sweden) |
| 1990 | Stefan Edberg (Sweden) |
| 1989 | Ivan Lendl (Czech Republic) |
| 1988 | Mats Wilander (Sweden) |
| 1987 | Ivan Lendl (Czech Republic) |
| 1986 | Ivan Lendl (Czech Republic) |
| 1985 | Ivan Lendl (Czech Republic) |
| 1984 | John McEnroe (U.S.) |
| 1983 | John McEnroe (U.S.) |
| 1982 | John McEnroe (U.S.) |
| 1981 | John McEnroe (U.S.) |
| 1980 | Bjorn Borg (Sweden) |
| 1979 | Bjorn Borg (Sweden) |
| 1978 | Jimmy Connors (U.S.) |
| 1977 | Jimmy Connors (U.S.) |
| 1976 | Jimmy Connors (U.S.) |
| 1975 | Jimmy Connors (U.S.) |
| 1974 | Jimmy Connors (U.S.) |
| 1973 | Ilie Nastase (Romania) |
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