In the new week, keep an eye on the world rankings of your players!
Let's start by focusing on the rankings of men's players.
Although world number one Djokovic missed the Australian Open earlier this year due to the vaccine incident, it does not prevent him from continuing to set two new records in this week's rankings: he has been ranked first in ATP for 85 consecutive weeks since he regained the world number one from Nadal on February 3, 2020, while the Serbian has reached 360 weeks in his career as world number one, a full 50 weeks more than Federer.
Number of weeks for ATP top players in history (100+ weeks)
360 weeks: Djokovic
Week 310: Federer
Week 286: Sampras
Week 270: Ivan Lendl
Week 268: Jimmy Connors
Week 209: Nadal
Week 170: McEnroe
Week 109: Bjørn Borg
Week 101: Agassi
Djokovic is now the only player in at-the-time history of the ATP ranking to rank first for 122 consecutive weeks between July 7, 2014 and November 6, 2016. This data does not include the 22 weeks between March and August 2020 when the ATP ranking was frozen due to the pandemic.
However, the 20-time Grand Slam champion's number one position could be threatened next week. If Medvedev wins the Acapulco race, he will be world number one on February 28. Djokovic is scheduled to start the 2022 season next week in Dubai, where he has won the title five times.
In terms of women's players, Estonian player Kontavit, who won the championship in St. Petersburg last week, rose to no. 6 in the world, setting a new high.
In the past six months, Contavet has achieved impressive results, becoming one of the most sought-after players on the women's tour, winning 38 of the 44 matches. In the 11 races she participated in, she won 5 championships.
Starting a week before the U.S. Open, she began to rank 30th in the world. After winning the st. Petersburg championship, she surpassed Svayatek, Sakkari and Muguruza from 9th to 6th.
In addition, her winning streak on indoor hard courts has expanded to 20, becoming the second player to have a 20-game winning streak since Haining won 22 consecutive indoor winning streaks from 2007 to 2010.
In the coming period, Estonians are likely to move forward. She currently has 4241 points in the ranking, just 188 points behind 5th place Bardoza and 211 points behind 4th place Pliskova.
In addition, other players who set a new career high this week include U.S. Open champion Raducannu, who rose from 13th to 12th. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)