On February 25, Beijing time, the atp500 Dubai quarterfinals ended the competition, and the top seed Djokovic Djokovic was upset and lost to the qualifier Viselli. After losing the match, Djokovic will be overtaken by Medvedev next week, officially losing the world number one throne.
After Djokovic lost the world number one, the 18-year monopoly of the big four on the world number one officially ended. Since Federer ascended to the top of the world on February 2, 2004, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray have monopolized the world number one for 18 years and 1 month.
Deyo has had a total of five world number one experiences in his career, and on July 4, 2011, Djokovic first ascended to the world number one throne, this time lasting 53 weeks. Between 5 November 2012 and 6 October 2013, Djokovic had another 48 weeks of ranking first in the world. From July 7, 2014 to November 6, 2016, Deyo was ranked no. 1 in the world for 122 consecutive weeks. Between 5 November 2018 and 3 November 2019, Djokovic had another 52 weeks of ranking first in the world. From February 3, 2020 to the present, the number of first weeks in the world of Djokovic has increased by another 86 weeks.
The world number one at 361 weeks is the record for the entire men's tennis world, followed by Federer at 310 weeks. Although Djokovic set a record in men's tennis, there is still a 16-week gap between the 377-week world number one held by Graf. As Deyo falls to second in the world next week, his pursuit of Graf will come to a temporary halt.
As many tour events this season have increased vaccine access requirements, Djokovic, who has not yet been vaccinated, will be greatly restricted in his next participation. In this case, it is very difficult for Djokovic to return to the world number one. With the Graf record just one step away, can Djokovic once again ascend to the world number one throne?