London: Roger Federer has set an all-time record for most weeks at No. 1 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings as of today, Monday 16 July 2012. The Swiss recently captured a seventh career title at Wimbledon to regain the No. 1 ranking for the first time since 31 May 2010, ensuring he would overtake Pete Sampras' 286-week record as of on Monday.
Federer, who first reached the No. 1 ranking on Monday 2 February 2004, has now held the top spot in the rankings for a record 287 weeks, and is assured of keeping the No. 1 ranking through to the Olympic Games in London.
The Swiss, who now counts a record 17 Grand Slams titles to his name, said: "It is really an amazing feeling for me to have regained the No. 1 ranking on the ATP World Tour. I had set a goal with my team to try and get back to the top of the rankings, but I never thought with the depth in the game this year that I would have been able to get it back so quickly. I am extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as he was my childhood hero and I have always looked up to him."
Roger By The Numbers
22 – Aged 22 years, 5 months, when he first became No. 1 on 2 February 2004
30 - Aged 30 years, 11 months today as he sets the record for most weeks at No. 1
237 – Consecutive weeks at No. 1 from 2 February 2004 to the week of 11 August 2008
853 – Has compiled an 853-192 (.816) match wins record over the course of his career
75 – Career titles from 106 finals (.708) since his first title match at 2000 Marseille
17 - Grand Slam titles
20 - ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles
6 - Barclays ATP World Tour Finals titles
TOTAL WEEKS AT No. 1 (as of Monday 16 July 2012)
Only 25 players have been ranked No. 1 in the history of the South African Airways ATP Rankings (since 23 August 1973). Only Jimmy Connors (8 years, 10 months, 2 weeks – from 29 July 1974 to 13 June 1983) has had a longer interval than Federer (8 years, 5 months, 1 week – from 2 February 2004 to 9 July 2012) between reaching No. 1 for the first time and regaining it for the latest time.
ATP RANKINGS (Since 1973) - WEEKS AT NO. 1*
|
Player |
Date First Reached |
Age |
Tot. Weeks |
|
Roger Federer (SUI) |
Feb. 2 2004 |
22 |
287* |
|
Pete Sampras (USA) |
Apr. 12 1993 |
21 |
286 |
|
Ivan Lendl (CZE) |
Feb. 28 1983 |
22 |
270 |
|
Jimmy Connors (USA) |
July 29 1974 |
21 |
268 |
|
John McEnroe (USA) |
Mar. 3 1980 |
21 |
170 |
|
Bjorn Borg (SWE) |
Aug. 23 1977 |
21 |
109 |
|
Rafael Nadal (ESP) |
Aug. 18 2008 |
22 |
102 |
|
Andre Agassi (USA) |
Apr. 10 1995 |
24 |
101 |
|
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) |
Nov. 19 2001 |
20 |
80 |
|
Stefan Edberg (SWE) |
Aug. 13 1990 |
24 |
72 |
|
Jim Courier (USA) |
Feb. 10 1992 |
21 |
58 |
|
Novak Djokovic (SRB) |
July 4 2011 |
24 |
53 |
|
Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) |
Dec. 4 2000 |
24 |
43 |
|
Ilie Nastase (ROM) |
Aug. 23 1973 |
27 |
40 |
|
Mats Wilander (SWE) |
Sept. 12 1988 |
24 |
20 |
|
Andy Roddick (USA) |
Nov. 3 2003 |
21 |
13 |
|
Boris Becker (GER) |
Jan. 28 1991 |
23 |
12 |
|
Marat Safin (RUS) |
Nov. 20 2000 |
20 |
9 |
|
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) |
Sept. 8 2003 |
23 |
8 |
|
John Newcombe (AUS) |
June 3 1974 |
30 |
8 |
|
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) |
May 3 1999 |
25 |
6 |
|
Thomas Muster (AUT) |
Feb. 12 1996 |
28 |
6 |
|
Marcelo Rios (CHI) |
Mar. 30 1998 |
22 |
6 |
|
Carlos Moya (ESP) |
Mar. 15 1999 |
22 |
2 |
|
Patrick Rafter (AUS) |
July 26 1999 |
26 |
1 |
Courtesy: www.atpworldtour.com
