​Novak Djokovic became the most important first racket of the world in the history of tennis, this week the Serbian managed to overtake the legendary Steffi Graf.

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Novak Djokovic, the result of “artificial intelligence” – a viral post of the US Open

With 378 weeks at the top, Joker has secured the top spot in tennis history, it is hard to believe that anyone will be able to surpass him in the next period.

Organizers of the US Open wanted to somehow celebrate Nole’s successful performance, and their post was a big hit among tennis fans.

The Americans posted the following message on the New York Grand Slam Twitter account.

“We asked artificial intelligence to create one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Here is the result.”

The times when Novak Djokovic was the ATP leader

For the first time, Joker climbed the first step of the ATP when he was 24 years old, on July 4, 2011.

July 4, 2011 – July 8, 2012 (53 weeks)

November 5, 2012 – October 6, 2013 (48)

July 7, 2014 – November 6, 2016 (122)

November 5, 2018 – November 3, 2019 (52)

February 3, 2020 – March 22, 2020 (7)

August 24, 2020 – February 27, 2022 (79)

March 21, 2022 – June 12, 2022 (12)

January 30, 2023 – present time (5).

Players with the most weeks at the ATP/WTA No. 1 ranking

1. Novak Djokovic 378

2. Steffi Graf 377

3. Martina Navratilova 332

4. Serena Williams 319

5. Roger Federer 310

6. Pete Sampras 286

7. Ivan Lendl 270

8. Jimmy Connors 268

9. Chris Evert 260

10. Rafael Nadal, Martina Hingis 209, etc.