Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic poses with the Australian Open winner's trophy in Melbourne, January 30, 2023.
London – Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic entered week 378 as world number one and broke former German star Steffi Graf's record for number of weeks at the top of the chart by one.
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After winning the title at the tournament in Dubai, Barbora Krejčíková improved herself in the WTA ranking by fourteen places to 16th place. Karolína Muchová made an even bigger jump, moving up 35 places to 77th place after the quarterfinals in the United Arab Emirates.
Petra Kvitová remained the Czech singles number one in 15th place, in the men's ranking she is in the top 100 only Jiří Lehečka in 47th place. Kateřina Siniaková is still world number one in doubles.
The 35-year-old Djokovic became number one for the first time in July 2011 and is the only active player in the top five. Martina Navrátilová (332 weeks) and Serena Williamsová (319) followed him and Grafová.
In fifth place is Roger Federer (310), who holds the record for the number of consecutive weeks at the top of the rankings. The Swiss has spent 237 consecutive weeks in first place, Djokovic's 122 weeks is fourth behind Jimmy Connors (160) and Ivan Lendl (157).
Former world number two Krejčíková defeated world number one Iga Šwiateková in the final in Dubai, the Polish tennis player still clearly holds the first place ahead of Aryna Sabalenko from Belarus.
WTA rankings as of February 27
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Singles:1. (1.) Šwiateková (Pol.) 10,585, 2. (2.) Sabalenková (Bel.) 6100, 3. (3.) Pegualová (USA) 5495, 4. (4.) Džábirová (Tun.) 4921 , 5. (5.) Garcia (Fr.) 4835, 6. (6.) Gauff (USA) 4251, 7. (7.) Sakkari (Greece) 3451, 8. (8.) Kasatkin (Russia) 3375, 9. (9.) Bencicová (Switzerland) 3360, 10. (10.) Rybakinová (Kaz.) 2935, …15. (15.) Kvitová 2227, 16. (30.) Krejčíková 2205, 17. (18.) Karolína Plíšková 2045, 30. (26.) Bouzková 1418, 45. (47.) Siniaková 1164, 54. (52.) L. Fruhvirtová 1017, 55. (50.) Nosková 1003, 77. (112.) Muchová (all Czech Republic) 791.
Quads: 1. (1.) Siniaková 6726, 2. (3rd) Krejčíková 5846, 3rd (2nd) Gauffová 5610, 4th (5th) Kuděrmětovová (Rus.) 5410, 5th (4th) Pegulaová 5290, 6th (6th) Dabrowská ( Kan.) 4790, 7. (7.) Olmosová (Mex.) 4700, 8. (10.) L. Kičenokova (Ukr.) 4520, 9. (9.) Yang Chao-süan (China) 4375, 10. (11.) Ostapenková (Lot.) 4305, …52. (50.) Kolodziejová 1452, 79. (86.) Vondroušová 1080, 87. (89.) Detiucová 976, 88. (87.) Bouzková 968, 99. (97.) Voráčová (all Czech Republic) 788.
