earned the year-end No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for the e🍨ighth time on Monday🧔, adding to a record he already held.
Djokovic won three of the four Grand Slam to❀urnaments — the in January, French Open in June and U.S. Open in September — to raise his career total to a men's-record 24 and was the runner-up at the other, Wimbledon. He went 56-7 this season while leading the tour with seven titles, including at the ATP Finals last month.
The🅷 36-year-old from Serbia regained the top ranking from , who edged him in a five-set final at the All England Clu🅷b in July.
Alcaraz finish♎ed 2023 at N🐎o. 2 after the two men swapped No. 1 back-and-forth repeatedly this year.
Iga Swiatek claimed the WTA's year-end No. 1 ranking for the second cons🥂ecutive year by winning the WTA Finals last month. Swiatek, who won her fourth career major championship at the French Open, overtook Aryna Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion and runner-up to Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open. Gauff finished at No. 3, f༺ollowed by Elena Rybakina at No. 4 and Jessica Pegula at No. 5.
Djokovic eclipsed his own mark ꦰfor the oldest player to top the𒈔 ATP at the end of a season; he was 34 in 2021.
His eight year-end No. 1s put him two ahead of previous record-holder Pete Sampras, who did it six times. Roger⭕ Federer and Rafael Nadal each finished at No. 1 five times🍨, as did Jimmy Connors.
Daniil Medvedev closed 2023 at No.🧜 3, followed by Jannik Si🧸nner at a career-best No. 4, Andrey Rublev at No. 5, Stefanos Tsitsipas at No. 6, Alexander Zverev at No. 7, Holger Rune at No. 8, Hubert Hurkacz at No. 9 and Taylor Fritz at No. 10.
Alcaraz and Rune are both 20, markin💧g the first time two men that young both ended a season in the top 10 since 2000, when Marat Safin, 20, was No. 2, and Lleyton Hewitt, 19, was No. 7.
There are three 19-year-olds in the top 100: No. 36 Arthur Fils, No. 71 Luca Van A൲ssche and No. 97 Alex Michelson, an American who jumped up 50🐬4 spots after ending last year at No. 601.
The United States is the country with the most m🧸en in the top 20, four: Fritz, No. 13 Tommy Paul, No. 16 Frances Tiafoe and No. 17 Ben Shelton.
