Nole has reclaimed the world no.1 ranking on November 5.
The Serbian tennis star will continue his 53-week reign, the time he spent at no.1 from July 4, 2011 to July 9 2012.
After the points from 2011 Swiss Indoors Basel, BNP Paribas Masters and Barclays ATP World Tour Finals had dropped, Novak moved back to no.1 spot with 11,420 points, while Roger Federer is second with 9,465.
Nole is guaranteed to finish 2012 as world number one. The 25-year-old will be the first player to top the men’s singles rankings at the end of consecutive seasons since the Swiss did it between 2004 and 2007. He joins Borg, Edberg and Hewitt, who also accomplished the feat in two consecutive seasons.
“It means a lot, for all of us from our team, we are very proud of what we’ve achieved in 2012,” said Djokovic. “It’s definitely not easy ending the year as No.1 considering the competition that we had this year, and I’m very happy and very proud. This can only serve as a great confidence boost for me for upcoming years.”
Novak has won five trophies in 2012 (70-12 record). He began the year by retaining his Australian Open crown in January. He also won three Masters 1000 titles (Miami, Toronto, Shanghai), and one ATP 500 event (Beijing). At the first three tournaments, he successfully defended titles he had won in 2011, and in Miami he didn’t lose a set. Djokovic compiled a perfect 10-0 record clinching back-to-back titles in Asia, and by winning the Shanghai Rolex Masters, he became the first player to win seven of nine current Masters 1000 events.
He was runner-up in Monte Carlo and Rome, at Roland Garros, in Cincinnati and at the US Open, and reached semi-finals in Dubai, Indian Wells and Wimbledon. His lone quarter-final loss came in Madrid.
Djokovic won 60 out of 61 matches when he took the opening set.
He won one of the most epic Grand Slam finals in tennis history, beating Spaniard Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 in the longest men’s Grand Slam final and the longest-ever match at the Australian Open (5 hours and 53 minutes).
After his sixth successive appearance at the Barclays ATP World Tour finals, Novak will go to Bratislava, and then to Rio de Janeiro, where he will play exhibition matches.
From Abu Dhabi to Argentina, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Brazil and Bulgaria, Spain, Serbia, Switzerland, Japan, China, France, America and England, from all over the world, Nole’s fans – #nolefam, congratulated their champion on the glorious success through messages and video they made for the occasion.
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