Novak is second in the latest men’s tennis rankings by the Association of Tennis Professionals.
The six-time Grand Slam champion from Serbia remains at no.2 spot, despite winning the BNP Paribas Masters event (1500 points from 2012 WTFs in London for undefeated winner dropped last Monday).
Djokovic joined elite company on Sunday, becoming the 15th player in the Open Era to win 40 ATP World Tour titles.
Nole is undefeated since the US Open (17-0), having won the China Open, Shanghai Masters and Paris Masters over the last five weeks. During that time he went 6-0 against the rest of the men in the London field.
ATP top 10 as of November 4:
1 (1) Rafael Nadal 12,030
2 (2) Novak Djokovic 10,610
3 (3) David Ferrer 5,800
4 (4) Andy Murray 5,790
5 (5) Juan Martin del Potro 5,055
6 (7) Tomas Berdych 3,980
7 (6) Roger Federer 3,805
8 (8) Stanilas Wawrinka 3,330
9 (10) Richard Gasquet 3,300
10 (9) Jo- Wilfried Tsonga 3,065
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