Novak Djokovic beats 18 former World No.1's combined with 397th week atop ATP Rankings

Serbia’s legendary tennis star Novak Djokovic has secured yet another milestone in his illustrious career.

The 36-year-old is often regarded as the greatest player in the history of men’s singles tennis in the Open era, having won 24 Grand Slam titles.

Not only Djokovic has won the most by any men’s singles player in the history of the sport but he has now remained the number one player in the ATP Ranking for 397 weeks.

That is equal to the number of weeks the former 18 number-one ATP players managed to combine in their careers.

These include the likes of Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier, Gustavo Kuerten, Andy Murray, Ilie Nastase, Carlos Alcaraz, Mats Wilander, Daniil Medvedev, Andy Roddick, Boris Becker, Marat Safin, John Newcombe, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Thomas Muster, Marcelo Rios, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Carlos Moya and Patrick Rafter.

The only other player in the history of men’s singles tennis to keep the number one spot in the ATP rankings for more than 300 weeks was Switzerland’s Roger Federer. He remained at the helm for 310 weeks.

Djokovic’s most recent triumph came while playing at the US Open where he defeated the current world number three Russia’s Medvedev in the final with a score of 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.