Novak Djokovic ends the season in world number one for the 6th time, tying Pete Sampras' record, ATP announced on Friday.
The case was almost heard since the tournament in Vienna where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals on October 30, but arithmetically Rafael Nadal could still prevent him.
If the Spaniard qualifies for the semi-finals of the Masters 1000 in Paris, he would still have had to score points in the final tournament of the season, next week in Sofia, but he will not participate.
At 33, the Serbian is also the oldest player to finish a season at the top of the world hierarchy.
Djokovic finished the season N.1 for the 6th time in the last ten years, after 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2018. He thus equals his childhood hero Pete Sampras: the American had finished world N.1 from the 1993 season to the 1998 season.
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