World number three Thiem and London champion Medvedev lead a growing list of challengers to the dominance of Djokovic and Nadal. It is not the only FedEx ATP Rankings record the Serbian is chasing next year. In 2020, Djokovic tied his idol Pete Sampras’ record of six year-end World No. Nadal and Djokovic are the only two men to have immediately recovered the year-end World No. The last player outside the Big Four of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Andy Murray to occupy a Top 2 position was Lleyton Hewitt in July 2005.

Source: Standard Digital January 02, 2021 07:52 UTC