By Randy Walker
@TennisPublisher
Novak Djokovic became the all-time men’s major singles championship in 2023 and now he’s the all-time winner of the ATP World Tour Final.s
Djokovic won the year-end championships on the ATP Tour for a record seventh time with a 6-3, 6-3 final-round win over Jannik Sinner in Turin, Italy. Djokovic, who also won the title in 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2022), moved past Roger Federer, who won the year-end event six times in his career.
Earlier this year, Djokovic won three major titles at the Australian, French and U.S. Open titles giving him 24 major singles title, two ahead of the second-place man, Rafael Nadal with 22 major singles titles. The 24 major singles titles equals the number that the all-time women’s leader Margaret Court won in her career.
The win is also the 98th ATP singles title of Djokovic’s career, leaving him 11 shy of the all-time men’s record of 109 set by Jimmy Connors and five shy of all-time No. 2 Roger Federer, who won 103 career singles titles.
“That’s definitely in range,” said Hall of Famer Jim Courier on Tennis Channel of Djokovic breaking the Connors record.
Djokovic also finished the 2023 season as the world No. 1 for a record-breaking eighth time. He also holds the record for the most weeks ranked No. 1 in the world at 400 weeks as of Monday, November 20, 2023.
The only trophy and title that Djokovic has not won in his unprecedented career is the gold medal in the Olympics, but he will have his chance in the summer of 2024 at the Paris Olympic Games.
