Since Djokovic first reached the top ten over ten years ago, there have been zero weeks of ATP rankings. And he has spent nearly two thirds of his 416 weeks at the summit, which is an astounding amount of time.
Moreover, Djokovic saves his point defense for the beginning of the clay swing. Though he lost shockingly to Italian lucky loser Luca Nardi in the third round of the Indian Wells Masters, he is certain to be ranked No. 1 until at least mid-April.
Djokovic will undoubtedly become the oldest No. 1 in ATP history at the beginning of April since he has a sizable lead over his closest competitors, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, who will have to defend a lot of points during the Sunshine Swing and won’t narrow the gap in March.
Given that Djokovic only needs to defend 315 points from Monte Carlo, Banja Luka, and Rome, it is also highly likely that he won’t be defeated until Roland Garros. In contrast, Sinner and Alcaraz are defending 1,500 and 2,905 points, respectively, and are most likely to finish as the top two players at some point this season.
