Carlos Alcaraz Wins Wimbledon Title To Retain World No. 1 | ATP Tour | Tennis

Carlos Alcaraz retained World No. 1 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings by defeating Novak Djokovic on Sunday in an epic five-set Wimbledon remaining.

The championship conflict was a winner-takes-all showdown, with the champion leaving London with the trophy and World No. 1. Alcaraz will on Monday start his twenty ninth week within the prime spot.

At solely 20 years previous, Alcaraz has already held World No. 1 for longer than 12 different former World No. 1s together with Mats Wilander (20 weeks), Daniil Medvedev (16), Andy Roddick (13), Boris Becker (12) and his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero (8).

Alcaraz leads Djokovic by 880 factors within the Pepperstone ATP Dwell Rankings. No person else is inside 2,000 factors of the pair, setting the stage for an enormous showdown for ATP Yr-Finish No. 1 introduced by Pepperstone.

Final 12 months, Alcaraz grew to become the youngest participant to earn the year-end No. 1 honour. Djokovic owns the file for many year-end No. 1 finishes with seven, most just lately carrying out the feat in 2021.