The 36-year-old Rafael Nadal is one of the best tennis players of all time. He is currently ranked No. 2 in the ATP rankings.
Rafael Nadal will be seen in action at the 2023 Australian Open. He won his second Australian Open title earlier this year. The Spanish legend will hope to repeat the heroics and retain the title at the first Grand Slam of the year. The 2023 Australian Open will begin on January 16 and end on January 29, next year.
The experienced campaigner had a scintillating season this year. He won four titles, including an Australian Open triumph and a French Open triumph. Nadal was pegged back with a few injuries during the year. He didn’t have a strong finish to the season as he couldn’t progress beyond the group stages at the ATP Finals. However, expect the southpaw to come into the new season, fresh and raring to go.
Nadal went to play in an exhibition tournament in South America alongside Casper Ruud. He faced the Norwegian youngster in five matches and won four of them. The veteran will hope to begin the 2023 season on a strong note.
The man has achieved some sensational feats during his illustrious career so far. He achieved another milestone recently as he completed 900 weeks inside the top 10 of the ATP rankings. The former world No. 1 first broke into the top 10 on April 25, 2005. He has only bettered his own record as the player with the most number of consecutive weeks inside the top 10.
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Players who have been in the top 10 for the most number of non-consecutive weeks
While Rafael Nadal is way ahead of second-best Novak Djokovic in terms of players who have been in the top 10 for most consecutive weeks, he doesn’t lead the list for players with the most number of non-consecutive weeks in the top 10.
Nadal’s long-time on-field rival and off-field friend, Roger Federer, tops the list of players with the most number of non-consecutive weeks inside the top 10 in the ATP rankings. The Swiss legend who retired from professional tennis earlier this year at the Laver Cup had been in the enviable top 10 for a whopping 968 weeks during his illustrious career that spanned almost two and a half decades. Nadal needs to be inside the top 10 for well over a year to break Federer’s record.
You might be wondering where does Novak Djokovic stand on the list. The Serbian veteran comes in at the fourth position with 765 weeks inside the top 10. He is behind Jimmy Connors who is in the third position with 817 weeks inside the top 10. Andre Agassi rounds up the top 5 with a record of 747 weeks inside the top 10.
Here’s a look at the list of 10 players who have been in the top 10 for the most number of non-consecutive weeks:
| Rank | Player | No. of weeks in the top 10 | Country |
| 1 | Roger Federer | 968 | Switzerland |
| 2 | Rafael Nadal | 900 | Spain |
| 3 | Jimmy Connors | 817 | USA |
| 4 | Novak Djokovic | 765 | Serbia |
| 5 | Andre Agassi | 747 | USA |
| 6 | Ivan Lendl | 671 | USA |
| 7 | Pete Sampras | 586 | USA |
| 8 | Boris Becker | 576 | Germany |
| 9 | John McEnroe | 540 | USA |
| 10 | Stefan Edberg | 497 | Sweden |
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