World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has a higher winning rate this season than the rest of the Top 8 competing at the ATP Finals.
The year-end championships will begin on Sunday, November 12, and will serve as the culmination of another record-setting year for the Serbian superstar who lifted three of the four Grand Slams in a season for the fourth time - the most by any man.
Of the eight-man caravan traveling to Turin, Djokovic is not just the most decorated champion at the event, but the safest bet to win a record-breaking seventh title. If anyone was expecting his 36-year-old body to show signs of wear and tear, they were in for a surprise.
Djokovic fought off a stomach bug in the first few days of the Paris Masters and stifled the entire field to walk away with the last Masters 1000 of the calendar - the 40th of his career at that level, again another record. The result puts him within touching distance of bagging the 2023 year-end No. 1 ranking.
With a 50-5 record for the season, Djokovic's 90.7% winning rate is the best of any player on tour this year, ahead of second-placed Carlos Alcaraz who owns an 86.3% record. His five defeats are also the fewest of the eight players at the ATP Finals.
Djokovic's dominance is highlighted in matchups against the world's Top 8. In 14 matches against players in that band, he has won 11 of them, which is a higher aggregate head-to-head record than any other player has managed this season. His favorite opponent is Andrey Rublev whom he has beaten in all three meetings this year including at the Paris Masters.
Djokovic has a positive head-to-head record against six of the seven competitors in the field. The only player who has tied the head-to-head in the series this year is Holger Rune (1-1). We could see four matchups that haven't happened this season. These include Alcaraz-Rublev (never in career head-to-head), Rublev-Tsitsipas, Tsitsipas-Rune, and Zverev-Rune.
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