Djokovic Not Targeting World No. 1 Spot Anymore But He Wants One More All-Time Record
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Novak Djokovic might have broken many records, but there is still one more that he wants to achieve, even though he doesn't think about reaching the World No. 1 rank again.
Djokovic has many records. He has the most Grand Slam titles, most ATP Masters 1000 titles, and most weeks spent as the World No. 1 player. As of Sunday, he also has the record for most wins at the Masters events.
He's a record-breaker in the true meaning of the word, and even at 37, the Serbian legend keeps thinking about some records. At the moment, there is one all-time record that he's relatively close to breaking.
In tennis' history, only five players managed to win at least 100 singles titles. Three of them did it on the WTA Tour (Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, and Steffi Graf), and two of them did it on the ATP Tour (Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer).
Djokovic is as close as he possibly could be to joining that club. At the moment, the 24-time Grand Slam winner has 99 titles to his name, only one away from 100.
With Federer at 103 titles and Connors having 109 career titles, the Serbian is relatively close to surpassing both. However, it might not be that easy. Despite winning at least four titles every year since 2018, Djokovic won only one tournament last year.
This year, he has yet to lift a trophy, but he still thinks he could break the record. Speaking after his win over Camilo Ugo Carabelli at the 2025 Miami Open, Djokovic admitted that he would like to break that record as well.
"It would definitely be amazing to get to that record. Connors is someone that I truly admire and respect. He's always very supportive of me in public, so I'm very thankful for that. It would be amazing."
"But again, it's probably more difficult to achieve that nowadays for me than maybe it was some years ago. I'll go step by step. I'll see. I don't know how long I'm going to compete for. But I'm still enjoying myself when I play well."
Despite wanting to break Connors' record, there is one record that Djokovic doesn't think about anymore. He has spent 428 weeks as the World No. 1, more than any other tennis player, and adding more weeks is not something he would be very interested in.
Of course, Djokovic would love to become the top-ranked player again, but he also realizes that being the World No. 1 means playing consistently, which is something he might not be able to do at this stage of his tennis career.
"No, it doesn't matter as much. If it comes as a consequence of great results and titles that I win in a season, then that's amazing. But that's not my objective. My objective is to be able to play my best tennis on the Grand Slams and the tournaments where I participate."
"My schedule is revised, so obviously, I'm not chasing the ranking points and everything. It's different nowadays, maybe, than it was a few years back, for most of my career, to be honest. I'm happy to win a Grand Slam and big tournament rather than getting to No. 1. Right now, that's more important for me."
