He defeated Sinner<\/a> in another exciting Grand Slam final between the duo, who also met at the same stage of the French Open and Wimbledon this year.<\/p>\n But their latest tie had extra significance, with Alcaraz returning to the summit of the ATP<\/a> rankings in place of his closest rival.<\/p>\n Sinner spent 65 weeks in that spot after first claiming it last summer, at which point he became the first Italian number one.<\/p>\n But his lengthy reign is now over, with Sinner just missing out on a spot in the top 10 list for players with the most weeks spent as world number one.<\/p>\n His recent 65-week spell places him 12th in the list, with men\u2019s legend Stefan Edberg also missing out in 11th.<\/p>\n READ MORE: The six players who could challenge Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open have already been named<\/a><\/p>\n It is indeed Novak Djokovic who tops the pile, having spent a phenomenal 428 weeks as world number one.<\/p>\n He is followed by fellow legend Roger Federer in second, while the iconic Pete Sampras occupies third place.<\/p>\n Completing the top five are Ivan Lendl in fourth and Jimmy Connors in fifth, with Djokovic the only active player within the top 10.<\/p>\n New world number one Alcaraz meanwhile is 17th in the list, having so far spent 37 weeks at the summit of men\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n RankPlayerWeeks1Novak Djokovic4282Roger Federer3103Pete Sampras2864Ivan Lendl2705Jimmy Connors2686Rafael Nadal2097John McEnroe1708Bjorn Borg1099Andre Agassi10110Lleyton Hewitt80Most weeks as ATP number one (ATP stats<\/a>)The top 10 ATP players with the most consecutive weeks as number one<\/p>\n There is, of course, another important aspect of being number one in the ATP rankings, which involves the most consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n And the top 10 does indeed look slightly different to the total list, although unsurprisingly the usual suspects are prevalent.<\/p>\n![\"Spain's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2233665973-1024x678.jpg\")
Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU\/AFP via Getty ImagesThe top 10 players with the most weeks as ATP number one<\/p>\n