Most awards for both men and women, surpassing Graf This year’s women’s ‘world champion’ is Sabalenka
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‘Joker’ Novak Djokovic (36, Serbia, world No. 1) has become the player most selected as a ‘world champion’ in the history of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The ITF announced on the 15th that it had selected Djokovic as this year’s men’s world champion. The ITF World Champion is equivalent to the ‘Player of the Year Award’ in other sports.
Djokovic received this award for the 7th time in 2021, surpassing Pete Sampras (52, USA, 6 times) in the men’s division. Named as the winner of the most awards. And with his 8th award this year, he surpassed Steffi Graf (54, Germany, 7 times), the most awarded winner in the women’s division, and rose to first place in the men’s and women’s division.
Djokovic won the remaining three major tournaments (excluding Wimbledon) this year. He set a new record for the most men’s singles wins (24) in a major tournament by lifting all the championship trophies (Australian Open, French Open, US Open). If Djokovic wins one more major tournament in the future, he can surpass Margaret Court (81, Australia, 24 times), the record holder for the most wins in women’s singles, and rank first in the men’s and women’s division. 카지노사이트랭크
Djokovic announced his goal to achieve the ‘Golden Grand Slam’ by winning gold medals in not only the four major tournaments but also the Paris Olympics next year. The only player in tennis history to leave such a record was Graf in 1988.
Arina Sabalenka (25, Belarus, 2nd place) was selected as the ITF World Champion in the women’s division. Sabalenka won her first major title at this year’s Australian Open and also reached the semifinals at the French Open and Wimbledon. She also topped the US Open, the last major tournament of the season. During the season, she was ranked No. 1 in the world for the first time. This is the first time that Sabalenka has been selected as a world champion. 섯다