2016 ATP World Tour: Rating the Top 5 players

#2. Novak Djokovic- 9/10

The Serb began the year brilliantly but slowed down a little towards to end of the Tour

The Serb began the year brilliantly by winning the Qatar ExxonMobil Open which was followed by a record-equalling sixth Australian Open title where he beat Andy Murray in the final in straight sets.

A quarter-final defeat to Feliciano Lopez at the Dubai Tennis Championships ended a 42-match winning streak for Djokovic. He ended his hard-court season by consecutive wins at Indian Wells and Miami.Djokovic’s clay-court season began with a shocking second round defeat to Jiri Vesely after which, he rebounded well by winning the Madrid Open by beating Murray in the final before falling to him in the final of the Italian Open. Djokovic ended his clay-court season by winning his maiden French Open title after defeating Murray in the final. This made him only the eighth player to achieve a Career Grand Slam. Following this achievement, the possibility of Djokovic completing a Golden Grand Slam was imminent.However, this possibility was wiped off at the Wimbledon where Djokovic was stunned in the third round by 28^th seeded American Sam Querrey. This marked his earliest exit at a Grand Slam since his third round exit at the 2009 Roland Garros.

However, Djokovic bounced back to win the Rogers Cup without dropping a single set throughout the course of the competition. This was followed by another shocking defeat at the opening round of the Rio Olympics where Djokovic lost to eventual silver-medalist Juan Martin Del Potro in what was a rematch of their encounter at the bronze medal play off during the London Olympics four years back.Djokovic then returned to a Grand Slam final at the US Open where he was humbled by Stan Wawrinka in four sets. Djokovic then lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters which kept his World No.1 ranking on the stake. A quarter-final defeat to Marin Cilic at the Paris Masters while Andy Murray reached the final pushed him down to World No.2. Murray would eventually go on to win the tournament.In order to regain his place at the top of the rankings, Djokovic had to win the ATP World Tour Finals in London. After winning all his round robin matches, Djokovic comprehensively beat Kei Nishikori in the semi-finals to set up a final encounter with Murray for the World Tour Finals crown and the World No.1 ranking. Djokovic was beaten 3-6, 4-6 and will be ending 2016 as World No.2.Nole had a very good start to 2016 but after the completion of his Career Grand Slam, he began to struggle with his form and consistency which eventually cost him his No.1 ranking. However, due to some terrific performances in the year, Djokovic gets a rating of 9.