5 Steffi Graf records that will likely never be broken

Most weeks ranked No. 1

She held the top ranking for 75 weeks – a year and a half – more than Roger Federer

Graf held the WTA’s top ranking for a record 377 weeks – the highest of any player, male or female, in tennis. The only player to near her title is Swiss former No. 1 Roger Federer, who spent a total of 302 weeks (non-continuously) at top spot. Federer also holds the record for most consecutive weeks at that ranking at 237 – an all-time high for any player male or female – but his overall stint as the top-ranked player is eclipsed by Graf’s.

Given the form Novak Djokovic has been in, it is unlikely that Federer will return to the No. 1 position – meaning that this record does not look like it will be beaten in the near future.

Djokovic himself will need another 174 weeks – over 3 years – at the World No. 1 ranking – to be able to surpass that record, and while his current form augurs well, he will need to be able to sustain it and his body at his current level of play to be able to achieve it.