The tennis season is frozen, for the first time in history the ATP rating does not reflect the state of the last 52 weeks.
And how does that reflect on the rankings and records of three contemporaries and the greatest tennis players in history?
The most decorated of all, the winner of 20 Grand Slam titles, Roger Federer took a break until the grass season and operated on his knee even before the problem with the coronavirus pandemic, so the suspension of the competition is in his favor the most.
The number one tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, loses the most. For him, missing the tournament brings only losses.
The Serbian tennis player met the break in incredible shape and won all three tournaments since the start of the season, and until Wimbledon he almost did not defend anything.
Early last season, he dropped out at the Masters in Indian Wells and Miami, whose status is frozen, so those points will be defended only next year.
Djokovic is frozen at a total of 282 weeks spent in the first place of the rating since the beginning of his career, and the record is 310 weeks, which is in the hands of Federer.
And instead of thinking about breaking that record, even winning Wimbledon does not guarantee for Djokovic to remain in the first place, which Rafael Nadal would have taken just by reaching the final.
Nadal could thus reduce the gap in the number of weeks in first place, because the points were frozen in the part of the season in which he defended the most points. More precisely, until Wimbledon, the Spaniard defends as many as 43 percent of his points, which he cannot lose until the next year's tournaments due to the suspension of the season. Rafa has 9.850 points, and by Wimbledon he should have defended as many as 4.260.
However, the fact that Rafa is defending the US Open trophy, and that his Roland Garros defense has been moved to September, puts the Spaniard in a not very pleasant position. albeit in the later part of the season. So along with a lot of good, there is just as much bad news for him in his decision to take a break.
Federer announced a break before the suspension and blocking of points and rating measurements. However, the blockade saved him 45 percent of the rating points that he would have lost despite the surgery. The chances for Djokovic to break the record for the number of weeks at the top, and for Nadal to reach it by the summer for the number of Grand Slam trophies at his favorite Roland Garros, also decreased.
The only loss for Federer is financial, since his Laver Cup will not be held, because Roland Garros wants that date after the postponement due to the virus.
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