most losses as world #1 djokovic 70 (387 weeks) sampras 69 (286) federer 56 (310) lendl 44 (270) nadal 44 (209) connors 41 (268) mcenroe 35 (170) agassi 28 (101) borg 12 (109) (using @tennisabstract) minimum 100 weeks
Novak Djokovic lost to Holger Rune at the Rome Open and with the loss he became the No. 1 with most losses in tennis history, his 70th overall while ranked number one.
Now this reads as a very negative milestone but actually, it's not. The fact that Djokovic accumulated 70 losses as a reigning world number one just means that he spent a lot of time as a number one. That's a positive because maintaining that ranking is very hard as you need to be good consistently.
Djokovic surpassed his idol Pete Sampras in that regard as they were tied with 69 losses. The interesting thing is that Djokovic accumulated those 70 losses during a 387-week span while Sampras did it quicker, only 286 weeks. It just shows how impressive Djokovic has been as a world number one.
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