American Tennis Legend Fights for Steffi Graf As Overwhelming Novak Djokovic Record Dominates Google

Whenever anyone searches ‘which tennis player has spent the longest time ranked number 1?’ whose name is shown in the result? The most common answer that flashes over anyone’s screen is Novak Djokovic, who recently won his 22nd Grand Slam title and regained the world number one spot. However, this is not the actual answer. 

Recently, the American tennis legend Billie Jean King gave an accurate answer, claiming that it’s not the Serbian tennis player who has been the longest-serving world number one in history, but it’s another 22-time Grand Slam champion.

Billie Jean King roots for a WTA legend while correcting a fact about Novak Djokovic

Amid the “which player has been the longest-serving world number one?” discussion, the 79-year-old American tennis legend took to her Instagram account to credit the actual player who was world number one for straight 377 weeks, Steffi Graf. 

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The 10-time Australian Open champion, on the other hand, has spent less time in the first spot, which is 374 weeks. If the ‘Djoker’ maintains his position for another 3 weeks, he will equal Graf’s record and eventually surpass her.

However, that doesn’t change the fact that the former German tennis star is the current record holder. And King took a stand for Graf and requested the tennis fans to give her the credit that the 53-year-old tennis legend deserves.

She captioned the post with simple words and made people aware of the answer. She wrote, “Correct The Internet is a global initiative created to correct bias and help make sportswomen more visible. When searching for “which tennis player has spent the longest time ranked number 1,” the results often come up with Novak Djokovic, but the facts say it’s actually Stefanie Graf. Novak will soon claim the spot, but it’s important to recognize Stefanie to give her the honor she deserves.” 

In light of this, King pointed out the mistake and mentioned that acknowledging the German tennis player’s record is very important. However, similar to this, a few years back, the 12-time Grand Slam champion also made a statement regarding these two tennis legends.

When King gave another reminder regarding Djokovic

Back in 2021, when the Serbian tennis player won his 20th Grand Slam title and third Grand Slam of the Year, unsurprisingly, everybody around him was excited at the thought of him winning all four Grand Slams in a calendar year. There were talks he will become the first tennis player to complete the Calendar Slam.

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However, to this, the American tennis legend reminded everyone that he will not be the first tennis player to achieve that feat. She mentioned that Graf has already achieved this in the past, back in 1988, when she won all four majors and achieved an Olympic gold medal in the same year.