Rafael Nadal is celebrating another achievement this week having broken Jimmy Connors’ record for the most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the FedEx ATP Rankings.
Five weeks on from capturing a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam championship crown with his 13th Roland Garros trophy, the Spanish superstar has now spent 790 consecutive weeks among the elite.
Nadal first broke into the Top 10 on 25 April 2005 at the age of 18, just one more prior to capturing his first Grand Slam championship crown at 2005 Roland Garros. American Connors was ever-present in the Top 10 for 789 weeks from 23 August 1973, when the FedEx ATP Rankings were first established, to 25 September 1988.
