LONDON — Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka had been honored because the Worldwide Tennis Federation’s 2023 World Champions on Thursday after being the one singles gamers to achieve a minimum of the semifinals in any respect 4 Grand Slam tournaments this season.
Djokovic, who completed at No. 1 within the ATP rankings for a record-extending eighth time, gained the Australian Open, French Open and US Open to boost his main trophy complete to a males’s-leading 24 and was the runner-up at Wimbledon. He went 56-7 and led the boys’s tour with seven titles.
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That is his eighth ITF World Champion award, additionally a document.
Sabalenka acquired the respect for the primary time after profitable the Australian Open for her first Grand Slam title, ending because the runner-up on the US Open and making it to the semifinals on the French Open and Wimbledon.
She made her debut at No. 1 within the WTA rankings in September earlier than ending the 12 months at No. 2 behind Iga Swiatek, the WTA Participant of the 12 months.
Different ITF World Champions included Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens in ladies’s doubles, Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in males’s doubles, Diede de Groot within the ladies’s wheelchair class, Alfie Hewett within the males’s wheelchair class, Niels Vink within the quad wheelchair class, and Alina Korneeva and Joao Fonseca within the juniors classes.
ITF World Champion choices place further emphasis on Grand Slam occasions and ITF worldwide staff competitions.
