Submitted by Kevin, Aug 2, 2008 01:44

Because of the way the ranking system is designed, whereby players can get no advantage by winning the same tournaments in consecutive years, Federer's achievement of 235 weeks at No. 1 is all the more incredible. There's a good reason no one has gone beyond 160 weeks (until Federer).

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