The race for the 2014 Year-End #1 ranking is over. By winning his match relatively easily against
Tomas Berdych 6-2 6-2 today and qualifying for the ATP World Tour Year-End Championships semifinals by winning all 3 of his round-robin matches,
Novak Djokovic achieved his goal of reaching the #1 spot for the 3rd time in 4 years (2011, 2012 and 2014). World #2
Roger Federer can not overtake Djokovic in the rankings even if he beats him in the year-end championship match. Federer also emerged from his round-robin group undefeated, after demolishing
Andy Murray 6-0 6-1. The fact that
the race for #1 came down to almost the very end of the season is a testament to Federer's great play all year long, even if he did not win a major. He will end the year at World #2 after ending last year at #6.
The semifinals will be a reprise of t
he 2014 US Open semifinal with
Kei Nishikori versus Djokovic and Swiss countrymen
Stan Wawrinka and Federer will face off in the other (a reprise of
the 2014 Wimbledon quarterfinals). I would be very surprised if we did not see a reprise of the 2014 Wimbledon final and the 2012 Year-End Championship match between Federer and Djokovic, both of which were won by the younger player.
This means that the #1 ranking has been held by either Federer (5), Nadal (3) or Djokovic (3) for 11 consecutive years, from 2004 through 2014.
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