"What happened to Graf, Williams? Don't count anymore?" - Novak Djokovic fans ridicule apparent extension of No. 1 stat to incorporate Carlos Alcaraz

Several Novak Djokovic fans have criticized a media publication's decision to extend the 'Most Weeks As No. 1' list, deeming it an attempt to place Carlos Alcaraz among the leaders. The fans mocked the publication's failure to include women in the list, claiming that they were trying to 'belittle' Novak Djokovic's achievements.

After Djokovic reached his 34th Major final at the 2023 French Open in June, the ATP shared a list of players to have reached the most Grand Slam finals. The list included female players as well.

Now, with the ATP having released the latest men's rankings, Eurosport posted the 'Most Weeks As ATP No. 1' leaders' tally in which Carlos Alcaraz sits in the 16th position. Notably, no women were featured on the leaderboard.

Several fans denounced Eurosport for supposedly trying to bring Alcaraz into the limelight, which they deemed irrational.

"Already on this list at just 20 years old. @carlosalcaraz remains as world No. 1 in the latest ATP rankings," the Eurosport post was captioned.

Reacting to the post, a fan wrote:

"Guess they stopped including the women now that Novak has passed Steffi [Graf]."

Another user chipped in by saying:

"@eurosport @carlosalcaraz See if you can somehow squeeze in another 6 or 7 images of the same player into this list. Three doesn’t seem enough. Also nice to see this new category of “top 16” being propped up. And what happened to Graf, Navratilova, Williams, Evert, Hingis etc? Women don’t count anymore?"

Voicing the same concern, one more fan wrote:

"I remember WTA being on the list when Novak was beating records now we have finally decided to just look at the men, as it should be from the start?"

Some annoyed fans also slammed ATP for allegedly favoring the Spaniard. One user wrote:

"Yes, everyone knows the kid was installed at no 1 by stealing Djokovic's legit points. Do you really feel the need to keep reiterating the scam?"

Here are a few more reactions:

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Pam Shriver recently came up with a new metric to compare Novak Djokovic and Steffi Graf

2023 French Open.

In February this year, Novak Djokovic overtook Steffi Graf for most weeks spent as the World No. 1. The Serb entered the 378th week as the top-ranked player, bettering Graf's all-time record of 377 weeks.

Reacting to the Serb's feat, former tennis player Pam Shriver proposed a new parameter to seemingly place Graf ahead of the 23-time Grand Slam champion — by comparing the 'percentage of total weeks spent at No. 1'. She said:

"How about putting a % of total weeks spent at #1? It would be another metric to compare say Graf and Djokovic’s total weeks at #1 to their total weeks with any ranking. Careers are longer now with recovery science and larger teams. I am sure Graf will have highest % weeks at #1."