Britain’s Andy Murray celebrated his rise to world number one by beating American John Isner 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 to win his first Paris Masters title.
The victory brought Murray his sixth ATP title of a memorable 2016.
It was the Briton’s fourth title in succession after wins in Beijing, Shanghai and Vienna and his 14th career Masters 1000 triumph.
On Monday he will be officially confirmed as Britain’s first singles number one since computerized rankings were introduced in 1973.
The stats behind Murray’s rise to number one
- He is the 26th man to hold the top spot since computerized rankings began in 1973.
- A player’s ranking is determined by his best 18 tournament results over the preceding 52 weeks.
- Murray is the second-oldest player to debut at number one behind John Newcombe, who was 30 years and 11 days old when he achieved the feat in 1974.
- Murray holds the record for the longest time between first becoming number two and becoming number one – seven years and over two months.
- His seven stints at number two are tied with Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg for the longest in the ATP’s database of week-by-week records, which goes back to June 1984.
- Seven players since June 1984 have never become number one after becoming number two: Michael Stich, Goran Ivanisevic, Michael Chang, Petr Korda, Alex Corretja, Magnus Norman and Tommy Haas.
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