It's official - Rafael Nadal will finish the year as the world's number one player. Both Nadal and Roger Federer lost in the semifinals in Madrid. Rafa lost to Gilles Simon, while Roger was beaten by Andy Murray.
Here is a list of year-end number one ranked players in the last fifteen years:
Rafael Nadal (ESP) - 2008
Roger Federer (SUI) - 2004 to 2007
Andy Roddick (USA) - 2003
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - 2001 to 2002
Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) - 2000
Andre Agassi (USA) - 1999
Pete Sampras (USA) - 1993 to 1998 (record)
When the ranking points are updated on Monday, October 20th, Nadal will have 7,100 ranking points compared to Federer's 5,805:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p7B6JwEslHXo8r5QK3JdmQA
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