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The ceremony of 161th consecutive week as the ATP World No. 1 player celebration.

Roger Federer returns to the ATP circuit this week at the Dubai Tennis Championships after capturing his 10th career Grand Slam title at the Australian Open last month.

Upon his return, Federer finds himself as the new record holder for most consecutive weeks (161) at No. 1 in the history of the ATP Rankings (since August 1973), breaking the almost 30-year record of Jimmy Connors, who held the top spot for 160 straight weeks from July 29, 1974 to Aug. 22, 1977.

Federer, who also takes a career-best 36-match winning streak into Dubai, has been the ATP No. 1 ranked player every week since Feb. 2, 2004 after capturing his second career Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. During his No. 1 reign, the 25-year-old Swiss superstar has accumulated a 247-15 match record (.943) with 34 titles in 49 tournaments. Prior to becoming No. 1, Federer had a career mark of 243-110 with 12 titles between 1998-January 2004.

The only player he has lost to more than once while No. 1 is rival Rafael Nadal, who has won six of their nine meetings.