Rafael Nadal maintained first place in the men’s tennis rankings issued by the ATP on Monday.
The Spaniard ensured he would end the year as world number one with victory over Stanislas Wawrinka at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on November 6.
Nadal went on to lose the final to Djokovic, but on 13,030 points cannot be overtaken by the Serb, who is on 12,260, with Spain’s David Ferrer third on 5,800.
The only changes to the rankings were outside the top 50.
ATP top 10 as of November 18 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 13,030 points 2. (2) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 12,260 3. (3) David Ferrer, Spain, 5,800 4. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 5,790 5. (5) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 5,255 6. (6) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 4,205 7. (7) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 4,180 8. (8) Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 3,730 9. (9) Richard Gasquet, France, 3,300 10. (10) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3,065.