Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic have been named as the 2023 ITF World Champions and the pair also achieved a special feat this year.

This is Djokovic's eighth ITF World Champion award, which is also a record. He finished the year as ATP No. 1 for a record-extending eighth time, where he bagged the Australian Open, French Open and US Open, which also took his majors' total to a men's leading 24. He was also runners-up at the Wimbledon and led the men's tour with seven titles.

      Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka were honored by the International Tennis Federation as the 2023 ITF World Champions on Thursday. The pair were the only singles players who managed to reach at least the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam events this year.

      This is Djokovic's eighth ITF World Champion award, which is also a record.

      He finished the year as ATP No. 1 for a record-extending eighth time, where he bagged the Australian Open, French Open and US Open, which also took his majors' total to a men's leading 24.