He turned professional at age 15 and beat Federer, then No. 1 in the world, for the first time at age 17.
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With the win, McIlroy ascends to No. 1 in the world rankings.
Ivanovic, French Open champion in 2008, was pleased with her form and told reporters she still harbors hopes of reaching No. 1 in the world.
But Yu and Wang, ranked No. 1 in the world, were defiant in their posts on their accounts on Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter.
Woods returned to No. 1 in the world by winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational, not surprising except if you consider where he was a little more than a year ago.
Sharapova won the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008, and she reached No. 1 in the world four different times, but only stayed there for a total of 17 weeks.
Orange, with the emphasis on Woods going for his PGA Tour record-tying eighth win at Bay Hill that would have returned him to No. 1 in the world for the first time since the last week of October in 2010.
Opel is an old German brand that could have possibly been a good fit for ManUnited but would have landed with a thud in America, which remains the No. 1 car market in the world.
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There's nothing like when they announce you and they say, the No. 1 player in the world.
Which makes this next fun fact rather amazing: The No. 1 market in the world for Slurpees is Winnipeg, Manitoba.
McIlroy might have usurped Woods as the No. 1 player in the world on the course, but he still badly lags Woods in popularity.
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Toyota may be wrong, of course, but they are still the No. 1 carmaker in the world with the best reputation for knowing the business.
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"Remember, the No.1 player in the world (Rory McIlroy) does not use a long putter, or the majority of those in the top ten, " he added.
When Tiger Woods notched his third PGA Tour win of the year in June, there were many who proclaimed that Tiger had returned to his perch as the No. 1 player in the world.
"When you have the pleasure of working with the No. 1 athlete in the world, that's a no-brainer, " said Glance, who won gold as part of the U.S. 4x100-meter relay team at the Montreal Games in 1976.
Woods, the No. 1 player in the world who already has won three times this year, was the heavy favorite going into the Masters to capture a green jacket for the first time since 2005 and end his five-year drought in the majors.
In the report, detailed further in the link here to the left, ECA notes that the U.S. lower tax burden and overall cheaper cost of living makes it the No. 1 country in the Western world to earn a living as a middle manager.
The victory propelled McIlroy to the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Rankings.
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He extended his lead as the No. 1 golfer in the official world rankings.
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They might help stave the toll of cardiovascular disease, the No. 1 killer in the developed world.
Caroline Wozniacki, once the No. 1 tennis player in the world, has been linked to McIlroy for nearly two years.
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Lendl spent 270 weeks as the No. 1 ranked player in the world (a record topped only by Pete Sampras and Roger Federer).
The win consolidated Djokovic's position as the No. 1-ranked player in the world, while Federer and Murray will be second and third when the ATP rankings are released Monday.
Ljubicic bagged 10 ATP Tour titles during a 14-year career, his last coming in 2010 at the Indian Wells Masters in California when he beat American former world No. 1 Andy Roddick in the final.
He watched her rake in wins, beating older kids and snagging No. 1 junior rankings in the country and world.
Soderling, who also defeated Nadal at the season-ending ATP World Tour finals in London, had come into the match buoyed by his breakthrough first victory against world No. 1 Roger Federer in the semifinals on Friday.
In the women's draw, top seed Azarenka will play former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals after overcoming an ankle injury to beat Poland's Urszula Radwanska 6-3 6-1.
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Money is the No. 1 source of stress in nearly every country in the world.
The No. 1 and No. 2-ranked players in the world, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, had entourages that included girlfriends with some pedigree of their own.
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