The last time Roger Federer was the world No. 1 was November 2012. Going on six years later, at the age of 36, he’s now the oldest player to sit on the ATP throne, breaking Andre Agassi’s previous record of 33.
Here’s a look back six phenoms that defined the pop cultural landscape the last time Federer was the No. 1 player in the world:
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People couldn't stop watching Honey Boo Boo.
TLC’s flagship reality star at the time was a sassy, six-year-old, meme-machine child beauty pageant contestant named Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson. If every word of that sentence struck you as wrong, congratulations, you’re not crazy.