349 Facts About Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic has been ranked as the world No 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals for a record 428 weeks across a record 13 different years, and finished as the year-end No 1 a record eight times.

Novak Djokovic is the only man in tennis history to be the reigning champion of all four majors at once across three different surfaces.

Novak Djokovic is the only player in singles to have won all of the Big Titles over the course of his career.

Novak Djokovic remained the most successful player in men's tennis for the rest of the decade.

Novak Djokovic had his most successful season in 2015, reaching a record 15 consecutive finals and winning a record 10 Big Titles while earning a record 31 victories over top-10 players.

Novak Djokovic's dominant run extended through to the 2016 French Open, where he completed his first Career Grand Slam and a non-calendar year Grand Slam, becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four majors simultaneously and setting a rankings points record of 16,950.

In 2017, Novak Djokovic suffered from an elbow injury that weakened his results until the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, where he won the title while ranked No 21 in the world.

Novak Djokovic then returned to a dominant status, winning 12 major titles and completing his second and third Career Grand Slams.

Beyond competition, Novak Djokovic was elected as the president of the ATP Player Council in 2016.

Novak Djokovic stepped down in 2020 to front a new player-only tennis association; the Professional Tennis Players Association founded by him and Vasek Pospisil, citing the need for players to have more influence on the tour and advocating better prize money structure for lower ranked players.

Novak Djokovic is the founder of Novak Djokovic Foundation, which is committed to supporting children from disadvantaged communities.

Novak Djokovic was born on 22 May 1987 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, to Dijana and Srdjan Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic is of paternal Serbian and maternal Croatian descent.

Novak Djokovic began playing tennis at the age of four, after his parents gave him a mini-racket and a soft foam ball, which his father said became "the most beloved toy in his life".

Novak Djokovic has credited Gencic for "shaping my mind as a human being, but as a professional".

At one point Novak Djokovic had to train inside a disused swimming pool converted into a tennis court.

Novak Djokovic's father took him to train at academies in the United States, Italy, and Germany.

Novak Djokovic believes the impact this had on him could be the reason behind his prowess under pressure.

Novak Djokovic met his future wife, Jelena Ristic, in high school, and began dating her in 2005.

Novak Djokovic is a self-described fan of languages, speaking Serbian, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish to varying levels of proficiency.

In 2001, Novak Djokovic dominated the U14 circuit in the ETA Junior Tour, currently known as the Tennis Europe Junior Tour, winning his first ETA title in a second category tournament in Messina, defeating his compatriot Bojan Bozovic in the final, and his second in Livorno after beating the top seed and future rival Andy Murray in the semifinals, and the second seed Aljoscha Thron in the final.

Novak Djokovic led the Serbian team to victory in the European Summer Cup, thus ending the year as a European champion in singles, doubles and in team competition, while winning the silver medal at the ITF World Junior Championship for players under 14 in a team competition for Yugoslavia.

Novak Djokovic ended 2001 at the top of the ETA rankings for U14s, one place ahead of Murray at No 2.

In 2002, Novak Djokovic continued his dominance, now in the U16 circuit.

Novak Djokovic played at the French Open and US Open junior events in 2003.

Novak Djokovic won his first ATP Challenger tournament in Budapest, where he started as a qualifier.

In January 2005, Novak Djokovic made his Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open, where he defeated future rival Stan Wawrinka in the second round of the qualifying competition.

Later that year, Novak Djokovic won his first Grand Slam match at the French Open, and went on to reach the third round of both Wimbledon and the US Open, coming back from two sets down and saving multiple match points to defeat Guillermo Garcia Lopez in the former, and beating Gael Monfils and Mario Ancic in the latter.

Novak Djokovic participated in four Masters events and qualified for two of them, his best performance coming in Paris, where he reached the third round and defeated fourth seed Mariano Puerta along the way.

Novak Djokovic finished the year ranked No 78, the youngest player in the top 100.

The British media spoke of Novak Djokovic's family negotiating with the Lawn Tennis Association about changing his international loyalty by joining British tennis ranks.

Novak Djokovic reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the French Open as the world No 63, after upsetting ninth-ranked Fernando Gonzalez in the second round.

Three weeks after Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic won his maiden ATP title at the Dutch Open in Amersfoort without losing a set, defeating Nicolas Massu in the final.

Novak Djokovic won his second career title at the Moselle Open in Metz, France, defeating Jurgen Melzer in the final, and moved into the top 20.

Novak Djokovic reached his first career Masters quarterfinal at Madrid during the indoor hardcourt season.

Novak Djokovic finished the year ranked No 16, the youngest player in the top 20.

Novak Djokovic began 2007 by defeating Australian Chris Guccione in the Adelaide final, before losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open to eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets.

Novak Djokovic lost the Indian Wells final to Rafael Nadal, but defeated Nadal in Key Biscayne in the quarterfinals before going on to defeat Guillermo Canas in the final to win his maiden Masters Series title.

Novak Djokovic then returned to Serbia to help his country enter the Davis Cup World Group in a match against Georgia.

Novak Djokovic won a point by defeating Georgia's George Chanturia.

Novak Djokovic then reached the quarterfinals of both the Italian Open in Rome, where he lost to Nadal, and the Hamburg Masters, where he was defeated by Carlos Moya.

At the French Open, Novak Djokovic reached his first major semifinal, losing to eventual champion Nadal.

At Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic won a five-hour quarterfinal against Marcos Baghdatis to reach his first Wimbledon semi-final.

Novak Djokovic started his semifinal match against Nadal with nearly 17 hours on court, and ended up retiring with elbow problems in the third set, after winning the first and losing the second set.

Novak Djokovic was only the second player, after Tomas Berdych, to have defeated both Federer and Nadal since they became the top two players in the world.

Novak Djokovic won his fifth title of the year at the BA-CA TennisTrophy in Vienna, defeating Stanislas Wawrinka in the final.

Novak Djokovic, assured of finishing the year ranked No 3, qualified for the year-ending championships, but did not advance beyond the round robin matches.

Novak Djokovic received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete in Serbia, and the Olympic Committee of Serbia declared him the best athlete in the country.

Novak Djokovic played a key role in the 2007 play-off win over Australia by winning all his matches and helping promote the Serbia Davis Cup team to the 2008 World Group.

In Serbia's tie against Russia in Moscow in early 2008, Novak Djokovic was sidelined due to influenza and missed his first singles match.

Novak Djokovic returned to win his doubles match, teaming with Nenad Zimonjic, before retiring during his singles match with Nikolay Davydenko.

Novak Djokovic started his preparations for the season by playing the Hopman Cup with fellow Serbian world No 3 Jelena Jankovic where he won all of his four singles matches, including in the final against the United States, where he beat Mardy Fish in a deciding set tiebreak to level the tie, but then losing the decisive mixed doubles rubber, in which he faced former WTA No 1 Serena Williams in a competitive event for the first time.

At the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic reached his second consecutive Grand Slam final, this time without dropping a set, including a victory over two-time defending champion Federer in the semifinals.

At the Indian Wells Masters, Novak Djokovic won his ninth career singles title, defeating Mardy Fish in the final.

Novak Djokovic won his tenth career singles title and fourth Master Series singles crown at the Italian Open in Rome after defeating Wawrinka in the final.

At the French Open, Novak Djokovic was the third-seeded player behind Federer and Nadal.

Novak Djokovic lost to Nadal in the semifinals in straight sets.

Novak Djokovic entered Wimbledon seeded third but lost in the second round to Marat Safin, ending a streak of five consecutive majors where he had reached at least the semifinals.

Novak Djokovic then failed to defend his 2007 singles title at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Andy Murray.

Novak Djokovic then defeated James Blake, the loser of the other semifinal, in the bronze medal match.

Novak Djokovic's run at the US Open ended in the semifinals when he lost to Federer in four sets, in a rematch of the previous year's final.

Novak Djokovic started the year at the Brisbane International, where he was upset by fellow Pilic academy trainee Ernests Gulbis in the first round.

At the Miami Open in Key Biscayne, Novak Djokovic beat Federer in the semifinals, before losing to Murray in the final.

Novak Djokovic reached the final of the next Masters event, the Monte-Carlo Masters on clay, losing to Nadal in the final.

At the Italian Open in Rome, Novak Djokovic failed to defend the title he had won the previous year, losing to Nadal in the final again.

Novak Djokovic then reached the semifinals of the Madrid Open without dropping a set, where he lost to Nadal despite holding three match points.

Novak Djokovic began his grass court season at the Gerry Weber Open where after the withdrawal of Federer, he competed as the top seed.

Novak Djokovic then lost to Haas again, this time in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.

At the Cincinnati Masters, Novak Djokovic defeated Nadal in the semifinals before losing in the final to Federer.

At the US Open, Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals, where he was defeated by Federer.

Novak Djokovic then won his third title of the year at the China Open in Beijing, beating Marin Cilic in the final.

Novak Djokovic then lost in the semifinals of the inaugural Shanghai Masters to Davydenko.

Novak Djokovic won his first Masters title of the year at the Paris Masters after defeating Nadal in the semifinals, and outlasting Gael Monfils in a decisive set tiebreak in the final.

At the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic lost a five-setter to Tsonga in the quarterfinals.

At the Dubai Championships, Novak Djokovic reached the final, this time defeating Youzhny to win his first title of the year and to successfully defend a title for the first time in his career.

Novak Djokovic again lost to Verdasco at the Italian Open in Rome, this time in the quarterfinals.

Novak Djokovic entered the French Open seeded third, where he lost to Jurgen Melzer in five sets, marking the only time he lost a match at a major after leading two sets to love.

Novak Djokovic then won the first ATP doubles titles of his career at the Aegon Championships, pairing with Jonathan Erlich to beat Karol Beck and David Skoch in the final.

Novak Djokovic then competed at the Canadian Open in Toronto, where he lost to Federer in the semifinals.

Novak Djokovic competed in doubles with Nadal in a one-time, high-profile partnership.

Novak Djokovic then lost to Roddick in the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Masters.

Novak Djokovic then defeated Philipp Petzschner, James Blake, Mardy Fish, and Gael Monfils, all in straight sets, to reach the US Open semifinals for the fourth consecutive year.

Novak Djokovic went on to lose to Nadal in the final, a match that saw Nadal complete his career Grand Slam.

Novak Djokovic won the title for the second successive year after defeating David Ferrer in the final.

At the Shanghai Masters, Novak Djokovic made a semifinal appearance, losing to Federer.

Novak Djokovic played his final tournament of the year at the ATP Finals in London, where he lost to Federer in the semifinals.

Novak Djokovic finished the year ranked No 3, his fourth successive finish at this position.

Novak Djokovic was awarded the title "Serbian Sportsman of the year" by the Olympic Committee of Serbia and "Serbian Athlete of the year" by DSL Sport.

Novak Djokovic only dropped one set en route to the title, beating Federer in the semifinals and Murray in the final to capture his second Australian Open title and his first grand slam in three years.

Novak Djokovic next competed at the Dubai Championships and beat Federer in the final in straight sets.

Two weeks later, Novak Djokovic won his second Indian Wells title after beating Federer in the semifinals and Nadal in the final, both in three sets, thus becoming only the third player to beat Nadal and Federer in the same tournament twice, joining Nikolay Davydenko and David Nalbandian.

In Miami, Novak Djokovic beat Nadal in the finals in three sets, with the final set being decided in a tiebreak.

Novak Djokovic continued his good form on clay at the French Open by dropping only one set en route to the semifinal, which he lost to Federer.

Five weeks later at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic replaced Nadal as the world No 1 and then defeated him in a four set final to take his first Wimbledon title.

In Canada, Novak Djokovic won his single-season record-breaking fifth Masters title with a three-set win over Mardy Fish in the final.

At the US Open, Novak Djokovic beat Federer and Nadal on the way to the title, thus becoming only the second player to defeat both of them in the same Major event after Juan Martin del Potro in the 2009 US Open.

Novak Djokovic saved match points en route to the title, saving two against Federer in the semifinals to complete a comeback from two sets down, thus becoming just the second player to beat Federer from two sets down after Tsonga a few months earlier in Wimbledon.

Novak Djokovic played Nadal in their second successive major final, winning the match in four sets and taking his first US Open title.

In total, Novak Djokovic won ten tournaments in 2011, including three Grand Slam tournament victories at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

Novak Djokovic captured a then-record-breaking five ATP Masters titles, and won $12.6 million on the ATP Tour.

Novak Djokovic was beaten by John Isner in the semifinals at Indian Wells.

Novak Djokovic successfully defended his title in Miami after beating Murray in the final.

Novak Djokovic lost in straight sets to Nadal at the 2012 Rome Masters final.

Novak Djokovic reached his maiden French Open final by defeating Roger Federer, reaching the final of all four majors consecutively.

Novak Djokovic had the chance to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once, having won last year's Wimbledon and US Open titles as well as this year's Australian Open, but was beaten by Nadal in the final in four sets.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Novak Djokovic was chosen as the flag bearer for Serbia.

On 2 August 2012, Novak Djokovic defeated French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and advanced to the semifinals, where he was beaten by Murray in straight sets.

Novak Djokovic successively defended his Rogers Cup title, dropping just a single set to Tommy Haas.

At the US Open, Novak Djokovic reached his third consecutive final by beating fourth-seeded David Ferrer in a match suspended a day due to rain.

Novak Djokovic then lost to Murray in a five set final that lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes, the joint-longest US Open in history.

Novak Djokovic went on to defend his China Open title, defeating Tsonga in straight sets.

On 12 November 2012, Novak Djokovic won the 2012 ATP Finals by defeating Federer in the final.

Novak Djokovic later defeated Andy Murray in the final to win a record third consecutive Australian Open trophy and the sixth major of his career.

On 2 March 2013, Novak Djokovic defeated Tomas Berdych in the final of the Dubai Championships.

Novak Djokovic clinched a tie for his team by defeating John Isner and Sam Querrey.

Novak Djokovic began his French Open campaign with wins over David Goffin, Guido Pella, and Dimitrov in straight sets.

At Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic defeated Juan Martin del Potro in a five-set epic that lasted 4 hours and 44 minutes, which at the time was the longest Wimbledon semifinal in history.

Novak Djokovic then lost the final to Murray in straight sets.

Later, Novak Djokovic lost to Isner in the quarterfinals in Cincinnati.

Novak Djokovic went on to reach the US Open final, where he met Nadal for the 37th time in his career.

Novak Djokovic won his 16th Masters title in Paris at the end of the season, beating David Ferrer in the final.

At the 2013 ATP Finals Novak Djokovic retained his trophy, beating Nadal in straight sets.

Novak Djokovic began the year with a warmup tournament win, the 2013 Mubadala Championship.

Novak Djokovic met Wawrinka in the quarterfinals of the tournament, the second consecutive year the two had met at the event.

Novak Djokovic won his third Indian Wells Masters title, defeating Federer in the final.

Novak Djokovic subsequently donated the $500,000 in prize money that he had received to the victims of the 2014 Southeast Europe floods.

Novak Djokovic reached the final of the French Open losing only two sets in six matches but lost in the final to Nadal in four sets.

At the Wimbledon Championships Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the final in five sets.

Novak Djokovic played at the Canadian Open, losing to eventual first-time champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.

Novak Djokovic followed that with a loss to Tommy Robredo at the Cincinnati Masters.

At the US Open, Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals, where he lost in four sets to Kei Nishikori.

Novak Djokovic returned to Beijing with a fifth trophy in six years, defeating Murray in the semifinal and Berdych in the final.

Novak Djokovic then won the Paris Masters title, without losing a single set, beating Raonic in the final.

Novak Djokovic was awarded the ATP Finals trophy after Federer withdrew before the final.

Novak Djokovic began the season at the Qatar Open in Doha, where he won his first two rounds for the loss of just 6 games lost in the quarterfinals against Ivo Karlovic in three tight sets.

Novak Djokovic rebounded from this defeat well at the Australian Open, where he made it through the first five rounds without dropping a set.

Novak Djokovic twice lost a set lead came roaring back in the fifth to take it to love, and set up a third final against Andy Murray.

Novak Djokovic moved into equal eighth on the all-time list of men with the most Major titles, tying Agassi, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, Ken Rosewall and Fred Perry.

Novak Djokovic next competed at the Dubai Championships and lost to Federer in the final.

Therefore, Novak Djokovic became the first man to win the first three ATP Masters 1000 titles of the season.

Novak Djokovic won the title for the fourth time at the Rome Masters, making it 4 out of 4 titles in Masters events entered by Djokovic in the season.

Novak Djokovic continued his good form on clay at the French Open by reaching the final without dropping a set in the first five rounds, including a quarterfinal clash with Nadal and a five-set semifinal victory over No 3 seed Andy Murray which took two days to complete.

At the US Open, Novak Djokovic reached the final for the sixth time in his career, achieving the feat of reaching all four Grand Slam finals in a single calendar year.

Novak Djokovic then reached the final of the Paris Masters, where he defeated Murray in straight sets, taking his fourth title there and a record sixth ATP Masters tournament in one year.

Novak Djokovic beat Federer in straight sets winning his fifth ATP Finals title and becoming the first player to win the Year-end Championships four consecutive times.

Novak Djokovic won 11 titles including a season-record 10 Big Titles on all court surfaces and conditions.

Novak Djokovic set a season-record of 16,585 for most ranking points accumulated as world No 1.

Novak Djokovic collected his 60th career title in Doha, defeating Rafael Nadal in two sets in a final that lasted 73 minutes.

Novak Djokovic broke his own ATP ranking points record, bringing it up to 16,790.

Novak Djokovic quickly rebounded from an eye infection at the Dubai Championships to collect a fifth Indian Wells Masters title, defeating Rafael Nadal in the semifinals, and Milos Raonic in the final.

On 3 April 2016, Novak Djokovic won the Miami Open for the third consecutive year, and did so without dropping a set en route to his sixth career Miami Open title, tying him with Andre Agassi for most ever Miami Open men's singles titles.

Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in the final of the French Open in four sets, making him the reigning champion of all four major tournaments, a historic feat the media dubbed the Nole Slam.

Novak Djokovic was defeated by Roberto Bautista Agut and Marin Cilic in the semifinals and quarterfinals of Shanghai and Paris.

On 21 May 2017, Novak Djokovic announced that Andre Agassi would become his new coach, starting at the French Open.

Novak Djokovic began the grass court season at the Eastbourne International, playing his first non-Wimbledon tournament on grass since 2010.

Novak Djokovic won the title by beating Gael Monfils in the final.

Novak Djokovic made it to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon before retiring against Tomas Berdych due to an elbow injury.

On 26 July, Novak Djokovic announced he would miss the US Open and the rest of the 2017 season to recover from his elbow injury.

Novak Djokovic then lost to Benoit Paire in the second round of the Miami Open.

Novak Djokovic then reached the quarterfinals of the French Open before losing to Marco Cecchinato.

Novak Djokovic began the grass court season at Queen's Club, securing his first win over a top 5 player in almost 18 months by defeating Grigor Dimitrov in the second round.

Novak Djokovic reached the final where, despite holding a championship point, he lost to Marin Cilic.

Novak Djokovic played doubles partnering with longtime friend and rival Stan Wawrinka.

Novak Djokovic then entered Wimbledon as the 12th seed, where he reached the semifinals to face Rafael Nadal.

Novak Djokovic defeated Nadal in a 5-hour and 17-minute, five-set epic spread over two days, becoming the second-longest Wimbledon semifinal in history, second only to the match between Kevin Anderson and John Isner held earlier on the same day.

Novak Djokovic then defeated Juan Martin del Potro to win his third US Open title and 14th major title overall, tying with Pete Sampras's tally.

At the Shanghai Masters, Novak Djokovic defeated Kevin Anderson and Alexander Zverev en route to the title, not dropping a set nor having his serve broken throughout.

At the ATP Finals, Novak Djokovic was guaranteed a fifth year-end No 1 ranking following the withdrawal of Rafael Nadal from the event.

Novak Djokovic then entered the Australian Open as the top seed, and defeated Rafael Nadal in the final to win his record seventh Australian Open and 15th major title overall.

Novak Djokovic then played at the Indian Wells Masters, where he was upset by Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round, and lost in the fourth round of the Miami Open to Bautista Agut.

Novak Djokovic then began his clay court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters, losing in the quarterfinals to Daniil Medvedev.

Novak Djokovic competed in the French Open, reaching the semifinals without dropping a set.

At Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic defended his title to win his fifth Wimbledon title and 16th major title overall, defeating Roger Federer in an epic five-set final that lasted a record four hours and fifty-seven minutes.

Novak Djokovic, who won fewer points overall than Federer, saved two championship points in the fifth set to win the title.

Novak Djokovic next played at the Cincinnati Open as the defending champion, but lost to eventual champion Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals.

At the Shanghai Masters, Novak Djokovic reached the quarterfinal stage, but lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Novak Djokovic then played at the 2019 ATP Finals but was eliminated in the round robin stage after losses to Dominic Thiem and Federer.

At the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup, Novak Djokovic led Serbia to the title by scoring six victories, including wins over Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals and Rafael Nadal in the final.

The match marked the first time Novak Djokovic came back to win a major final after trailing two sets to one, having lost each of the last seven times this happened.

Novak Djokovic then won the title at Dubai Championships for the fifth time, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final.

Novak Djokovic was criticized for holding the event with a lack of social distancing and other precautions taken against COVID-19.

Novak Djokovic stated he was "deeply sorry", admitting he and organizers "were wrong" to go ahead with the event and that they believed the tournament met all health protocols.

Novak Djokovic said that many of the criticisms were malicious, adding: "It's obviously more than just criticism, it's like an agenda and a witch hunt".

The United States Tennis Association docked Novak Djokovic all ranking points he would have earned at the tournament and fined him the prize money that he would have won had the incident not occurred.

Novak Djokovic next won a record 36th Masters title and his fifth in Rome, defeating Diego Schwartzman in the final.

At the rescheduled French Open, Novak Djokovic lost in straight sets to Rafael Nadal in the final.

Novak Djokovic then played at the Vienna Open, where he was upset in the quarterfinals by Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets.

Novak Djokovic then lost his semifinal match to Dominic Thiem.

Novak Djokovic began his 2021 season by playing for Serbia as the defending champions in the ATP Cup, but the nation was eliminated in the group stage despite Novak Djokovic winning both his singles matches.

Novak Djokovic then went on to win his 18th major title and record-extending ninth title at the Australian Open, over Daniil Medvedev in the final.

Novak Djokovic next played at the Monte-Carlo Masters, where he lost his third round match to Dan Evans.

Novak Djokovic then played at the Serbia Open, losing a lengthy three-set semifinal to Aslan Karatsev.

At the Italian Open, Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in a three-set epic played over two days in the quarterfinals, and Lorenzo Sonego in the semifinals, but lost in a three-set final to Rafael Nadal.

Novak Djokovic became the first player in the Open Era to win a Major after coming back from a two-set deficit in two separate matches; Djokovic became only the third man to win all four singles majors at least twice, and the first to do so in the Open Era.

At the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, Novak Djokovic recorded the 100th grass-court win by reaching the semifinals, and defeated Matteo Berrettini in the final to claim his sixth Wimbledon title and equal Federer and Nadal's all-time record of 20 men's singles major titles.

Novak Djokovic became the second player to win Majors on three different surfaces in the same year achieving a "Surface Slam" and the fifth man in the Open Era to achieve the "Channel Slam", winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year.

Novak Djokovic opened his summer hard court season at the Tokyo Olympics, where he sought to improve on his bronze medal result from Beijing 2008.

Novak Djokovic competed in mixed doubles partnering Nina Stojanovic; the pair lost in the semifinals to Aslan Karatsev and Elena Vesnina, then withdrew from their bronze medal match against WTA singles No 1 Ashleigh Barty and John Peers, with Novak Djokovic citing a shoulder injury.

Novak Djokovic then entered the US Open vying to be the third man in history to achieve the Grand Slam in men's singles.

At the Paris Masters, Novak Djokovic defeated Hubert Hurkacz to reach the final, which secured the year-end No 1 ranking for the seventh time, breaking Pete Sampras' all-time record.

At the 2021 ATP Finals, Novak Djokovic was defeated in the semifinals by Zverev.

Novak Djokovic finished the season by leading Serbia to the semifinals of 2021 Davis Cup Finals, where they lost to Croatia.

Novak Djokovic was set to begin his 2022 season by participating in the ATP Cup in Sydney but pulled out.

Novak Djokovic was one of "a handful" of players and staff to be granted a medical exemption by Tennis Australia and the Department of Health in Victoria.

Novak Djokovic had been granted a visa to enter Australia on 18 November 2021.

Novak Djokovic disclosed that a member of his support team ticked a box on his application form stating he had not travelled abroad two weeks before he left for Australia; however, he had been to Spain at that time.

Novak Djokovic's visa was cancelled and he was held in an immigration detention hotel for several days awaiting a court hearing.

On 14 January 2022, Alex Hawke, Australia's Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, exercised his ministerial powers under sections 133C and 116 of the Migration Act 1958 to cancel Novak Djokovic's visa, citing "health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so".

Novak Djokovic applied for a judicial review, but three Federal Court of Australia judges unanimously dismissed his application on 16 January, preventing his participation in the 2022 Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic said he was "extremely disappointed" with the decision but accepted the ruling, and flew out of Australia to Dubai that night.

Novak Djokovic said: "The amount of pressure and everything that I was feeling in the first few months of the year, as much as I've felt pressure in my life and my career, that was something really on a whole different level".

Novak Djokovic was upset in the quarterfinals by eventual finalist Jiri Vesely, resulting in him conceding his world No 1 ranking to Daniil Medvedev.

Novak Djokovic withdrew from both the Indian Wells Masters and the Miami Open, due to the United States forbidding unvaccinated foreign travellers.

Novak Djokovic lost in four sets, ending his French Open title defense.

Novak Djokovic went on to defeat Nick Kyrgios in the final in four sets for his fourth consecutive and seventh overall Wimbledon trophy.

Novak Djokovic then competed at the Paris Masters, where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinals to reach his third straight final of the season.

Novak Djokovic then lost in the final to 19-year-old Holger Rune, which marked the first time Djokovic lost a Masters finals after winning the first set.

Novak Djokovic then defeated sixth seed Andrey Rublev and fourth seed Daniil Medvedev to reach the semifinals, where he defeated Taylor Fritz to reach his eighth final at this event and secured his 15th year-end top-5 finish in the rankings.

Novak Djokovic defeated Casper Ruud to win a record-equaling sixth ATP Finals title.

Novak Djokovic started his season by winning his 92nd career title at the 2023 Adelaide International, where he defeated Sebastian Korda in three sets in the final after saving a championship point.

At the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic overcame hamstring injury concerns to reach the final, where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets to claim his record-extending 10th Australian Open title while tying Nadal for the record of 22 men's singles major titles and reclaiming the world No 1 ranking from Carlos Alcaraz.

On 27 February 2023, Novak Djokovic broke Steffi Graf's record of 377 weeks that she set back 25 years ago for most weeks as world No 1 in women's tennis, thus he became the player with most weeks at No 1 on both the men's and women's tours.

At the Italian Open, Novak Djokovic was defeated in the quarterfinals by Holger Rune.

Novak Djokovic would go on to beat Casper Ruud in the final, securing a record-breaking 23rd major title and becoming the first man in tennis history to achieve a triple Career Grand Slam.

Novak Djokovic then played at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships where he was bidding to win a fifth consecutive title and a record-equalling eighth title.

Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals with straight set victories over Pedro Cachin, Jordan Thompson and Stan Wawrinka, and four set victories over Hubert Hurkacz and Andrey Rublev.

Novak Djokovic subsequently lost an epic final to Alcaraz in five sets, ending his 34-match winning streak at Wimbledon since 2018 and his unbeaten run in both Wimbledon finals and Centre Court since his 2013 defeat to Andy Murray.

Novak Djokovic proceeded to win his third Cincinnati Masters title and a record-extending 39th Masters title.

Novak Djokovic beat Alcaraz in a rematch of their Wimbledon final, in what was the longest best-of-three-sets ATP final and the longest match in the tournament's history, at 3 hours and 49 minutes, and was immediately praised as one of the best matches of all time.

Novak Djokovic won the match from a set down and down a break in the second set, along with saving a championship point in the second-set tiebreaker.

Novak Djokovic called it one of his toughest matches, and said "It did feel like a Grand Slam final, even more than that to be honest".

Novak Djokovic compared the intensity and toughness of the match to his 2012 Australian Open final match against Rafael Nadal.

Novak Djokovic then played at the US Open where he dropped only two sets en route to the title, both to his fellow countryman Laslo Djere in a win from two sets down in the third round.

Novak Djokovic became the oldest US Open men's singles champion in the Open Era, at 36 years and 111 days, and became the first man to win three majors in a season four times.

Novak Djokovic beat defending champion Holger Rune in a rematch of the previous year's final in the quarterfinals, going on to defeat Grigor Dimitrov in the final to win his record-extending seventh Paris Masters title and 40th Masters overall.

Novak Djokovic later defeated second seed Alcaraz in the semifinals to reach his ninth final at this event, where he beat home favorite Jannik Sinner to win a record-breaking seventh ATP Finals title.

Novak Djokovic called his loss "one of the worst Grand Slam matches I've ever played".

In March, Novak Djokovic returned to the Indian Wells Masters, for the first time since 2019, but was upset in the third round by lucky loser and world No 123 Luca Nardi, in three sets.

Novak Djokovic then lost to Alejandro Tabilo in straight sets in the third round.

Novak Djokovic became only the third player in the Open Era to reach the milestone after Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer.

Novak Djokovic suffered a right knee injury during the second set of the match, which the next day forced him to withdraw before the quarterfinals due to him tearing his medial meniscus in his right knee.

Novak Djokovic played at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships and made it to the final which was Novak Djokovic's 37th Grand Slam final.

Novak Djokovic was attempting to win a record-equalling eighth title.

Novak Djokovic entered the 2024 Paris Olympics, defeating Matthew Ebden, Rafael Nadal, Dominik Koepfer, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Lorenzo Musetti to reach his first Olympic gold medal match.

Novak Djokovic then defeated Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets to win the Olympic gold medal, in a two-hour fifty minute match characterized by no breaks of serve.

At the US Open, after his second-round victory, Novak Djokovic reached his 90th win at this tournament over the course of his career, becoming the only tennis player to have 90 or more career wins at each of the four Grand Slam events.

Novak Djokovic withdrew from the ATP Finals this year despite having qualified , citing an ongoing injury.

Novak Djokovic opened the 2025 season at the Brisbane International, losing to Reilly Opelka in the quarterfinals.

However, Novak Djokovic's run ended when he retired in his semifinal match against Alexander Zverev due to a muscle tear after only one set played.

Novak Djokovic then participated in the newly upgraded ATP 500 Tournament in Doha, but lost to Matteo Berrettini in the first round.

At the 2025 Miami Open, Novak Djokovic reached the third round defeating Rinky Hijikata and equalled Rafael Nadal's record number of Masters 1000-level wins at 410.

Novak Djokovic has a winning record against all of his top contemporaries, including his fellow Big Three counterparts, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Novak Djokovic is the only player to defeat Nadal in all four majors.

Novak Djokovic is the player with the most victories over Nadal on clay, beating him twice at the French Open and all three clay court Masters events, notably at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Masters where he ended Nadal's run of eight consecutive titles.

Novak Djokovic is the player with the most victories over Federer and the only player to beat Federer multiple times at his most successful major tournaments: four times at the Australian Open, three times at the US Open, three times at the Year-end Championship and most notably, three times in the final of Wimbledon Championships.

Wawrinka's win broke Novak Djokovic's run of 14 consecutive major semifinals, and ended a 28-match winning streak; and Wawrinka went on to win his first major title at the tournament.

Later that year, Novak Djokovic beat Wawrinka at the Cincinnati Masters and Paris Masters.

Tsonga got revenge in their next meeting at the majors, the 2010 Australian Open quarterfinals, winning in five sets after Novak Djokovic fell ill during the match.

Novak Djokovic then won their next match at the 2011 Wimbledon semifinals to advance to his first final there, claiming the world No 1 ranking for the first time in the process.

Novak Djokovic won their first four meetings, before back-to-back victories for del Potro at the 2011 Davis Cup and their Bronze medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics in straight sets.

Novak Djokovic won the next four matches before he lost to del Potro at the 2013 Indian Wells Masters, where the Argentine made his second career Masters final.

Novak Djokovic got the upper hand on the rivalry by winning two of the most important matches between them to date; an epic five-setter at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships semifinals, and a thrilling three-setter at the 2013 Shanghai Masters final.

In 2018, Novak Djokovic defeated del Potro in three close sets in the final of the US Open, which was the first Grand Slam final for del Potro since his 2009 US Open victory.

The second set of the 2023 US Open, which Novak Djokovic eventually won in a tiebreaker after a grueling 104-minute battle, was one of the longest sets in US Open history.

Novak Djokovic then won all of their next eleven matches, among them are the 2020 French Open semifinal; the 2021 Italian Open quarterfinal spread over two days; the 2021 French Open final which saw Novak Djokovic coming back from 2 sets to 0 down to win his second French Open title; the 2022 Italian Open final; and the 2023 Australian Open final, where the two were competing for the world No 1 ranking.

Novak Djokovic then beat him in the semifinal of the Shanghai Masters the following year, but lost the ATP Finals to Zverev in the final after a round-robin match win over Zverev.

Novak Djokovic won in four sets, with the match competitive until Alcaraz faltered at the start of the third set due to cramps from mental pressure and physical intensity.

Novak Djokovic won from a set down and down a break in the second set, along with saving a championship point in the second-set tiebreaker.

Novak Djokovic's backhand is widely regarded as the greatest two-handed backhand of all time, due to its effectiveness on both sides of the court and its accuracy.

Novak Djokovic's best shot is his backhand down the line, with great pace and precision.

Novak Djokovic excels at returning serve in particular, and regularly ranks among the tour leaders in return points, return games, and break points won.

Novak Djokovic's forehand is deemed to be underrated, yet one of the best, due to its versatility.

Novak Djokovic has led the ATP Tour in their career "Under Pressure Rating" statistic, in part because of his prowess at winning deciding sets.

Typically, players default to certain surfaces on which they specialize on - however as his career progressed throughout the years, even though he began his career with a reputation for preferring hard courts, Novak Djokovic gained a reputation for consistent performances across clay courts and grass courts as well.

Novak Djokovic has been described as one of the fittest and most complete athletes in sports history, with high agility, court coverage and mobility, which allows him to hit winners from seemingly indefensible positions.

Novak Djokovic's return of serve is a big weapon for him, with which he can be both offensive and defensive.

Novak Djokovic is highly efficient off both the forehand and backhand return, often getting the return in play deep with pace, neutralizing the advantage the server usually has in a point.

Occasionally, Novak Djokovic employs a well-disguised backhand underspin drop shot and sliced backhand.

Novak Djokovic commented on the modern style of play, including his own, in an interview with Jim Courier after his semifinal win against Andy Murray in the 2012 Australian Open tournament:.

Connors adds that a lot of the topspin that Novak Djokovic's opponents drive at him comes right into his zone, thus his ability to turn defense into offense well.

Novak Djokovic then switched to the Head YouTek IG Speed paint job in 2011, and in 2013, he again updated his paint job to the Head Graphene Speed Pro, which included an extensive promotional campaign.

Novak Djokovic uses a hybrid of Head Natural Gut in the mains and Luxilon Big Banger ALU Power Rough in the crosses.

Novak Djokovic uses Head Synthetic Leather Grip as a replacement grip.

In 2012, Novak Djokovic appeared in a television commercial with Maria Sharapova promoting the use of Head rackets for many techniques such as golf and ten-pin bowling.

Novak Djokovic had several coaches, trainers, and advisors throughout his life, and each of them has helped Novak Djokovic become and stay a champion.

Novak Djokovic has learned from all them and picked up at least something good from each.

Under the mentoring of Petrovic, Novak Djokovic went from being ranked outside the top 300 to breaking into the top 100 in less than a year.

From June 2006 until May 2017, Novak Djokovic was coached by former professional Slovakian tennis player Marian Vajda.

On occasion Novak Djokovic employed additional coaches on a part-time basis: in 2007, during the spring hardcourt season, he worked with Australian doubles ace Mark Woodforde with specific emphasis on volleys and net play while from August 2009 until April 2010 American Todd Martin joined the coaching team, a period marked by his ill-fated attempt to change Novak Djokovic's serve motion.

From early 2007 until 2017, Novak Djokovic worked with physiotherapist Miljan Amanovic, who had previously worked with football team Red Star Belgrade, and NBA players, such as Vladimir Radmanovic.

Novak Djokovic decided to make a change after identifying his conditioning as a weakness in his game following continual losses to Nadal.

In 2008, Novak Djokovic hired Italian agent Edoardo Artaldi and his management team, which includes his wife, Elena Capellaro, to oversee the huge operation that runs around him.

For Becker, in addition to working alongside Vajda, the job entailed special emphasis on Grand Slam tournaments as Novak Djokovic felt he missed out on winning a couple of majors over the previous two seasons due to a lack of mental edge in the final stages of those tournaments.

Becker's first tournament coaching Novak Djokovic was the 2014 Australian Open.

On 5 May 2017, Novak Djokovic confirmed that he had come to a mutual agreement to terminate his coaching relationship with Vajda, as well as Phil-Gritsch and Amanovic.

Novak Djokovic reunited with Marian Vajda in April 2018 for the Monte-Carlo Masters.

On 30 June 2019, Novak Djokovic confirmed that he added former world No 2 and Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic to his coaching team.

In late 2021, Novak Djokovic decided to play fewer tournaments due to both his age and his desire to mainly focus his energy on the Grand Slam championships, and as such, he decided to be with a smaller team that had only one coach, and he chose Ivanisevic due to Vajda's reluctance to coach just one player only at the majors.

Novak Djokovic and Vajda thus parted ways for a second time in December 2021, but it was only made public in March 2022, when both announced that Vajda would no longer coach Novak Djokovic and that it was an amicable and mutual decision.

In late 2023, Novak Djokovic decided to end his professional long-term association with Edoardo Artaldi's management team, who had been with him since 2008, stating that "I'm now at a stage where I'm entering a new chapter about the off-court approach".

Novak Djokovic is currently coached by long-time rival Sir Andy Murray.

Novak Djokovic's foundation has built 50 schools as of April 2022 and are building their 51st, and supported more than 20,800 children and over a thousand families.

Novak Djokovic was selected as the 2012 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year, for his contributions through the foundation, his role as a UNICEF national ambassador and other charitable projects.

Novak Djokovic endorses Serbian telecommunications company Telekom Srbija and German nutritional supplement brand FitLine.

On turning professional in 2003, Novak Djokovic began wearing Adidas clothing.

Tacchini doesn't make shoes so Novak Djokovic continued with Adidas as his choice of footwear.

From 2011, Novak Djokovic began to wear custom Red and Blue Adidas Barricade 6.0's shoes, referring to the colors of the Serbian national flag.

Less than a month later, Novak Djokovic signed a sponsorship deal with German car company Mercedes-Benz.

In March 2012, Novak Djokovic was announced by Bombardier Aerospace as its latest Learjet brand ambassador, thus joining the likes of actor and pilot John Travolta, architect Frank Gehry, maestro Valery Gergiev, and classical pianist Lang Lang.

From January 2014 Novak Djokovic has been endorsing French car manufacturer Peugeot.

In early 2015, ahead of the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic teamed up with Australian banking corporation ANZ for a social media campaign to raise money for local communities across the Asia Pacific region.

Since 2004, the business end of Novak Djokovic's career has been handled by Israeli managers Amit Naor and Allon Khakshouri, a duo which had Marat Safin and Dinara Safina as its clients.

In June 2008, after the duo entered into a partnership with CAA Sports, the sports division of Hollywood talent firm Creative Artists Agency, meaning that the famous company started representing tennis players for the first time, Novak Djokovic formally signed with CAA Sports.

On 22 May 2017, Novak Djokovic was unveiled as a brand ambassador of Lacoste after a five-year partnership with Uniqlo.

Novak Djokovic did not wear the RBI logo, but he did wear on his shirt the logo of UKG, an American workforce management and human resource management company.

In 2005, as Novak Djokovic moved up the tennis rankings, he began venturing into the business world.

In May 2015, right after winning his fourth Rome Masters title, Novak Djokovic launched a line of nutritional food products, called Djokolife.

On 10 April 2016, while in town for the Monte-Carlo Masters, Novak Djokovic opened a vegan restaurant called Eqvita in Monte Carlo.

Two months later at the US Open, a phone video shot by Argentine players of Novak Djokovic doing locker room impressions of players such as Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Filippo Volandri and Nadal made its way online, becoming viral.

Novak Djokovic is featured in the music video for the song "Hello" by Martin Solveig and Dragonette.

The day after winning his first Wimbledon title and reaching the No 1 ranking for the first time in his career, Novak Djokovic went home to Belgrade for a homecoming celebration in front of the Serbian National Assembly, an event attended by close to 100,000 people.

On 28 November 2011, after returning from London where he finished early due to failing to progress out of his round-robin group, Novak Djokovic visited his childhood tennis coach Jelena Gencic at her Belgrade home, bringing the Wimbledon trophy along.

The next day, 29 November 2011, on invitation from film producer Avi Lerner, Novak Djokovic was part of the high-budget Hollywood movie production The Expendables 2 in a cameo playing himself that was shot in a warehouse in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.

Novak Djokovic was named amongst the 100 most influential people of 2012 by TIME magazine.

Novak Djokovic has been a guest on late-night talk shows, such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Vece sa Ivanom Ivanovicem, Conan, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Jonathan Ross Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Novak Djokovic appears in the 2024 documentary Federer: Twelve Final Days about Roger Federer's final tournament before his retirement, the 2022 Laver Cup.

Novak Djokovic appeared on the front cover of the 2024 video game Tiebreak: Official game of the ATP and WTA, alongside Coco Gauff.

Novak Djokovic allegedly discovered that Djokovic suffers from gluten intolerance, using applied kinesiology, and that he should not eat gluten, removing it from his diet.

Novak Djokovic eventually settled on a vegan diet, while later sometimes eating fish.

Novak Djokovic further stated his belief that human "bodies are self-healing mechanisms".

Novak Djokovic later clarified his remarks by stating that he is not against all kinds of vaccines, but that he is against forced vaccination.

Novak Djokovic added that he was extremely careful about what he puts into his body.

Novak Djokovic's views came under increased scrutiny in late 2021, in the run-up to the 2022 Australian Open, after comments made by Australian government officials indicated that tennis players would need to be vaccinated to enter the tournament.

However, while being interviewed by the Australian Border Force in January 2022, Novak Djokovic confirmed to the officer interviewing him that he was unvaccinated.

Novak Djokovic was unable to play the 2022 Australian Open, where he was the defending champion and the favorite to win.

Novak Djokovic re-affirmed sticking to his principles and refusal to receive a vaccine, saying that he would be willing to forgo entry into tournaments which are held in countries mandating the vaccine even if it cost him his career records and placement among the all-time great players.

Novak Djokovic has said that he admired and held in high regard Bishop Amfilohije, who played a key part in helping him through a tough time during the Yugoslav Wars.

Novak Djokovic has been reported to meditate for up to an hour a day at the Buddhist Buddhapadipa Temple in Wimbledon as he appreciates the natural setting and serenity, and is close to monks in the complex.

Novak Djokovic has spoken of the positive power of meditation.

Novak Djokovic is a frequent visitor of the Bosnian town of Visoko and its park that is host to several meditation platforms.

Novak Djokovic is a fan of Serbian football club Red Star, Italian club Milan, and Portuguese club Benfica, as well as Serbian basketball club Red Star.

Novak Djokovic is a friend of former Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic, whom he has known since the two were children growing up in Serbia.

Novak Djokovic is a member of the "Champions for Peace" club, a group of elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport.

Novak Djokovic is regarded by many observers, tennis players and coaches as the greatest tennis player of all time, primarily for his achievements across all top-level tournaments of the men's professional tour in addition to his time spent with the world No 1 ranking.

Novak Djokovic has won a record 72 Big Titles, including an all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles, and holds the most weeks at No 1, the most wins over top 5 and top 10-ranked players, has won all major and Masters events and the year-end championships at least twice and has a winning head-to-head record over his greatest rivals in one of the strongest eras of tennis.

Pat Cash emphasized that Novak Djokovic is one of two players who beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open, which he considers to be "the biggest challenge in tennis".

Richard Krajicek and The Roar, sports opinion website, said that Novak Djokovic should be considered for the greatest player of all time because he is the only one among his rivals who has won all four majors consecutively.

The highest standard of tennis that I've ever seen is when Novak Djokovic is playing his best tennis.

Pete Sampras, who at the time of his retirement in 2003 was considered by some to be the greatest male tennis player of all time, stated after Novak Djokovic earned a record-breaking seventh year-end No 1 finish in 2021:.