Novak Djokovic
Djokovic is a Serbian pro tennis player who's been ranked World #1 in men's singles by the ATP 428 wks. He's considered 1 of the greatest players of all time. Coached to best results by former Slovak player Marián Vajda. Parting in '17, back in '18; leaves '22. G. Ivanisevic brought in '19, then out again in '24! Zimonji in '24! - - - (Comments?) ;-)
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| French Open 2016 - Completes Nole-Slam |
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| 24 Majors - (72 Bigs) - (99 Title wins) & counting |
per Wiki: Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in men's history, & held the #1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 428 wks. In majors, Djokovic has won an all-time rec. 10 Aussie Open titles, including an Open Era rec. 3 cons. titles twice; '11–13, then '19-21 (the only player). He's won 7 Wimbledon titles, 4 USOs, & 3 French Opens titles. In 2016, he became the 8th player to achieve the CGS by winning the '16 FO; accomp. again @ '21 FO & '23 FO. Djokovic the 3rd man to hold all 4 Major titles at once, the 1st since Laver in '69, & the 1st ever on 3 diff. surfaces (HC, Clay, & Grass; the 6th man to win GS & Slam Singles title on all the surfaces). He's overtaken Sampras for his 8th YE #1 Ranking: 3 > Federer, Nadal, & Connors. ;-)
Nole (The Master) - - - Tribute (Pt.1) & (Pt.2)
Update: Novak took Olympic Gold def. Alcaraz to be the 3rd male to complete & achieve the Golden CS behind Agassi & Nadal & a Career Super Slam w/ Agassi! ;-)
Djokovic's won the ATP World Tour Finals 7 times (4 cons., a rec.) & holds the best match winning rate (83.7 %) in Open Era, as of Nov. 2023. Nole owns the all-time record of 40 Masters 1000 series titles; 4 > Nadal. Djokovic's records incl. breaking the single-season rec. w/ 6 titles in 2015, winning 31 cons. ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series matches, playing the finals at all 9 ATP Masters 1000 tourneys (shared w/ Federer & Nadal), & the only player to win 9 of the 9 events @ least twice (GM).
Djokovic leads Serbia to win Inaugural ATP Cup over Nadal/Spain in Sidney in 2020!
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Nole's my new fave player, on par w/ Lendl! He had to play "2nd fiddle" to Borg, McEnroe, & Connors 40+ years ago! Both were #1 while opposed on all sides! Fedal's fading as Djoker #'s in the Rec. Bk. supplanting them; H2H rivalries, Majors, Masters, & %!
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| 7 YEC's & counting; '08, 4 straight '12-15, '22-23 |
Current News: #6 Djokovic skips ATP Final! Fritz def. Zverev in SF! Sinner knocks Ruud out in straight sets! ;-)
