Novak Djokovic breaks the tie with Serena Williams for the biggest tennis Grand Slam title in the Open era with a fourth U.S. Open title (although he remains tied with Margaery Tie Court, who won 13 titles at a time when only amateur tennis players could compete.)
Djokovic has become the greatest winner in the history of men’s tennis, with his dominance spanning 15 years since he won his first Grand Slam title. Here are 24 facts that explain the Serbian tennis player’s overwhelming speed.
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Novak Djokovic has won at least three Grand Slam titles in his career. Only Rafael Nadal has won twice in every tournament.
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Since his first Grand Slam tournament in 2005, he has participated in 75 Grand Slam tournaments. Noll’s 24 titles account for almost a third of these championships.
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The past two times he has reached all four Grand Slams in the same year (2021 and 2023), he has reached the finals in all four events, losing only to Daniil Medvedev at the 2021 US Open , lost to Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon this year.
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Over the course of his career, the Serbian has had at least five consecutive Grand Slam wins of 20 or more games. His longest winning streak was 30 consecutive wins from the first round of Wimbledon in 2015 to the third round of the British Open a year later.
5. His rivalry with Rafael Nadal is one of the most repeated in tennis history. The Serbian’s advantage in direct confrontation is slim, 30-29, but in the Grand Slam showdown, Manacori’s advantage is 11-7.
6. In the 2019 Wimbledon final, he saved two championship points against Roger Federer. It was the first time since 1949 that a tennis player had saved at least one championship point and won the event.
7. Novak started his career with an 8-8 record in Grand Slam finals and has won 16 of his past 20 finals.
8. His dominance extends beyond the Grand Slams. He also won at least two ATP Masters titles. If he wins again in Monte Carlo, he will have three titles in every edition of the Masters.
9. Novak Djokovic has spent 390 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings during his career. More than any other tennis player in history. In addition, he became the world number one for the year seven times, another historical record.
10. Half of his Grand Slam titles (12) were won after the age of 30. No other tennis player has won so many such trophies after turning 30.
11. In 2021, he came back from two sets down against Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the French Open final. At this point, he became the seventh tennis player in history to overcome a two-set deficit in a Grand Slam final.
12. Djokovic considered retirement after losing in the 2010 French Open quarterfinals. The Serbian admitted he cried after his five-set loss to Jurgen Melzer, which was his most difficult moment.
13. When the Belgrade native won his second Grand Slam in 2011, Nadal already had nine Grand Slam trophies; Roger Federer had accumulated 15.
14. Novak Djokovic is the Australian Open champion and has won 10 championships in his career. In addition, he is also the second Wimbledon champion with 7 championships, one less than Federer.
15. Over the course of his career, he has an 89-8 record at the Australian Open, winning the title in each of the past four tournaments he has participated in. In 2022, he was banned from playing due to not having had the Covid 19 vaccine, similar to what happened at the US Open.
16. He has played in a record 36 Grand Slam finals, surpassing Federer’s 31 and Nadal’s 30. Noel also holds the record for 47 Grand Slam semifinals.
17. He also holds the ATP ranking points record with 16,950 points.
18. His record in the majors is 361 wins and only 48 losses, which means an efficiency of 88%. In four games, his efficiency has not fallen below 85%. Only Bjorn Borg, with an efficiency of 89%, is more consistent than Djokovic.
19. Djokovic reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slams at least six times in the same year, another all-time record.
20. He is tied with Federer for the year-end Masters title, which features only eight of the best tennis players of the season.
21. The 2012 Australian Open final against Rafael Nadal lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes, making it the longest in the history of the tournament. In addition, this game is considered by many experts to be the best game in the history of men’s tennis. In the end, the Serbian won 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5.
22. Wimbledon is also the longest-running final. It lasted 4 hours and 57 minutes and defeated Roger Federer 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 4-6, 13-12.
23. Physical strength is one of Djork’s greatest weapons, so it’s no surprise that he is the most efficient player in tiebreaks in history, with a career efficiency of 66%.
24. Novak Djokovic has a strict diet. Among the foods she gave up were gluten, chocolate and pizza. Such was his discipline that after winning the 2012 Australian Open final, he asked for a chocolate bar after six hours of play. I haven’t tried chocolate in two years.
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