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Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic






Novak Djokovic born 22 May 1987 is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 2 and was formerly ranked World No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is generally considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
Djokovic has won six Grand Slam singles titles and has held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 101 weeks. He is the first Serbian player, male or female, to rank No. 1 for more than 100 weeks and/or win multiple Grand Slams. He is the first Serbian male player to win the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open. By winning three Grand Slam titles in 2011, Djokovic became the sixth male player and the first male or female Serbian player in the Open Era to win three Grand Slams in a calendar year. He is the first male playe who perticipate for Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title. By reaching the 2012 French Open final, he became the ninth player in the Open Era to reach the final of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments and became only the fifth to do so consecutively. Amongst other titles, he won the Tennis Masters Cup in 2008, 2012 and 2013 and was on the Serbian team which won the 2010 Davis Cup. He also won the Bronze medal in men's singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has won 16 Masters 1000 series titles, breaking a single-season record with five titles in 2011. This places him fourth on the list of Masters 1000 winners since its inception in 1990.

Novak Djokovic

He holds several men's world records of the Open Era: becoming the youngest player in the Open Era to have reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slam events both separately and consecutively; the first and only man to win three consecutive Australian Open titles in the Open Era; and playing the longest Grand Slam men's singles final in history (5 hours 53 minutes). Djokovic's ATP tournament records include winning 31 consecutive ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series matches, playing in the finals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (a record matched by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal), and being the only player to win eight.
Djokovic has won numerous awards, including the 2011 Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year and the 2012 Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award. He has won the ATP World Tour Player of the Year twice consecutively, in 2011 and 2012. He is a recipient of the Order of St. Sava and the Order of the Star of Karađorđe.
               

Novak Djokovic

Djokovic at the 2011 Hopman Cup
Country	Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)  Serbia (2006–present)
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	22 May 1987 (age 26) Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Marián Vajda & Boris Becker
Prize money	€ 42,517,672  3rd all-time leader in earnings
Official website	novakdjokovic.com
Singles
Career record	543–132 (80.50%)
Career titles	41
Highest ranking	No. 1 (4 July 2011)
Current ranking	No. 2 (11 November 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013)
French Open	F (2012)
Wimbledon	W (2011)
US Open	W (2011)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2008, 2012, 2013)
Olympic Games	Bronze Medal (2008)
Doubles
Career record	33–46 (41.77%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 114 (30 November 2009)
Current ranking	No. 562 (18 November 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2006, 2007)
French Open	1R (2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	1R (2006)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2010)
Hopman Cup	F (2008, 2013)
Last updated on: 08:32, 19 November 2013 (UTC) Signature of Novak Djokovic.

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Serbia
Men's Tennis
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Singles

          

Novak Djokovic

2007: Becoming a top-10 player and first Grand slam final

Djokovic began 2007 by defeating Australian Chris Guccione in the final of the tournament in Adelaide, before losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open to eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets. His performances at the Masters Series events in Indian Wells, and Key Biscayne, where he was the runner-up and champion respectively, pushed him into the world's top 10. Djokovic lost the Indian Wells final to Rafael Nadal, but defeated Nadal in Key Biscayne in the quarterfinals before defeating Guillermo Cañas for the title in the finals.
After winning his first Master Series title, Djokovic returned to Serbia to help his country enter the Davis Cup World Group in a match against Georgia. Djokovic won a point by defeating Georgia's George Chanturia. Later, he played in the Monte Carlo Masters, where he was defeated by David Ferrer in the third round, and at the Estoril Open, where he defeated Richard Gasquet in the final. Djokovic then reached the quarterfinals of both the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome, where he lost to Nadal, and the Hamburg Masters, where he was defeated by Carlos Moyà. At the French Open, Djokovic reached his first Grand Slam semi-final, losing to eventual champion Nadal.^[53]
At Wimbledon, Djokovic won a five-hour quarterfinal against Marcos Baghdatis. In his semi-final match against Nadal, he was forced to retire with elbow problems in the third set, after winning the first and losing the second set.

Djokovic playing against Robin Haase in the 1st round of the 2007 US Open

Novak Djokovic

Djokovic's next tournament was the Rogers Cup in Montreal, and he defeated World No. 3 Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, World No. 2 Nadal in the semifinals, and World No. 1 Federer in the final. This was the first time a player had defeated the top three ranked players in one tournament since Boris Becker in 1994. Djokovic was also only the second player, after Tomáš Berdych, to have defeated both Federer and Nadal since they became the top two players in the world. After this tournament, Björn Borg stated that Djokovic "is definitely a contender to win a Grand Slam (tournament)." The following week at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Djokovic lost in the second round to Moyà in straight sets. Nevertheless, he went on to reach the final of the US Open, where he had five set points in the first set and two in the second set, but lost them all before losing the match in straight sets to the top-seeded Federer.
Djokovic won his fifth title of the year at the BA-CA TennisTrophy in Vienna, defeating Stanislas Wawrinka in the final. His next tournament was the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid, where he lost to David Nalbandian in the semi-finals. Djokovic, assured of finishing the year as World No. 3, qualified for the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup, but did not advance beyond the round robin matches. He 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.
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, Djokovic was sidelined due to influenza and was forced to miss his first singles match. He returned to win his doubles match, teaming with Nenad Zimonjić, before being forced to retire during his singles match with Nikolay Davydenko.