Novak Djokovic

CAREER

Titles, year by year.

A good junior without being dominant, Novak Djokovic won two ITF titles in 2002 and reached the semi-finals of the 2004 Australian Open juniors. He then became a precocious force on the professional tour, winning three Challengers before the age of 18 and shining in his first full season in 2005. His first ATP title came on clay in Amersfoort in 2006, and his first Grand Slam at the 2008 Australian Open. Winning the 2010 Davis Cup with Serbia, against France in Belgrade, was a turning point, and from 2011 he became almost unbeatable: he won his first Wimbledon that year and became world No. 1 for the first time. He completed the career Grand Slam at Roland-Garros in 2016. With 99 titles, the third-highest total in ATP history after Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103), he holds the records for Grand Slam titles (24), Masters 1000 titles (40) and ATP Finals titles (7). He has won 71 titles on hard courts, 20 on clay and 8 on grass, and leads his head-to-heads with Federer (27-23), Nadal (31-29) and Andy Murray (25-11), who became his coach for the 2025 season. His 2012 Australian Open final against Nadal, the longest Grand Slam final in history at 5 hours 53 minutes, and his 2019 Wimbledon final against Federer, decided by a tie-break at 12-12 in the fifth set, are considered among the greatest matches ever played. After a bronze medal in Beijing in 2008, he finally won Olympic gold in Paris in 2024, beating Nadal in the second round and Carlos Alcaraz in the final. He also won the inaugural ATP Cup with Serbia in 2020.