Age: 35
Country: Serbian
ATP Ranking: 1
Seeding: 4
Grand Slam titles: 22 (Australian Open 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023; French Open 2016, 2021; Wimbledon 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 222015, US Open , 2018)
ROAD TO FINAL
First spherical: Roberto Carballes Baena (Spain) 6-3 6-4 6-0
Second spherical: Enzo Couacaud (France) 6-1 6(5)-7 6-2 6-0
Third spherical: Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 7-6(7) 6-3 6-4
Fourth spherical: Alex de Minaur (Australia) 6-2 6-1 6-2
Quarter-finals: Andrey Rublev (Russia) 6-1 6-2 6-4
Semi-finals: Tommy Paul (US) 7-5 6-1 6-2
EARLY LIFE
* Began taking part in tennis elderly 4.
* His father used to be a qualified skier and sought after his son to observe in his footsteps or play skilled football however modified his thoughts when Djokovic excelled at tennis from an early age.
CAREER TO DATE
* Made Grand Slam debut as a qualifier on the 2005 Australian Open. Finished because the youngest participant (18 years, 5 months) within the most sensible 100.
* In 2006, he received his first ATP excursion identify at Amersfoort.
* Reached his first Grand Slam ultimate at america Open in 2007, dropping to Roger Federer.
* Won his maiden Grand Slam identify on the 2008 Australian Open — turning into the primary Serbian guy to win a singles main.
* Led Serbia to their first Davis Cup identify in December 2010.
* Began 2011 via successful seven successive tournaments and didn’t lose till June, when Federer ended his 41-match successful streak within the French Open semi-finals.
* Secured the #1 rating in July 2011 via achieving the Wimbledon semi-finals, then beat Nadal to clinch his first Wimbledon crown, his first identify on grass.
* Defeated Federer within the 2011 US Open semis then beat Nadal within the ultimate to grow to be the 7th guy to win 3 Grand Slam titles in a yr since tennis grew to become skilled in 1968.
* Won his 3rd Australian Open identify in 2012 via defeating Nadal in 5 hours and 53 mins and started 2013 via beating Andy Murray to grow to be the primary guy within the skilled technology to win 3 successive Australian Open titles.
* Beat Federer in a five-set Wimbledon ultimate in 2014.
* Reached all 4 Grand Slam finals in 2015. Began the yr via shooting a 5th Australian Open identify.
* Won 3rd Wimbledon identify via defeating Federer within the ultimate. Beat Federer in US Open ultimate, incomes 3 Grand Slam titles in a yr for a 2d time.
* Beat Murray within the 2016 Australian Open ultimate to win his eleventh Grand Slam identify.
* Beat Murray once more within the French Open ultimate that yr to win the claycourt main on his twelfth strive. The win now not best finished his Grand Slam assortment however he additionally become best the 3rd guy — after Don Budge and Rod Laver — to carry all 4 majors on the identical time.
* Retired within the 2017 Wimbledon quarter-finals and ended his season in July with a proper elbow damage. Returned from a six-month damage absence on the 2018 Australian Open. Had elbow surgical treatment following a last-16 go out.
* Beat Kevin Anderson within the 2018 Wimbledon ultimate to seal his thirteenth Grand Slam. Capped off the yr via successful america Open crown for the 3rd time.
* Defeated Nadal to say his fifteenth main and 7th Australian Open identify in 2019.
* His 26-match successful streak in Grand Slams ended with a loss to Dominic Thiem within the French Open semis.
* Came from two event issues right down to defeat Federer within the ultimate and declare his 5th Wimbledon identify. It used to be the primary time a Wimbledon singles identify were made up our minds within the ultimate set tiebreak that used to be offered at 12–12.
* Failed to effectively protect his identify at america Open after retiring because of damage within the fourth spherical.
* Helped Serbia win the inaugural ATP Cup in 2020 prior to triumphing at Melbourne Park for the 8th time.
* With 2019 Nadal champion and Federer opting to skip the 2020 US Open, Djokovic used to be favourite to triumph however used to be defaulted within the fourth spherical after unintentionally hitting a line pass judgement on within the throat with a ball. The disqualification ended his 26-0 successful run in 2020.
* Lost to Nadal in directly units within the ultimate of the rescheduled 2020 French Open.
* Beat Daniil Medvedev for a record-extending 9th Australian Open identify in 2021.
* Beat Stefanos Tsitsipas for his 2d French Open identify and nineteenth Grand Slam crown, thus turning into the primary guy since tennis grew to become skilled in 1968 to win all 4 majors a minimum of two times.
* Beat Matteo Berrettini within the Wimbledon ultimate to win a twentieth singles Grand Slam identify.
* His bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam in 2021 fell quick after he misplaced to Medvedev in america Open ultimate.
* Missed the Australian Open in 2022 after being deported from the rustic for now not being vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
* Beat Nick Kyrgios within the Wimbledon ultimate to win his twenty first Grand Slam identify and fourth directly crown on the All England Club.
* Djokovic is pressured to withdraw from the 2022 Canadian and American onerous courtroom tournaments because of being unvaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
* Lost the 2022 Paris Masters ultimate to 19-year-old Holger Rune.
* Won his 6th ATP Finals identify, equaling Roger Federer’s checklist, and turns into the oldest champion within the 53-year historical past of the match at 35.
* Won 92nd ATP identify on the 2023 Adelaide International 1.
* Beat Stefanos Tsitsipas within the 2023 Australian Open ultimate for his tenth identify in Melbourne. Returns to the #1 rating and ties Nadal’s checklist of twenty-two Grand Slam titles.