How many double faults does Djokovic have?
The six-time Paris singles champion has played doubles at Bercy on three previous occasions (2008, 2016, 2021) with three different partners. It will be Djokovic's fourth doubles appearance of the season (also Adelaide-1, Cincinnati, Davis Cup).
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Career record | 63–80 (44.1%) |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 114 (30 November 2009) |
Aces | ||
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Ace % | 7.2% | 6859 / 94731 |
Aces per Svc. Game | 0.45 | 6859 / 15410 |
Aces per Set | 2.13 | 6859 / 3434 |
Aces per Match | 5.6 | 6859 / 1294 |
The six-time Paris singles champion has played doubles at Bercy on three previous occasions (2008, 2016, 2021) with three different partners. It will be Djokovic's fourth doubles appearance of the season (also Adelaide-1, Cincinnati, Davis Cup).
Djokovic has won an all-time record 24 Grand Slam singles titles. He has been the world No. 1 for a record total 402 weeks in a record 12 different years, and the year-end world No. 1 a record eight times.
Djokovic and Federer are the only players in tennis history to have won 10+ Major titles and 20+ Masters titles on hard courts, Djokovic with a record 14 majors and a record 29 Masters titles and Federer with 11 majors and 22 Masters titles.
Representing Spain, Nadal has won two Olympic gold medals including a singles gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a doubles gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In the process, he became the first male player in history to complete the Career Grand Slam and win Olympic gold medals in both singles and doubles.
John Isner has served the most aces with 14,470. Ivo Karlović has the most in a best-of-three-set match with 45 at Halle in 2015. Two weeks later, during Wimbledon, he became the only player to hit at least 40 aces in three consecutive matches.
He is the leader in titles among active tennis players: The US Open triumph takes Djokovic's total to 96 titles. Nadal has 92. Djokovic is only behind Jimmy Connors' 109 titles and Federer's 103.
If records and Slam titles are the benchmark by which the G.O.A.T debate is settled, then Djokovic is the greatest male player of all time in tennis history. 23 Grand Slam singles titles, 34 major finals, most weeks at World No.
Has Djokovic ever lost from 2 sets up?
On June 2, 2010, exactly 10 years ago today, Jurgen Melzer battled back from two sets and a break down to stun Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the French Open, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-4. It remains the only time anyone's beaten Djokovic at a major from two sets to love down.
All together, Djokovic has a reported net worth of £178.8 million, an ample amount - funnily enough - to buy every one of the 125 million tennis balls made every year in the US. And who would bet against his total being over £180 million by the end of this week?
Austin Krajicek, the current men's doubles world No. 1. Since the introduction of the ATP rankings the method used to calculate a player's ranking points has changed several times.
What does Novak Djokovic eat? Vegetables, beans, white meat, fish, fruit, nuts, seeds, chickpeas, lentils and healthy oils are the main staples of Djokovic's meal-times, with his day starting with a glass of warm water and lemon, citing that it 'helps his body detoxify'.
He also holds the record for most Slam final appearances with 36, two clear of Chris Evert's previous record. Djokovic has now won a total of 98 ATP Tour events and is the only man to hold all four Slam singles titles at the same time since Rod Laver's 1969 calendar Grand Slam.
Connors' ATP titles record
Djokovic has won six titles so far in 2023, so would need at least two more years of the same level of production to beat Connors' record. He already holds the record for the most Masters titles, with his Paris win taking him to 40, four clear of second-placed Nadal.
Without question, the finest player to have ever played the sport. With a net worth of $550 million, Roger Federer is 3rd richest tennis player in the world, followed by Serena Williams ($250 Million) and Novak Djokovic ($220 million).
While Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are firm friends, Novak Djokovic has made a sad admission about his relationship with the duo.
Djokovic holds the record for the most Masters titles with 40, while Nadal is second with 36. Nadal has won 26 on clay and 10 on hard courts. Djokovic has won 29 on hard courts and 11 on clay and is the only player to have won all 9 active Masters tournaments completing the Career Golden Masters, having done so twice.
The tennis rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal is considered among one of the greatest in the history of the sport. Federer and Nadal played each other 40 times, with Nadal leading 24–16 overall, including 14–10 in finals.
How many Grand Slam finals Djokovic lost?
He was once 8-8 in Grand Slam finals, but since midway through the 2015 season he's gone 16-4 to improve to 24-12 in his career. He's also won 22 of his last 23 Grand Slam semifinals.
The duo have faced each other 18 times at a grand slam: three times at Wimbledon, three times at the US Open, twice at the Australian Open and ten times at the French Open. Djokovic leads the overall head-to-head 30-29, but Nadal has an 11-7 lead in grand slam matches against his rival.
The Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships holds the record for the longest tennis match both in time and games played. It lasted for 11 hours and 5 minutes.
The origins of 'love' as a score lie in the figure zero's resemblance to an egg. In sport, it's common to refer to a nil or nought score as a duck or goose egg, and the French word for egg is l'oeuf - the pronunciation of which isn't too far removed from the English 'love'.