Although he will probably never be as adored as Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal, it is the numbers that make Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic the greatest player of all time (GOAT).
* 24: record number of Grand Slam titles. By winning the fourth title at the US Open, Djokovic equaled Margaret Court's absolute record of 24 Grand Slam trophies, which she held since 1973.
He has won the Australian Open ten times (a record), Wimbledon seven times (one short of Federer's record eight titles), the US Open four times (Federer, Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors have five each) and Roland Garros three times (Nadal holds the astonishing a record of 14 titles).
However, his refusal in 2022 to get vaccinated against covid-19 prevented him from playing in Melbourne and New York. Also, he missed the US Open in 2019 and 2020, where he was the favorite - first due to injury and surrendering in the round of 2021, and second due to disqualification. In XNUMX, the New York title eluded him when Danil Medvedev prevented him from winning the annual Grand Slam.
Since Djokovic won his first Grand Slam in 2008 (Australian Open), Nadal has won 19 and Federer eight.
He is the only player in history to win each of the four Grand Slam tournaments at least three times. Roy Emerson, Rod Laver and Rafael Nadal have won them at least twice, while Roger Federer has won Roland Garros only once. Among female tennis players, Margaret Court, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams have also won each Grand Slam at least three times.
* 390: the record for the number of weeks spent at the top of the ATP list, to which he returned after winning the US Open.
* 36: the record for the number of Grand Slam finals played. Here, Djokovic is far ahead of Federer (31) and Nadal (30) among men, but also ahead of Chris Evert (34) among tennis players.
* 10: the record for the number of finals played and won at the Australian Open. He also played ten US Opens, tying Bill Tilden's record, and won four. There are also ten finals at Wimbledon where only Federer is better with 12. Nadal played 14 at Roland Garros and won them all.
* 4: he is the only player to win three of the four Grand Slams four times in one season (2011, 2015, 2021, 2023). He also reached the finals of all four Grand Slams three times in one season (2015, 2021, 2023).
* 88: number of matches won at the US Open, behind Federer (89) and Connors (98). Won 91 times at Wimbledon where the record is held by Federer (105). He has a record 89 wins at the Australian Open. Nadal holds the record for the number of victories at Roland Garros with 112 triumphs, while Djokovic is second with 92 victories.
* 361: number of victories in Grand Slam tournaments. Federer is slightly ahead of him with 369 wins.
* 96: number of tournaments won. Federer won 103, Nadal 92, and ahead of them all is Connors with 109.
* 1.076: number of matches won, still far behind Connors' record (1.274). Three more players have surpassed the 1.000-win mark - Federer (1.251), Lendl (1.068) and Nadal (1.068).
* 7: a record seven years that he ended the season as number one on the ATP list, which is one more than his idol Pete Sampras. Federer and Nadal have five each.
* 27:23 and 30:29: number of wins and losses against Federer and Nadal. Djokovic has a positive record against his two biggest rivals - against Federer 27 wins with 23 losses, against Nadal 30 wins and 29 losses.
* 39: a record number of masters titles. Djokovic is also the only player who has won all nine tournaments in this category and more than once.
* 6: record number of titles won at the final Masters of the season. He equaled Federer's record last November in Turin when he won the tournament that brings together the eight best players of the season every year.
* 15: record number of tie-breaks won in a row at Grand Slam tournaments. He set this record (three more than Sampras' old record) during his Wimbledon semifinal against Yannick Siner. Statistics that prove his psychological influence on opponents. The last person to take a tiebreak from him at a Grand Slam tournament since then was the Frenchman Enzo Quakod in the second round of the last Australian Open.
* 36 years and 111 days: Djokovic became the oldest US Open winner in the Open era (since 1968). In June, he became the oldest winner of Roland Garros at 36 years and 20 days. The oldest Grand Slam champion is Ken Rosewall, who was 37 years and two months old when he won the Australian Open in 1972.
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