Melbourne · Hard
Australian Open
10
Record ten titles. The most decorated man in Melbourne.
104–11 · 90% at the event
2008201120122013201520162019202020212023
Belgrade · 2003–present · ATP No. 5
NovakDjokovic
Twenty-four majors. One hundred and one titles. Four hundred and twenty-eight weeks as the best player alive. The most complete career men’s tennis has ever recorded.
- Grand Slams
- 24
- Weeks at No. 1
- 428
- Tour titles
- 101
- Win rate
- 83.1%
The majors
A title on every lawn, every clay, every hard court that matters.
The only man with at least three titles at each Grand Slam. A Career Golden Slam after Paris 2024. Ten of them in a single city.
Paris · Clay
Roland-Garros
3
The last major he conquered — and then conquered twice more.
101–17 · 86% at the event
201620212023
London · Grass
Wimbledon
7
Seven Gentlemen’s singles titles on the lawns of SW19.
92–12 · 88% at the event
2011201420152018201920212022
New York · Hard
US Open
4
Night-session theatre. The 24th major, under the lights.
90–14 · 87% at the event
2011201520182023
The career arc
Two decades, plotted.
Titles clustered around 2011 and 2015. A wound in 2017. A second peak that produced the slam record. Ranking inverted so No. 1 sits at the top.
2006–2026
Titles by season
Year-end ranking
The long stay at the summit
Match ledger
Wins and losses, every year
By surface
Where the points were won
- Hard741–139 · 84.2%
- Clay297–74 · 80.1%
- Grass130–22 · 85.5%
- Carpet14–5 · 73.7%
Trophy case
Titles by level
The ledger
Records that used to belong to other men.
Weeks at one. Majors. Masters. Tour Finals. Wins over the Top 10. He did not just pass the names ahead of him — he reset the units the sport uses to measure greatness.
Most Grand Slam titles
24
Men’s singles, all-time. Ten in Melbourne alone.
Weeks at world No. 1
428
The longest reign in the history of the ATP rankings.
Year-end No. 1 finishes
8
2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023.
ATP Masters 1000 titles
40
The only man with a Career Golden Masters — twice.
ATP Finals titles
7
A record, across three decades: 2008 to 2023.
Big Titles
72
Majors, Masters, Tour Finals, and Olympic gold.
Career Golden Slam
2024
All four majors plus Olympic gold — completed in Paris.
Prize money
$194.7M
All-time leader. First man past $100 million, then $150.
Wins over the Top 10
266
And 129 over the Top 5 — both all-time records.
Major match wins
409
88% at the slams. 38 finals, 55 semifinals.
Career titles
101
Third in the Open Era, first to 100 across 20 seasons.
Win percentage
83.2%
1,177–238. Hard 84.3%. Grass 85.5%. Clay 80.1%.
Masters 1000
Forty titles, every stop.
Career Golden Masters in 2018. Then again in 2020. 40 titles is the all-time record — and he is the only man to have won each event at least twice.
- Paris7
- Miami6
- Rome6
- Indian Wells5
- Canada4
- Shanghai4
- Cincinnati3
- Madrid3
- Monte-Carlo2
Nitto ATP Finals
Seven year-end crowns.
2008, then four in a row from 2012 to 2015, then two more in Turin. A record no one else has touched.
2008201220132014201520222023
Every major
Twenty-two seasons, four draws a year.
- Champion
- Final
- Semi
- Quarter
| Year | AO | RG | WIM | USO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R |
| 2006 | 1R | QF | 4R | 3R |
| 2007 | 4R | SF | SF | F |
| 2008 | W | SF | 2R | SF |
| 2009 | QF | 3R | QF | SF |
| 2010 | QF | QF | SF | F |
| 2011 | W | SF | W | W |
| 2012 | W | F | SF | F |
| 2013 | W | SF | F | F |
| 2014 | QF | F | W | SF |
| 2015 | W | F | W | W |
| 2016 | W | W | 3R | F |
| 2017 | 2R | QF | QF | A |
| 2018 | 4R | QF | W | W |
| 2019 | W | SF | W | 4R |
| 2020 | W | F | NH | DQ |
| 2021 | W | W | W | F |
| 2022 | A | QF | W | A |
| 2023 | W | W | F | W |
| 2024 | SF | QF | F | 3R |
| 2025 | SF | SF | SF | SF |
| 2026 | F | 3R | SF | A |
The twenty-four
- 1
2008 Australian Open
d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
- 2
2011 Australian Open
d. Andy Murray
- 3
2011 Wimbledon
d. Rafael Nadal
- 4
2011 US Open
d. Rafael Nadal
- 5
2012 Australian Open
d. Rafael Nadal
- 6
2013 Australian Open
d. Andy Murray
- 7
2014 Wimbledon
d. Roger Federer
- 8
2015 Australian Open
d. Andy Murray
- 9
2015 Wimbledon
d. Roger Federer
- 10
2015 US Open
d. Roger Federer
- 11
2016 Australian Open
d. Andy Murray
- 12
2016 Roland-Garros
d. Andy Murray
- 13
2018 Wimbledon
d. Kevin Anderson
- 14
2018 US Open
d. Juan Martín del Potro
- 15
2019 Australian Open
d. Rafael Nadal
- 16
2019 Wimbledon
d. Roger Federer
- 17
2020 Australian Open
d. Dominic Thiem
- 18
2021 Australian Open
d. Daniil Medvedev
- 19
2021 Roland-Garros
d. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- 20
2021 Wimbledon
d. Matteo Berrettini
- 21
2022 Wimbledon
d. Nick Kyrgios
- 22
2023 Australian Open
d. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- 23
2023 Roland-Garros
d. Casper Ruud
- 24
2023 US Open
d. Daniil Medvedev
Head to head
He beat the men who were supposed to be unbeatable.
Winning records against Federer, Nadal, and Murray — in the strongest era the sport has staged. Open any line to watch it move.
versus
Rafael Nadal
31–29
The greatest rivalry of the Open Era. Djokovic leads 20–7 on hard, trails 7–20 on clay, 2–2 on grass.
I thinkThis is the line I watch. Thirty-one to twenty-nine is not a slogan. It is a decade of weather.
- Hard
- 20–7
- Clay
- 7–20
- Grass
- 2–2
versus
Roger Federer
27–23
Thirteen meetings in finals, 13–6 to Djokovic. Two of the longest championship matches ever played.
I thinkThe one the room wanted to keep. He did not.
- Hard
- 20–18
- Clay
- 4–4
- Grass
- 3–1
versus
Andy Murray
25–11
Junior friends, senior foils. Five Grand Slam finals, all won by Djokovic.
I thinkFive slam finals. He took all five. Friendship does not soften the ledger.
- Slams
- 8–2
- Finals
- 11–1
- Masters
- 10–5
Quotes
What other players said about him.
Each quote has a name, a year, and a source when we have one.
“I think I didn’t give Novak the respect he deserved because of his technical flaws. I felt like Novak had a very extreme forehand grip and his game was based on athleticism.”
Roger Federer
2024 · 20 Grand Slam titles. Rival.
“When you look at it on paper you just can’t argue with what he’s accomplished. The amount that he’s won, the head-to-heads, the Masters, the year-end number ones, the weeks at number… all those stats.”
Andre Agassi
2024 · Eight slams. Brief coach.
“It almost shocks you how much he remembers in detail. If he’s looking for information, he reads, he studies, he remembers.”
Andre Agassi
2017 · Eight slams. Brief coach.
Portrait
Новак Ђоковић
Born in Belgrade on 22 May 1987. Turned professional in 2003. Right-handed, two-handed backhand, the finest return game the tour has seen. Flexibility as a weapon. Defence as an offence. A mind that does not leave a match until it is over.
- Born
- 22 May 1987
- Height
- 1.88 m
- Plays
- Right-handed
- Backhand
- Two-handed
- Career high
- No. 1
- Current
- No. 5
- Prize money
- $194,656,816
- 2026 YTD
- 14–6
2003–2010
The ascent
A skinny teenager from Belgrade turns professional in 2003. By 2007 he is in a US Open final. In 2008, on a Melbourne night, he beats Tsonga for his first major. The Big Three is no longer two.
Chapter 1 of 52011–2016
The first empire
2011 is the rupture: 10 titles, three slams, a 70–6 record. He holds all four majors at once in 2015–16, the first man since Laver. 2015 is the statistical peak — 82–6, 11 titles, 31 wins over the Top 10.
Chapter 2 of 52017–2018
The elbow, the return
A right elbow injury empties the tank. He finishes 2017 at No. 12. Then Wimbledon 2018, a five-set grind against Nadal, a title, and a second act that would outlast the first.
Chapter 3 of 52019–2023
The record book
He takes the slam record. He takes the weeks-at-one record. In 2021 he wins the first three majors and stands one match from a calendar Grand Slam. In 2023 he wins Melbourne, Paris, and New York — 24.
Chapter 4 of 52024–
Gold, and after
Paris 2024. A gold medal over Alcaraz, no sets dropped in the tournament, the Career Golden Slam complete. At 39 he is still inside the world’s top five, still writing the last chapters himself.
Chapter 5 of 5