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Who is Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
 
Novak Djokovic's life
 
Novak Djokovic, who was born on May 22, 1987, in Serbia, is a professional tennis player. He is married to Jelena Ristić and has two siblings -- Djordje and Marko. The player can speak Serbian, English, French, German, and Italian languages.
 
Career
 
Novak Djokovic is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) -- the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits.
 
Djokovic is a nine-time champion at the Australian Open, including each of the past three years. He owns 20 Grand Slam singles titles in all, tying him with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the most won by a man in tennis history.
 
Novak Djokovic started playing tennis at the age of four when his parents sent him to a tennis camp in Novi Sad. In 1993, a Serbian tennis player and coach Jelena Genčić noticed and acknowledged his budding skills. She became his coach until 1999 and for his further development, he was trained by Nikola Pilić, Marián Vajda and Boris Becker in the later years.
 
He gradually reached the ranks and began his international career in 2001 at the age of 14 and won European championships in singles, doubles, and team categories. In 2007, he reached the finals of the US Open but lost in straight sets to Swiss tennis player Roger Federer.
 
Djokovic won his first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, in 2008 and emerged the first Serbian to win one of tennis’ four most prestigious singles championships. Later that year, he bagged a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
 
In 2020, he continued to clinch titles at the Australian Open, winning his 17th Grand Slam title. At the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, Djokovic recorded the 100th grass-court win of his career by defeating Márton Fucsovics in the quarterfinal.
 
2022 Australian Open controversy
 
In January 2022, Djokovic was one of the few players and staff to be granted a medical exemption from mandatory Covid-19 vaccination by Tennis Australia and the Department of Health of the state government of Victoria for the Australian Open tournament.
 
He travelled to Melbourne on January 5 but was detained by the Australian Border Force after they determined he did not meet the entry requirements for an unvaccinated traveller. His visa was cancelled and he was held in an immigration detention hotel for several days awaiting a court hearing. It was later revealed that Djokovic tested positive for Covid-19 on December 16, 2021, which was used as the basis for his exemption. Djokovic stated that he was notified of the positive test on December 17 and admitted that he did not isolate afterwards, attending an interview and photoshoot.
 
On January 10, the Federal Circuit and Family Court ruled in favour of Djokovic, ordering his release and awarding costs.
 

Latest Updates on Novak Djokovic

The Serbian great asked American authorities last month for special permission to enter the United States despite being unvaccinated against the coronavirus

Updated On: 06 Mar 2023 | 1:48 PM IST

Djokovic's performances throughout a draining run to a record-extending 10th Australian Open championship and record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title, plus his return Monday to No. 1 in the ATP rankings

Updated On: 30 Jan 2023 | 10:46 AM IST

Novak Djokovic was placed on opposite side of the draw to defending champion and top-seeded Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open on Thursday, meaning they can only meet in the final at Melbourne Park

Updated On: 12 Jan 2023 | 2:27 PM IST

Novak Djokovic will open his 2023 campaign in Adelaide as he prepares for a shot at a 10th Australian Open crown a year after having his visa revoked on the eve of his title defense

Updated On: 07 Dec 2022 | 10:27 AM IST

Add Botic van de Zandschulp to the long list of players to have been schooled by Novak Djokovic

Updated On: 07 Oct 2022 | 11:38 AM IST

The 88-time tour-level titlist Novak Djokovic cruised past Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6-0, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Tel Aviv Watergen Open here on Thursday.

Updated On: 30 Sep 2022 | 1:50 PM IST

Serbian tennis ace and the winner of 21 singles Grand Slam titles, Novak Djokovic, has said he still had the "passion" and "hunger" to play at the highest level

Updated On: 28 Sep 2022 | 1:43 PM IST

Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, the Big Three of men's tennis accumulated so many Grand Slam titles, 63 in all that it seems unlikely anyone will reach the standards they set

Updated On: 25 Sep 2022 | 10:00 AM IST

PTPA announced the moves Thursday night, when the group held a meeting ahead of the start of the U.S. Open next week

Updated On: 26 Aug 2022 | 11:01 AM IST

Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year's last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for the event was revealed

Updated On: 25 Aug 2022 | 8:58 PM IST

World no. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic will miss the US Open, scheduled to be played from August 29, according to his official website

Updated On: 23 Aug 2022 | 7:25 PM IST

Novak Djokovic pulled out of next week's hard-court tournament in Cincinnati because he has not gotten any COVID-19 vaccine shots and so is not allowed to travel to the United States.

Updated On: 13 Aug 2022 | 12:10 PM IST

Novak Djokovic withdrew from the upcoming hard-court tournament in Montreal on Thursday because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and is therefore not allowed to enter Canada

Updated On: 05 Aug 2022 | 7:19 AM IST

The 21-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic remains out of contention for the US Open unless there is some substantial change before the tournament starts at the end of August.

Updated On: 21 Jul 2022 | 7:54 PM IST

The Serbian claimed his seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam overall by defeating Australia's Nick Kyrgios in an exciting four-set final on Sunday at the Centre Court

Updated On: 11 Jul 2022 | 10:56 AM IST

He reached his fourth consecutive title after defeating his Aussie counterpart by a margin of 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3)

Updated On: 11 Jul 2022 | 10:15 AM IST

Novak Djokovic waited. He waited for Nick Kyrgios to lose focus and lose his way. Waited to find the proper read on his foe's big serves. Waited until his own level rose to the occasion.

Updated On: 10 Jul 2022 | 10:55 PM IST

Top seed Novak Djokovic overcame Britain's Cameron Norrie 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Wimbledon 2022 men's singles final, here on Friday

Updated On: 09 Jul 2022 | 6:35 AM IST

The Serbian, the No 1 seed, entered his 11th semi-final of Wimbledon after defeating Jannik Sinner 5-7 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2, at the centre court

Updated On: 06 Jul 2022 | 10:13 AM IST

It says a lot about Novak Djokovic that a two-sets-to-none hole at Wimbledon on a day he was hardly at his best likely left no one thinking the ultimate outcome was a forgone conclusion.

Updated On: 05 Jul 2022 | 11:38 PM IST