Today is a special day for one of the greatest tennis player in the world, the 15-time grand slam champion and the world no. 1 Novak Djokovic. The Serb celebrates his 32nd birthday today.
Chaseyoursport summarizes the legendary career of Novak Djokovic on his birthday.
Novak Djokovic has conquered a total of 15 grand slam title in his career, till date. The Serb comes 3rd when it comes to the all-time highest number of grand slam titles won. He is just 2 behind Rafael Nadal's 17-grand slam and 5 behind Roger Federer's 20-grand slam. He has also won 33 ATP Masters title which is the second highest in the world behind Rafael Nadal's 34.
Djokovic has also won 5 ATP Finals tournament in London with 12 ATP Tour 500 titles. Novak Djokovic held his No. 1 position at the ATP leaderboards for over 250 weeks.
His 15-grand slam titles are divided into a record 7 Australian Open titles, 4 Wimbledon titles, 3 US Open titles, and only 1 French Open title. Following his maiden French Open title victory, he became the eighth player in the history to win the career grand slam. He also became the first man to win all four major titles at once after Rod Laver in 1969 but Nole was the first ever to create this record on three different surfaces. He is certainly the man of all surfaces. Djokovic also has a unique record and stands alone in winning all the 9 ATP Masters 1000 tournament.
Novak Djokovic has also made his country, Serbia is proud of him. He is the first Serbian player to rank at the No. 1 position on the ATP Leaderboards. He is also the only Serbian to win a Grand Slam singles title. Djokovic also won the bronze medal for Serbia in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He has won the “ATP year-end No.1” award”, five times in his career.
Novak Djokovic has won several awards in his 16-year long career till now. He won the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2019. The 32-year-old was also awarded BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year award in 2011.
Some of the accolades given to the Serb by the fans and tennis pundits are - “The best returner ever”, “the most complete player”, “most perfect player of all time”, “the man of all courts”, “ the Serbinator”, etc.
