Novak Djokovic enters the 100s club

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic won his 100th career ATP singles title by defeating Poland's Hubert Hurkacz 2-1 in the Geneva Open final. Djokovic thus became the third player to achieve this feat, following Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103).

FIRST TITLE CAME IN 2006

Novak Djokovic won his first ATP title in his professional career in 2006 at the age of 19. By defeating his Chilean opponent Nicolas Massu 2-0 in the Dutch Open final, the Serbian star began his journey of a career filled with victories with that tournament.

CO-HOLDER OF THE RECORD WITH 24 GRAND SLAMS

To date, Djokovic has achieved a total of 24 Grand Slam victories, winning 10 Australian Opens, 7 Wimbledons, 4 US Opens, and 3 French Opens. He shares the top spot in this category with Australian Margaret Court. Furthermore, he became the only male tennis player to achieve a “career Grand Slam” three times by winning each Grand Slam tournament at least three times.

“CAREER GOLDEN SLAM” COMPLETED WITH GOLD MEDAL

Having won a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Djokovic became one of the rare tennis players to achieve a “career Golden Slam” with his four Grand Slams and Olympic gold medal. He also holds the title of being the only tennis player to have won all major tennis organizations, including the ATP Finals, 9 different Masters tournaments, Grand Slams, and Olympic championships.

THE ONLY NAME TO COMPLETE THE “CAREER GOLDEN MASTERS” TWICE

Djokovic became the first and only player in the tennis world to win 9 different Masters tournaments at least twice each. He etched his name into history as the only tennis player to double the “career Golden Masters” by reaching this achievement twice.

Novak Djokovic has become the tennis player with the most Grand Slam (24), Masters 1000 (40), and ATP Finals (7) titles in men's singles. Additionally, with 15 ATP 500 titles, 13 ATP 250 tournaments, and one Olympic championship, Djokovic has reached a total of 100 ATP singles trophies.

THE TENNIS PLAYER WHO HAS REMAINED AT THE TOP THE LONGEST

Djokovic holds the record in this field as well, having remained at number 1 in the world rankings for 428 weeks. The titles for the most match wins in Grand Slam tournaments (382), and the most quarter-finals (61), semi-finals (50), and finals (37) played also belong to the Serbian tennis player.

WON TOURNAMENTS FOR 20 CONSECUTIVE YEARS

Novak Djokovic became the first tennis player to achieve this success by winning at least one tournament every year for 20 consecutive years since 2006.

THE HIGHEST EARNING NAME IN TENNIS HISTORY

Throughout his career, Djokovic has experienced 1,140 wins and 229 losses, earning a total of 186 million 969 thousand 188 dollars in prize money from tournaments. Rafael Nadal ranks second in this category (134 million 946 thousand 100 dollars), and Roger Federer ranks third (130 million 594 thousand 339 dollars). 

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