2023-09-13 04:40:16
Will he one day be the “GOAT” without any debate? The greatest player of all time, Greatest Player of All Time in English? The figures speak more and more in its favor. After his victory at the US Open against Daniil Medvedev this Sunday in three sets (6-3, 7-6, 6-3), Novak Djokovic entered the legend of his sport a little further, by winning a 24th Grand Slam title, Margaret Court’s absolute record held since 1973, equaled. An update on these absolutely incredible figures.
36 finals out of 72 tournaments
No need to be a soothsayer, to enjoy the joys of a Grand Slam, it is better to play as many finals as possible. In this game, the Serb is not so bad since he has simply gone to the final half the time each time he has lined up in the Major. Even crazier, with 24 titles in 72 tournaments played, he displays the incredible ratio of one victory in three, at the start of the Grand Slam rounds.
16 years between his first and last title
The longevity of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal has long been praised. But within the “Big 3”, the 36-year-old native of Belgrade has nothing to envy of his two competitors. Just a few months, 16 years separate his first title (Australian Open 2008, victory in the final against… Tsonga) and his last title this Sunday in the Grand Slam, Sunday. In comparison, the Spaniard took 17 years to win his 22 Major titles, and the Swiss, 15 to achieve 20. He also became the oldest winner of the US Open at 36 years and three months.
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3 titles and a final this year
How far will the Serbian stop? “I don’t give myself numerical objectives,” he immediately responded at a press conference in New York. We can imagine the “Djoker” going even higher after his exceptional year 2023. With this season, he is the only player to have won three of the four Major tournaments four times (2011, 2015, 2021 and 2023). This is also the third time he has reached the finals in all Grand Slams of the year after 2015 and 2021.
361 Grand Slam victories
This is the next record that Novak Djokovic will seek in a Major. With 361 victories, only 8 small Grand Slam victories are missing to claim Roger Federer’s record with 369 games won in Major. In detail, he is, for example, 89 matches won at the US Open, 16 lengths from Jimmy Connors’ record. With 89 victories in Australia, he is the sole record holder, but remains behind Federer at Wimbledon (91 against 105) and much further from Nadal at Roland Garros (92 against 112).
390 weeks number 1
The Serb already knew it, regardless of the result of the final in New York, he had to steal the world number 1 spot from Carlos Alcaraz on Monday morning. It’s now official, the “Djoker” has just started a 390th week at the top of the ATP rankings, his own improved record. With almost 3,000 points now ahead of the young Spaniard, the Serbian will be able to calmly reach the 400 mark.
0 Olympic titles
There had to be a catch in all these figures. Despite all these coronations, Novak Djokovic is still missing a little something, and not the least: a coronation at the Olympic Games. With only a bronze medal in 2008 in Beijing, the Serbian should be one of the big favorites to get the Grail in 2024 on the Parisian clay. Another “missing” in his list of achievements: the calendar Grand Slam. In 2021, “Djoko” failed on the last step in the final of the US Open against the same Medvedev. This year, it was Carlos Alcaraz who stopped him by triumphing at Wimbledon. The only player to have (for the moment) achieved such a performance in history and the Open era remains Rod Laver, in 1969.
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