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Novak Djokovic is one of the professional and popular tennis players hailing from Belgrade, Serbia. Novak Djokovic was the winner of his first multiple Grand Slam championships in 2008 and became world number one in 2011.
Early life
Novak Djokovic’s date of birth is May 22, 1987 and his birthplace is Belgrade, Serbia. Novak Djokovic’s age as of 2022 is thirty-five years and his sun sign is Gemini. Similarly, Novak holds a Siberian nationality and follows Christianity.
Novak’s parents’ name is Srđan Djokovic, who is Serbian, and his mother, Dijana Djokovic, is Croatian. Novak’s father is a former professional driver who excelled in soccer.
He also has two brothers whose names are Marko and Djordje and they were the ones who inspired him to play tennis and become a professional player.
At the age of four, Novak was introduced to tennis. In the summer of 1993, Novak was found by Serbian tennis player and coach Jelena Genčić at her tutor’s fast food restaurant on Mount Kopaonik.
She was amazed by his incredible talent and became the young man’s coach until 1999. Genčić then made arrangements for him to learn from former Croatian tennis player Nikola Pilić.
In September 1999, the twelve-year-old boy went to the Pilić tennis academy which is located in Oberschleißheim, Germany, and Novak spent 4 years there.
When he was fourteen years old he made his first international appearance in 2001. He won European championship titles in both singles and doubles and even participated in the winning team.
Novak then joined the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ‘Junior Davis Cup’ team in 2001, which reached the final. But he lost in his singles match and was not able to get a victory in any ‘Grand Slam’ title.
Novak’s combined world ranking in juniors was twenty-four as of February 2004.
Subtitle: Novak with his mother (Source: Instagram)
Novak Djokovic – Net worth 2023
Novak Djokovic has been making a great fortune throughout his entire professional career. Novak Djokovic’s recently estimated net worth is around $220 million.
The Serbian tennis player’s main source of income comes from the competitions in which Novak has participated and won. Novak must have also been making some money through various sponsors and endorsements.
Novak is the first male tennis player to have won every 9 Masters 1000 tournaments.
body measurement
As for Novak Djokovic’s body measurements, he has a good height of 6 feet 2 inches or 188 cm. The professional tennis player also has a suitable body weight of around 172 lbs or 78 kg.
Similarly, Novak Djokovic’s chest size is 38 inches or 97 cm and his bicep size is 13 inches or 33 cm. Novak’s waist size is 32 inches or 81 cm and he has been wearing a shoe size of 10.5 (US).
Besides this. Novak Djokovic has a medium complexion with a pair of hazel eyes and dark brown hair.
Novak Djokovic – Career and professional life
Novak turned professional in 2003 after first participating in the ‘ATP Challenger Series’ and ‘Futures’ tournaments. Novak was also the winner of 3 of each type in the first 3 years of his career.
In 2005, Novak was able to participate in the “Australian Open”, which is his first “Grand Slam” tournament, but was eliminated in the first round by Marat Safin.
Djokovic entered the business world in 2005 when his family founded ‘Family Sport’. The company bought the “Dutch Open” in 2009, which is one of the ATP tournaments.
It was then moved to Serbia and called “Serbia Open”. Marián Vajda was Novak’s coach since 2006 and since December 2013, Boris Becker was his main coach. Novak then captured his first two ATP titles by winning the Dutch Open and the Moselle Open, both in 2006.
Also, in the same year, Novak entered the list of the top twenty of the ATP ranking. In 2007, he was also the winner of the ‘Master Series’, winning the occasion that took place in Key Biscayne and which took him to the top ten in the world.
Novak’s main success came at the “Roger Cup” of the same year, where he defeated the three best competitors in the world, Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
Then Novak received the name of Serbia’s best athlete from the “Olympic Committee of Serbia” and even got the “Gold Badge”. In 2008, Novak’s ‘Grand Slam’ singles title was lost at the ‘Australian Open’.
There Novak achieved a victory against champion Roger Federer and unseeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. That same year, Novak won his first Masters Tennis Cup title.
Further
In 2010, Novak joined the Serbian team that won the ‘Davis Cup’ after beating France. Then in 2011, Djokovic won 3 of the 4 ‘Grand Slam titles which were the US Open, Wimbledon and the Australian Open.
In total, Novak won one victory in 10 tournaments in which he captivated forty-three matches in a row. Novak’s victory also adds 5 ‘ATP World Tour Masters 1000’ titles.
On July 4, 2011, Novak reached the pinnacle of victory when he protected the world number one ranking.
On the “ATP World Tour,” Novak set a new record after capturing an extreme single-season prize money worth $12 million. Then in 2012 and 2013, Novak won the ‘Australian Open’ by defeating Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, but in 2014 he was defeated by Stan Wawrinka.
In 2015, Novak regained the title after beating Wawrinka and Murray. Again in January 2016, Novak won the title after defeating Murray.
In 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, Djokovic was the winner of 4 other ‘ATP World Tour’ finals. He then won his second ‘Wimbledon’ singles title in 2014 by beating Roger Federer.
Anything else
In 2015, Novak again achieved his title by beating Federer and became the winner of his second ‘US Open’ singles title. That year, he won three Grand Slam titles and the Miami Open three times on April 3, 2016.
He then defeated Dominic Thiem in January 2018 at the ‘Kooyong Classic’ exhibition tournament. In October 2019, he defeated John Millman to win the ‘Japan Open’.
Likewise, Novak defeated Nadal and won the 2019 ‘Australian Open’ and also won the 2019 ‘Wimbledon Championships’ by beating Roger Federer.
He also defeated Roger Federer at the 2020 ‘Australian Open’ and defeated Dominic Thiem again to claim his eighth Australian Open title.
Novak has also been present on numerous television shows such as “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, “El Hormiguero” and “Live with Regis and Kelly”. Similarly, Novak was also present in the music video for “Hello.”
Novak created the ‘Novak Djokovic Foundation’ in November 2007 to help needy children of Serbia with proper education and other facilities for a productive life.
Djokovic even provided $20,000 as a donation for the initial early childhood education program in 2016 taken over by the ‘Melbourne City Mission’ to help children in need.
Subtitle: Novak playing tennis (Source: Instagram)
Novak Djokovic – Marital Status
In 2005, Novak Djokovic began having a romantic relationship with Jelena Ristić. The couple’s engagement finally occurred in September 2013.
Then, on July 10, 2014, the Serbian couple’s wedding took place on “Sveti Stefan”, a minor islet and hotel complex located in Montenegro. On July 12, their ecclesiastical wedding took place in the ‘Church of Saint Stephen’.
Fortunately, on October 21, 2014, Novak Djokovic and his wife’s son, Stefan, were born. Apart from this, Novak has never been involved in rumors or controversial matters.
Subtitle: Novak with his wife (Source: Instagram)
Social media
As a public figure, Novak has been very active on social media platforms. Novak has an Instagram account with more than 9 million followers. In July 2021, the Serbian tennis player had already gained 10 million followers on his Facebook account.
Likewise, Novak has a Twitter account with 8.8 million followers. All of Novak’s social media accounts are already verified and even have blue ticks there. Novak himself is the reason for his popularity.
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