Novak Djokovic is a Serbian tennis player who was one of the game’s premier performers in the early 21st century, when he won a record (shared with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal) 20 Grand Slam titles. As of January 2022, he is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Djokovic has been No. 1 for a record total of 355 weeks, and has finished as ATP Year-End No. 1 on a record seven occasions.

He was born on May 22, 1987, in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia (now in Serbia). He took up tennis at age four and quickly ascended the junior ranks. Despite the hardships that came with growing up in the war-torn Serbia of the 1990s, he became Europe’s top-ranked 14-and-under player and later the number-one 16-and-under player on the Continent before turning professional in 2003.

In 2020 Djokovic continued to dominate at the Australian Open, winning his 17th Grand Slam title. Later that year he reached the finals at the French Open but lost to Nadal. Djokovic claimed yet another title when he won the Australian Open in 2021. In June of that year he won his second French Open singles championship. Djokovic’s hot streak continued when he won another Wimbledon title in July 2021, which gave him 20 total Grand Slam men’s singles championships.

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