"Djokovic’s streak of ATP World Tour finals reached will end at 17 after the world No. 1 retired against Feliciano Lopez in the quarter-finals. Top seed was forced to retire with an eye ailment. The Serb was down 3–6 before retiring, last time Novak retired was 2011 Davis Cup against Juan Martín del Potro, a stretch of 350 matches (318–32). In R1 Djokovic beat Aleksandr Nedovyesov in straight sets in an hour and 53 minutes (1–0). Kazakhstan took a shock 2–1 lead against Serbia in their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas first round tie after Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Andrey Golubev"
"Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( / ""Novak Đoković"", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Djokovic has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Finals titles, 32 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series titles, 12 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments, and has held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for over 200 weeks. In majors, he has won six Australian Open titles, four Wimbledon titles, three US Open titles and one French Open title. Following"
"popularity of tennis in the country. Novak Đoković, fourteen-time Grand Slam champion, finished in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015 as No. 1 in the world. Ana Ivanovic (champion of 2008 French Open) and Jelena Janković were both ranked No. 1 in the WTA Rankings. There were two No. 1 ranked-tennis double players as well: Nenad Zimonjić (three-time men's double and four-time mixed double Grand Slam champion) and Slobodan Živojinović. The Serbia men's tennis national team won the 2010 Davis Cup while Serbia women's tennis national team reached the final at 2012 Fed Cup. Serbia is one of the leading volleyball"
"a coach. KK Partizan basketball club was the 1992 European champion. Recent success of Serbian tennis players has led to an immense growth in the popularity of tennis in Serbia. Novak Đoković, fourteen-time Grand Slam champion, finished in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015 as No. 1 in the world. Monica Seles, a former world No. 1, won nine Grand Slam singles titles - the youngest ever French Open champion at the age of 16. Ana Ivanovic (champion of 2008 French Open) and Jelena Janković were both ranked No. 1 in the WTA Rankings. There were two No. 1 ranked-tennis double"
"Novak Djokovic career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of Serbian professional tennis player Novak Djokovic. To date, Djokovic has won 72 ATP singles titles, including 14 Grand Slam singles titles, 5 year-end championships and 32 ATP Masters Series 1000 titles. He is the first and only male player to have won all nine of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments. He was also a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Djokovic was first ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on 4 July 2011. From the 2010 Davis Cup"
"together to make the best of it."" Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland currently ranked No. 257 in men's singles as of 17 December 2018. Murray represents Great Britain in his sporting activities and is a three-time Grand Slam tournament winner, two-time Olympic champion, Davis Cup champion, winner of the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals and former world No. 1. Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the 2012 US Open final, becoming the first British player since 1977, and the first British man since 1936, to win a Grand"
"Open in 2012 and was ended by Roger Federer at the Shanghai Masters in 2014. The tournaments won by Djokovic are bolded. Novak Djokovic career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of Serbian professional tennis player Novak Djokovic. To date, Djokovic has won 72 ATP singles titles, including 14 Grand Slam singles titles, 5 year-end championships and 32 ATP Masters Series 1000 titles. He is the first and only male player to have won all nine of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments. He was also a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Djokovic"
"since 2017, successfully surpassing this phase in the 2018 Copa Sevilla. Marko Djokovic Marko Djokovic (, ; born August 20, 1991) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is the middle of the three children of Dijana and Srđan Đoković, younger brother of Novak Djokovic and elder to Djordje. He was included as a fifth player on a Serbian Davis Cup team for a quarterfinal match against Croatia in the 2010 Davis Cup. Marko Djokovic appeared on the junior ITF circuit in September 2006. In July 2007, he failed to qualify on the Croatia Open Umag, losing to Pablo Andújar"
"and Štěpánek also won the men's doubles title at the 2013 US Open, defeating Bruno Soares and Alexander Peya in the final. He became a coach of Novak Djokovic in November 2017. Born in Karviná, Moravia-Silesia, Štěpánek began playing tennis at age three with his father Vlastimil, who was a tennis coach. Štěpánek's brother is a policeman and his mother a librarian. His cousin is Jaromír Blažek, who represented the Czech Republic as a football goalkeeper. Štěpánek grew up admiring Czech tennis player Ivan Lendl, particularly noting ""he was the one who brought professionalism to the sport with his conditioning."""
"Masters."" Milos Raonic Milos Raonic (; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on November 21, 2016. His career highlights include a Grand Slam final at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships; two Grand Slam semifinals at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Australian Open; and three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals at the 2013 Canadian Open, 2014 Paris Masters, and 2016 Indian Wells Masters. Raonic first gained international acclaim by reaching the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open as a qualifier, being"
"Marko Djokovic Marko Djokovic (, ; born August 20, 1991) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is the middle of the three children of Dijana and Srđan Đoković, younger brother of Novak Djokovic and elder to Djordje. He was included as a fifth player on a Serbian Davis Cup team for a quarterfinal match against Croatia in the 2010 Davis Cup. Marko Djokovic appeared on the junior ITF circuit in September 2006. In July 2007, he failed to qualify on the Croatia Open Umag, losing to Pablo Andújar 6–2, 6–1 in the 1st round of qualifying. He also played,"
"and end-of-year rankings, ... a share of all Tacchini revenue from sales in China, and [a share of] worldwide revenue from Djokovic-branded Tacchini products."" After his Wimbledon victory, he traveled with Ngok and Burkle to Serbia to discuss plans for investment, including a Tacchini plant, in the Niš area. Tacchini, however, ""fell behind on the payments in 2011 as Djokovic's success triggered significant bonuses"". Their association ended in May 2012. Sergio Tacchini Sergio Tacchini (; born 2 September 1938) is an Italian fashion designer of sportswear and former professional tennis player. The sportswear firm bearing his name is located in"
"coaching Novak Djokovic for three years, and working in the field of poker. After facing bankruptcy proceedings, he claimed to be the Central African Republic sport and culture attaché to the EU since April 2018. This, however, was later denied by officials from the African nation, who argued that Becker's passport was part of a batch stolen in 2014. Boris Becker was born in Leimen, a town in the German State Baden-Württemberg, as son of Elvira and Karl-Heinz Becker. His mother was Catholic, and they raised him as a Catholic. His father Karl-Heinz, an architect, founded a tennis centre in"
"Manuel Jorquera Manuel Jorquera (born 12 June 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Jorquera comes from Argentina originally, born and raised in Bahía Blanca until the age of 11, when he moved to Italy. Throughout his career he battled many injuries as he competed on the Satellite and Challenger circuits. He is the highest ranked player to ever beat Novak Djokovic in a professional match, which he did at a Satellite tournament in Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, the Serbian's first month on tour. In doubles he won two Challenger titles and was runner-up in a further"
"Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland currently ranked No. 257 in men's singles as of 17 December 2018. Murray represents Great Britain in his sporting activities and is a three-time Grand Slam tournament winner, two-time Olympic champion, Davis Cup champion, winner of the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals and former world No. 1. Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the 2012 US Open final, becoming the first British player since 1977, and the first British man since 1936, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament. Murray is also the"
"Marián Vajda Marián Vajda (; born 24 March 1965) is a Slovak tennis professional coach and former player. He is best known for being Novak Djokovic's head coach during most of his professional career. Vajda was born in Považská Bystrica. He was a member of the Olympic Team of Czechoslovakia, and in 1992 he competed in the Olympic Games of Barcelona, being eliminated in the first round by Gilad Bloom 7–6, 6–1, 6–0. He reached the third round of the 1991 French Open, won 2 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 34 in September 1987."
"end of the month Novak took part in the 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships, which he won without dropping a single set. In the final he defeated Berdych, winning his fourth Dubai title and maintaining a 100 percent start to the season. After the short break Djokovic headed to the United States, where traditionally the first two Masters tournaments are played. In Indian Wells, Novak was eliminated in the semifinals by Juan Martín del Potro and in Miami, he lost surprisingly in the fourth round to Tommy Haas. Djokovic remained in the USA and won two singles matches against John Isner"
"in a 7-tournament span, Novak defeated then world No. 1 Nadal in the finals of 5 prestigious events; Indian Wells Masters, Miami Masters, Madrid Masters, Rome Masters, and Wimbledon. Novak Djokovic has six 20+-match win streaks: 43 (2010–11), 22 (2012–13), 28 (2013–14), 28 (2015), 23 (2015) and 22 (2018). Djokovic's 43 match winning streak in 2010–11 is the fifth best in the Open Era in men's singles (see winning streaks on all the surfaces). It also covers 41 straight matches since the start of 2011, which is the second longest streak to start the year since 1980, behind John McEnroe"
"Nenad Zimonjić Nenad Zimonjić (, ; born 4 June 1976) is a Serbian professional tennis player who was ranked World No. 1 in 2008 in doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No. 1, after Slobodan Živojinović. While Zimonjić is known as a doubles specialist (winning 3 Grand Slams in men's doubles and 5 in mixed doubles), he has recorded two big wins in his singles career. A 22-year span consisting of 54 Davis Cup ties including 43 victories has resulted in him becoming the most accomplished Davis Cup player in his nations"
"international organization. Djokovic is a member of the Serbian Orthodox Church. On 28 April 2011, Patriarch Irinej of Serbia awarded Djokovic the Order of St. Sava I class, the highest decoration of the Serbian Orthodox Church, for his contributions to monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija and charitable work in Serbia. He is a keen fan of Serbian football club Red Star Belgrade, Italian club A.C. Milan and Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. He is good friends with fellow Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic, whom he has known since the two were children growing up in Serbia,"
"Milos Raonic Milos Raonic (; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on November 21, 2016. His career highlights include a Grand Slam final at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships; two Grand Slam semifinals at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Australian Open; and three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals at the 2013 Canadian Open, 2014 Paris Masters, and 2016 Indian Wells Masters. Raonic first gained international acclaim by reaching the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open as a qualifier, being referred"
"but lost to Isner 7–5 in a third set. Djokovic then lost in the US Open final in four sets to Nadal. Since then Djokovic won Beijing against Nadal in straight sets, Shanghai against del Potro and Paris against Ferrer. At the ATP World Tour Finals, Djokovic retained the trophy, beating Nadal in straight sets. This table chronicles all the matches of Djokovic in 2013, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision. Novak Djokovic number one rankings timeline: Novak Djokovic has a 24–6 record (80%) against players"
"played in over 53 countries all around the world. Italy Spain Portugal France United Kingdom Belgium Germany Hungary Latvia Estonia Lithuania Slovenia Poland Ukraine Bulgaria Holland Austria Finland Denmark Switzerland Czech Republic Belarus Romania Egypt Iran Tunisia Greece Israel Cyprus South Africa Morocco Argentina Chile Peru Brazil Japan Mauritius Puerto Rico Mexico Venezuela Dominican Republic Colombia El Salvador Russia China Australia India Malaysia Singapore United States Canada United Arab Emirates Thailand And many more joining by the day. Beach tennis arrived in Brazil on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro around 2008, and the sport has now dominated about 1/3"
"by non-royal decorations, such as the Order of the People's Hero. In the 1990s, the Republika Srpska instated its own decoration also called the Order of Karađorđe's Star, though this is not to be confused with the medal historically awarded by Serbia and the Karađorđević dynasty. In 2010, the Government of Serbia decided to reinstate the Order as an official state award, though the Karađorđević's had continued giving the award in exile over the previous sixty years. In February 2012, tennis player Novak Djokovic became the first person to receive the Order after it was reinstated. In September 2018, retired"
"the Philippines and Indonesia. In New Zealand, he worked as Head Coach for the Central Region, and as High Performance Consultant to the New Zealand Academy of Sports. Recognised as one of the best fitness coaches in the world Gebhard Gritsch provides high performance sports planning expertise to high performance training centres, sports federations and governmental sports organizations. Gebhard Gritsch Gebhard Gritsch (born 21 December 1956) is an Austrian high performance sports coach and consultant, and from 2009 to 2017, fitness coach and consultant to the Serbian tennis professional Novak Djokovic. Gritsch studied Sports Science and Sports Management at the"
"Djordje, are also tennis players with professional aspirations. A resident of Monte Carlo, Djokovic was coached by former Slovak tennis player Marián Vajda from 2006 until Boris Becker took over the role of head coach in December 2013. Djokovic is a self-described fan of languages, speaking Serbian, English, French, German, and Italian. He met his future wife, Jelena Ristić, in high school, and began dating her in 2005. The two became engaged in September 2013, and on 10 July 2014 the couple got married on Sveti Stefan in Montenegro, while a church wedding was held in the same place, on"
"from the organizers of the Dutch Open in 2008, then arranged with the local city of Belgrade authorities for the plot of land where the venue was built, and convinced the Serbian government under prime minister Mirko Cvetković to support the event through state-owned enterprises, primarily Telekom Srbija. At the time of their purchase in 2008, Djokovic was the #3 player in the world having won his first Grand Slam title earlier that year. Djokovic's uncle Goran was the tournament director from its inception, until he resigned the post in late May 2012, a month after the tournament's 2012 edition."
"can hit at up to 240 km/h (149 mph), and for serving a 12-month doping ban in 2013–14 for missing a drug test. Troicki was born in Belgrade. He is of Russian and Serbian origin. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Tver and Rostov-on-Don to Serbia in 1917. Troicki started playing tennis in his hometown of Belgrade at the age of 5 and began to show early promise to local coaches. As a junior, Troicki compiled a singles win/loss record of 68–31 (52–20 in doubles) and reached a combined ranking of No. 10 in the junior world rankings in October 2004."
"title. ""Current through 2018 US Open."" Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Wozniacki (R) (; ; born 11 July 1990) is a Danish professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles. She is also the first woman from a Scandinavian country to hold the top ranking position and 20th in the Open Era. She finished on top of the rankings in both 2010 and 2011. She has won 30 WTA singles titles, including six in 2010 and 2011, the most in a year by a WTA player from 2008–2011. She was runner-up at the 2009 US Open and the"
"Open of Kuala Lumpur, and then early October ATP World Tour 500 Japan Open Tennis Championships of Tokyo and China Open of Beijing. In singles, Novak Djokovic (winner in 2012–13, 2015, and 2018) holds the record for most titles (four). Djokovic and Andy Murray share the records for most consecutive titles (two victories in a row each), and most finals (four). In doubles, Marcelo Melo (winner in 2013, 2015, and 2018) holds the record for most titles (three), and no player has collected back-to-back titles yet. Source: The Tennis Base Shanghai Masters (tennis) The Shanghai Masters (also known as Shanghai"
"Adidas and launched his first watch from Felio Siby. ""Current through 2018 French Open."" Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 73 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as of October 1, 2018. His most notable achievement was reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, causing consecutive upsets by defeating top seed and six-time champion Roger Federer in the quarterfinals, and No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. In the final, he lost to Rafael Nadal in straight sets. Berdych's biggest career"
"Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the first round and No. 3 Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals, claiming silver after falling in the final to No. 2 Andy Murray in four attritional sets. Only weeks later, Murray and del Potro met again in the Davis Cup semi-final in Glasgow, with del Potro emerging victorious in 5 sets. He then led Argentina to their first ever Davis Cup victory by defeating Croatia's Marin Čilić in the final in Zagreb. He reached his first major semi-final since 2013 by defeating Roger Federer in the quarter-finals of the 2017 US Open. In 2018,"
"of Serbia. In 2017 he married Italian tennis player Karin Knapp. His younger brother Alessandro was also a professional player, who made it to 391 in the world. The brothers run a tennis academy together in Anzio. Francesco Piccari Francesco Piccari (born 7 September 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Piccari began competing professionally aged 18. He competed in several Grand Slam qualifying draws, including at the 2005 Australian Open, where he lost to future tournament winner Novak Djokovic, who was playing his first match in a Grand Slam. At the 2008 Croatia Open in Umag, he"