The 21st century
Serbia · born Belgrade, 1987 · seven times Wimbledon champion
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7
Wimbledon singles titles, 2011 to 2022
10
Wimbledon singles finals
107
Wimbledon match wins, the men's record
15
Wimbledon semi-finals, a record
4h 57m
The 2019 final against Roger Federer
Born in Belgrade on 22 May 1987, Djokovic met his first coach, Jelena Genčić, at a camp on Mount Kopaonik in 1993, and she persuaded him to hit his backhand with two hands. He turned professional in 2003. He has won a record 24 major singles titles, spent a record 428 weeks at world No. 1, led Serbia to the Davis Cup in 2010 and won Olympic singles gold in Paris in 2024. Grass came later than other surfaces: his first title on it was the Queen's doubles in 2010, and his first Wimbledon singles title followed in 2011. In 2026, at 39, he passed Roger Federer's record for Wimbledon match wins, won the longest quarter-final in the event's history against Félix Auger-Aliassime, and lost in the semi-final to Jannik Sinner.
| Major singles titles | 7: Wimbledon (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) |
|---|---|
| Major singles finals lost | 3: Wimbledon 2013, Wimbledon 2023, Wimbledon 2024 |
| Other grass singles titles | 1: Eastbourne (2017) |
| Other grass doubles titles | 1: Queen's (2010) |
| Wimbledon finals won | 2011: Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. 2014: Roger Federer 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-4. 2015: Federer 7-6 (1), 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-3. 2018: Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3). 2019: Federer 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3). 2021: Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. 2022: Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) |
| Wimbledon finals lost | 2013: to Andy Murray 4-6, 5-7, 4-6. 2023: to Carlos Alcaraz 6-1, 6-7 (6), 1-6, 6-3, 4-6. 2024: to Alcaraz 2-6, 2-6, 6-7 (4) |
| Other grass finals | Queen's 2008: lost to Nadal 6-7 (6), 5-7. Halle 2009: lost to Tommy Haas 3-6, 7-6 (4), 1-6. Eastbourne 2017: beat Gaël Monfils 6-3, 6-4 |
| Queen's doubles | 2010 with Jonathan Erlich, beating Karol Beck and David Škoch 6-7 (6), 6-2, 10-3 |
| Wimbledon records | 107 match wins, passing Federer's men's record of 105 in 2026; 15 semi-finals; in the last four at each of his eight appearances from 2018 to 2026 |
| Wimbledon | ||
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| 2011 | Men's singles | |
| 2014 | Men's singles | |
| 2015 | Men's singles | |
| 2018 | Men's singles | |
| 2019 | Men's singles | |
| 2021 | Men's singles | |
| 2022 | Men's singles | |
| Queen's Club | ||
| 2010 | Men's doubles | with Jonathan Erlich |
| Eastbourne | ||
| 2017 | Men's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"This is my favourite tournament, the tournament I always dreamed of winning."
The person behind the player.
Belgrade, 1990s
Djokovic has said that Wimbledon was the first tennis tournament he ever watched. He met Jelena Genčić at a camp on Mount Kopaonik in 1993 and worked with her for about six years; it was she who moved him to a two-handed backhand. His boyhood idol was Pete Sampras.
Source: Gulf NewsWimbledon 2011
After beating Rafael Nadal for his first title, Djokovic knelt on Centre Court, pulled up some grass and ate it. "I felt like an animal. I wanted to see how it tastes. It tastes good," he said. "It came spontaneously really. I didn't plan to do it." It became a ritual repeated after later titles.
Source: Gulf NewsWimbledon 2014
After a five-set final against Roger Federer, in his first season with Boris Becker as head coach, he ate the grass again. There was less of it than in 2011, he said, so he got some soil too. "Actually I didn't taste anything, to be honest. So I had a nice bite," he added, calling it the best meal he had probably ever had.
Source: Sports IllustratedQueen's 2010
His first title on grass did not come in singles. At Queen's in 2010 he partnered the Israeli doubles player Jonathan Erlich and won the event, beating Karol Beck and David Škoch in a match tie-break, 10-3. A year later he won Wimbledon. Two earlier grass singles finals, at Queen's in 2008 and Halle in 2009, had ended in defeat.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 2026
At 39, Djokovic beat Félix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (10-4) in about 5 hours 15 minutes, the longest quarter-final in Wimbledon history, finishing six minutes before the 11pm curfew. "I was telling the kids to go to sleep after the fourth but they didn't want to listen and I am glad they stayed," he said.
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