2024 Novak Djokovic tennis season

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2024 Novak Djokovic tennis season

Djokovic at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Full name	Novak Djokovic
Country	Serbia
Calendar prize money	$4,421,915[1]
Singles
Season record	37–9 (80.4%)
Calendar titles	1
Year-end ranking	No. 7
Ranking change from previous year	6
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	SF
French Open	QF
Wimbledon	F
US Open	3R
Olympic Games
Doubles
Season record	1–0
Ranking change from previous year
Mixed doubles
Season record	1–0
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	WG1
Injuries
Injuries	right-knee injury
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The 2024 Novak Djokovic tennis season, officially began on 31 December 2023, with the start of the 2024 United Cup^[2], and ended 13 October 2024 after Djokovic was defeated by Sinner in the finals of the Shanghai Masters.

During this season, Djokovic:

• Became the oldest world No. 1 of all time (37 years, 18 days).^[3]
• Became the third player to accomplish the Career Golden Slam, the second to accomplish the Career Super Slam & the first to complete the career sweep of the Big Titles^[a]
• Became the third player in the Open Era to win 1,100 tour-level matches, after Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer.^[4]
• Became the first player in history to reach the semifinals at 4 different Olympics.
• Became the oldest Olympic gold medalist in men's singles & reached the Olympics final for the first time in his career, surpassing his bronze medal win in 2008.
• Became first player to have 90 wins at each grand slam in open Era.
• Extended his record of 13 Olympic singles victories (previously tied with Federer) to 19.
• Extended his men's Open Era record of 405 weeks as world No. 1 to 428.
• Extended his men's Open Era record of 71 big titles to 72.
• Extended his record of 36 Grand Slam men's singles finals to 37.
• Extended his record of 47 Grand Slam men's singles semifinals to 49.
• Extended his record of 31 Grand slam first place seedings to 33.
• Extended his record of 76 Masters 1000 semifinals (previously tied with Nadal) to 78.
• Extended his record of 58 Masters 1000 finals to 59.
• Extended his Open Era record of 257 wins over top 10 ranked men's singles players to 259.
• Surpassed Roger Federer's record of 58 Grand Slam men's singles quarterfinals to 60.
• Surpassed Roger Federer's record of 369 career Grand Slam matches wins to 377.^[5]
• Surpassed Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer's record of most seasons with at least one major final made to 16.
• Equalled Nadal's record of 17 consecutive seasons of least one ATP Masters 1000 semifinal reached per season.
• Maintained his Open Era men's singles record of the highest career winning percentage (minimum 500 wins) at 83.51% (1124–222).

Djokovic represented Team Serbia in the United Cup. Serbia was drawn into Group E along with Team China and Team Czech Republic. Serbia registered a 2-1 win against China, with Djokovic winning against Zhizhen Zhang in his singles match, and in his doubles match, alongside teammate Olga Danilovic, against Zhang and Qinwen Zheng. Serbia then went on to defeat Czech Republic 2-1 as well, with Djokovic winning his singles match against Jiri Lehecka in three sets. Serbia topped Group E and reached the quarter finals.

But after the match against Lehecka, Djokovic raised injury concerns, claiming that he was struggling with an injury in his wrist. In the quarter final against hosts Team Australia, Djokovic lost to Alex De Minaur in straight sets, and struggled with his wrist again. Serbia lost to Australia 3-0 eventually, hence getting knocked out of the United Cup.

Djokovic reached the semi finals and lost to Jannik Sinner in four sets. It was his first ever loss in an Australian open semifinal or final (previously he was 10-0 in semifinals and 20-0 in semifinals and finals combined).^[6]

Djokovic received a first round bye into the Indian Wells Open and defeated Aleksandar Vukic in three sets to open up his Indian Wells campaign. He was then defeated by lucky loser Luca Nardi ranked #123 in the world at the time, in three sets in the third round. This marked the lowest ranked opponent to ever beat Djokovic in any Masters 1000 tournament or Grand Slam event in his career.

Djokovic was upset in the semifinal 4–6, 6-1, 4-6 by Casper Ruud.

Djokovic was upset in the third round by Alejandro Tabilo, who won the match 6–2, 6–3 for his first ever win against Djokovic.

Djokovic was upset in the semifinal 4–6, 6-0, 1-6 by Tomáš Macháč.

Djokovic withdrew from the French Open due to concerns over the meniscus injury in his right knee before the quarterfinal match against Casper Ruud.

In the final, Djokovic faced Carlos Alcaraz. Djokovic was defeated by Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets 2–6, 2–6, 6–7^(4–7) to win his second Wimbledon.

Djokovic entered the 2024 Paris Olympics, defeating Matthew Ebden, Rafael Nadal, Dominik Koepfer, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Lorenzo Musetti to reach his first Olympic gold medal match.^[7] Djokovic then defeated Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–2) to win the Olympic gold medal, in a two hour fifty minute match characterized by no breaks of serve.^[8] With the win, he became the oldest Olympic champion in men's singles as well as the only player to complete a career sweep of the Big Titles, having achieved both the Career Super Slam and Career Golden Slam as part of this accomplishment.^[9][10][11]

After his second-round victory, Novak Djokovic reached his 90th win at this tournament over the course of his career, becoming the only tennis player to have 90 or more career wins at each of the four Grand Slam events.^[12] In the third round, he lost to Alexei Popyrin in four sets 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 to end the season without a major title for only the second time since 2011 and the first since 2017.

In the final, Djokovic faced Jannik Sinner. Djokovic was defeated by Jannik Sinner in straight sets 6–7^(4–7), 3–6. Sinner won his first Shanghai Masters ATP 1000 Masters title and fourth Masters title overall.

Djokovic also withdrew from the ATP Finals this year, citing an ongoing injury.^[13]

This table chronicles all the matches of Novak Djokovic in 2024.

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
United Cup Perth, Australia Hard 29 December 2023 – 7 January 2024
	1 / 1301	RR	Zhang Zhizhen	58	Win	6–3, 6–2
	2 / 1302	RR	Jiří Lehečka	31	Win	6–1, 6–7(2–7), 6–1
	3 / 1303	QF	Alex de Minaur	12	Loss	4–6, 4–6
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 14 – 28 January 2024
	4 / 1304	1R	Dino Prižmić (Q)	187	Win	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
	5 / 1305	2R	Alexei Popyrin	43	Win	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
	6 / 1306	3R	Tomás Martín Etcheverry (30)	32	Win	6–3, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
	7 / 1307	4R	Adrian Mannarino (20)	19	Win	6–0, 6–0, 6–3
	8 / 1308	QF	Taylor Fritz (12)	12	Win	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
	9 / 1309	SF	Jannik Sinner (4)	4	Loss	1–6, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 6 – 17 March 2024
	–	1R	Bye
	10 / 1310	2R	Aleksandar Vukic	69	Win	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
	11 / 1311	3R	Luca Nardi (LL)	123	Loss	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Miami Open Miami Gardens, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 20 – 31 March 2024
	Withdrew
Monte-Carlo Masters Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 7 – 14 April 2024
	–	1R	Bye
	12 / 1312	2R	Roman Safiullin[b]	41	Win	6–1, 6–2
	13 / 1313	3R	Lorenzo Musetti	24	Win	7–5, 6–3
	14 / 1314	QF	Alex de Minaur (11)	11	Win	7–5, 6–4
	15 / 1315	SF	Casper Ruud (8)	10	Loss	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 8 – 19 May 2024
	–	1R	Bye
	16 / 1316	2R	Corentin Moutet (LL)	83	Win	6–3, 6–1
	17 / 1317	3R	Alejandro Tabilo (29)	32	Loss	2–6, 3–6
Geneva Open Geneva, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 18 – 25 May, 2024
	–	1R	Bye
	18 / 1318	2R	Yannick Hanfmann	85	Win	6–3, 6–3
	19 / 1319	QF	Tallon Griekspoor (6)	27	Win	7–5, 6–1
	20 / 1320	SF	Tomáš Macháč	44	Loss	4–6, 6–0, 1–6
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 26 May – 9 June 2024
	21 / 1321	1R	Pierre-Hugues Herbert (WC)	142	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
	22 / 1322	2R	Roberto Carballés Baena	63	Win	6–4, 6–1, 6–2
	23 / 1323	3R	Lorenzo Musetti (30)	30	Win	7–5, 6–7(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
	24 / 1324	4R	Francisco Cerúndolo (23)	27	Win	6–1, 5–7, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
	–	QF	Casper Ruud (7)	7	Withdrew	N/A
Wimbledon London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 1 – 14 July 2024
	25 / 1325	1R	Vít Kopřiva (Q)	123	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
	26 / 1326	2R	Jacob Fearnley (WC)	277	Win	6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
	27 / 1327	3R	Alexei Popyrin	47	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
	28 / 1328	4R	Holger Rune (15)	15	Win	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
	–	QF	Alex de Minaur (9)	9	Walkover	N/A
	29 / 1329	SF	Lorenzo Musetti (25)	25	Win	6–4, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
	30 / 1330	F	Carlos Alcaraz (3)	3	Loss (1)	2–6, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Summer Olympics Paris, France Olympic Games Clay, outdoor 27 July – 4 August 2024
	31 / 1331	1R	Matthew Ebden (Alt)	–	Win	6–0, 6–1
	32 / 1332	2R	Rafael Nadal (PR)	161	Win	6–1, 6–4
	33 / 1333	3R	Dominik Koepfer	70	Win	7–5, 6–3
	34 / 1334	QF	Stefanos Tsitsipas (8)	11	Win	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
	35 / 1335	SF	Lorenzo Musetti (11)	16	Win	6–4, 6–2
	36 / 1336	G	Carlos Alcaraz (2)	3	Win (1)	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Canadian Open Montreal, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 6 – 12 August 2024
	Withdrew
Cincinnati Open Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 12 – 19 August 2024
	Withdrew
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 26 August – 8 September 2024
	37 / 1337	1R	Radu Albot (Q)	138	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
	38 / 1338	2R	Laslo Djere	109	Win	6–4, 6–4, 2–0 Ret.
	39 / 1339	3R	Alexei Popyrin (28)	28	Loss	4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Davis Cup World Group Belgrade, Serbia Davis Cup Hard, indoor 14 – 15 September 2024
	40 / 1340	RR	Ioannis Xilas	770	Win	6–0, 6–1
Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 2 – 13 October 2024
	–	1R	Bye
	41 / 1341	2R	Alex Michelsen	43	Win	7–6(7–3), 7–6(11–9)
	42 / 1342	3R	Flavio Cobolli (28)	30	Win	6–1, 6–2
	43 / 1343	4R	Roman Safiullin[b]	61	Win	6–3, 6–2
	44 / 1344	QF	Jakub Menšík	65	Win	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4
	45 / 1345	SF	Taylor Fritz (7)	7	Win	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
	46 / 1346	F	Jannik Sinner (1)	1	Loss (2)	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Paris Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 28 October – 3 November 2024
	Withdrew
ATP Finals Turin, Italy ATP Finals Hard, indoor 10 – 17 November 2024
	Withdrew

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Davis Cup World Group Belgrade, Serbia Davis Cup Hard, indoor 14 – 15 September 2024 Partner: Hamad Medjedovic
	1 / 144	RR	Demetris Azoides / Petros Tsitsipas	1263 / 77	Win	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
United Cup Perth, Australia Hard 29 December 2023 – 7 January 2024 Partner: Olga Danilović
	1 / 4	RR	Zheng Qinwen / Zhang Zhizhen	– / 627	Win	6–4, 1–6, [10–6]

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Riyadh Season Tennis Cup Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Hard, outdoor 27 December 2023
	1	PO	Carlos Alcaraz	2	Loss	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Australian Open Opening Week Melbourne, Australia Hard, outdoor 11 January 2024
	2	PO	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7	Win	6–3
Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic London, United Kingdom Grass, outdoor 28 June 2024
	3	PO	Daniil Medvedev[b]	5	Win	6–3, 6–4
Grigor Dimitrov Foundation Sofia, Bulgaria Hard, indoor 17 September 2024
	4	PO	Grigor Dimitrov	10	Loss	4–6, 6–2, [6–10]
6 Kings Slam[14] Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Hard, outdoor 16 – 19 October 2024
	5	SF	Jannik Sinner	1	Loss	2–6, 7–6(7–0), 4–6
	6	3rd Place	Rafael Nadal	153	Win	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
El Último Desafío Buenos Aires, Argentina Hard, outdoor 1 December 2024
	7	PO	Juan Martín del Potro	–	Loss	4–6, 5–7

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
The Fan Week Exhibition[15] New York City, United States Hard 21 August 2024 Partner: John McEnroe
	1	PO	Carlos Alcaraz / Andre Agassi	– / –	Win	[10–8]

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
El Último Desafío[16] Buenos Aires, Argentina Hard 1 December 2024 Partner: Gisela Dulko
	1	PO	Gabriela Sabatini / Juan Martín del Potro	– / –	Loss	1–2

Per Novak Djokovic, this is his current 2024 schedule (subject to change).^[17]

Date	Tournament	Location	Tier	Surface	Prev. result	Prev. points	New points	Result
1 January 2024– 7 January 2024	United Cup	Perth/Sydney (AUS)	United Cup	Hard	N/A	0	60	Quarterfinals ( Serbia lost to Australia, 0–3)
8 January 2024– 14 January 2024	Adelaide International	Adelaide (AUS)	250 Series	Hard	W	250	0	Withdrew
14 January 2024– 28 January 2024	Australian Open	Melbourne (AUS)	Grand Slam	Hard	W	2000	800	Semifinals (lost to Jannik Sinner, 1–6, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6)
26 February 2024– 2 March 2024	Dubai Tennis Championships	Dubai (UAE)	500 Series	Hard	SF	180	0	Withdrew
6 March 2024– 17 March 2024	Indian Wells Open	Indian Wells (USA)	Masters 1000	Hard	N/A	0	50	Third round (lost to Luca Nardi, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6)
N/A	Srpska Open	Banja Luka (BIH)	250 Series	Clay	QF	45	0	Not Held
7 April 2024– 14 April 2024	Monte-Carlo Masters	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (FRA)	Masters 1000	Clay	3R	90	400	Semifinals (lost to Casper Ruud, 4–6, 6–1, 4–6)
8 May 2024– 19 May 2024	Italian Open	Rome (ITA)	Masters 1000	Clay	QF	180	50	Third round (lost to Alejandro Tabilo, 2–6, 3–6)
20 May 2024– 26 May 2024	Geneva Open	Geneva (SUI)	250 Series	Clay	N/A	0	100	Semifinals (lost to Tomáš Macháč, 4–6, 6–0, 1–6)
26 May 2024– 9 June 2024	French Open	Paris (FRA)	Grand Slam	Clay	W	2000	400	Quarterfinals (withdrew to Casper Ruud, due to a right knee injury)
1 July 2024– 14 July 2024	Wimbledon	London (UK)	Grand Slam	Grass	F	1200	1300	Final (lost to Carlos Alcaraz, 2–6, 2–6, 6–7(4–7))
26 July 2024– 11 August 2024	Summer Olympics	Paris (FRA)	Olympic Games	Clay	NH	N/A	N/A	Champion (defeated Carlos Alcaraz, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2))
6 August 2024– 12 August 2024	Canadian Open	Montreal (CAN)	Masters 1000	Hard	A	0	0	Withdrew
12 August 2024– 19 August 2024	Cincinnati Open	Cincinnati (USA)	Masters 1000	Hard	W	1000	0
26 August 2024– 8 September 2024	US Open	New York (USA)	Grand Slam	Hard	W	2000	100	Third round (lost to Alexei Popyrin, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6)
14 September 2024– 15 September 2024	Davis Cup World Group	Belgrade (SRB)	Davis Cup	Hard (i)	N/A	N/A	N/A	Progressed to Qualifiers second Round
2 October 2024– 13 October 2024	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai (CHN)	Masters 1000	Hard	N/A	0	650	Final (lost to Jannik Sinner, 6–7(4–7), 3–6)
28 October 2024– 3 November 2024	Paris Masters	Paris (FRA)	Masters 1000	Hard (i)	W	1000	0	Withdrew
10 November 2024– 17 November 2024	ATP Finals	Turin (ITA)	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	W	1300	0	Withdrew
Total year-end points						11245	3910	7335 difference

Novak Djokovic has a 37–9 (80.43%) ATP match win–loss record in the 2024 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 2–4 (33.33%). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

* Statistics correct as of 13 October 2024^[update].

Result	W–L	Player	Rk	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rk	Ref
Loss	0–1	Jannik Sinner	4	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	SF	1–6, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6	1	[18]
Loss	0–2	Casper Ruud	10	Monte-Carlo Masters, France	Clay	SF	4–6, 6–1, 4–6	1	[19]
Loss	0–3	Carlos Alcaraz	3	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	F	2–6, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)	2	[20]
Win	1–3	Carlos Alcaraz	3	Summer Olympics, France	Clay	F	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)	2	[21]
Win	2–3	Taylor Fritz	7	Shanghai Masters, China	Hard	SF	6–4, 7–6(8–6)	4	[22]
Loss	2–4	Jannik Sinner	1	Shanghai Masters, China	Hard	F	6–7(4–7), 3–6	4	[23]

• Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2024	Wimbledon, Great Britain	Grand Slam	Grass	Carlos Alcaraz	2–6, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	1–1	Aug 2024	Summer Olympics, France	Olympics	Clay	Carlos Alcaraz	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Loss	1–2	Oct 2024	Shanghai Masters, China	Masters 1000	Hard	Jannik Sinner	6–7(4–7), 3–6

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

• source：2024 Singles Activity
• source：2024 Doubles Activity

• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 Daniil Medvedev tennis season
• 2024 Carlos Alcaraz tennis season
• 2024 Jannik Sinner tennis season

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