NOVAK ĐOKOVIĆ

SERBIAN LEADER
Novak Djokovic – Serbian professional tennis player

Currently ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals

(ATP)

He is considred to be one of the greatest tennis players

of all time!
Djokovic has won 8 Grand Slam singles titles and has held the No. 1 spot in the ATP
rankings for a total of 152 weeks

By winning three Grand Slam titles in 2011, Djokovic became the sixth male player to win
three Grand Slams in a calendar year

By reaching the 2012 French Open finals, he became the ninth player in the Open Era to
reach the final of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments

He won the ATP World Tour Finals in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014 and was on the Serbian
team which won the 2010 Davis Cup

Also he was the first and only man to win 3 consecutive Australian open titles in the Open
Era and played the longest Grand Slam men’s singles final in history – 5 hours 53 minutes!

Djokovic’s ATP tournament records include winning 31 consecutive ATP world Tour Masters
1000 series matches
Djokovic holds the best winning percentage – 83.33% at hard court matches, and
the only player in the Open Era to win first three masters in a year (2015: Indian
Wells, Miami Open and Monte Carlo)

He is the first Serbian player to win multiple Grand Slams and the first Serbian
player to rank No. 1 for more then 100 weeks

Also the first male player representing Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title

Magazine „Time“ included him on its list of „100 most influential people in the
world“

He is a recipient of the Order of St. Sava and the Order of the

Star of Karadjordje
 Interesting facts

In his proffesional career Djokovic has won 645 matches, and lost 143

To date, Djokovic has won 54 career singles titles, including 8 Grand Slams,
four year-ending championships and 24 ATP Masters Seres 1000 titles

As a trophy when he won his first tournament Novak got iPod

Novak is the youngest man to win the title in Miami, winning in

2007 at only 19 year, also the youngest player in the Open Era
To defeat the top three players in succession

Novak eats only gluten-free food

Boy from a modest family, who didn’t want to give up his dreams at the
cost of big sacrifices, and the state, which is trying to find the right way
after the misfortunes that have occurred in the past few decades

He struggled to improve his health and pushed the limits of pain and
endurance in the field and to put his country on the world map with an
exceptional game and great diplomatic skills!
Novak in not only one of the best players of the world – he is the de facto
Ambassador for his homeland – Serbia!

It is not an easy task given to him, considering that the World news still
links Serbia with Yugoslav wars of the nineties of the twentieth century.

Many people in the world links the words „Serbia“ and „atrocities“
 Novak Djokovic
The founder of Novak Djokovic Foundation

Mission statement
Enable children from disadvantaged communities to grow up, play and develop
in stimulative, creative and safe settings, whilst learning to respect others and
care for their environment.

Vision statement
For every child in Serbia to have the education and resources to lead productive
and healthy lives

More information about foundation on:

http://novakdjokovic.com/en/foundation/
„Novak Djokovic: The Sproting Statesman“ - Chris Bowers

Book follows the story of a boy of humble origins, talks about how he
met the woman who taught him how to cope with life as a celebrity, and
describes how he tries to, as much as possible, improve health,
relationship with warlike father and that his country is proud of his
explits on the field!

Tells the story about Serbia, not justifying its role in the wars of the
nineties, but offering reasonable interpretation of hope and aspirations of
the people with a difficult past.
„Believe in your dreams. If you have a dream, do not give up. faith is for me a big
word, greater ven than hope. To realize your
dreams, you must sincerely believe in them!“

“I was dreaming of becoming number one. Wimbledon was in those dreams.

Then, in a span of just two days - my dreams came true.
For a long time after that, images were moving in my mind – clearer than ever
before”

– Novak Djokovic