{"id":423873,"date":"2026-01-19T19:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423873\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:43:11","slug":"australian-open-2026-novak-djokovic-claims-100th-win-at-melbourne-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423873\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open 2026 | Novak Djokovic claims 100th win at Melbourne Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novak Djokovic<\/a> equalled two all-time tennis records by starting his 21st Australian Open<\/a>, and he added another milestone with his 100th win at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n

He liked the sound of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, what can I say? I like the sound of it \u2014 centurion is pretty nice,\u201d the 24-time major winner told Nine’s Wally Masur after his 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 first-round win over Pedro Martinez of Spain.<\/p>\n

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The 38-year-old Djokovic is now 100-10 at the Australian Open, where he’s won 10 titles. He also has won 102 at Wimbledon and 101 at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n

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Novak Djokovic celebrates his win. \u00a0AP<\/p>\n

What he really wants more than anything is six more in the next two weeks, enough to win a 25th major and become the most decorated tennis player of all time.<\/p>\n

By starting his 21st Australian Open campaign, he equalled the tournament record held by Roger Federer<\/a>. By starting his 81st grand slam tournament, he equalled another record that Federer shared with Feliciano Lopez.<\/p>\n

\u201cHistory making is a great motivation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

AS IT HAPPENED: Australian Open 2026, Day 2<\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE: ‘Bananas’ crowd smashes record, catches boss off guard<\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE: ‘Worrying’ Djokovic admission to force ‘super aggressive’ switch<\/a><\/p>\n

Djokovic showed signs of vintage form, with a running crosscourt forehand winner in the first set taking the adoring crowd at Rod Laver Arena back to his prime.<\/p>\n

He didn’t face a breakpoint in a clean serving performance, had a first serve points won percentage of 93 and he fired 14 aces, including one on match point.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight\u2019s performance was definitely great. Can\u2019t complain,\u201d he said, adding that the commanding victory was \u201csending the right signal, not just to yourself but to all your opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Djokovic didn’t play any warm-up tournaments, saving himself for the big occasion in a bid to win a major title that has eluded him since 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m using every hour that I can to get my body recovered and in shape for the next challenge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He reached the semi-finals at all four majors in 2025 but couldn’t break the stranglehold that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have had on the biggest trophies in the sport for the last two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic equalled two all-time tennis records by starting his 21st Australian Open, and he added another milestone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-423873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}