{"id":178383,"date":"2025-09-24T10:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/178383\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:57:08","slug":"what-happened-when-novak-djokovic-played-doubles-with-his-younger-brother-on-the-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/178383\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened when Novak Djokovic played doubles with his younger brother on the ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Novak Djokovic is arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, but how did his brothers perform on the ATP Tour?<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic\u2019s two younger brothers, Marko Djokovic and Djordje Djokovic, both played professional tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Djordje Djokovic didn\u2019t have quite as much success as his two older brothers, winning just one ATP Tour match, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>, at the 2015 China Open.<\/p>\n<p>Marko Djokovic, on the other hand, played and won several matches in singles and doubles throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1330071902-1024x668.jpg\" alt=\"Marko Djokovic watching Novak Djokovic at the 2020 Olympic Games\" class=\"wp-image-131905\" \/>Photo by Jean Catuffe\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He partnered the 24-time Grand Slam champion at seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/atp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATP<\/a> tournaments between 2007 and 2019, but how many matches did they win together?<\/p>\n<p>Marko Djokovic and Novak Djokovic lost their first five matches together<\/p>\n<p>The sibling duo first teamed up at the 2007 Croatia Open in Umag, where they took on Mathieu Moncourt and Edouard Roger-Vaselin in round one.<\/p>\n<p>Losing in straight sets, the Djokovics fell at the first hurdle in Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>They lost in the first round of the Thailand Open a year later and in the first round of the 2009 Croatia Open.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth straight-sets defeat followed in the 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/dubai-tennis-championships\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dubai Tennis Championships<\/a> first round, but things started to improve when they returned to the UAE in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Taking on Nikolay Davydenko and Dick Norman in round one, Marko and Novak Djokovic won their first set together, 6-4, but eventually lost 4-10 in a match tiebreaker.<\/p>\n<p>After a five-year break, the Djokovic brothers returned to the doubles court in 2018 at the Qatar Open.<\/p>\n<p>It was there that they finally clinched their maiden win together, improving their record to 1-5, with a victory over Mubarak Zayid and Cem Ilkel.<\/p>\n<p>Building on that performance, the brothers won their quarterfinal match 7-5, 3-6 [10-7] to book their place in the 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/qatar-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Qatar Open<\/a> semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Narrowly missing out on a place in the final, Marko and Novak lost to David Goffin and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 13-15 in a thrilling match tiebreaker.<\/p>\n<p>They made one final appearance together at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters, losing in straight sets to the Colombian duo of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the first round.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1142842912-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Novak Djokovic and Marko Djokovic in action at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters\" class=\"wp-image-131891\" \/>Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Marko Djokovic retired from tennis in 2019 with a 2-7 record alongside his older brother.<\/p>\n<p>MatchOpponentsResultScore2007 Croatia Open \u2013 R16Mathieu Moncourt\/Edouard Roger-VasselinLOSS5-7, 1-62008 Thailand Open \u2013 R16Fabrice Santoro\/Jo-Wilfried TsongaLOSS2-6, 2-62009 Croatia Open \u2013 R16Fabio Fognini\/Potitio StaraceLOSS0-6, 5-72011 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 R16Mahesh Bhupathi\/Leander PaesLOSS4-6, 1-62013 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 R16Nikolay Davydenko\/Dick NormanLOSS6-4, 3-6 [4-10]2018 Qatar Open \u2013 R16Mubarak Zayid\/Cem IlkelWIN6-3, 3-6 [10-6]2018 Qatar Open \u2013 QFDamir Dzumhur\/Dusan LajovicWIN7-5, 3-6 [10-7]2018 Qatar Open \u2013 SFDavid Goffin\/Pierre Hugues HerbertLOSS1-6, 6-3 [13-15]2019 Monte-Carlo Masters \u2013 R32Juan Sebastian Cabal\/Robert FarahLOSS1-6, 3-6Novak Djokovic and Marko Djokovic\u2019s ATP Tour doubles record<\/p>\n<p>They didn\u2019t exactly tear things up as a doubles team, but has Novak Djokovic ever won a title in the discipline?<\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic won his only ATP doubles title in 2010<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Djokovic entered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/queens-club-championships\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen\u2019s Club Championship<\/a> doubles tournament alongside Israel\u2019s Jonathan Erlich.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/features\/i-was-novak-djokovics-doubles-partner-for-his-only-ever-title-after-winning-a-grand-slam-in-2008\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Djokovic and Erlich, who are good friends, won the tournament<\/a>, taking down three seeded teams along the way.<\/p>\n<p>2010 Queen\u2019s 1R \u2013 Djokovic\/Erlich defeated Jonathan Marray\/Jamie Delgado, 7-5, 6-32010 Queen\u2019s 2R \u2013 Djokovic\/Erlich defeated [7] Marcelo Melo\/Bruno Soares, 7-6, 4-6 [10-3]2010 Queen\u2019s QF \u2013 Djokovic\/Erlich defeated [2] Wesley Moodie\/Dick Norman, 4-6, 7-6 [10-3]2010 Queen\u2019s SF \u2013 Djokovic\/Erlich defeated [8] Julien Benneteau\/Michael Llodra, 6-7, 6-3 [10-6]2010 Queen\u2019s F \u2013 Djokovic\/Erlich defeated Karol Beck\/David Skoch, 6-7, 6-2 [10-3]<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-102038818-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Novak Djokovic and Jonathan Erlich celebrate with the 2010 Queen's title\" class=\"wp-image-47870\" \/>Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Serb has played several doubles events since, including two in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic was last seen on the doubles court at the Qatar Open, when he partnered a retiring Fernando Verdasco to his final-ever win, in straight sets against Alexander Bublik and Karen Khachanov.<\/p>\n<p>Whether we will see Djokovic play any more doubles in the future remains to be seen, but it will certainly be something to look out for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic is arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, but how did his brothers 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