{"id":329450,"date":"2025-12-04T05:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/329450\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:58:14","slug":"what-is-novak-djokovics-greatest-ever-performance-the-serbian-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/329450\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Novak Djokovic’s greatest ever performance? The Serbian answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novak Djokovic has named the two best matches he was involved in and also identified the finest performance of his remarkable career.<\/p>\n

The legendary Serbian holds a 1,163-233 (83.3%) record from the 1,396 matches he has played on the ATP Tour having turned pro in 2003.<\/p>\n

Djokovic<\/a> holds many of the most significant records in men\u2019s tennis, including Grand Slams won (24), weeks at world No 1 (428), year-end No 1 finishes (eight), ATP Finals titles (seven) and Masters 1000 titles (40).<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old is also the only man in the Open Era to win each of the Grand Slam events at least three times, while he is one of two men to hold all four majors at the same time in the Open Era (along with Rod Laver).<\/p>\n

Djokovic, who is currently ranked fourth, won the Geneva Open and the Hellenic Championship in Athens this year to take his tally of ATP Tour singles titles to 101.<\/p>\n

In an interview for the Hellenic Championship YouTube channel, Djokovic named two epic Grand Slam final victories over his greatest rivals as the best matches he has played.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinals of Australian Open 2012 against [Rafael] Nadal, that was the longest Grand Slam final ever,\u201d said the tennis legend.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd against Roger [Federer] in 2019, the finals of Wimbledon. Those were the best matches I was ever part of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic News<\/p>\n

Marcos Baghdatis picks between Djokovic, Nadal & Federer as he reveals his toughest opponent<\/a><\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic faces tricky Davis Cup schedule question with possible daunting away trip<\/a><\/p>\n

At the 2012 Australian Open, Djokovic defeated Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5 in a staggering contest lasting five hours and 53 minutes.<\/p>\n

At Wimbledon in 2019, Djokovic prevailed 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-6(4), 4-6, 13-12(3) against Federer in four hours and 57 minutes \u2014 the longest final in tournament history \u2014 after saving two championship points.<\/p>\n

Djokovic went on to identify his 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 masterclass against Nadal in the 2019 Australian Open title match as his greatest performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best match I ever played would be, probably, the finals of the Australian Open against Nadal in 2019. The level of tennis was really high,\u201d Djokovic assessed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

What did Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal say after the the 2019 Australian Open final?<\/p>\n

In his press conference after the 2019 Australian Open final, Djokovic was asked where the display ranked among his best Grand Slam final performances.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt ranks right at the top. Under the circumstances, playing against Nadal, such an important match, yeah, I mean, it\u2019s amazing,\u201d Djokovic said.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously back-to-back semi-finals and finals, I think I made 15 unforced errors in total in two matches, it\u2019s quite pleasantly surprising to myself, as well, even though I always believe I can play this way, visualise myself playing this way.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this level, as I said, under the circumstances, it was truly a perfect match.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nadal addressed whether it was the best match Djokovic ever played against him.<\/p>\n

\u201cDifficult for me to have a clear opinion. I think, of course, he played I think fantastic,\u201d said the Spaniard.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, it\u2019s true that when he\u2019s playing that way, I think I needed something else. I was not able to have that extra thing tonight, being honest, no?<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, was unbelievable the way that he played, no doubt about that. But at the same time, it\u2019s true that probably physically I was not able.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ NEXT: Marcos Baghdatis reveals why Djokovic, Nadal & Federer \u2018stand out\u2019 compared to Alcaraz & Sinner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic has named the two best matches he was involved in and also identified the finest performance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-329450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}