Novak Djokovic Tennis Player

Born in 1987 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia to Srdjan and Dijana Djokovic who have two other sons who hope to become tennis professionals. “Nole” started playing tennis at aged four in Serbia where tennis legend Jelena Genčić at the age of eight, who stated: “This is the greatest talent I have seen since Monica Seles.” Genčić has talked about the first day she met Djokovic, a moment that stands out in her memory.
“I shall never forget the day when a four year old boy came to my tennis camp with a bag neatly packed, as if for professional training. I asked him who packed it for him, and he replied he did it himself. When asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, without hesitation he said: “number one in the world”, the same answer I was given many years ago by Monica Seles when she was a little girl.”

In 2006 rumours swirled that the LTA in the UK was trying to convince the Djokovic family to defect to the UK to play for Davis Cup because Andy Murray was their only promising player. Novak has since confirmed these rumours.
“Britain was offering me a lot of opportunities and they needed someone because Andy was the only one, and still is. That had to be a disappointment for all the money they invest. But I didn’t need the money as much as I had done. I had begun to make some for myself,

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player, currently ranked World No. 3 by the ATP.
He was the premier Serbian player to win a Grand Slam singles title back in 2008. He won the Australian Open that year. He is also the youngest player in the open era to have reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slam events. Also besides Nadal, it is only Djokovic who has defeated Roger Federer in a Grand Slam consecutively.
His other notable achievements include;
Runner-up at the 2007 and 2010 US Open tournaments (to Federer and Nadal, respectively)

A bronze medalist representing Serbia at the 2008 Olympic Games.
This year he Roger Federer in straight sets 7-6(3), 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinals to reach a second consecutive major final, against Andy Murray.

He has won two Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open championships, becoming the first player representing Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest player in the open era to have reached the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam events, separately and consecutively. He is also one of only four players (David Nalbandian, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal being the other 3) to beat Roger Federer 3 times in one calendar year. He is also one of three players (Nalbandian and Nikolay Davydenko being the other 2) to beat Federer and Nadal in the same tournament twice, accomplishing that feat when he won the 2011 Indian Wells Masters 1000 event.

He is also the youngest player in the Open Era to defeat the top three players in succession and he achieved this when he defeated world number 3 Andy Roddick, world number 2 Nadal, and World number 1 Federer in the 2007 Rogers Cup. He is one of only two players to have defeated Federer at the semifinal stage or later on more than one occasion in Grand Slam tournaments, and also at consecutive tournaments (the other being Nadal).

Djokovic was the runner-up at the 2007 and 2010 US Open tournaments (to Federer and Nadal, respectively), and a bronze medalist representing Serbia at the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition, Djokovic won the Tennis Masters Cup in 2008 and has won nine Masters Series tournaments. In 2010, he led Serbia to win the Davis Cup. Djokovic finished the ATP Tour as World No. 3 for four consecutive years between 2007 and 2010.
From the 2010 Davis Cup finals to the 2011 Rome Masters, Djokovic is on a 39 match win streak, which includes titles at the Australian Open, Dubai, Indian Wells Masters, Miami Masters, Serbia Open, Madrid Masters, and the Rome Masters. He has won 37 straight matches since the start of 2011, which is the second longest streak to start the year since 1980, behind John McEnroe (started 42–0 in 1984).

He is a double winner of the award The Best Sportperson of Serbia and award for The Best Sportsman by Olympic Committee of Serbia. He is considered the best male tennis player to come out of Serbia and the former Yugoslavia. Djokovic has been awarded with the Order of St. Sava, the highest decoration of the Serbian Orthodox Church.