What's Djokovic's most impressive slam run and win in his career?
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Halba
Hall of Fame
AO 08. Beat a then prime Roger in straight sets. Albeit had mono but this was the beginning and Roger was only 27 years old at that time, still In his prime.
Halba
Hall of Fame
Beating an injured over the hill Nadal and barely winning tsitsipas. Not that impressive in hindsight.
Definitely ao 08, where he beat prime rog in straight sets, his only victory over prime rog in a slam.
Oceans II
Professional
Clay and RG GOAT Nadal, 2021 clay dominant Tsitsipas and super consistent 2021 Berrettini who only lost Djokovic in slams. All 3 were in good form.
Oceans II
Professional
Prime Feddy at AO08
. He was already past his prime at age 26 and was affected by mono as well. Plus, Nole has destroyed Feddy 4 times at AO so it was not really that tough of an achievement. 
MeatTornado
Talk Tennis Guru
I can't decide between Australia 2011 for sheer quality of play and dominance, or Australia 2012 for how impressive the physical and mental feat was.
btsjungkook
Professional
AO 2011 was the most impressive. That was peakovic, he never hit that level again after that year.
Nadal_Django
Legend
Tennfan123
Legend
Only 1 slam win from 06-10? Weird. He couldn’t do much when Federer and Nadal were at their best.
StrongRule
Talk Tennis Guru
Funny how Djokovic fans try to convince themselves that RG and DO is the same thing. It isn't. The organizers totally destroyed their tournament by turning it into DO. And the words "dominant Tsitsipas" sound ridiculous.
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When did prime Roger end, at 24? His prime seems to be getting shorter every year.Prime Feddy at AO08
maratha_warrior
Hall of Fame
Roland Garros 2021 .
StrongRule
Talk Tennis Guru
Such a tournament doesn't exist. Last time RG was played was in 2019.
The_Order
G.O.A.T.
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Terenigma
G.O.A.T.
Australian open 2012 for me. The physical level he showed to defeat Murray and Nadal back to back and this was when both his opponents were in incredible form was just mind-blowing. Watch either of those matches to watch GOAT level tennis from all 3 players yet only 1 prevailed after 10sets of it.
jl809
Hall of Fame
Ah fair then
jl809
Hall of Fame
I think people are getting peak and prime confused more and more lol
Phenomenal
Professional
Yeah but still the most matches played on RG are normal conditions. I wish they(Nadal-Djokovic) have played usual conditions or for the next time. Organizers seem to not do that on a big match other than final which is unfortunate and wrong to me.
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rUDin 21
Hall of Fame
Wimbledon 2014 was shaky as hell.
That was a mental struggle.
Still one of the most important tournaments of his career.
InsideOut900
Legend
I wouldn't call nearly choking both the SF and F away a mental feat at any rate. Good drama, but he had no business being ran that close.
InsideOut900
Legend
AO 11 was the best and also likely one of the least exciting wins in the collection for how much better than everyone else was that tournament, but with no exciting matches happening
NoleFam
Bionic Poster
Winning Roland Garros 2021 at 34 years old on his worst surface by going through Nadal and being tested in multiple tough matches that went over 3.5 hours to win the double career Slam will always be the most impressive win of his career in my opinion. Especially considering even his fans, me included, thought he'd never win that tournament again.
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initialize
Hall of Fame
Once a person has mono, it doesn’t matter how good you are, because that illness will affect anyone greatly. We already saw what happened once Federer recovered later in the year/ following year
DSH
Talk Tennis Guru
DSH
Talk Tennis Guru
Backspin1183
Talk Tennis Guru
He was down 0-2 against Musetti too. Not his most impressive Slam.
GabeT
G.O.A.T.
If it’s purely about level then chances are we need to pick one of the earlier slams. But shouldn’t we consider it impressive that he won so much after turning 30? It’s very very hard to keep the focus and level necessary to win a slam at 32-33-34-35. Think of Nadal at RG. Isn’t winning at 36 an incredible feat, even if his level is not as high as prior years?
ibbi
G.O.A.T.
Yes, not his most convincing in terms of performance, but in this day and age of garbage grass court fields he had in 2014 about as strong a one as you could possibly get the past 15 years. 2015 was slightly less strong, but also damn impressive, and his own performance makes up the difference.
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Us open 2011. Beat the closest versions of prime fed/Nadal back to back in a slam he’s struggled to win more compared to Australia or Wimbledon.
Ovie
Rookie
So Fed was washed 14 years before he retired? Good, I knew he was overrated.Prime Feddy at AO08
The intermittently riduculing of Federer is welcomed, more of it Pls.
Ovie
Rookie
As far as I'm concerned Nadal was injured from birth.
But the same forever injured guy beat Novak in Rome a week before their RG meeting.
Sampras-Bruguera 1993
Legend
AO 2011 for sure. That was the highest level he ever hit, Never touched that level again
The_Order
G.O.A.T.
Roger's last prime year was 2012 imo.
Prime = still capable of playing his best tennis but not as often as in his peak and the consistency during matches not quite the same as peak either.
The_Order
G.O.A.T.
Good reasoning.
StrongRule
Talk Tennis Guru
Roland Garros was never played in 2021. This tournament ended after 2019. Djokovic fans can repeat a million times a day that DO is the same thing with the same conditions, that will not make it true.
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Thanks man. Appreciate it!
TheAssassin
Legend
Yes, RG ended in 2019 just like how you ended watching tennis in 2021. Tell us again.
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