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Everyone knows that Novak Djokovic's previous season was unreal. Nobody stood a chance as he won almost every big title and played every big final. Inferior only to the Calendar Year Grand Slam that Rod Laver achieved back in 1969, Novak Djokovic has set an incredibly high standard in 2015. The milestone thread https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/ind...es-achieved-by-novak-djokovic-in-2015.549176/ which was a tribute to that season was an unexpected success as Novak Djokovic official website spotted it and posted the content themselves. http://novakdjokovic.com/en/news/media/novak-sets-gold-standard-in-record-breaking-2015-season/
He didn't have the same success in 2016 and honestly it would have been crazy if he did. The consistency turned from flawless to very good. It might not look like a big difference but this year it was big enough for us to see a new king and heavyweight champion rise and dethrone Djokovic. A dream year for him where he participated in amazing 13 finals and won personal best 9 titles, including Wimbledon, Olympic Gold, World Tour Finals and 3 Masters titles was crowned when he defeated his childhood friend in the O2 Arena today and sealed the Year-End #1 title... Many congratulations to Andy Murray.
New king of tennis - Andy Murray's post-USO 24 match winning streak as well as amazing consistency throughout the year was enough to dethrone Novak Djokovic from the top spot
Novak Djokovic had some disappointments in 2016. Heartbreaking loss at the Olympics, fifth runner-up spot in New York, not reaching all finals anymore, a fall from #1 that nobody saw coming in such a quick manner... But that didn't prevent him from leaving a huge mark in tennis history this season. If you started watching tennis after the legendary Rod Laver, and there are plenty of people who did that, you didn't witness any male player hold all four Grand Slam titles... Until the 5th of June 2016, when Novak Djokovic finally, finally, finally won the French Open title that eluded him for so long and achieved the Nole Slam, holding Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and Roland Garros. All 4 Slams, on 3 different surfaces, something never seen before and despite the fact that we will get many more great champions in the future it is going to take an incredibly cool head and a crazy amount effort for someone to achieve that.
He didn't stop with cementing his place among the all time greatest players, as he once again achieved many Open Era milestones, and most of them will be a tough task for the future generations to beat or match. Here they are:
4th most decorated player at Grand Slams, with 12 titles
5th player alongside Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to complete the Career Grand Slam
Second player alongside Rod Laver to hold all 4 Grand Slams
First player to hold all 4 Grand Slams on 3 different surfaces
First player to hold all 4 Grand Slams and World Tour Finals
Longest winning streak at Grand Slams – 30 wins in a row
First player to win 6 Australian Open titles, beating his own record of 5 titles he set last year
First player to win a hard court Slam 6 times
Most hard court Slam finals – 13 finals at Australian Open and US Open combined
First player to reach 6 consecutive Roland Garros semifinals
Second player alongside Roger Federer to reach at least 4 finals at all 4 Grand Slams
First player to reach 3 consecutive finals at all 4 Grand Slams
Second most Grand Slam finals – 21 final appearances
Joint-second most Grand Slam semifinals - 31 semifinal appearances
3rd most wins at Grand Slams - 228 Grand Slam match wins
Most titles at Top Tier hardcourt events - 35 titles at Grand Slams, World Tour Finals and hard court Masters
Record number of points – 16.950 points collected from 2015 Wimbledon to 2016 Roland Garros
Record lead over world number 2 - 9025 points lead over Andy Murray and Roger Federer in early May
5th longest reign at the #1 spot - 122 consecutive weeks as the world number 1
5th longest time spent at the #1 spot - 223 weeks at the world number 1
3rd longest Slam final streak – 6 finals in a row
2nd longest Slam quarterfinal streak – 28 quarterfinals in a row
Most decorated player at Masters 1000, with 30 titles
Most decorated player at Indian Wells, with 5 titles
Joint-most decorated player at Miami Masters, with 6 titles
First player to win 8 different Masters twice (Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Canada, Shanghai, Paris)
First player to win 5 different Masters 4 times (Indian Wells, Miami, Rome, Canada, Paris)
First player to win the Indian Wells-Miami double four times
First player to win Indian Wells-Miami double three years in a row
First player to win Australian Open-Indian Wells-Miami triple three times
First player to defend the Australian Open-Indian Wells-Miami triple
First player to achieve a three-peat at 7 different tournaments (Dubai, Australian Open, Beijing, World Tour Finals, Bercy, Indian Wells, Miami)
2nd longest streak of final apperances – 17 consecutive finals (from 2015 Australian Open to 2016 Australian Open)
Longest streak of Top Tier tournament final appearances – 18 consecutive finals (from 2014 Paris Masters to 2016 Miami Masters)
First player to record 26+ wins against one opponent – 26 wins over Rafael Nadal
At least 23 wins over other Big 4 members and a H2H lead against all of them
Highest overall match winning percentage - 83,0 % (742-152)
2007 and 2008 were breakthrough seasons. 2009 and 2010 were a crisis period. 2011 was unreal dominance and unexpected rise to the number 1. 2012, 2013 and 2014 had some slumps and disappointing losses. Luckily they made Novak even stronger and he had an even bigger dominance in 2015. 2016 is the beginning of his decline, but also the year when we got to see him achieve something stunning. Despite suffering the toughest career loss at the 2015 French Open final, Novak Djokovic went on to have the most dominant 12 months in history of this beautiful sport, and he crowned it by winning Coupe des Mousquetaires and holding all four Slams. There are records that he will never break, but this run alongside many other achievements, amazing tennis, exceptional fighting spirit, constant will to improve and always acknowledging the better player on the day has sealed his place among the greatest players ever and it's the reason why he is to me the most awesome guy ever to pick up a tennis racquet.
The curse ended and history was written at Roland Garros - No holes in the resume anymore and now it's all about trying to stay among the best and add more titles to one of the finest tennis legacies
AJDE NOLE!!!
He didn't have the same success in 2016 and honestly it would have been crazy if he did. The consistency turned from flawless to very good. It might not look like a big difference but this year it was big enough for us to see a new king and heavyweight champion rise and dethrone Djokovic. A dream year for him where he participated in amazing 13 finals and won personal best 9 titles, including Wimbledon, Olympic Gold, World Tour Finals and 3 Masters titles was crowned when he defeated his childhood friend in the O2 Arena today and sealed the Year-End #1 title... Many congratulations to Andy Murray.
New king of tennis - Andy Murray's post-USO 24 match winning streak as well as amazing consistency throughout the year was enough to dethrone Novak Djokovic from the top spot
Novak Djokovic had some disappointments in 2016. Heartbreaking loss at the Olympics, fifth runner-up spot in New York, not reaching all finals anymore, a fall from #1 that nobody saw coming in such a quick manner... But that didn't prevent him from leaving a huge mark in tennis history this season. If you started watching tennis after the legendary Rod Laver, and there are plenty of people who did that, you didn't witness any male player hold all four Grand Slam titles... Until the 5th of June 2016, when Novak Djokovic finally, finally, finally won the French Open title that eluded him for so long and achieved the Nole Slam, holding Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and Roland Garros. All 4 Slams, on 3 different surfaces, something never seen before and despite the fact that we will get many more great champions in the future it is going to take an incredibly cool head and a crazy amount effort for someone to achieve that.
He didn't stop with cementing his place among the all time greatest players, as he once again achieved many Open Era milestones, and most of them will be a tough task for the future generations to beat or match. Here they are:
4th most decorated player at Grand Slams, with 12 titles
5th player alongside Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to complete the Career Grand Slam
Second player alongside Rod Laver to hold all 4 Grand Slams
First player to hold all 4 Grand Slams on 3 different surfaces
First player to hold all 4 Grand Slams and World Tour Finals
Longest winning streak at Grand Slams – 30 wins in a row
First player to win 6 Australian Open titles, beating his own record of 5 titles he set last year
First player to win a hard court Slam 6 times
Most hard court Slam finals – 13 finals at Australian Open and US Open combined
First player to reach 6 consecutive Roland Garros semifinals
Second player alongside Roger Federer to reach at least 4 finals at all 4 Grand Slams
First player to reach 3 consecutive finals at all 4 Grand Slams
Second most Grand Slam finals – 21 final appearances
Joint-second most Grand Slam semifinals - 31 semifinal appearances
3rd most wins at Grand Slams - 228 Grand Slam match wins
Most titles at Top Tier hardcourt events - 35 titles at Grand Slams, World Tour Finals and hard court Masters
Record number of points – 16.950 points collected from 2015 Wimbledon to 2016 Roland Garros
Record lead over world number 2 - 9025 points lead over Andy Murray and Roger Federer in early May
5th longest reign at the #1 spot - 122 consecutive weeks as the world number 1
5th longest time spent at the #1 spot - 223 weeks at the world number 1
3rd longest Slam final streak – 6 finals in a row
2nd longest Slam quarterfinal streak – 28 quarterfinals in a row
Most decorated player at Masters 1000, with 30 titles
Most decorated player at Indian Wells, with 5 titles
Joint-most decorated player at Miami Masters, with 6 titles
First player to win 8 different Masters twice (Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Canada, Shanghai, Paris)
First player to win 5 different Masters 4 times (Indian Wells, Miami, Rome, Canada, Paris)
First player to win the Indian Wells-Miami double four times
First player to win Indian Wells-Miami double three years in a row
First player to win Australian Open-Indian Wells-Miami triple three times
First player to defend the Australian Open-Indian Wells-Miami triple
First player to achieve a three-peat at 7 different tournaments (Dubai, Australian Open, Beijing, World Tour Finals, Bercy, Indian Wells, Miami)
2nd longest streak of final apperances – 17 consecutive finals (from 2015 Australian Open to 2016 Australian Open)
Longest streak of Top Tier tournament final appearances – 18 consecutive finals (from 2014 Paris Masters to 2016 Miami Masters)
First player to record 26+ wins against one opponent – 26 wins over Rafael Nadal
At least 23 wins over other Big 4 members and a H2H lead against all of them
Highest overall match winning percentage - 83,0 % (742-152)
2007 and 2008 were breakthrough seasons. 2009 and 2010 were a crisis period. 2011 was unreal dominance and unexpected rise to the number 1. 2012, 2013 and 2014 had some slumps and disappointing losses. Luckily they made Novak even stronger and he had an even bigger dominance in 2015. 2016 is the beginning of his decline, but also the year when we got to see him achieve something stunning. Despite suffering the toughest career loss at the 2015 French Open final, Novak Djokovic went on to have the most dominant 12 months in history of this beautiful sport, and he crowned it by winning Coupe des Mousquetaires and holding all four Slams. There are records that he will never break, but this run alongside many other achievements, amazing tennis, exceptional fighting spirit, constant will to improve and always acknowledging the better player on the day has sealed his place among the greatest players ever and it's the reason why he is to me the most awesome guy ever to pick up a tennis racquet.
The curse ended and history was written at Roland Garros - No holes in the resume anymore and now it's all about trying to stay among the best and add more titles to one of the finest tennis legacies
AJDE NOLE!!!
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