Djokovic fans - What is his most heartbreaking/dissapointing Grand Slam match loss for you?

McEnroeisanartist

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Djokovic fans - What is his most heartbreaking/disappointing Grand Slam match loss for you?

Unlike Federer, who has so many and Nadal, who has several, it seems like Djokovic doesn't have any Grand Slam match losses that could truly considered heartbreaking/dissapointing.
 

Beckerserve

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Djokovic fans - What is his most heartbreaking/disappointing Grand Slam match loss for you?

Unlike Federer, who has so many and Nadal, who has several, it seems like Djokovic doesn't have any Grand Slam match losses that could truly considered heartbreaking/dissapointing.
Nadal 9-6 Djokovic at grand slams. How has Djokovic not had more heartbreak exactly. Also throw in Olympics in 2008.
Then add in the losses to Wawrinka and Murray in multiple Major finals i would suggest Djokovic has by far the most regrets as his chokes have been in his peak. With Federer he was in decline. Nadal does not have any heartbreakers bar AO 2014. Only loss when he was a massive favourite.
 

StrongRule

Talk Tennis Guru
USO 2013 vs Nadal and RG 2013 vs Nadal. Love Nadal but Djoker should have had those wins.
Close second; Wimbledon 2013 vs Murray. Damn.....2013 was not good for my man Djoker.
How exactly Djokovic "should" have won RG 2013 semifinal? Nadal's match stats were much better, and he was up a break at least once in all of the first 4 sets. There should have never been a fifth set in this match.
 

TheAssassin

G.O.A.T.
I guess it's between one of RG losses before he won that Slams and one of the US Open finals as he underachieved there. Tough to pick just one.

Thankfully he's won so many matches that went down to the wire though.
 

BlueB

Legend
RG 13 and this madness now.
This is still fresh and it's probably going to sink lower on the list, though.

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BlueB

Legend
Djokovic's Oscar-worthy performance in Wimbledon 2013 final.
You think so? That thought crossed my mind several times, over the years... I never could make up my mind on it... Probably not.

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You think so? That thought crossed my mind several times, over the years... I never could make up my mind on it... Probably not.

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I think there is a tiny possibility, yes. We shall never know.
 

octogon

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Djokovic fans - What is his most heartbreaking/disappointing Grand Slam match loss for you?

Unlike Federer, who has so many and Nadal, who has several, it seems like Djokovic doesn't have any Grand Slam match losses that could truly considered heartbreaking/dissapointing.

Not to be rude, but this is pretty delusional. Rafa owns Djokovic 9-6 at slams. Pretty sure Novak found at least a few of those 9 defeats heartbreaking. Novak has had some painful slam final losses to non- All Time greats like Murray and Wawrinka. The notion that Djokovic has no heartbreaking slam losses, while Fed and Nadal do is ridiculous.

Part of the reason Djokovic has always been in third place to Rafa and Roger is that he managed to find ways to lose slams he could have maybe won (in his mind). He'll have a lot of regrets at slams he thought he could have won.
 

Shu-Pak

Rookie
How exactly Djokovic "should" have won RG 2013 semifinal? Nadal's match stats were much better, and he was up a break at least once in all of the first 4 sets. There should have never been a fifth set in this match.

Yes, Nole should have won RG 2013 semi regardless of what the stats of the match were. Hence why I chose RG 2013 as my answer for this topic.
You could have said the same thing about Wimbledon 2019 for Federer. He had the better stats vs Nole but still lost the match. I'm sure Federer fans would say he "should" have won Wimbledon 2019.
So again; Nole "should" have won the semi at RG 2013 and I'm picking it as my most heartbreaking grand slam loss.
 

Steve0904

Talk Tennis Guru
Not a Djokovic fan but RG15 surely has to be up there

Also clearly not a Djokovic fan, and I know many Djoker fans here who were crushed after that loss, but I think RG 2016 erased almost all previous losses there with the possible exception of the 2013 Rafa match. Simply because it would've been nice to beat a decent form Nadal at RG and win the title.

So for Djokovic I'd say his worst losses are pretty obvious. Most of them are at the USO and surprisingly so.

The 12 and 13 finals, and the loss to Nishikori are the ones that go to the top of the list if I was a Djokovic fan. With the losses in 16 and 19 following it, so basically chronological order.

Overall I'd say he's been too successful at the AO and Wimbledon to be sufficiently disappointed. It's only nit picking when you start looking at the losses to guys like Stan at AO 14 or Querrey at W 16.
 

ND-13

Legend
Easy. The losses to Murray. Clearly he should have beaten him both times but because of the semi final he failed once and the other time was just bad play
 

StrongRule

Talk Tennis Guru
Yes, Nole should have won RG 2013 semi regardless of what the stats of the match were. Hence why I chose RG 2013 as my answer for this topic.
You could have said the same thing about Wimbledon 2019 for Federer. He had the better stats vs Nole but still lost the match. I'm sure Federer fans would say he "should" have won Wimbledon 2019.
So again; Nole "should" have won the semi at RG 2013 and I'm picking it as my most heartbreaking grand slam loss.
Nadal was up a break in the second set. Was up a break twice in the fourth set. He should have won it much easier than he did, there should have never been a fifth set. Seriously, I don't see any arguments to why Djokovic "should" have won that match. Even after all the choking from Nadal he still was the better player in the fifth set, hitting 22 winners.

I don't get the comparison with Wimbledon 2019 where Federer totally destroyed Djokovic in two sets. Actually, had Nadal lost RG 2013 semifinal it would be an even bigger choke than Federer's in Wimbledon 2019.
 
Also clearly not a Djokovic fan, and I know many Djoker fans here who were crushed after that loss, but I think RG 2016 erased almost all previous losses there with the possible exception of the 2013 Rafa match. Simply because it would've been nice to beat a decent form Nadal at RG and win the title.

So for Djokovic I'd say his worst losses are pretty obvious. Most of them are at the USO and surprisingly so.

The 12 and 13 finals, and the loss to Nishikori are the ones that go to the top of the list if I was a Djokovic fan. With the losses in 16 and 19 following it, so basically chronological order.

Overall I'd say he's been too successful at the AO and Wimbledon to be sufficiently disappointed. It's only nit picking when you start looking at the losses to guys like Stan at AO 14 or Querrey at W 16.
True. I guess I was just thinking more of how the loss would've felt in the moment.
 

FedeRadi

Rookie
2015 RG is the easier answer.
Some other losses(All 3 in 2013, sunday) hurts.

I think 2012 Wimbledon has to be in the discussion.
He won last 4 non-clay GS(Reaching the final in the Slam before), he was #1, it seems like the beginning of a domination. That was a big stop.
From that Wimbledon he won only 1 in 8 GS(WIM 12-RG 14).
Probably this hurts more to me because I appreciate more Rafa(And Andy) than Federer. Losses against him are worse(And wins better).
 

ND-13

Legend

In a BO5, Djokovic gets up to play if it is Fed or Nadal

He did not show that attitude with Murray. Even at AO, he would engage with Murray in grind feats and waste sets before finally putting a nail on the coffin . In the latter years he did this and hence the 2-25 for Murray happened
 

Mainad

Bionic Poster
In a BO5, Djokovic gets up to play if it is Fed or Nadal

He did not show that attitude with Murray. Even at AO, he would engage with Murray in grind feats and waste sets before finally putting a nail on the coffin . In the latter years he did this and hence the 2-25 for Murray happened

You just contradicted yourself. You admitted he would always be up for Murray at the AO and also at RG so why on earth would Wimbledon or the USO be any different?
 

ND-13

Legend
You just contradicted yourself. You admitted he would always be up for Murray at the AO and also at RG so why on earth would Wimbledon or the USO be any different?

I meant Djokovic did not take Murray seriously and gave him way more chances than he should till 2013
 

JaoSousa

Hall of Fame
Yes, Nole should have won RG 2013 semi regardless of what the stats of the match were. Hence why I chose RG 2013 as my answer for this topic.
You could have said the same thing about Wimbledon 2019 for Federer. He had the better stats vs Nole but still lost the match. I'm sure Federer fans would say he "should" have won Wimbledon 2019.
So again; Nole "should" have won the semi at RG 2013 and I'm picking it as my most heartbreaking grand slam loss.
This doesn´t seem logically consistent...
 

Mainad

Bionic Poster
I meant Djokovic did not take Murray seriously and gave him way more chances than he should till 2013

Did not take Murray seriously? Murray had already beaten him in 3 Masters finals prior to 2012 USO and Djokovic took him seriously enough to make sure he didn't lose to him in their first Slam final meeting, 2011 AO. He took him very seriously indeed as befits a player who took more titles from him than any other player outside the Big 3 and who eventually took his #1 ranking away from him.
 

E36BMWM3

Hall of Fame
Any thoughts on 2011 RG loss to Fed?? Djokovic had Nadal’s number on the clay that year and they were both on a collision course to the final. He was in Rafa’s head in a big way that year and push come to shove he would’ve had a huge chance to up-end the King of Clay...
 

Cortana

Legend
Every GS loss in 2013, especially RG 2013.

He eventually won it in 2016, but he deserved it much more in 2013. Was so close to win against a peak RG Rafa.
 

Jonesy

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King No1e

G.O.A.T.
RG13, and all the Wawrinka losses.
USO12 was another tough one to take. He was playing so well leading up to that final, but Murray just out-pushed him.
RG10 vs Melzer was also one of the worst. Didn't watch the match when it happened, but I couldn't believe Djokovic had lost from 2 sets up.
 

Cortana

Legend
Maybe RG2015 was tough because Djokovic lost his 1st GS final after winning the 1st set. I was 100% sure he wouldn't lose after the 1st set.
 

junior74

Bionic Poster
RG15. Why heartbreaking? Because it would be epic if he won? He lost to a player who was a lot better that day.

My definition of heartbreaking is a match you should have won, based on play - not on daydreaming. Like W19.

So for Novak: RG13, where he definitely had his chances.
 

dropshotlikeitshot

Professional
For me its RG13, easily. At the time, it was the closest Novak had been to beating Rafa at the French, and he had control in the 5th set up until that net point.

RG11 would probably be my second choice just because I think Novak would have defeated Rafa in the final that year.

The loss in 2015 to Stan doesn’t bother me at all since Stan is my favorite player, Novak second, but Novak’s straight set beating of Rafa hardly felt satisfying at all considering Rafa’s poor form. Always had thought Novak would finally triumph over Rafa in a 5 set epic, such as 2013’s SF. At least he won it in 2016.
 
French Open 2013 or USO 2013. RG 2015 was not such a big deal(stan played stunning tennis) and his wimbledon 2013 lose was more sad than heartbreaking(murray played well and did what he had to though).
 

jm1980

Talk Tennis Guru
Maybe RG2015 was tough because Djokovic lost his 1st GS final after winning the 1st set. I was 100% sure he wouldn't lose after the 1st set.
He was a big favorite going into the match. Also remember the context, that was Djokovic going for the Career Slam. When he lost it, it really felt like the best chance he would ever have to win RG had just slipped away. It was huge at the time
 

btsjungkook

Professional
He was a big favorite going into the match. Also remember the context, that was Djokovic going for the Career Slam. When he lost it, it really felt like the best chance he would ever have to win RG had just slipped away. It was huge at the time
This so much, especially at the trophy presentation when the crowd finally gave him his due after he loses.
 
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