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In 2011, in a seven-tournament span, Djokovic had the most dominant record versus a world No. 1 (5–0), defeating then No. 1, Rafael Nadal in the finals of five prestigious events; Indian Wells Open, Miami Open, Madrid Open, Italian Open, and Wimbledon before overtaking him as No. 1.
This loss marked Djokovic's first defeat of the season (with Federer also being the last man to defeat Djokovic in 2010), ending a 43-match win streak, which included a 41–0 start to 2011. [150] [151] Five weeks later at Wimbledon, Djokovic replaced Nadal as the world No. 1 and then defeated him in a four set final to take his first Wimbledon ...
The victory made Alcaraz the first non-Big Four player to win Wimbledon since 2002 and marked Djokovic's first loss on Wimbledon's Centre Court in a decade, since losing the 2013 Wimbledon final to Murray. Djokovic then defeated Alcaraz in another epic match at the 2023 Cincinnati, in the longest best of three sets final in ATP Tour history.
Djokovic went on a 41-match win streak and set a then-record of 5 Masters titles won in a season. In 2015 , Djokovic won three majors in a season for the second time, improved his record of most Masters won in a season by claiming six titles, and finished the year by winning his fourth consecutive Year-end Championships title.
Beginning in 1905 and continuing to the present day, all four majors have been played yearly, with the exception of during the two World Wars, 1986 for the Australian Open, and 2020 for Wimbledon. The Australian Open is the first major of the year (January), followed by the French Open (May–June), Wimbledon (June–July) and the US Open ...
For all of those fascinated by numbers, the loss to Alcaraz at Wimbledon was Djokovic's first setback there since 2017 — a span of 2,195 days — because he had collected four championships in a ...
Tsonga took this third set. Next Djokovic won the fourth set and the match. This win allowed Djokovic to take over the World Number 1 ranking from Rafael Nadal. [25] [26] Djokovic met Nadal for their first meeting in a Wimbledon final. Djokovic took the first set with his first break in the match. The second and third sets were quite lopsided ...
With records to chase and grand slams to win, Djokovic will have no shortage of motivation. The problem is Alcaraz. Djokovic was gracious in defeat, effusive in his praise, and honest when ...