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Novak Djokovic Profile |
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Birth Date: May 22, 1987
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Birth Place: Belgrade, Serbia
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Birth Name: Novak Đoković
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Height: 6'2"
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Biography |
Novak Đoković (Pronounced: DJO-ko-vich, Cyrillic: Новак
Ђоковић, commonly spelled Djokovic in English media; born
May 22, 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia, formerly Yugoslavia) is
currently the world's number 7 professional men's tennis
player on the ATP Tour.
An up-and-coming player at 19 years of age, Đoković has
already proven himself to be an all-court player with an
abundance of talent. He participated in the 2006 Hopman Cup
with fellow Serbian Player Ana Ivanović where the pairing
narrowly missed the final.
He continued his great run in 2006 by shooting up the
rankings. In May 2006, various reports appeared in the
British media about Novak's mother Dijana reportedly
approaching Britain's Lawn Tennis Association about her son
joining British tennis ranks and the possibility of their
entire 5-person family moving from Serbia to live in
Britain[1]. All the rumours didn't affect Đoković's play
however. He started 2006 ranked 78th, but with an excellent
run to the quarter-finals in Roland Garros and a 4th round
at Wimbledon, he found himself in the top 40. Just three
weeks after Wimbledon he won his maiden title in Amersfoort
without losing a set defeating Nicolas Massu in the final.
Đoković won his second career title in Metz and with this
victory moved into the top 20 for the first time in his
career. His performances in the Masters Series events in
Indian Wells and Miami, where he was runner-up and champion
respectively, has seen him move well into the world's top
ten. In those tournaments, which were his first and second
Masters finals, he defeated fellow rising star Andy Murray
in the semi finals without dropping a set in either match.
He lost the Indian Wells final to Rafael Nadal, but avenged
this defeat by beating Nadal in the Miami event, before
defeating the resurgent Guillermo Cañas in the final (6-3,
6-2, 6-4).
He is good friends with fellow junior graduate (and
sometimes doubles partner) Andy Murray, who was part of the
Great Britain team that Serbia and Montenegro defeated in
the Davis Cup in Glasgow in April 2006. Đoković got the
decisive win on 9th April, by defeating Greg Rusedski in
four sets in the fourth match, giving his team an
unassailable 3-1 lead in their best of 5 series. dahdmehr
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Đoković's best showing in a grand slam was reaching the
quarter finals of Roland Garros in 2006 in a run including a
win over top ten player Fernando Gonzalez. He eventually
retired because of an injury when he was two sets down to
Rafael Nadal (6-4, 6-4 for Nadal). |
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