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Novak Djokovic (
world No. 1 who is currently ranked world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals
(ATP). He is generally considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
Djokovic has won six
Masters 1000
series titles, breaking a single-season record with five titles in 2011. This places him third on the list of Masters 1000 winners since its inception in 1990.
He holds several men's world records of the
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series matches, playing in the finals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (a record shared by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal
), and being the only player to win eight.
Djokovic is the first male or female Serbian player to win multiple Grand Slams and the first Serbian player to rank No. 1 for more than 100 weeks. He is the first male player representing Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title. Djokovic has won numerous awards, including the 2011
Order of the Star of Karađorđe
.