* His mother was a professional skier and cherished his son tobe a skier or professional soccer player but changed his mindwhen Djokovic excelled at tennis from an early age.
* First full year on tour in 2005, made grand slam debut as aqualifier at the Australian Open, losing to Marat Safin in thefirst round. finished as the youngest player (18 years, fivemonths) inside the top 100.
* In 2006, he won his first ATP tour title at Amersfoort,follows that with second title indoors at Metz.
* Breakthrough year in 2007, he won 5 titles (Adelaide,Miami, Estoril, Montreal and Vienna) and made at leastsemi-finals in 3 of the four grand slams (French Open,Wimbledon, U.S. Open)
* Coached by Slovak former ATP professional Marian Vajdasince 2006.
* he is notable for his impersonations of former players andcelebrities.
* Has been known to get under players` skins, with incessantball-bouncing before serving during matches.
GRAND SLAM AGONY AND ECSTASY
* he retired in the 2006 French Open quarter-finals againstNadal when trailing by two sets and again a twelvemonth late due toblisters in the Wimbledon semi-final against the same opponent.
* In 2007 he advance to his first grand slam final at theU.S. Open at Flushing Meadows, losing to Federer 7-6 7-6 6-4.
* broke the Federer-Nadal grand slam duopoly by beatingFrenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 4 sets to win his maidenmajor title at Melbourne Park in 2008.
* Failed to hold his claim in Melbourne the following yearafter controversially pulling out of his quarter-final againstAndy Roddick citing heat exhaustion on a sweltering day.
* Lost in the quarter-final at Melbourne Park to Tsonga lastyear when he suffered a stomach bug.
* Upset Federer in the semi-finals of the 2010 U.S. Openbefore losing in 4 sets to Nadal in the final.
* Led Serbia to their first Davis Cup title with victory overFrance in Belgrade in December, 2010.
* began 2011 by roaring through the lot at Melbourne Parkincluding a straight-sets thrashing of Federer in the semi-finalbefore taking down Murray to end his three-year waiting for asecond grand slam.
* Djokovic won his next six tournaments in Dubai, IndianWells, Miami, Belgrade, Madrid and Rome. he did not lose againuntil June 3 when Federer ended his 41-match winning streak in2011 in the French Open semi-finals.
* Secured the list one point when the following rankings arepublished on July 4 by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in theWimbledon semi-finals, then beat Nadal to clench his third grandslam title.
* His Wimbledon win was his first grasscourt title.
(Edited by Tom Pilcher)
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Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic
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