Djokovic’s clay court achievements include 17 titles on the surface, including two French Open titles and 10 Masters titles. Djokovic is the second player after Robin Söderling to defeat Nadal at the French Open, the only player to do so twice, and the only player to beat Nadal in straight sets at the tournament. He is also the only player to defeat Nadal in all three clay court Masters events, which he first achieved in the finals of Madrid and Rome in 2011 and in Monte Carlo in 2013.
Djokovic is the second male player to win three consecutive Grand Slam tournaments on three different surfaces in the same year (hard, clay and grass), doing so in 2021, and which Nadal did in 2010.
Djokovic has won an all-time record of nine Australian Open men’s singles titles, surpassing the previous record of 6 by Roy Emerson. Djokovic is the only male player to win 3 consecutive Australian Open titles during the Open Era, which he did twice (2011–13 and 2019–21). Djokovic is the second of only two male players in history to win a Grand Slam singles title nine or more times, the other being Nadal (13 French Opens). He is 9–0 in Australian Open finals as well as 9–0 in Australian Open semifinals.
Djokovic is the only player to defeat Nadal in straight sets in a Grand Slam final (Australian Open 2019) as well as the first player to defeat Nadal in straight sets at the French Open (2015 quarterfinal). Only Djokovic has defeated Nadal in a French Open semifinal (2021) ending Nadal Streak of 13–0 in FO SemiFinal as well as the only male player to defeat Nadal twice in FO (2015 QF and 2021 SemiFinal). Only Djokovic has won FO after defeating Nadal in earlier rounds, which he did in 2021 FO. Djokovic is the only player in history to win 3 or more consecutive slams 4 times in his career.
Djokovic has spent a record 334 weeks (as of Monday 16 August 2021, equivalent to more than 6 years) as ATP world No. 1, surpassing Federer’s previous record of 310 weeks. In 2020 he became the second male player in the Open Era to be Year-end No. 1 for six years, joining Pete Sampras. At age 33, he is also the oldest year-end No. 1 in ATP rankings history, for the 2020 season.
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