Serbian tennis star who achieved his first #1 world ranking in 2011 and won his first major tournament at the 2008 Australian Open. He earned his 12th career Grand Slam singles title with his victory at the 2016 French Open.
He was discovered as a 6 year old by Yugoslavian great Jelena Gencic.
In 2011, he won three Grand Slam titles, becoming the sixth male tennis player to win 3 major tennis tournaments in one year.
The son of Srdjan and Dijana Djokovic, he has two brothers Djordje and Marko. He married Jelena Ristic in 2014. He has a son named Stefan and a daughter named Tara.
He and Roger Federer developed a great rivalry, as Federer outplayed him during their early match-ups but Djokovic evened things up over time.
