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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic was inspired to play tennis by his parents. He started playing tennis at the age of 4.

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When he was 12, he met his future coach, Marian Vajda, who has remained his coach to this day.

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At the age of 14, he was the youngest player to win the Junior Orange Bowl tournament.

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He has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Finals titles, five Masters 1000 titles and has reached 30 major finals.

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In 2013, Novak Djokovic was named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

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He was the first and only tennis player to have won all nine of the Masters 1000 tournaments on three different surfaces (hard, grass, and clay).

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He has won 17 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, more than any other male player in the Open Era.

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Novak Djokovic has won a record 36 Masters 1000 series titles.

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He was the first Serbian player to win a Grand Slam singles title, Wimbledon in 2011.

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Novak Djokovic was ranked No. 1 in the world for a record 122 consecutive weeks.

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