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Novak Djokovic was inspired to play tennis by his parents. He started playing tennis at the age of 4.
When he was 12, he met his future coach, Marian Vajda, who has remained his coach to this day.
At the age of 14, he was the youngest player to win the Junior Orange Bowl tournament.
He has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, five ATP Finals titles, five Masters 1000 titles and has reached 30 major finals.
In 2013, Novak Djokovic was named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
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).
He has won 17 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, more than any other male player in the Open Era.
Novak Djokovic has won a record 36 Masters 1000 series titles.
He was the first Serbian player to win a Grand Slam singles title, Wimbledon in 2011.
Novak Djokovic was ranked No. 1 in the world for a record 122 consecutive weeks.
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