Novak Djokovic is a well-known Serbian tennis player who has repeatedly won Grand Slam tournaments and led the world singles ranking. What is interesting about his biography and personal life?
Biography of Djokovic
The future tennis player was born on May 22, 1987 in Belgrade. From childhood, he began to show great promise in tennis. Novak received his first racket as a gift from his parents at the age of four. This was a fateful decision.
Two years later, a gifted boy is noticed by one of the stars of Serbian tennis, Elena Gencic, and takes him under her care. Elena regularly conducts training with Djokovic and teaches all the intricacies of the game. Their partnership lasts until 1999 and includes the difficult period of the bombing of Belgrade by NATO aircraft in 1998. During the day, Novak trained on different courts, and spent the night in a bomb shelter. Such a life lasted for three months and left a deep mark on the character of the teenager.
In 1999, Djokovic moved to Germany at the Tennis Academy. His coach is the former Croatian tennis player Nikola Pilic, who worked with the young man for four years.
Debut in tennis in the professional arena occurred at Novak in 2001, when he was only 14 years old. From the very beginning of the athlete's career, it was noticeable that he would soon be the main star in world tennis. Djokovic always stood out because he could play on any surface with the same success. And his famous backhand kick is one of the best in the history of this sport.
At first, Novak played at the junior level, but quickly moved to the adult division. The first success in the Grand Slam tournament came to the tennis player in 2008, when he won the finals of the Australian Open.
More than ten years have passed since that moment and Djokovic managed to win another 12 titles of Grand Slam tournaments, and also won a record number of times in the annual finals of the World Tour. The most successful in the career of a tennis player is 2015, when Novak won three Grand Slam tournaments and reached the final in the fourth.
Recently, Djokovic has lost his form a bit. This is primarily due to a hand injury, which he exacerbated in 2017. But, nevertheless, in the summer of 2018, Novak was able to become the winner of Wimbledon for the fourth time.
Throughout his sports career, Djokovic earned a decent fortune. He ranks second in the world ranking after Roger Federer among the highest paid tennis players.
