What does Djokovic lack to become the "King of Kings"?

Djokovic won Roland Garros to become the greatest tennis player in the Open Era with 23 Grand Slam titles. However, Djokovic still lacks 2 more titles to become the "King of Kings".

Djokovic is proud at the top of tennis, there are still super records waiting to be surpassed

On Philippe Chatrier Court in Paris (France), Novak Djokovic made history by winning his 3rd Roland Garros title, becoming the male tennis player with the most Grand Slams (GS). However, the Serbian champion does not want to stop at the milestone of 23 GS titles, he will continue to strive to become greater.

In fact, there are other challenges that the 36-year-old has the opportunity to conquer to increase his greatness. Djokovic currently has 23 GS titles, the same number as Serena Williams, but he needs one more GS to equal the record of leader Margaret Court (24 GS).

Rod Laver is the only man in the Open Era (1969 to present) to win all four Grand Slams in a calendar year (1969). World No. 1 Nole is halfway through the record, having won the Australian Open, Roland Garros and will complete his goal if he wins Wimbledon and the US Open.

The Serbian tennis player had a chance to set the above record in 2021, unfortunately he lost to Daniil Medvedev in the final of the 2021 US Open.

Nole also has a chance to win an Olympic gold medal when the Olympics are held in France in 2024. Tennis will be held at Roland Garros where Nole will win his 23rd GS, a huge advantage for the Serbian star to reach his first Olympic gold medal.

Currently, Nole owns 94 ATP titles, he is 9 titles behind his senior Federer (103), and 15 championships behind the leader Jimmy Connors (109). With a flexible body and excellent form, Djokovic can play professionally for another 2 to 3 years and anything can happen.

Nole" has the chance to be the first tennis player to reach 400 weeks as world number 1. This record is clearly visible before his eyes, "The Djoker" has 388 weeks as number 1, he is only 12 weeks away from the finish line.

It seems that there is no limit that can be difficult for Nole, so no one will be surprised when the Serbian superstar surpasses the above milestones.

But the greatness of the Serbian tennis player has not stopped, the 36-year-old star will continue to practice towards the grass court season, especially the GS championship at Wimbledon. Goran Ivanisevic, Djokovic's coach, affirmed: "You will never be able to know when Djokovic will stop."

Janko Tipsarevic, a former Serbian tennis player who was Djokovic's teammate in the Davis Cup, also believes that Nole is the greatest in the history of world sports .

The Express quoted Tipsarevic: "For me, the GOAT race was decided two years ago. But now, we have to talk about this: 'Is he the best athlete in the history of sports?' I think this is worthy of him, it's difficult to compare who is the best between Michael Jordan, Lionel Messi, Tom Brady or Djokovic."

Comparing talent between sports is extremely complicated, however Nole deserves to enter the "temple" of world sports legends.

Djokovic is now aiming to equal Federer's record of eight Wimbledon titles. If he does, the 36-year-old will reach 24 Grand Slams, putting him on par with singles legend Margaret Court.

It seems that there is no limit that can be difficult for Nole, so no one will be surprised when the Serbian superstar surpasses the above milestones.

It can be seen that Nole is completely wise to reject the title of GOAT tennis, because the statistics say it all. Djokovic is completely superior to the "BIG 3". Compared to Federer and Nadal, he has more GS, holds the world No. 1 position for the most weeks (388) and has the most Masters 1,000 championships (38).

Statistics from the Yolitatnnis account on Twitter include 30 important categories of the "BIG 3", Djokovic is completely superior when the Serbian tennis player is at the top of 27/30 indexes.

Federer leads 4/30 indexes including the most ATP points (167,776), most consecutive weeks at No. 1 (237), most Grand Slams won in a season (3) and has 6 ATP Finals titles.

Nadal only leads 2/30 indexes: he is the only tennis player to have 1 Olympic men's singles gold medal and ended the season with 3 Grand Slams.

Looking at the above amazing statistics, there is no reason for people to deny the greatness of the Serbian tennis player. Djokovic probably understands this too, so he doesn't need to "say much" but wants everyone to admit that he is the GOAT of tennis.

Djokovic turned 37 this year. He knows that no one can resist time, especially in top professional sports. That's why Djokovic focuses on Grand Slam tournaments. This explains why Djokovic has only won 2 titles since the beginning of the year, but all of them are Grand Slams. And everyone believes that Djokovic will become the "King of Kings".

Hoang Nam

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