2008 Novak Djokovic tennis season

2008 Novak Djokovic tennis season
Full name	Novak Djokovic
Country	Serbia
Calendar prize money	$5,689,078 (singles & doubles)
Singles
Season record	64–17 (79.0%)
Calendar titles	4
Year-end ranking	No. 3
Ranking change from previous year
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	W
French Open	SF
Wimbledon	2R
US Open	SF
Doubles
Season record	2–5 (28.6%)
Calendar titles	0
Current ranking	No. 579
Ranking change from previous year	436
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	1R
	2009 →

Last updated April 17, 2024

The 2008 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially commenced on January 14 with the start of the 2008 Australian Open.

Yearly summary

Grand Slam performances

Australian Open

Novak Djokovic defeated unseeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6^(7–2) to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the Australian Open.^[1] It was the first Grand Slam title of Djokovic's career.

Djokovic became the first Serbian player to win a Grand Slam men's singles title.^[2]

French Open

Wimbledon

US Open

All matches

This table lists all the matches of Djokovic this year, including walkovers (W/O)

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 14 – 27 January 2008
	1 / 173	1R	Benjamin Becker	81	Win	6–0, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
	2 / 174	2R	Simone Bolelli	70	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
	3 / 175	3R	Sam Querrey	62	Win	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
	4 / 176	4R	Lleyton Hewitt (19)	22	Win	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
	5 / 177	QF	David Ferrer (5)	5	Win	6–0, 6–3, 7–5
	6 / 178	SF	Roger Federer (1)	1	Win	7–5, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
	7 / 179	W	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	38	Win (1)	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6^(7–2)

Davis Cup World Group 1st Round: Russia vs Serbia Moscow, Russia Davis Cup Hard, indoor 8 – 10 February 2008
	8 / 180	RR	Nikolay Davydenko	4	Loss	6–4, 6–3, 4–6 Ret.

Marseille Open Marseille, France ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 11 – 17 February 2008
	9 / 181	1R	Ivan Dodig (Q)	296	Win	6–1, 6–4
	10 / 182	2R	Gilles Simon	30	Loss	2–6, 7–6^(8–6), 3–6

Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 3 – 9 March 2008
	11 / 183	1R	Marin Čilić	45	Win	6–4, 6–3
	12 / 184	2R	Fabrice Santoro	47	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
	13 / 185	QF	Igor Andreev	34	Win	6–2, 6–1
	14 / 186	SF	Andy Roddick (6)	6	Loss	6–7^(5–7), 3–6

Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 23 March 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	15 / 187	2R	Andreas Seppi	40	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
	16 / 188	3R	Philipp Kohlschreiber (27)	27	Win	6–3, 6–2
	17 / 189	4R	Guillermo Cañas (16)	16	Win	6–2, 6–3
	18 / 190	QF	Stan Wawrinka	35	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
	19 / 191	SF	Rafael Nadal (2)	2	Win	6–3, 6–2
	20 / 192	W	Mardy Fish	98	Win (2)	6–2, 5–7, 6–3

Miami Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 24 March – 6 April 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	21 / 193	2R	Kevin Anderson (Q)	122	Loss	6–7^(1–7), 6–3, 4–6

Masters Series Monte-Carlo Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 21 – 27 April 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	22 / 194	2R	Ivan Ljubičić	29	Win	6–3, 6–3
	23 / 195	3R	Andy Murray (14)	20	Win	6–0, 6–4
	24 / 196	QF	Sam Querrey	50	Win	6–4, 6–0
	25 / 197	SF	Roger Federer (1)	1	Loss	3–6, 2–3 Ret.

Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 5 – 11 May 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	26 / 198	2R	Steve Darcis	49	Win	6–4, 6–0
	27 / 199	3R	Igor Andreev	26	Win	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
	28 / 200	QF	Nicolas Almagro	21	Win	6–1, 1–0 Ret.
	29 / 201	SF	Radek Štěpánek	27	Win	6–0, 1–0 Ret.
	30 / 202	W	Stan Wawrinka	24	Win (3)	4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Hamburg Open Hamburg, Germany ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 12 – 18 May 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	31 / 203	2R	Juan Ignacio Chela	39	Win	6–3, 6–1
	32 / 204	3R	Ivo Karlović	24	Win	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
	33 / 205	QF	Albert Montañés	78	Win	6–2, 6–3
	34 / 206	SF	Rafael Nadal (2)	2	Loss	5–7, 6–2, 2–6

French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 26 May – 8 June 2008
	35 / 207	1R	Denis Gremelmayr	64	Win	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2
	36 / 208	2R	Miguel Ángel López Jaén (Q)	264	Win	6–1, 6–1, 6–3
	37 / 209	3R	Wayne Odesnik (WC)	106	Win	7–5, 6–4, 6–2
	38 / 210	4R	Paul-Henri Mathieu (18)	19	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
	39 / 211	QF	Ernests Gulbis	80	Win	7–5, 7–6^(7–3), 7–5
	40 / 212	SF	Rafael Nadal (2)	2	Loss	4–6, 2–6, 6–7^(3–7)

Queens Club Championships London, England ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 9 June – 15 June 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	41 / 213	2R	Roko Karanušić	112	Win	6–2, 7–6^(9–7)
	42 / 214	3R	Janko Tipsarević (13)	39	Win	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
	43 / 215	QF	Lleyton Hewitt (11)	30	Win	6–2, 6–2
	44 / 216	SF	David Nalbandian (4)	8	Win	6–1, 6–0
	45 / 217	F	Rafael Nadal (2)	2	Loss	6–7^(6–8), 5–7

Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 23 June – 6 July 2008
	46 / 218	1R	Michael Berrer	91	Win	7–5, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
	47 / 219	2R	Marat Safin	75	Loss	4–6, 6–7^(3–7), 2–6

Canadian Open Toronto, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 21 – 27 July 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	48 / 220	2R	Frank Dancevic (WC)	82	Win	6–4, 6–4
	49 / 221	3R	Robin Söderling	49	Win	6–4, 6–4
	50 / 222	QF	Andy Murray (8)	9	Loss	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)

Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 28 July – 3 August 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	51 / 223	2R	Simone Bolelli	50	Win	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–2)
	52 / 224	3R	Andreas Seppi	39	Win	6–1, 6–2
	53 / 225	QF	Ernests Gulbis	53	Win	6–3, 6–4
	54 / 226	SF	Rafael Nadal (2)	2	Win	6–1, 7–5
	55 / 227	F	Andy Murray (8)	9	Loss	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(5–7)

2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, China Olympic Games Hard, outdoor 11 – 17 August 2008
	56 / 228	1R	Robby Ginepri	59	Win	6–4, 6–4
	57 / 229	2R	Rainer Schüttler	35	Win	6–4, 6–2
	58 / 230	3R	Mikhail Youzhny (13)	22	Win	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
	59 / 231	QF	Gaël Monfils	43	Win	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
	60 / 232	SF	Rafael Nadal (2)	2	Loss	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
	61 / 233	SF-B	James Blake (8)	7	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)

US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 25 August – 7 September 2008
	62 / 234	1R	Arnaud Clément	78	Win	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
	63 / 235	2R	Robert Kendrick (Q)	113	Win	7–6^(10–8), 6–4, 6–4
	64 / 236	3R	Marin Čilić (30)	24	Win	6–7^(7–9), 7–5, 6–4, 7–6^(7–0)
	65 / 237	4R	Tommy Robredo (15)	15	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
	66 / 238	QF	Andy Roddick (8)	8	Win	6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
	67 / 239	SF	Roger Federer (2)	2	Loss	3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 2–6

Davis Cup World Group Playoff: Slovakia vs Serbia Bratislava, Slovakia Davis Cup Hard, indoor 19 – 21 September 2008
	68 / 240	RR	Dominik Hrbatý	399	Win	6–2, 6–4, 6–3

Thailand Open Bangkok, Thailand ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 22 – 28 September 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	69 / 241	2R	Simon Stadler (Q)	141	Win	6–1, 6–3
	70 / 242	QF	Robin Söderling (6)	34	Win	6–4, 7–5
	71 / 243	SF	Tomáš Berdych (3)	27	Win	7–5, 6–1
	72 / 244	F	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2)	20	Loss	6–7^(4–7), 4–6

Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 13 – 19 October 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	73 / 245	2R	Victor Hănescu (Q)	73	Win	6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(8–6), 3–1 Ret.
	74 / 246	3R	Ivo Karlović (14)	21	Loss (2)	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(5–7)

Paris Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 27 October – 2 November 2008
	–	1R	Bye
	75 / 247	2R	Dmitry Tursunov	26	Win	6–2, 4–3 Ret.
	76 / 248	3R	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (13)	14	Loss	4–6, 6–1, 3–6

Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, China ATP Finals Hard, indoor 10 – 16 November 2008
	77 / 249	RR	Juan Martin del Potro (7)	8	Win	7–5, 6–3
	78 / 250	RR	Nikolay Davydenko (4)	5	Win	7–6^(7–3), 0–6, 7–5
	79 / 251	RR	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6)	7	Loss	6–1, 5–7, 1–6
	80 / 252	SF	Gilles Simon (8)	9	Win	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
	81 / 253	W	Nikolay Davydenko (4)	5	Win (4)	6–1, 7–5

Source

Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (seed or key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Davis Cup World Group 1st Round: Serbia vs Russia Moscow, Russia Davis Cup Hard, indoor 4 – 10 February 2008 Partner: Nenad Zimonjić
	1 / 37	RR	Dmitry Tursunov / Mikhail Youzhny	61 / 165	Win	6–3, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5)

Masters Series Monte-Carlo Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 13 – 19 April 2009 Partner: Radek Štěpánek
	2 / 38	1R	Jordan Kerr / Rogier Wassen	26 / 28	Win	6–4, 6–3
	3 / 39	2R	Simon Aspelin / Julian Knowle (5)	9 / 9	Loss	2–6, 6–7^(3–7)

Queens Club Championships London, England ATP Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 9 June – 15 June 2008 Partner: Janko Tipsarević
	4 / 40	1R	Rik de Voest / Chris Haggard (ALT)	50 / 69	Loss	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)

2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, China Olympic Games Hard, outdoor 11 – 17 August 2008 Partner: Nenad Zimonjić
	5 / 41	1R	Martin Damm / Pavel Vízner	27 / 14	Loss	6–3, 0–6, 2–6

Thailand Open Bangkok, Thailand ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 22 – 28 September 2008 Partner: Marko Djoković
	6 / 42	1R	Fabrice Santoro / Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	87 / 80	Loss	2–6, 2–6

Paris Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 27 October – 2 November 2008 Partner: Viktor Troicki
	7 / 43	3R	José Acasuso / David Ferrer	93 / 421	Loss	4–6, 4–6

Source

Yearly records

Finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-up)

Category
Grand Slam (1–0)
ATP Finals (1–0)
Masters 1000 (2-1)
500 Series (0–0)
250 Series (0–2)

Titles by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (3–2)
Indoor (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	8–3	Jan 2008	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	9–3	Mar 2008	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Masters	Hard	Mardy Fish	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Win	10–3	May 2008	Italian Open, Italy	Masters	Clay	Stan Wawrinka	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	10–4	Jun 2008	Queen's Club Championships, UK	250 series	Grass	Rafael Nadal	6–7^(6–8), 5–7
Loss	10–5	Aug 2008	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters	Hard	Andy Murray	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	10–6	Sep 2008	Thailand Open, Thailand	250 series	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Win	11–6	Nov 2008	ATP Finals, China	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Nikolay Davydenko	6–1, 7–5

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References

↑ "Novak Djokovic wins Australian Open". Daily Telegraph. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
↑ "Australian Open 2008". BBC Sport. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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[1] "Novak Djokovic wins Australian Open". Daily Telegraph. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[2] "Australian Open 2008". BBC Sport. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
ATP Masters Series	Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Rome (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Paris (S, D)
ATP International Series Gold	Rotterdam (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Vienna (S, D)
ATP International Series	Adelaide (S, D) Chennai (S, D) Doha (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Viña del Mar (S, D) Costa do Sauípe (S, D) Delray Beach (S, D) Marseille (S, D) Buenos Aires (S, D) San Jose (S, D) Zagreb (S, D) Las Vegas (S, D) Valencia (S, D) Houston (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Munich (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Pörtschach (S, D) Düsseldorf Halle (S, D) Queen's (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Newport (S, D) Indianapolis (S, D) Amersfoort (S, D) Umag (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) Washington (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Beijing (S, D) Bangkok (S, D) Metz (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Stockholm (S, D) Basel (S, D) Lyon (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D)
Team events	Davis Cup World Team Cup
Beijing Summer Olympics (S, D) Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai (S, D)

v t e 2008 in tennis
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Tours	Men: ATP Tour (Tennis Masters Cup, ATP Masters Series) Challenger Series Women: WTA Tour (Tour Championships, Tier I Series) ITF circuit Olympics
Team events	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup World TeamTennis

v t e Men's tennis player seasons: 1998–2009
Roger Federer	Juniors 1998–2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Rafael Nadal	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Novak Djokovic	2008 2009
Juan Martín del Potro	2009