2024 Novak Djokovic tennis season

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2024 Novak Djokovic tennis season
Novak Djokovic Practicing Tennis 03 (cropped).jpg
Djokovic at the 2023 US Open
Full name Novak Djokovic
CountryFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Calendar prize money$1,312,104 [1]
Singles
Season record11–4 (73.3%)
Calendar titles0
Current rankingNo. 1
Ranking change from previous yearSteady2.svg
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open SF
Doubles
Season record0–0
Ranking change from previous yearSteady2.svg
Mixed doubles
Season record1–0 (100%)
Last updated on: 15 April 2024.
2023
2025

The 2024 Novak Djokovic tennis season, officially began on 31 December 2023, with the start of the 2024 United Cup. [2]

Contents

During this season, Djokovic:

Yearly summary

Early hard court season

United Cup

Djokovic represented Team Serbia in the United Cup. Serbia was drawn into Group E along with Team China and Team Czech Republic. Serbia registered a 2-1 win against China, with Djokovic winning against Zhizhen Zhang in his singles match, and in his doubles match, alongside teammate Olga Danilovic, against Zhang and Qinwen Zheng. Serbia then went on to defeat Czech Republic 2-1 as well, with Djokovic winning his singles match against Jiri Lehecka in three sets. Serbia topped Group E and reached the quarter finals.

But after the match against Lehecka, Djokovic raised injury concerns, claiming that he was struggling with an injury in his wrist. In the quarter final against hosts Team Australia, Djokovic lost to Alex De Minaur in straight sets, and struggled with his wrist again. Serbia lost to Australia 3-0 eventually, hence getting knocked out of the United Cup.

Australian Open

Djokovic reached the semi finals and lost to Jannik Sinner in four sets. It was his first ever loss in an Australian open semifinal or final (previously he was 10-0 in semifinals and 20-0 in semifinals and finals combined). [4]

Indian Wells Open

Djokovic received a first round bye into the Indian Wells Open and defeated Aleksandar Vukic in three sets to open up his Indian Wells campaign. He was then defeated by lucky loser Luca Nardi ranked #123 in the world at the time, in three sets in the third round. This marked the lowest ranked opponent to ever beat Djokovic in any Masters 1000 tournament or Grand Slam event in his career.

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Novak Djokovic in 2024.

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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

TournamentMatchRoundOpponent (seed or key)RankResultScore
United Cup
Perth, Australia

Hard
29 December 2023 – 7 January 2024
1 / 1301RR Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhizhen 58Win6–3, 6–2
2 / 1302RR Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Lehečka 31Win6–1, 6–7(2–7), 6–1
3 / 1303QF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur 12Loss4–6, 4–6
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam tournament
Hard, outdoor
14 – 28 January 2024
4 / 13041R Flag of Croatia.svg Dino Prižmić (Q)187Win6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
5 / 13052R Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alexei Popyrin 43Win6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
6 / 13063R Flag of Argentina.svg Tomás Martín Etcheverry (30)32Win6–3, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
7 / 13074R Flag of France.svg Adrian Mannarino (20)19Win6–0, 6–0, 6–3
8 / 1308QF Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz (12)12Win7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
9 / 1309SF Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner (4)4Loss1–6, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Indian Wells Open
Indian Wells, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
6 – 17 March 2024
1RBye
10 / 13102R Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aleksandar Vukic 69Win6–2, 5–7, 6–3
11 / 13113R Flag of Italy.svg Luca Nardi (LL)123Loss4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Miami Open
Miami Gardens, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
20 – 31 March 2024
Withdrew
Monte-Carlo Masters
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Clay, outdoor
7 – 14 April 2024
1RBye
12 / 13122RFlag placeholder.svg Roman Safiullin 39Win6–1, 6–2
13 / 13133R Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Musetti 26Win7–5, 6–3
14 / 1314QF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur (11)11Win7–5, 6–4
15 / 1315SF Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud (8)8Loss4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Clay, outdoor
24 April – 5 May 2024
Withdrew

Mixed doubles matches

TournamentMatchRoundOpponent (seed or key)RankResultScore
United Cup
Perth, Australia

Hard
29 December 2023 – 7 January 2024
Partner: Flag of Serbia.svg Olga Danilović
1 / 4RR Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Qinwen / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhizhen – / 627Win6–4, 1–6, [10–6]

Exhibition matches

Singles

TournamentMatchRoundOpponent (seed or key)RankResultScore
Riyadh Season Tennis Cup
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hard, outdoor
27 December 2023
1PO Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 2Loss6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Australian Open Opening Week
Melbourne, Australia

Hard, outdoor
11 January 2024
2PO Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 7Win6–3

Schedule

Per Novak Djokovic, this is his current 2024 schedule (subject to change). [5]

Singles schedule

DateTournamentLocationTierSurfacePrev.
result
Prev.
points
New
points
Result
1 January 2024–
7 January 2024
United Cup Perth/Sydney (AUS) United Cup HardN/A060Quarterfinals ( Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia lost to Flag of Australia.svg Australia, 0–3)
8 January 2024–
14 January 2024
Adelaide International Adelaide (AUS) 250 Series HardW2500Withdrew
14 January 2024–
28 January 2024
Australian Open Melbourne (AUS) Grand Slam HardW2,000800Semifinals (lost to Jannik Sinner, 1–6, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6)
26 February 2024–
2 March 2024
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai (UAE) 500 Series HardSF1800Withdrew
6 March 2024–
17 March 2024
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells (USA) Masters 1000 HardN/A050Third round (lost to Luca Nardi, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6)
7 April 2024–
14 April 2024
Monte-Carlo Masters Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (FRA)Masters 1000Clay3R90400Semifinals (lost to Casper Ruud, 4–6, 6–1, 4–6)
8 May 2024–
19 May 2024
Italian Open Rome (ITA)Masters 1000ClayQF180
26 May 2024–
9 June 2024
French Open Paris (FRA)Grand SlamClayW2000
Total year-end points (as of Monte Carlo Masters)25201310Decrease2.svg1210
Total year-end points11245difference

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Novak Djokovic has a 11–4 (73.3%) ATP match win–loss record in the 2024 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 0–2 (0%). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

* Statistics correct as of 13 April 2024.


Earnings

Singles
EventPrize moneyYear-to-date
United Cup $293,850$293,850
Australian Open A$990,000$955,665
Indian Wells Open $59,100$1,014,765
Monte-Carlo Masters €274,425$1,312,104
$1,312,104
Total
$1,312,104

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

See also

Notes

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