It wasn’t Novak Djokovic’s biggest season of all-time, however 2025 was nonetheless one other record-smashing marketing campaign, one during which the de facto tennis GOAT continued to solidify his place within the sports activities’ report books.
Djokovic turned 38 in Could of this 12 months, however didn’t let his age sluggish him down (an excessive amount of) on the majors, the place he reached the semifinals in any respect 4 Slams, or within the tournaments, the place he received his one hundredth and one hundred and first profession ATP titles at Geneva and Athens respectively.
In complete, Djokovic went 39-11 on the season, and have become the oldest ATP title winner within the Open period when he received the trophy in Athens in early November.
The Grand Slam king additionally turned the oldest participant to succeed in the semis in any respect 4 majors, an unbelievable feat by all measures, even when he wasn’t capable of crack the code of Sincaraz at any of the sports activities 4 Grand Slams this 12 months.
There was additionally a rankings milestone on the finish of the season as nicely, as Djokovic slipped in as year-end No.4 within the rankings, breaking the report for many Prime 4 finishes in ATP historical past with 16. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer every achieved the feat 15 occasions.
Half of Djokovic’s Prime 4 finishes—eight—had been at No. 1, one other all-time report. Federer and Nadal every have 5 No. 1 finishes.
And the top shouldn’t be even looming on the horizon as Djokovic has made public his dream situation of ending his profession on the 2028 Olympic Video games in Los Angeles. Will the 24-time main champion stay a Prime 5 participant for the subsequent two years? Can he win one other main? Will he rack up extra titles?
Fortunately, tennis followers will get to ponder this questions, and savor the intrigue, as Djokovic continues to interrupt via boundaries throughout his illustrious profession.
