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Novak Djokovic's Century Decoded: Serbian Legend's Journey To 100th ATP Tour Title

It is on hard courts that Novak Djokovic has had most of his success, with 71 of his 100 ATP Tour titles coming on that surface

Novak Djokovic has won his 100th ATP Tour title
Novak Djokovic has won his 100th ATP Tour title
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Novak Djokovic has finally got his hands on ATP Tour title number 100. (More Tennis News)

In defeating Hubert Hurkacz to win the Geneva Open on Saturday, Djokovic followed in the footsteps of Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors, who won 103 and 109 ATP-level trophies, respectively.

Djokovic did it the hard way, coming from behind to win 5-7 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-2) in three hours and eight minutes.

"I had to work for it, that바카라™s for sure. Hubi was probably closer to victory [in] the entire match than I was," Djokovic said.

"I had some chances in the first set to break his serve, then had a bad game which ended up with the double fault on set point.

"I was just trying to hang in there, I don바카라™t know how I broke his serve. He probably broke himself in the third, when he was 4-3 up, but this is what happens at the highest level.

"Very few points decide the winner. Incredible match, 7-6 in the third with a full stadium, beautiful atmosphere. I바카라™m just grateful to clinch the 100th here."

Since beating Chile's Nicolas Massu to land his first ATP crown way back in July 2006 at the Dutch Open, Djokovic has carved out a legacy almost unmatched in the Tour's history.

Here, we take a look at the best Opta facts and figures surrounding Djokovic's ton of titles.

Breaking down Djokovic's century

Djokovic's first ATP title came on the clay in Amersfoort, and he has since gone on to win 20 events on the surface 바카라“ including three triumphs at the French Open.

But it is on hard courts that Djokovic has had most of his success, with 71 of his titles coming on that surface. 

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Djokovic has, of course, won 24 of his titles at grand slams 바카라“ 10 at the Australian Open, three at Roland-Garros, seven at Wimbledon and four at the US Open.

Though he has failed to add to that tally 바카라“ and surpass Margaret Court outright for the most major titles by anyone in the men's or women's game 바카라“ since winning his last major crown at the 2023 US Open, the Serbian did finally win Olympic gold in Paris last year.

Having overcome Carlos Alcaraz in the gold medal match, he is one of only two men to win all four grand slam singles titles, the ATP Finals and Olympic gold, along with Agassi.

Djokovic has also claimed the most big titles 바카라“ grand slams, ATP Masters 1000, ATP Finals and Olympics 바카라“ of any player since the inaugural ATP Tour season in 1990, with 72 to his name.

Like a fine wine?

That title in Paris was Djokovic's only Tour-level triumph in 2024, but that does not mean he is totally slowing down.

He has won at least one ATP-level event in each of the last 20 seasons, becoming the only player in the Open Era to achieve that feat.

Rafael Nadal recorded at least one victory in 19 straight seasons between 2004 and 2022, with no other player doing so in more than 15 consecutive years.

Djokovic's victory came at the age of 38 years and two days.

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Djokovic now boasts a win percentage of 69.9% (100-43) in ATP finals.

Saturday's success presents the ideal tonic to what has been a frustrating season for Djokovic, who bar a run to the final at the Miami Open, which followed on from reaching the semi-finals in Melbourne, has struggled to string results together in 2025.

With a century of trophies under his belt, the next, and possibly final, target for the Serbian is that 25th grand slam crown.

Could it come at Roland-Garros? 

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