The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported.
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian tennis player who holds many of the sport's biggest records, including 24 major singles titles, ten of them at the Australian Open, and 428 weeks as world number one. He won his first major in 2008, at 20, and with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal formed the Big Three that ruled men's tennis for years.
He is the only man to hold all four majors at once across three different surfaces, and he won Olympic gold in Paris in 2024. His opposition to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate kept him out of many tournaments in 2022. Off court he co-founded a players' association, the PTPA, and runs a foundation for children from disadvantaged communities.
He is the only man to hold all four majors at once across three different surfaces, and he won Olympic gold in Paris in 2024. His opposition to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate kept him out of many tournaments in 2022. Off court he co-founded a players' association, the PTPA, and runs a foundation for children from disadvantaged communities.
I stopped thinking too much about what could happen and relied on my physical and mental strength to play the right shots at the right time.
Serbian history tells that the family is the most important thing and you have to stick with the family.
I don't think there has been enough communication between the players and the tournaments. In one sense it's just as much the players' fault. Players talk between each other and in the locker room about things that can be improved and then when the time comes to talk and really do something about it they stop.
And when I was saying I want to become number one of the world and I was 7, 8 years old, most of the people were laughing to me. Because you know, it seemed like I have one percent chances to do that. And I've done it.
My nutritionist has done a great job in changing my diet after we established I am allergic to things like gluten - I can't eat pizza, pasta and bread. I have lost some weight, but my movement is sharper and I feel great.
I'm a happy man, because I am successful in what I do, of course; but what makes me most happy is I have people around me that I love and who love me back. This, for me, is the most important thing. Nobody likes to be alone.