Novak Djokovic will hope to win his 101st ATP Tour title when he competes at the Athens Open this week.
Following his time in Greece, where he is competing for the first time on the ATP Tour, Djokovic is set to travel to Turin for the ATP Finals.
There had been some debate surrounding Djokovic’s participation in the event. However, on Monday, the President of the Italian Tennis Federation told Ubitennis that Novak Djokovic will be present in Turin.
Djokovic has won seven ATP Finals titles, the most of any player in tennis history and one ahead of Roger Federer, who has six to his name.
There is another ATP Finals record, held by Federer, that Djokovic could usurp if he continues to play on the Tour for the foreseeable future.
Novak Djokovic is set to equal Roger Federer’s ATP Finals appearance record
As reported by statisticians OptaAce, Novak Djokovic is set to make his 17th appearance at the ATP Finals.
This would equal Roger Federer – who also made 17 appearances – for the most appearances of any player at the event, since the tournament’s inauguration in 1970.
Djokovic, who recently trained with Jacob Fearnley, first appeared at the tournament in 2007. A year later, he won the tournament for the first time, defeating Nikolay Daydenko in the final.
His last ATP Finals title came in 2023; he defeated Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-3 in the final.
As for Federer, he made his first appearance in 2002, reaching the semi-final stage. In 2003, Federer won his first ATP Finals title, beating Andre Agassi in the final.
Federer won five more titles between 2003 and 2011. He made three more finals after 2011, but did not win another title.
Novak Djokovic’s first ATP Finals title win
Novak Djokovic was seeded second heading into the 2008 ATP Finals, and he was drawn against Nikolay Davydenko, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin del Potro.
Although Djokovic lost to Tsonga, he advanced through to the semi-finals after defeating Davydenko and del Potro.
In the semi-finals, Djokovic fought from a set down to defeat Gilles Simon 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
In the final, Djokovic faced Russian star Nikolay Davydenko. Djokovic had already beaten Davydenko in the group stage, and did so again in the final, winning the contest 6-1, 7-5.
Davydenko would not have to wait long for ATP Finals success: he won the tournament in 2009.
