Without a doubt, Novak Djokovic is the best tennis player on the planet right now. In fact, it would be fair to claim that the Serb has stood alone at the top of the sport for a good three years now and the world No. 1 must be regarded as one of the best players in the history of the game.
Tennis fans have been spoiled in recent years with the likes of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, but Djokovic could be the greatest of them all. His consistency and ability to maintain his performance on any surface stands him in good stead to surpass Federer’s record of 17 Grand Slam titles at some point during his career.
Djokovic cruised past Andy Murray in straight sets to win the Australian Open title in January for the 11th Grand Slam success of his illustrious career. But he’s far from finished. At just 28 years old, Djokovic may have his best years ahead of him and it may be only a matter of time before he passes Federer’s total and rewrites the record books.
Right now, Djokovic is simply sublime. He has won five of the last seven Grand Slam events and it would take a brave man to back against him on current form. Next up is the French Open and many punters will be looking towards Bookies.com for various promotions and free bets. While he is at the top of his game, the French Open has always eluded him in the past and punters might not want to risk their own cash.
After the French Open, all eyes will be on Wimbledon. Last summer, Djokovic defeated Federer fashion to send a major statement to the world of tennis. The Serb is streets ahead of everybody else and it might even be fair to claim that only Andy Murray can touch him on the grass and hard-court surfaces.
In the build-up to Wimbledon, it might be wise to visit Bookies.com and have a read of their betting previews and tips. Their free bets and other offers are all available in the UK and Djokovic backers can ensure they get the best value for their money. It won’t be easy, especially if Murray is fired up for his home event, but Djokovic has too much class if he plays at his very best.
Is he the best ever? Well, it’s hard to judge, but he’s certainly dominated in one of tennis’ brightest eras. If Djokovic can finally get his hands on the French Open title, he’ll do his legacy as one of the best ever no harm at all. This is his time and, with a bit of luck, Djokovic could go on to win all three of the remaining Grand Slams this year—yet another record that would swing the pendulum in his favor.
certainly not yet, maybe down the road
If he wins the French to hold all four slams concurrently with positive h2h over The Big Four plus all his existing achievements then he will be the new GOAT.
In My opinion.
#DjokoSlam
Needs to win the French and then see if he can match or better Fed. Then we’ll see. Looks like he’s on the right track. As of now, he’s phenomenal!
When I first read the above I thought Ricky was having an early mid-life crisis. It was so not his style. I was relieved to discover it was penned by somebody else
The best now but please not the GOAT.
Not in your opinion.
Just mine IF he wins the French this year. Otherwise it’s quite obviously Rafa for the time being.
There is no absolute GOAT. (Well there is but there is no way of knowing absolutely who it is.)
Do you? Or don’t you.
As a huge Nole fan, I think he needs to win a few more GS to truly have a strong case as GOAT. Whatever facts that currently support Novak just can’t over-mount that 6 GS gap.
All of you speak as Novak has already matched Rafa’s records of 14 GSs which he has not…he still has long way to go and he is soon to be 29…
you all seem to think his amazing run and superb form will go for another two years enabling him to win all the GSs, which I highly doubt…even if he is able to win French this year it will mean nothing in terms of the GOAT argument…he needs to win more than Rafa and needs to win Olympic gold to surpass Rafa in the equation…and then he has to go after Fed’s record of 17 GSs which will be difficult having fearless young guns on the tour…
I think it is rather unrealistic and too early to speak about Novak as a GOAT…he does not deserve it…not just yet…time will tell and we might get all the answers in the next few years…we shall see…for now both Fed and Rafa stand above him with their respective records…
yes, too early to call him GOAT but not too early to seriously consider his name in the all-time list now…
nats,
14 GS is no record.
so? it is a landmark! the person holding those 14 slams has also won a golden career slam in the process.
he will have some very strong arguments in his favor. The ‘unique’ factors…rafa has some of those factors working for him , fed has the least. An e.g is ‘overcoming top two GOAT candidates to rise to the top’. What was his combined head-to-head against Fedal in 2011? 11-1? I was shell shocked with this stat to be honest. I know rafa was not at his absolute best in 2011 but still…
Why is H2H a “unique” factor? A simply google search will line up a littany of several more relevant statistics in the game for those with double digit majors-and that is actually where Novak is gaining atm. He’s already been at the top of the game for longer than Nadal has I believe and has also surpassed him at Wimbledon, equalled him at USO and is way ahead at AO. Nadal right now is only the better French Open player (albeit leagues better) despite everything playing so slow.
the unique factor is ‘overcoming top two GOAT candidates to rise to the top’.
Rafa has two channel slams … that’s an EXAMPLE of a unique factor for him as far as Rafa, Novak and Fed are concerned.
Novak has not been able to win a single channel slam despite all his dominance. Fed has won one (deservedly so) but he got lucky too.
What made borg so great is that he had 3 channel slams.
Incredibly difficult combination because of the completely diff nature of clay and grass. It was even tough in Borg’s time.
Channel slam meant something when the surface speeds/conditions were diametrically opposite. Borg used to literally s&v on a majority of the first serves against top notch S&Vers. Now it is almost entirely irrelevant because grass no longer requires any major adjustment.
Like I said it harder back then but is still by far the toughest combo and a BIG Transition. No matter how you choose to downplay it, grass is grass. Don’t wanna go into details here….fairly obvious.
excluding some records a player has based on the speculations related to the court speed is beyond comprehension and makes no sense…it’s the same as arguing about wooden racquet 🙂
I am sure the fans will find the way to defend their player records deciding on what is and what is not reliable record….that is pure speculative and biased thing to do…
14 GS is HUGE RECORD! Ask Novak about it…he still needs to get there…
I agree with you. 14 GS is massive but I don’t think the channel slam is unique anymore. It’s a nice record-one among many. But in Borg’s time it was virtually unheard of. I’d say both Laver and Borg in this context.
does not mean what you THINK. It IS unique! talk to us here about it when someone wins a couple of channel slams. It was unheard of in Borg’s time, right, but how many have won multiple channel slams 1990 onward? Ahem…
Fed got the luck of not facing rafa and not having any great clay court player left in the draw. Novak would have given him loads of trouble as the Serb was the second best clay court player in the lead up to RG 2009. Pity he was exhausted and bowed our to Kohlschreiber. Stan wasn’t quite there in 2009. Delpo pushed fed to 5 sets but was still developing as a player.
Anywya, point is, winning two channel slams is not something you will see any time soon. It remains quite rare.
since when does fed have 18 grand slams?? according to this article he has…