Interesting facts about
Nole
Skiing
Skiing
As a child, he grew up in Kopaonik, where, in addition to tennis, he also loved to ski, and his family was also a professional skiers.
First Atp Tournament
First Atp Tournament
In 2005 he wins his first ATP tournament in Amersfoort, a tournament that later moved to Belgrade. He then received an iPod as a trophy
Languages
Languages
The fact is that he loves languages, so in addition to Serbian and English, he also knows how to speak German, Italian and French.
Animals
Animals
He is a big fan of animals, which can be seen because he takes his pets to tournaments with him whenever he can.
MATCHES WON
MATCHES WON
Has a 95.6 percent match-winning effect after winning the first set, making him the first player in the segment, followed by Bjorn Borg with 95.5 percent.
MASTERS TITLES
MASTERS TITLES
After winning the title in Rome in 2020, he became the player with the most Masters titles won, 36 in total, and thus overtook Rafael Nadal with 35.
First racket
First racket
At just 4 years old he was already holding a racket in his hands, it all started when he saw a tennis camp being held next to a restaurant run by his parents. That camp was led by the famous Jelena Genčić.
CAREER SLAM
CAREER SLAM
He’s the only player that currently has is “Career Slam”, the last one who managed to do that was Rod Laver 51 years ago.
GRAND SLAM
GRAND SLAM
He has a 88.2 percent of winning matches at Grand Slams when played on concrete, which is a record to this day.
TOP 10
TOP 10
He became the only player to beat the top 10 players 30 times in one season.
MARATHON FINALS
MARATHON FINALS
He played two famous marathon Grand Slam finals in 2012. against Rafael Nadal, the match lasted 6 hours and 5 minutes, the second one was the US Open against Andy Murray, which lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes.
RECORD IN GAMES PLAYED
RECORD IN GAMES PLAYED
2007 v. Radek Štepanek at U.S. Open tied the record for the number of games played in one single match, 63 out of 65 possible, where in the end he won 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (2), a match that lasted 4 hours 44 minutes.
