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Tennis – ATP Masters 1000 – Paris Masters – Accor Arena, Paris, France – November 5, 2021 Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during an interview after winning his quarter final match against Taylor Fritz of the U.S. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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Tennis – ATP Masters 1000 – Paris Masters – Accor Arena, Paris, France – November 5, 2021 Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during an interview after winning his quarter final match against Taylor Fritz of the U.S. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Arguably the greatest tennis player ever, Novak Djokovic has celebrated his 35th birthday today. As he is currently in Paris for the French Open, he celebrated his birthday with the French Open authorities. Meanwhile, former legendary American tennis player, Billie Jean King wished the Serb on his birthday, by writing a special note.
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Billie Jean King wished Novak Djokovic on his 35th birthday
Earlier today, the 12-time Grand Slam winner and one of the founders of the WTA, Billie Jean King took to Twitter and wrote a heartfelt message to wish Djokovic on his birthday. She wrote, “Happy birthday to 20x Grand Slam men’s singles champion with 1,000 ATP match wins, World No. 1, @DjokerNole!”
The legendary tennis player also shared a lovely photo with Djokovic in that tweet. In reply, Novak used a couple of emojis to express his gratitude for the wish.
🙏🏼🤗
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) May 22, 2022
Meanwhile, the officials also at the Roland Garros arranged a little surprise birthday celebration for Djokovic. He also received a gift from them. You can see the video below.
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A look at Djokovic’s career so far
As Djokovic celebrates his 35th birthday, we look back at some of the amazing statistics he has achieved throughout his career.
First of all, he tied with Roger Federer with 20 Grand Slam titles, the second-most Grand Slam singles titles in the history of men’s tennis. As he is the current world no.1, he has now maintained this ranking for 372 weeks, which is the most ever number of weeks for a player to hold that position. Apart from that, he also ended the year as no.1 in the world, 7 times in total, still the most by any player.
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Tennis – ATP Masters 1000 – Paris Masters – Accor Arena, Paris, France – November 7, 2021 Serbia’s Novak Djokovic holds the trophy and celebrates winning his final match against Russia’s Daniil Medvedev REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Recently, he won the Italian Open by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, which was an ATP Masters 1000 event. With that victory, he has now 38 Masters 1000 titles to his name, which is the most by any player.
Novak #Djokovic is 35 today.
*Most weeks at No 1 (372 secured)
*20 Grand Slam titles
*Non-calendar Slam
*38 Masters titles
*Double Golden Masters
*Seven-time YE No. 1.…
— Saša Ozmo (@ozmo_sasa) May 22, 2022
Also, he won the Australian Open, his favorite Major event nine times in his career, most by any male player. It’s safe to say that he’s arguably one of the greatest athletes in the world, not just a tennis player.
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