Novak Djokovic Expresses Gratitude After Hall of Famer Billie Jean King’s Special Birthday Wish

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. 

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. 

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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. 

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. 

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. 

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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