The ATP Finals—the season-ending championship of men's tennis—begins on Sunday, November 9 in London. Over the next four days, we'll take a closer look at the seasons put forth so far by the eight singles competitors.
It was the best of times and the worst of times for the seven-time major champion, who began 2014 with a new coach and ended it with a new addition to his family. In between, he abdicated his throne at the Australian Open, was stymied—once again—by Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros, and experienced growing pains with Boris Becker, who was brought in to help the uber-talented Serb get over the hump in the most important matches. None was bigger than the Wimbledon final, where another crushing collapse seemed destined after Roger Federer saved a match point in the fourth set. But Djokovic fought through in five, stopping the bleeding and changing the tenor of his entire season. You could even see it in his wedding photos, taken just days later.
Unquestionably, his win at Wimbledon—a result that may end up tilting the year-end No. 1 race in his favor, over Federer.