Novak Djokovic: 23 stats for his record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title

Novak Djokovic seems to rewrite history almost every time he plays these days, but what he achieved at Roland Garros this year was a new level—and below are the stats to back it up.

First, some top-line stats:

He won his record-breaking 23rd career Grand Slam title. It’s the most for a man in tennis history, passing Rafael Nadal’s 22.

He’s now the first man in tennis history with a Triple Career Slam. That means winning all four Grand Slam events three times each—he’s now won Roland Garros three times (2016, 2021 and 2023) to go along with his 10 Australian Opens, seven Wimbledons and three US Opens.

He’s the oldest player to win Roland Garros in the tournament’s history (since 1925). At 36 years and 20 days, he surpasses Nadal’s record of 36 years and two days from last year. Serena Williams holds the women’s record, winning it at 33 years and eight months in 2015.

The title run in Paris propelled him back to No. 1. He kicked off his record-extending 388th career week at the top spot on the ATP rankings on Monday.

It was the 94th tour-level title of his career. He’s now tied with Ivan Lendl for third-most for a man in the Open Era, trailing only Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103).

He now has 1,058 tour-level wins in his career. He’s closing in fast on Lendl and Rafael Nadal, who are tied for third-most for a man in the Open Era with 1,068 each—Connors and Federer lead with 1,274 and 1,251, respectively. Djokovic has the best career winning percentage for a man in the Open Era, though, at 83.4% (1,058-210).

He’s now won 11 majors since turning 30, more than any other player in the Open Era. He was previously tied with Serena for that record—she won 10 after turning 30.

Now, a little deeper into Djokovic’s Grand Slam numbers:

He’s now won 23 of the 70 Grand Slams he’s ever played (32.9%). He’s also reached the final 48.6% of the time (34 of 70), the semifinals 64.3% of the time (45 of 70), the quarterfinals 78.6% of the time (55 of 70) and the second week 85.7% of the time (60 of 70). All ridiculous.

He’s now won 15 of his last 18 Grand Slam finals. Midway through the 2015 season he had an 8-8 record in major finals—since then, he’s 15-3.

He’s also won 20 of his last 21 Grand Slam semifinals. Since the start of 2015, the only loss came to Dominic Thiem in the 2019 Roland Garros semifinals, and barely (6-2, 3-6, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5).

He’s now on a 21-match winning streak at majors. It’s his fifth career winning streak of 20 or more wins in a row at majors, an all-time men’s record.

He’s 52-2 at majors since the start of 2021. His only two losses in that span came to Daniil Medvedev (2021 US Open final) and Nadal (2022 Roland Garros quarterfinals).

He’s now won multiple majors in seven different years in his career—2011, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. That’s an all-time men’s record, passing Federer and Nadal’s six years.

His wins over Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud in the last two rounds were his 64th and 65th career Top 10 wins at a Grand Slam. Only 12 other men in the entire Open Era even have 65 Top 10 wins across all tournaments in their career.

And finally, a few mindblowingly fun ones:

He’s now won 12 of his last 15 matches against reigning No. 1s. He’s now 15-17 in his career against No. 1s after his semifinal victory over Alcaraz at Roland Garros, but he was 3-14 against them at the end of 2010—he’s 12-3 against them since the start of 2011.

He went 6-0 in tie-breaks at Roland Garros this year, and didn’t make a single mistake in any of them. Points played: 55. Points won: 42. Winners: 17. Unforced errors: 0.

And by winning all six of those tie-breaks, it’s official: Tie-Breakovic is the new king of tie-breaks. Going into Roland Garros this year, he had the second-best career winning percentage in tie-breaks for a man in the Open Era at 65.1% (302-162), trailing only Federer’s 65.4% (466-247). But Djokovic is now at 65.5% (308-162).

He’s back to being the only man in the Open Era who has a winning percentage of 80.0% or more on hard, clay and grass. He’s well clear of that mark on hard (84.6%) and grass (85.8%), but he’s been inching above and below 80.0% on clay this year—but he ends this year’s clay-court season at 80.3% after his seven wins in a row in Paris.

This is now the 15th year in his career that he’s won at least three tour-level titles. That’s 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

And Roland Garros is now the 15th tour-level event he’s won at least three times. Incredibly, the two events he’s won the most are Grand Slams: the Australian Open (10) and Wimbledon (seven).

With 388 career weeks at No. 1, he’s now exactly a year and a half ahead of the man with the next-most career weeks at No. 1. Federer has 310, which is 78 weeks behind—52 plus 26.

He also has no ranking points to defend until October. From now until late September last year, he only played Wimbledon and Laver Cup, which both counted as tour-level wins and losses but didn’t offer any ranking points last year (Laver Cup never does).

And last but definitely not least, Djokovic has won more than 10% of the Grand Slams played in the Open Era. This year’s Roland Garros was the 220th Grand Slam event of the Open Era, and 23 out of 220 is 10.5%. Pretty amazing given he wasn’t even born until 19 years into the Open Era.