Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic (born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. As of 6 August 2012 he is ranked World No. 2. He has won five Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008, 2011 and 2012 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open. By winning three Majors in 2011, Djokovic became the sixth male player in the open era to win three Majors in a calendar year. He is the first male player representing Serbia to win a Major singles title and the youngest player in the open era to have reached the semifinals of all four Grand Slam events, separately and consecutively. By reaching the 2012 French Open final, he became the ninth player in open era who reached the final of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments (and only fifth who did that consecutively). Amongst other titles, he won the Tennis Masters Cup in 2008 and was on the team which won the 2010 Davis Cup. He also won the bronze medal in singles at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He has won 12 Masters 1000 series titles (breaking a single season record with five titles in 2011), placing him fourth on the list since the inception in 1990. Several sports analysts, tennis critics and former and current players consider Djokovic to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.