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Novak Djokovic resisted Roger Federer in an epic finale at Wimbledon, winning two match points in the fifth set in 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3) a victory that will never be forgotten.
Here are 16 things that Djokovic did by winning The Championships this year:
1. He won his 16th career Grand Slam title. By winning Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal had a win of less than two slams from Federer's total. Today, Djokovic is less than two of the Nadal total by winning Wimbledon. With 20, 18 and 16 years old, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have the three highest Grand Slam titles of all men in the history of tennis.
2. He won his fifth title at Wimbledon. Djokovic (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019 champion) is the sixth man in history to win five wins at Wimbledon, having been eight-time champion Federer, seven-time champion, William Renshaw and Pete Sampras, and Laurie five-time champion Doherty and Bjorn Borg.
3. He was the first man of the day to have saved match points en route to the Wimbledon title. No man has spared points in going to the title since 1960, and no one has made it to the finals since 1948.
4. He won the longest final in the history of Wimbledon. At four hours and 57 minutes, the 2019 final passed the 2008 championship between Nadal and Federer, which lasted four hours and 48 minutes.
5. He has now won four of the last five Grand Slam tournaments and 33 of his last 34 Grand Slam games. Since the start of Wimbledon last year, Djokovic's only Grand Slam defeat went to Dominic Thiem in the semifinals of the French Open, and barely: it was a 6-2, 3-6 win. , 7-5, 5-7. 7-5 points.
6. He is now on a run of 14 consecutive wins at Wimbledon. His last defeat at the All England Club came in the quarterfinals in 2017, when he retired against Tomas Berdych due to a right elbow injury.
7. He has now won 10 of his last 12 Grand Slam finals. In the middle of the 2014 season, Djokovic was 6-0 to 7 in the Grand Slam final, but he left Wimbledon this year at 16-9.
8. He is now 5-1 in the Wimbledon final. His only loss came in 2013, when he fell to Andy Murray, the first Briton to win Wimbledon since 1936, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.
9. He has now defeated Federer five times in a row. Federer's last victory over Djokovic came during the ATP finals round robin in 2015; Since then, Djokovic has beaten him in the finals of the ATP finals in 2015, the Australian Open in 2016, Cincinnati and Paris in 2018, and now Wimbledon. in 2019.
Prior to this run of five consecutive wins, Djokovic had never beaten Federer more than three times in a row.
10. He is now 26-22 total against Federer. Assailed by the surface, Djokovic leads 19-17 on hard ground, 3-1 on grass and they are tied 4-4 on clay.
11. He is the second player to beat Federer 10 times in the Grand Slam. Nadal is 10-4 against Federer at the Grand Slam; Djokovic is now 10-6. No other player has more than two victories over Federer in the majors.
It was also the third time that Djokovic was saving a match point to beat Federer at a major tournament – he had already done it twice at the US Open, in the semi-final in five sets, in 2010. and 2011.
12. He won the first decisive game of the singles tournament, 12-12. The first singles match to have played a tiebreaker at Wimbledon proved to be the last match of the fortnight.
13. He qualified for the final ATP. Nadal became the first player to qualify for the ATP finals as he headed for the semifinals at Wimbledon. With his victory, Djokovic has qualified for the final of the season for the 12th time of his career. The Serbian is five times champion at the event, in 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
14. He has a cushion of 4,470 points at No. 1. With only 1,090 points to defend in Canada and Cincinnati, it can be said that Djokovic's No. 1 ranking will be safe until at least his title defense at the US Open.
15. The Big Three have now won 11 Grand Slam tournaments. Djokovic, Nadal and Federer have won the 11 Grand Slam tournaments since the beginning of 2017: four for Djokovic, four for Nadal and three for Federer.
16. Thirty-some have now won 12 Grand Slam tournaments. The last man under 30 to win a major was Murray, then 29, at Wimbledon in 2016.
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