2019 Novak Djokovic tennis season

2019 Novak Djokovic tennis season

Full name	Novak Djokovic
Country	Serbia
Calendar prize money	$3,228,120 (singles & doubles)
Singles
Season record	14–3
Calendar titles	1
Current ranking	No. 1
Ranking change from previous year
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	W
Doubles
Season record	5–3
Current ranking	No. 124
Ranking change from previous year	144
Last updated on: 15 April 2019.

Main article: Novak Djokovic

The 2019 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially began on 1 January 2019, in the first round of the Qatar Open.

Yearly summary

Early hard court season

World Tennis Championship

Novak Djokovic started the season by playing the World Tennis Championship, an exhibition tournament on the last week of 2018. He defeated Karen Khachanov and Kevin Anderson to win the tournament for a record-tying fourth time.

Qatar Open

Djokovic's first official tournament was the Qatar Open. He reached the semifinals by defeating Damir Džumhur, Márton Fucsovics and Nikoloz Basilashvili, but lost in three sets to eventual champion Roberto Bautista Agut.

Australian Open

See also: 2019 Australian Open – Men's Singles

Djokovic entered the Australian Open as the top seed. He defeated qualifier Mitchell Krueger, 2008 finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 25th seed Denis Shapovalov, 15th seed Daniil Medvedev, 8th seed Kei Nishikori, and 28th seed Lucas Pouille to reach the final, in which he beat 2nd seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets to win his 15th Major and a record 7th Australian Open.

Indian Wells Masters

Djokovic's next tournament was the Indian Wells Masters, where he received a first round bye along with 31 seeded players. He won his first match since Australian Open title against Bjorn Fratangelo, but was defeated in two sets by Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round.

Miami Open

After his early exit at Indian Wells, Djokovic played at the Miami Open where he had previously won six times. After defeating Bernard Tomic and Federico Delbonis, Djokovic faced Roberto Bautista Agut. Djokovic won the first set and went a break up in second set, before a rain delay that seemingly disrupted his momentum. Djokovic eventually lost the match in three sets. After 41 straight wins, it was the first time Djokovic had lost in Miami after winning the first set. After the match, Djokovic admitted being affected by off-court distractions during the tournament.

Clay Court Season

Monte Carlo Masters

Djokovic's clay court season will commence at the Monte Carlo Masters, which will be played in the third week of April.

Djokovic received an opening round bye, and made his clay court debut against Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round. Djokovic won a tight three-setter, prevailing 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

All matches

This table lists all the matches of Djokovic this year, including walkovers W/O (they are marked ND for non-decision)

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Qatar Open Doha, Qatar ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 31 December 2018 – 5 January 2019
	1 / 1012	1R	Damir Džumhur	45	Win	6–1, 6–2
	2 / 1013	2R	Márton Fucsovics	36	Win	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
	3 / 1014	QF	Nikoloz Basilashvili (5)	21	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	4 / 1015	SF	Roberto Bautista Agut (7)	24	Loss	6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 14 – 27 January 2019
	5 / 1016	1R	Mitchell Krueger (Q)	230	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
	6 / 1017	2R	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (WC)	177	Win	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
	7 / 1018	3R	Denis Shapovalov (25)	27	Win	6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
	8 / 1019	4R	Daniil Medvedev (15)	19	Win	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3
	9 / 1020	QF	Kei Nishikori (8)	9	Win	6–1, 4–1, ret.
	10 / 1021	SF	Lucas Pouille (28)	31	Win	6–0, 6–2, 6–2
	11 / 1022	W	Rafael Nadal (2)	2	Win (1)	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 4 – 17 March 2019
	–	1R	Bye
	12 / 1023	2R	Bjorn Fratangelo	128	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–2
	13 / 1024	3R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	39	Loss	4–6, 4–6
Miami Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 18 March – 31 March 2019
	–	1R	Bye
	14 / 1025	2R	Bernard Tomic	81	Win	7–6(7–2), 6–2
	15 / 1026	3R	Federico Delbonis	83	Win	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
	16 / 1027	4R	Roberto Bautista Agut	25	Loss	6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Monte-Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 14 – 21 April 2019
	–	1R	Bye
	17 / 1028	2R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	40	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
	18 / 1029	3R	TBD			N/A

Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (seed or key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Qatar Open Doha, Qatar ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 31 December 2018 – 4 January 2019 Partner: Marko Djokovic
	1 / 111	1R	Cem İlkel / Mubarak Shannan Zayid (WC)	323 / –	Win	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
	2 / 112	QF	Damir Džumhur / Dušan Lajović	148 / 240	Win	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
	3 / 113	SF	David Goffin / Pierre-Hugues Herbert	354 / 12	Loss	1–6, 6–3, [13–15]
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 4 March – 17 March 2019 Partner: Fabio Fognini
	4 / 114	1R	Jérémy Chardy / Milos Raonic	75 / 450	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–1
	5 / 115	2R	Rohan Bopanna / Denis Shapovalov	38 / 304	Win	6–4, 1–6, [10–8]
	6 / 116	QF	Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău	22 / 33	Win	7–6(8–6), 2–6, [10–6]
	7 / 117	SF	Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo (6)	8 / 12	Loss	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [6–10]
Monte-Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 14 – 21 April 2019 Partner: Marko Djokovic
	8 / 118	1R	Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (4)	11 / 11	Loss	1–6, 3–6

Exhibition matches

Singles

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
World Tennis Championship Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Hard, outdoor 27 – 29 December 2018
	–	QF	Bye
	1	SF	Karen Khachanov (5)	11	Win	6–4, 6–2
	2	W	Kevin Anderson (3)	6	Win	4–6, 7–5, 7–5

Doubles

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (seed or key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States Hard, outdoor 16 March 2019 Partner: Pete Sampras
	1	–	Tommy Haas / John McEnroe	– / –	Loss	3–4(4–7)

Schedule

Per Novak Djokovic, this is his current 2019 schedule (subject to change).

Singles schedule

Date	Tournament	Location	Category	Surface	Prev. result	Prev. points	New points	Result
31 December 2018– 5 January 2019	Qatar Open	Doha (QAT)	250 Series	Hard	A	N/A	90	Semifinals (lost to Roberto Bautista Agut, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6)
14 January 2019– 27 January 2019	Australian Open	Melbourne (AUS)	Grand Slam	Hard	4R	180	2000	Champion (defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3)
4 March 2019– 17 March 2019	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells (USA)	Masters 1000	Hard	2R	10	45	Third round (lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber, 4–6, 4–6)
18 March 2019– 31 March 2019	Miami Open	Miami (USA)	Masters 1000	Hard	2R	10	90	Fourth round (lost to Roberto Bautista Agut, 6–1, 5–7, 3–6)
14 April 2019– 21 April 2019	Monte-Carlo Masters	Monte Carlo (MON)	Masters 1000	Clay	3R	90
5 May 2019– 12 May 2019	Madrid Open	Madrid (ESP)	Masters 1000	Clay	2R	45
13 May 2019– 19 May 2019	Italian Open	Rome (ITA)	Masters 1000	Clay	SF	360
27 May 2019– 9 June 2019	French Open	Paris (FRA)	Grand Slam	Clay	QF	360
1 July 2019– 14 July 2019	Wimbledon	London (GBR)	Grand Slam	Grass	W	2000
Race to London points as of Miami Open						200	2225	2025 difference
Total year-end points						9045

Doubles schedule

Date	Tournament	Location	Category	Surface	Prev. result	Prev. points	New points	Result
31 December 2018– 4 January 2019	Qatar Open	Doha (QAT)	250 Series	Hard	A	N/A	90	Semifinals (lost to Goffin / Herbert, 1–6, 6–3, [13–15])
4 March 2019– 17 March 2019	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells (USA)	Masters 1000	Hard	A	N/A	360	Semifinals (lost to Kubot / Melo, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [6–10])
14 April 2019– 21 April 2019	Monte-Carlo Masters	Monte Carlo (MON)	Masters 1000	Clay	A	N/A	0	First round (lost to Cabal / Farah, 1–6, 3–6)
Current points as of Monte-Carlo Masters						0	450	450 difference
Total year-end points						180

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Novak Djokovic has a 14–3 ATP match win-loss record in the 2019 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 2–0. Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

• Nikoloz Basilashvili 1–0
• Federico Delbonis 1–0
• Damir Džumhur 1–0
• Bjorn Fratangelo 1–0
• Márton Fucsovics 1–0
• Mitchell Krueger 1–0
• Daniil Medvedev 1–0
• Rafael Nadal 1–0
• Kei Nishikori 1–0
• Lucas Pouille 1–0
• Denis Shapovalov 1–0
• Bernard Tomic 1–0
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1–0
• Philipp Kohlschreiber 1–1
• Roberto Bautista Agut 0–2

* Statistics correct as of 16 April 2019.

Finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Category Grand Slam (1–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP Tour 500 (0–0) ATP Tour 250 (0–0)

Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2019	Australian Open, Australia (7)	Grand Slam	Hard	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–2, 6–3

Earnings

• Bold font denotes tournament win

Singles
Event	Prize money	Year-to-date
Qatar Open	$64,975	$64,975
Australian Open	A$4,100,000	$3,021,895
Indian Wells Masters	$48,775	$3,070,670
Miami Open	$91,205	$3,161,875
Monte-Carlo Masters
		$3,161,875
Doubles
Event	Prize money	Year-to-date
Qatar Open	$10,315	$10,315
Indian Wells Masters	$55,930	$66,245
Monte-Carlo Masters
		$66,245
Total
		$3,228,120

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

• source：[1]

Awards and nominations

• Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year

See also

• 2019 ATP Tour
• 2019 Roger Federer tennis season
• 2019 Rafael Nadal tennis season

External links

• Novak Djokovic Official Website
• Novak Djokovic's page on ATP tour