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2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season

a close up of Djokovic in Indian Wells.
Full name	Novak Djokovic
Country	Serbia
Calendar prize money	$14,269,463 (singles & doubles)
Singles
Season record	61–8
Calendar titles	7
Year-end ranking	No. 1
Ranking change from previous year	1
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	QF
French Open	F
Wimbledon	W
US Open	SF
Doubles
Current ranking	573
Ranking change from previous year	1
Injuries
Injuries	Arm injury during Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
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The 2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially began on 30 December 2013 with the start of the 2014 ATP World Tour.

Yearly summary

Djokovic began the year with a warmup tournament win at the World Tennis Championship. At the Australian Open, he won against Lukáš Lacko in straight sets for the first round, won against Leonardo Mayer in straight sets, winning the first set with a bagel, and won against Denis Istomin in straight sets too. He continued his straight sets streak beating no.15 seed Fabio Fognini. Djokovic then met eventual champion Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals of the tournament, who defeated Djokovic in five sets, ending his 25 match winning streak at the Australian Open.

Djokovic chose to withdraw from the first round of the Davis Cup and returned in late February attempting to defend his Dubai title, however he reached the semi-finals falling to eventual champion Roger Federer.

In March he returned to Indian Wells and Miami, winning both tournaments, in the first he avenged Federer in three sets and in the latter he defeated Rafael Nadal in straight sets, in their 40th match.

Djokovic played in the Monte-Carlo Masters, losing to Federer in the semifinals. This ended a remarkable unbeaten run in the Masters 1000 tournaments, starting with Shanghai in 2013, during which he won four consecutive Masters 1000 tournaments: (Shanghai, Paris, Indian Wells, and Miami). On 4 May, withdrew from ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid having suffered a recurrence of the right arm injury that afflicted him at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo...

On 18 May, he defeated Nadal in Rome, it was his 19th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy and he has now won five of the past seven titles at this tournament level; now tied at No. 13 with Muster in the Open Era titles leader list, with 44 crowns...

On 8 June, failed in his bid to win a first Roland Garros title, regain No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time since 6 October 2014 and also complete a career Grand Slam (he would be the eighth man in tennis history)...Finished runner-up for a second time (also 2012), losing to Nadal in four sets...

Wins seventh Grand Slam championship and second Wimbledon crown (also 2011), beating No. 4 seed Federer in five sets in the final.

Lost prior to ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto QFs for first time, when he saw his 11-match winning streak against Tsonga end...Saw his hopes of completing a Career Golden Masters end at the hands of Robredo in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati 4R...

Dropped one set en route to reaching his eighth straight US Open SF (l. to Nishikori)...It was his 17th major SF in his past 18 Grand Slam championships...Beat seeds Kohlschreiber (4R) and Murray (QFs)...

On 5 October, improves to 24-0 in Beijing with fifth title (d. Berdych 60 62 in final)...Did not drop a set all week to win 46th career title...

On 11 October, saw his 28-match winning streak on Chinese soil come to an end in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai SFs (l. to Federer)...

On 2 November, became the fifth active player (23rd in Open Era) to record 600 match wins as he captured his 20th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title (d. Raonic) in Paris (his third trophy at the tournament, also 2009, 2013)...

On 16 November won the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the third straight year – and fourth time overall (also 2008)...He is the third player to win three straight year-end titles, after Ilie Nastase (1971–73) and Ivan Lendl (1985-87)...Went undefeated 4-0, but did not contest final due to Federer's back injury...Finished 2014 with a 61-8 match record, including seven titles and $14,250,527 in prize money

All matches

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

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 13 – 26 January 2014
	1 / 676	1R	Lukáš Lacko	96	Win	6–3, 7–6, 6–1
	2 / 677	2R	Leonardo Mayer	98	Win	6–0, 6–4, 6–4
	3 / 678	3R	Denis Istomin	49	Win	6–3, 6–3, 7–5
	4 / 679	4R	Fabio Fognini (15)	16	Win	6–3, 6–0, 6–2
	5 / 680	QF	Stan Wawrinka (8)	8	Loss	6–2, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 7–9
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 24 February – 1 March 2014
	6 / 681	1R	Denis Istomin	54	Win	6–3, 6–3
	7 / 682	2R	Roberto Bautista Agut	51	Win	6–1, 6–3
	–	QF	Mikhail Youzhny (6)	15	W/O	N/A
	8 / 683	SF	Roger Federer (4)	8	Loss	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 3 – 16 March 2014
	–	1R	Bye
	9 / 684	2R	Victor Hănescu	54	Win	7–6, 6–2
	10 / 685	3R	Alejandro González	78	Win	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
	11 / 686	4R	Marin Čilić (24)	25	Win	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
	12 / 687	QF	Julien Benneteau	67	Win	6–1, 6–3
	13 / 688	SF	John Isner (12)	13	Win	7–5, 6–7, 6–1
	14 / 689	W	Roger Federer (7)	8	Win (1)	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Sony Open Tennis Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 17 – 30 March 2014
	–	1R	Bye
	15 / 690	2R	Jérémy Chardy	48	Win	6–4, 6–3
	–	3R	Florian Mayer (30)	32	W/O	N/A
	16 / 691	4R	Tommy Robredo (16)	17	Win	6–3, 7–5
	17 / 692	QF	Andy Murray (6)	6	Win	7–5, 6–3
	–	SF	Kei Nishikori (20)	21	W/O	N/A
	18 / 693	W	Rafael Nadal (1)	1	Win (2)	6–3, 6–3
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 12 – 20 April 2014
	–	1R	Bye
	19 / 694	2R	Albert Montañés (Q)	57	Win	6–1, 6–0
	20 / 695	3R	Pablo Carreño (LL)	62	Win	6–0, 6–1
	21 / 696	QF	Guillermo García-López	38	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
	22 / 697	SF	Roger Federer (4/WC)	4	Loss	5–7, 2–6
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 11 – 18 May 2014
	–	1R	Bye
	23 / 698	2R	Radek Štěpánek	41	Win	6–3, 7–5
	24 / 699	3R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	29	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
	25 / 700	QF	David Ferrer (5)	5	Win	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
	26 / 701	SF	Milos Raonic (8)	10	Win	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
	27 / 702	W	Rafael Nadal (1)	1	Win (3)	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 25 May – 08 June 2014
	28 / 703	1R	Joao Sousa	44	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
	29 / 704	2R	Jérémy Chardy	42	Win	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
	30 / 705	3R	Marin Čilić (25)	26	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
	31 / 706	4R	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (13)	14	Win	6–1, 6–4, 6–1
	32 / 707	QF	Milos Raonic (8)	9	Win	7–5, 7–6, 6–4
	33 / 708	SF	Ernests Gulbis (18)	17	Win	6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
	34 / 709	F	Rafael Nadal (1)	1	Loss (1)	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 4–6
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 23 June – 06 July 2014
	35 / 710	1R	Andrei Golubev	55	Win	6–0, 6–1, 6–4
	36 / 711	2R	Radek Štěpánek	38	Win	6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6
	37 / 712	3R	Gilles Simon	44	Win	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
	38 / 713	4R	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14)	17	Win	6–3, 6–4, 7–6
	39 / 714	QF	Marin Čilić (26)	29	Win	6–1, 3–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–2
	40 / 715	SF	Grigor Dimitrov (11)	13	Win	6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 7–6
	41 / 716	W	Roger Federer (4)	4	Win (4)	6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4–-
Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 4 – 10 August 2014
	–	1R	Bye
	42 /717	2R	Gaël Monfils	22	Win	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
	43 / 718	3R	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (13)	15	Loss	2–6, 2–6
Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 11 – 17 August 2014
	–	1R	Bye
	44 / 719	2R	Gilles Simon	31	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
	45 / 720	3R	Tommy Robredo (16)	20	Loss	6–7, 5–7
US Open New York, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 25 August – 09 September 2014
	46 / 721	1R	Diego Schwartzman	80	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
	47 / 722	2R	Paul-Henri Mathieu	81	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
	48 / 723	3R	Sam Querrey	57	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
	49 / 724	4R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	25	Win	6–1, 7–5, 6–4
	50 / 725	QF	Andy Murray	9	Win	7–6, 6–7, 6–2, 6–4
	51 / 726	SF	Kei Nishikori	11	Loss	4–6, 6–1, 6–7, 3–6
China Open Beijing, China ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 27 September – 5 October 2014
	52 / 727	1R	Guillermo García-López	39	Win	6–2, 6–1
	53 / 728	2R	Vasek Pospisil	44	Win	6–3, 7–5
	54 / 729	QF	Grigor Dimitrov (5)	10	Win	6–2, 6–4
	55 / 730	SF	Andy Murray (6)	11	Win	6–3, 6–4
	56 / 731	W	Tomáš Berdych (3)	7	Win (5)	6–0, 6–2
Shanghai Rolex Masters Shanghai, China ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 5–12 October 2014
	–	1R	Bye
	57 / 732	2R	Dominic Thiem	41	Win	6–3, 6–4
	58 / 733	3R	Mikhail Kukushkin	86	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
	59 / 734	QF	David Ferrer (5)	5	Win	6–4, 6–2
	60 / 735	SF	Roger Federer (3)	3	Loss	4–6, 4–6
BNP Paribas Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 27 October – 2 November 2014
	–	1R	Bye
	61 / 736	2R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	24	Win	6–3, 6–4
	62 / 737	3R	Gaël Monfils	21	Win	6–3, 7–6
	63 / 738	QF	Andy Murray (8)	8	Win	7–5, 6–2
	64 / 739	SF	Kei Nishikori (6)	7	Win	6–2, 6–3
	65 / 740	W	Milos Raonic (7)	10	Win (6)	6–2, 6–3
ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom ATP Finals Hard, indoor 9 – 16 November 2014
	66 / 741	RR	Marin Čilić (8)	9	Win	6–1, 6–1
	67 / 742	RR	Stan Wawrinka (3)	4	Win	6–3, 6–0
	68 / 743	RR	Tomáš Berdych (6)	7	Win	6–2, 6–2
	69 / 744	SF	Kei Nishikori (4)	5	Win	6–1, 3–6, 6–0
	–	W	Roger Federer (2)	2	W/O (7)	N/A

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Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (seed or key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 24 February – 1 March 2014 Partner: Carlos Gomez-Herrera
	1 / 80	1R	Tomasz Bednarek / Lukáš Dlouhý	#54 / #49	Loss	5–7, 6–1,
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 3 – 16 March 2014 Partner: Filip Krajinović
	2 / 81	1R	Ernests Gulbis / Milos Raonic	#807 / #137	Loss	6–7, 1–6
Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 4 – 10 August 2014 Partner: Stan Wawrinka
	3 / 82	1R	Juan Sebastián Cabal / David Marrero	#30 / #12	Win	6–3, 7–5
	4 / 83	2R	Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (3)	#5 / #7	Loss	4–6, 4–6
China Open Beijing, China ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 29 September – 5 October 2014 Partner: Filip Krajinović
	–	1R	Ernests Gulbis / Marcin Matkowski	#420 / #35	Walkover	N/A
	–	QF	Fabio Fognini / Leonardo Mayer	#52 / #110	Withdrew	N/A

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Exhibitions

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Mubadala World Tennis Championship Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Exhibition Hard, outdoor 26 – 28 December 2013
	–	QF	Bye
	1	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6)	10	Win	7–6, 6–3
	2	W	David Ferrer (3)	3	Win (1)	7–5, 6–2
The Boodles Challenge Stoke Poges, United Kingdom Exhibition Grass, outdoor 17 – 21 June 2014
	–	RR	Robin Haase	51	Withdrew	N/A

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Date	Tournament	City	Category	Surface	2013 result	2013 points	2014 points	Outcome
13.01.2014–26.01.2014	Australian Open	Melbourne	Grand Slam	Hard	W	2000	360	Quarterfinals (lost to Stan Wawrinka, 6–2, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 7–9)
31.01.2014–02.02.0214	Davis Cup: Serbia vs Switzerland	Novi Sad	Davis Cup	Hard (i)	F	40	0	First Round:  Serbia lost to  Switzerland 2–3 (Novak Djokovic did not play)
24.02.2014–02.03.2014	Dubai Tennis Championships	Dubai	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	W	500	180	Semifinals (lost to Roger Federer, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6)
06.03.2014–16.03.2014	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	SF	360	1000	Winner (def. Roger Federer, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6)
19.03.2014–30.03.2014	Miami Masters	Miami	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	4R	90	1000	Winner (def. Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–3)
04.04.2014–06.04.2014	Davis Cup: Quarterfinals	–	Davis Cup	–	F	130	0	Quarterfinals:  Serbia did not qualify
14.04.2014–20.04.2014	Monte-Carlo Masters	Monaco	ATP Masters 1000	Clay	W	1000	360	Semifinals (lost to Roger Federer, 5–7, 2–6)
05.05.2014–11.05.2014	Madrid Open	Madrid	ATP Masters 1000	Clay	2R	10	0	Withdrew
12.05.2014–18.05.2014	Italian Open	Rome	ATP Masters 1000	Clay	QF	180	1000	Winner (def. Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3)
25.05.2014–08.06.2014	French Open	Paris	Grand Slam	Clay	SF	720	1200	Final (lost to Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 4–6)
23.06.2014–06.07.2014	Wimbledon Championships	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass	F	1200	2000	Winner (def. Roger Federer, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4)
04.08.2014–10.08.2014	Canadian Open	Toronto	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	SF	360	90	Third Round (lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 2–6, 2–6)
11.08.2014–17.08.2014	Cincinnati Masters	Cincinnati	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	QF	180	90	Third Round (lost to Tommy Robredo, 6–7, 5–7)
25.08.2014–08.09.2014	US Open	New York City	Grand Slam	Hard	F	1200	720	Semifinals (lost to Kei Nishikori, 4–6, 6–1, 6–7, 3–6)
12.09.2014–14.09.2014	Davis Cup: Semifinals	–	Davis Cup	–	F	140	0	Semifinals:  Serbia did not qualify
	Davis Cup: India vs Serbia	Bangalore		Hard				Play-offs:  Serbia def.  India, 3–2 (Djokovic withdrew)
29.09.2014–05.10.2014	China Open	Beijing	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	W	500	500	Winner (def. Tomáš Berdych, 6–0, 6–2)
06.10.2014–12.10.2014	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	W	1000	360	Semifinals (lost to Roger Federer, 4–6, 4–6)
27.10.2014–02.11.2014	Paris Masters	Paris	ATP Masters 1000	Hard (i)	W	1000	1000	Winner (def. Milos Raonic, 6–2, 6–3)
10.11.2014–17.11.2014	ATP World Tour Finals	London	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	W	1500	1500	Winner (Roger Federer, walkover)
21.11.2014–23.11.2014	Davis Cup: Final	–	Davis Cup	–	F	150	0	Final:  Serbia did not qualify
Total year-end points						12260	11360	900 difference

Doubles schedule

Date	Tournament	City	Category	Surface	2013 result	2013 points	2014 points	Outcome
24.02.2014–01.03.2014	Dubai Tennis Championships	Dubai	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	1R	(0)	(0)	First round (lost to Bednarek/Dlouhý, 5–7, 6–1, )
06.03.2014–16.03.2014	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	DNS	0	(0)	First round (lost to Gulbis/Raonic, 6-7, 1-6)
06.03.2014–16.03.2014	Canadian Open	Toronto	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	DNS	0	90	Second round (lost to Nestor/Zimonjic, 4-6, 4-6)
29.09.2014–05.10.2014	China Open	Beijing	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	SF	90	(0)	Quarterfinals (withdrew against Fognini/Mayer)
Total year-end points						90	90	0 difference

• 2013 source
• 2014 source

Yearly records

Head-to-Head matchups

Novak Djokovic has a 19–5 record against the top 10, 28–3 against the top 11–50, and 14–0 against other players.
Ordered by number of wins (Bolded number marks a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 50)

• Andy Murray 4–0
• Marin Čilić 4–0
• Philipp Kohlschreiber 3–0
• Milos Raonic 3–0
• Denis Istomin 2–0
• Jérémy Chardy 2–0
• Gilles Simon 2–0
• Radek Štěpánek 2–0
• Rafael Nadal 2–1
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2–1
• Roger Federer 2–3
• David Ferrer 2–0
• Tomáš Berdych 2–0
• Grigor Dimitrov 2–0
• Gaël Monfils 2–0
• Kei Nishikori 2–1
• Joao Sousa 1–0
• John Isner 1–0
• Fabio Fognini 1–0
• Ernests Gulbis 1–0
• Sam Querrey 1–0
• Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–0
• Guillermo García-López 1–0
• Alejandro González 1–0
• Julien Benneteau 1–0
• Diego Schwartzman 1–0
• Roberto Bautista-Agut 1–0
• Andrei Golubev 1–0
• Albert Montañés 1–0
• Victor Hănescu 1–0
• Pablo Carreno-Busta 1–0
• Leonardo Mayer 1–0
• Lukáš Lacko 1–0
• Mikhail Kukushkin 1–0
• Dominic Thiem 1–0
• Tommy Robredo 1–1
• Stanislas Wawrinka 1–1

Finals

Singles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	42.	March 16, 2014	Indian Wells Masters, United States (3)	Hard	Roger Federer	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	43.	March 30, 2014	Miami Masters, United States (4)	Hard	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–3
Winner	44.	May 18, 2014	Italian Open, Italy (3)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	22.	June 9, 2014	French Open, France (2)	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	45.	July 6, 2014	Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom (2)	Grass	Roger Federer	6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	46.	October 5, 2014	China Open, China (5)	Hard	Tomáš Berdych	6–0, 6–2
Winner	47.	November 2, 2014	Paris Masters, France (3)	Hard (i)	Milos Raonic	6–2, 6–3
Winner	48.	November 16, 2014	ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom (4)	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	W/O

Earnings

• Bold font denotes tournament win

• source：Novak Djokovic ATP Profile

See also

• 2014 ATP World Tour
• 2014 Roger Federer tennis season
• 2014 Rafael Nadal tennis season
• 2014 Andy Murray tennis season
• 2014 Stanislas Wawrinka tennis season
• 2014 Marin Čilić tennis season

References

External links

• Official website
• ATP tour profile

• Novak Djokovic tennis seasons
• 2014 tennis player seasons
• 2014 in Serbian sport