​Novak Djokovic was severely tested by Taylor Fritz in the first two sets of the 2024 Australian Open quarter-final match, but the Serbian played better and qualified in the penultimate act of the competition in Melbourne 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2, 6 -3.

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Novak Djokovic wins a set against Taylor Fritz

Fritz (12 ATP) fought back to lead 6-5 and 40-15, but dropped both set points and Djokovic won the first set on a tiebreak, 7-3.

Nole dropped a service game early in the second set and Taylor leveled after heroically holding on in almost all of his opening games. The score 6-4 for the American came after several successful backhand winners.

Djokovic made his first break of the match early in the third set, missing the first 15(!) opportunities. It was also the moment when the Serb broke away from his opponent. By the end of the set, Nole lost only two points on serve and made another break for 0 (6-2).

The leader of the ATP ranking was the first to win the return, and in the fourth set Fritz quickly regained the break, but Nole forced again and finished the match with a serve (6-3).

Know:

  • Djokovic will fight for a place in the grand final with the winner of Yannick Sinner (4 ATP) and Andriy Rublev (5 ATP).
  • Nole lost in straight sets in his matches against Dino Prizmich (1st round), Oleksiy Popyrin (2nd round) and Taylor Fritz (quarters).
  • At the age of 36 (he will be 37 on May 22), Novak holds the record for most titles won in Melbourne: 10 (in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023).
  • Joker won 33 consecutive victories at the Australian Open. Only Monica Seles managed to do so in Melbourne.

Statistics of the match Novak Djokovic – Taylor Fritz

Aces: 20-16

Double faults: 3-2

Points won on the first serve: 59/72 (82%) – 59/90 (66%)

Points won on the second serve: 25/43 (58%) – 31/64 (48%)

Break points saved: 4/6% (67%) – 17/21 (81%)

Winning throws: 52-63

Unforced errors: 26-39

Points won near the net: 13/20 (65%) – 19/29 (66%)

Total points: 148-121

Duration of the match: 3 hours 48 minutes.

The main records of Novak Djokovic

Born May 22, 1987 in Belgrade, Djokovic currently holds many tennis records, but the most important are the following three: most Grand Slam titles, most Masters (ATP 1000) and most weeks out of the ATP leaderboard.

1st place in the ATP at the end of the season

1 Novak Djokovic 8

2 Pete Sampras 6

3 Roger Federer / Jimmy Connors / Rafael Nadal 5 etc.

Ranking of Grand Slam titles

1 Novak Djokovic 24

2 Rafael Nadal 22

3 Roger Federer 20 (retired)

Ranking of Masters tournaments

1 Novak Djokovic 39

2 Rafael Nadal 36

3 Roger Federer 28 (retired)

Weeks under #1 ATP

1 Novak Djokovic 409

2 Roger Federer 301

3 Pete Sampras 286 etc.

Tournament of Champions, most titles

1 Novak Djokovic 7 (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2023)

2 Roger Federer 6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)

3 Ivan Lendl 5 (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987)

3 Pete Sampras 5 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)

5 Ilye Nastase 4 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975), etc.