List of records broken by Novak Djokovic after his 2021 Wimbledon triumph
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Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic continues dominating the 2021 season as he wins the 3rd and penultimate Grand Slam of the season. The World No. 1 started his season with the 2021 Australian Open, then won the 2021 French Open and makes it 3 out of 3 at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.
The Serbian great proved his mental strength again as he defeated 25 year-old Italian Matteo Berrettini in 4-sets in what was a nervy final for both the players. Berrettini found himself trailing 2-5 in the first set but staged a great comeback to win it in the tie-breaker. Djokovic however settled his nerves and went on to win the next 3-sets to win the Championships 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
In the process of lifting his 6th Wimbledon title, Djokovic reached the 20-Grand Slam mark to tie with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on 20 Grand Slams each as the Big-3 have now won 60 combined Grand Slams in the last 72 Grand Slams contested.
Most Grand Slam titles
| Player | Grand Slams |
| Roger Federer | 20 |
| Rafael Nadal | 20 |
| Novak Djokovic | 20 |
| Pete Sampras | 14 |
| Roy Emerson | 12 |
List of feats achieved and interesting stats after Novak Djokovic’s victory at the Wimbledon 2021
- Novak Djokovic becomes the joint-leader in men’s tennis with 20 Grand Slams each with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal
- Novak Djokovic is the 1st man to win first 3 Grand Slam tournaments of the season since Rod Laver won in 1969 (5th in history)
- Novak Djokovic pips Bjorn Borg to climb to the 3rd place as the man with the most Wimbledon titles behind Petr Sampras (7) and Roger Federer (8)
- Novak Djokovic becomes the Open Era leader with 8 Grand Slam titles since turning 30.
The title leaders (30-over): Novak Djokovic – 8, Rafael Nadal – 6, Roger Federer – 4, Rod Laver – 4, Ken Rosewall – 4 - Novak Djokovic becomes the 4th player to win a hattrick of Wimbledon titles in Open Era after Bjorn Borg (1976-1980), Pete Sampras (1993-1995 and 1997-2000), Roger Federer (2003-2007), Novak Djokovic (2018, 2019, 2021)
- Novak Djokovic becomes the only player with 20 Grand Slams and 2 Career Slams
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