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A brief glance at the career of Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and his march to an unprecedented eighth title at Melbourne Park.
CAREER SNAPSHOT OF 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPION NOVAK DJOKOVIC
Age: 32
Born: Belgrade, Serbia
Lives: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height: 188cm
Weight: 77kg
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Ranking: 1 (as of Monday)
Career prize money: $209,572,848
Career titles: 78
Career win-loss record: 906-187
Grand slam titles: 17 (Australian Open 2008, 2011-13, 2015-16, 2019-20; French Open 2016; Wimbledon 2011, 2014-15, 2018-19; US Open 2011, 2015, 2018)
Grand slam win-loss record: 287-43
Australian Open win-loss record: 75-8
Best Australian Open results: Champion 2008, 2011, 2012-13, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
ROAD TO TITLE
1st rd: bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 2-6 6-1
2nd rd: bt Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 6-1 6-4 6-2
3rd rd: bt Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 6-3 6-2 6-2
4th rd: bt 14-Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 6-3 6-4 6-4
QF: bt 32-Milos Raonic (CAN) 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7-1)
SF: bt 3-Roger Federer (SUI) 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 6-3
F: bt 5-Dominic Thiem (AUT) 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4
