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2026 Novak Djokovic tennis season

tennis player season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ137756515 ↗
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The 2026 Novak Djokovic tennis season, officially began on 18 January 2026, with the start of the 2026 Australian Open, after he withdrew from his first scheduled tournament 2026 Adelaide International.

During this season, Djokovic:

Surpassed Roger Federer and Feliciano López's joint 81 Grand Slam appearance record at the French Open with 82.

Extended his record of 82 Grand Slam appearance record to 84.

Tied Federer's Australian Open singles appearance record with 21.

Tied Richard Gasquet French Open singles appearance record with 22.

Surpassed Feliciano López's 21 Most consecutive French Open main draw appearances with 22.

Became the first player to achieve 100 singles match wins at three different Grand Slam tournaments. Brought the count to 102 later.

Surpassed Federer's record of 102 Australian Open match wins to 104.

Surpassed Federer's record of 15 Australian Open singles quarterfinals with 16.

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Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2026—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Novak, Djokovic and tennis can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “2026 Novak Djokovic tennis season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.