Novak Djokovic re-write History as First Tennis Player to Win 90 Matches at Every Grand Slam

Novak Djokovic is the first tennis player ever to win 90 matches at every Grand Slam. He was already the only one to win 80 at each of them.

It may not have come the way he wanted, but Novak Djokovic won an all-Serbian match-up against Laslo Djere in the second round of the US Open on Wednesday night, when Djere retired from the match down 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 due to injury.

But a win is a win, and with that, Djokovic joins an exclusive list.

It was his 90th career win at the US Open, and he’s just the fourth tennis player ever to reach that milestone, male or female, after Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert and Serena Williams, who had 98, 101 and 108 career wins in Flushing Meadows, respectively.

But there’s an even more exclusive list he joined with the win. A list of just one.

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He’s now the only tennis player ever, man or woman, to have 90 career wins at all four Grand Slam tournaments.

He was already the only player ever to win 80 at each of them.

DJOKOVIC’S WIN-LOSS RECORD BY GRAND SLAM EVENT:
94-9 at Australian Open (10 titles)
96-16 at Roland Garros (3 titles)
97-12 at Wimbledon (7 titles)
90-13 at US Open (4 titles)

Source: tennis