the last time novak djokovic won a grand slam was 2015.
the last time novak djokovic won a grand slam was 2015.
when was the last time novak djokovic won a grand slam?
2015
in april 2015, henman offered another comment on djokovic's standing among the all-time greats, saying "it's only a matter of time before he is considered alongside federer and nadal as one of the greatest players of all time". having proclaimed him "one of the all-time greats" in november 2014, john mcenroe put djokovic in all-time top five following his 2015 wimbledon win, djokovic's ninth grand slam tournament title: "my top four are laver, sampras, roger and nadal but novak is at number five and rising". andrew castle stated in january 2016 that djokovic is "undoubtedly moving towards being considered the sport's all-time greatest player". in june 2016, a panel of more than forty espn experts ranked djokovic as number eight on their top twenty all-time combined list of both male and female tennis players; he was number five among the males, behind federer, laver, sampras, and borg. rod laver said in 2016 that djokovic was tied with federer as the best player of all time. in february 2018, djokovic got placed no. 5 by tennis.com in their list of 50 greatest male players of the open era, behind federer, laver, nadal, and sampras. in february 2019, wta legends chris evert and lindsay davenport said djokovic will break the record for most grand slam titles won in history.
novak djokovic
wawrinka next competed in the french open, as the 8th seed. he beat marsel i̇lhan and dusan lajovic in three and four sets, respectively, before beating steve johnson and gilles simon in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, and defeated compatriot roger federer in straight sets to reach his first roland garros semifinal. this was also wawrinka's first win over federer in a major tournament. winning in four sets against jo-wilfried tsonga in the semifinals, he earned his second appearance in a grand slam final, this time against top seed novak djokovic. he defeated djokovic in four sets, after being down a break in the fourth set and 0–40 in a subsequent game. he broke djokovic's service twice in the set, reeling off six of the final seven games of the match. with this victory, wawrinka claimed his second grand slam tournament title, and djokovic failed to win a personal career grand slam. wawrinka's french open championship also denied djokovic the 2015 calendar year grand slam, as djokovic won all other grand slam tournaments that year. mirroring his victory at the 2014 australian open, wawrinka was seeded 8th at this tournament, defeated the 2nd and 1st seeds in the quarterfinals and finals, respectively, clinched the championship match in four sets, and rose five positions in the atp rankings, back to the no. 4 position, which was his original position at the beginning of the year. this was also the 2nd time since sergi bruguera at the 1993 french open that the champion defeated no. 1 (novak djokovic) and no. 2 (roger federer) players in the same grand slam (wawrinka also accomplished this feat at the 2014 australian open). wawrinka is the first man to win roland garros after losing in the first round in the previous year since albert costa in 2002, and the first former boys' champion to win the men's title since mats wilander in 1982.
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