An exceptional outcome. Qualified for the men’s final of the 2026 Australian Open after his Homeric success against Jannik Sinner this Friday (3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, in 4h09), Novak Djokovic pushed the limits of the imaginable. Sunday against Carlos Alcaraz, he will play for an eleventh coronation on his home soil, in Melbourne, where he already holds the record for the number of victories. Even before this potentially legendary conclusion, the Serbian is already panicking the statistical counters.
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A figure with a double meaning, since it corresponds both to the age of “Nole”, who became the second oldest player to reach the final of a Grand Slam since the start of the Open era in 1968, but also to the number of major finals now reached by the native of Belgrade. An absolute record, well ahead of Roger Federer’s 31 and Rafael Nadal’s 30.
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Djokovic won against Sinner this Friday by winning… fewer points than his opponent. In total, the Italian gleaned 152 against 140 for the fourth player in the world, a difference of 12 points. A statistical anomaly that the Serbian ogre loves, since in the 2019 Wimbledon final against Federer, he won 14 fewer on the road to his success.
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It’s no secret that Novak Djokovic is an endurance animal. He proved it again on the Rod Laver Arena by winning the 41st match in five sets of his career with only 11 losses, a success rate of 79%. In comparison, his opponent of the day presents a much less glorious ratio with 6 wins for 10 losses (38% wins).
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No one beats “Djoker” six times in a row. While he remained on a series of five consecutive lost matches against Sinner since the ATP Finals in November 2023, the man with 24 Grand Slams interrupted his series of defeats in the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Before the Italian, only Rafael Nadal, between 2008 and 2009, had managed to find the fault five times in a row against the boss of the ATP circuit.
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If successful against Alcaraz on Sunday morning, the 38-year-old Serbian would win his 25th Grand Slam and overtake Margaret Court by becoming the only record holder for the number of Major titles, men and women combined. A final historic mark that he has dreamed of reaching for many years.
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Carlos Alcaraz is warned: if he wants to win his first Australian Open, he will have to achieve what neither Roger Federer, nor Rafael Nadal, nor Andy Murray, nor anyone else has already managed to do. Indeed, Novak Djokovic presents an immaculate record in the final in Melbourne: 10 victories for 0 defeats.
