With the success at the Paris Olympic tournament, Novak Djokovic has won the first title of 2024 and, above all, he has completed the Career Golden Slam

There are victories and titles that have more weight than others. There are moments that are carved in stone that will be left as a testimony to posterity. The stone of tennis history. Some of the most important moments of this tennis era are certainly Roger Federer’s victory at Roland Garros, as well as the Swiss’s victory at the 18th and 20th Major. There is Rafael Nadal’s 10th and 14th title at Roland Garros, Andy Murray’s victory at Wimbledon 2013, there are all of Serena Williams’ records.

And then there is a lot of what Novak Djokovic has done. the first triumph at Roland Garros, in 2016 (his Career Grand Slam), all the records he achieved over the years, the 7th Wimbledon, the victory at the Championships against Federer in 2019 and, of course, the Olympic triumph on Sunday.Novak Djokovic© Getty Images Sport – Maja Hitij

Djokovic ended his fast of titles in 2024 at the Paris Olympics. The Serbian champion had not yet won titles this year, since his last triumph dated back to the ATP Finals in Turin in November 2023. A particularly symbolic victory, since it gave the gold medal to Serbia. And since it was a success that was missing from the extraordinary collection of the Serbian. Carlos Alcaraz, defeated in the final by Djokovic, has so far failed to catch up with Jannik Sinner at the top of the ranking of tennis players with the most tournaments won in 2024.

In fact, Jannik Sinner has won four tournaments, Carlos Alcaraz has won three tournaments. The ATP ranking continues to smile on the Italian player by virtue of the continuity of results in the last twelve months. The four tournaments won by Jannik Sinner in 2024 are the Australian Open, the first Slam of the season in January, then the Rotterdam tournament in February, Miami at the end of March and finally the success in the ATP 500 in Halle on German grass. The three tournaments won by Alcaraz are Indian Wells, Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Obviously the last two victories are of great specific weight.Novak Djokovic© Getty Images Sport – Clive Brunskill

Who is there together with Alcaraz and Sinner in the ranking of multiple winners in 2024? Behind Jannik Sinner and tied with Alcaraz for tournaments won in 2024 is Matteo Berrettini who has won three tournaments and all on clay: in order in Marrakech, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel. The Italian tennis player is now called to the test on American cement. Following in this particular ranking of tournaments won in 2024 with two titles each are the other multiple winners of the season, namely: Ugo Humbert, Sebastian Baez, Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud, Alex de Minaur, Tommy Paul, Alejandro Tabilo and Taylor Fritz.

But, if Alcaraz and Sinner have shared the most important titles, it must be said that Nole’s triumph in the Paris Olympics has – in my opinion – a greater weight. Thanks to this victory, which came at 37 years of age, against a boy who had destroyed him a few weeks earlier in Wimbledon and a month and a half after surgery on the meniscus of his right knee, in my opinion it is worth more than all the others. Without diminishing the milestones achieved by Alcaraz and Sinner. Nole had been chasing this victory for 16 years, since Beijing 2008. A pursuit that has put the Serbian in crisis several times. the last major title missing. He did it, he crowned the career that will always remember him as the GOAT.