In Pics | A look at World no. 1 Novak Djokovic's career stats

Serbian tennis player and world no. 1 Novak Djokovic saw his ninth victory at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday beating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.The 33-year-old Serb is a force to reckon with in the tennis world, and with the recent win, will retain his position of world no. 1 at least through March 8. This will give him 311 weeks in the top spot.In light of his latest victory, here is a look at his statistics and facts about his successful tennis career.

Novak Djokovic has won 18 Grand Slam titles of the 28 finals he has played, trailing behind Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, both of whom have won 20 each in the Open era. Djokovic is one of the 8 players to have achieved the Career Grand Slam. He is also the only male player to hold all four Grand Slams on three different surfaces at once. Credit: AFP Photo

With his latest Australian Open victory, Djokovic has the most wins in the tournament on the men’s side. He surpassed the old record of 6 Australian Open titles by Roy Emerson. Credit: AFP Photo

This Australian Open win is also Djokovic’s third consecutive victory. He is the only player in history to win 3 or more consecutive slams twice in his career (2011-2013 and 2019-2021). Credit: AFP Photo

Djokovic is the 5th male player in the Open era to be at the world no. 1 position for more than 250 weeks. Credit: AFP Photo

Djokovic has won 36 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Masters 1000 matches, 14 ATP Tour 500 matches and 9 ATP Tour 250 matches. The Serb has won 5 of the 7 Year-End Championships. Credit: AP Photo

Djokovic’s 2011 season is considered to be one of the greatest seasons by a tennis player in the Open era. He created a 43-match winning streak as he won 10 titles on 3 different surfaces, won 3 major titles, won 5 ATP Masters 1000 events and reached the finals of 11 of the 16 events he participated in. Credit: AFP Photo

Djokovic, considered to be one of the greatest hardcourt players of the Open Era, has won 12 major titles on that surface, 9 Australian Open and 3 US Open. Meanwhile, on clay court, he has won 15 titles including a French Open title and 10 Masters titles. Credit: Reuters Photo

Djokovic is the only player after Robin Soderling to win against Rafael Nadal at the French Open and the only player who did so in straight sets. Djokovic is the tennis player who has won the most clay court matches against Nadal (7). Credit: Reuters Photo

He is also the first tennis player to earn more than $100 million in prize money. Credit: AFP Photo