2020 Novak Djokovic tennis season

Novak Djokovic started the season by playing the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, an exhibition tournament from 19 to 21 December 2019.[4]

Djokovic won third place at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship after defeating Karen Khachanov 7–5, 6–3 in Abu Dhabi.[5]

At the 2020 ATP Cup Djokovic scored six victories in singles, and two in doubles, including wins over Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal and Rafael Nadal in the final.[6]

Djokovic successfully defended his title by defeating Dominic Thiem to win the tournament for a record-extending eighth time.[7]

Djokovic won for the fifth time in Dubai, but not without a fight. He had to save three match points in his semifinal against Gael Monfils, then defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas, the second seed, in the final.

He extended his winning streak to 21 matches, dating back to 2019.[8]

On March 8, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season went on indefinite hiatus.[9] The following measures were taken:

• The ATP and WTA announced the suspension of their 2020 tournaments until August 16.[10][11][12] On March 18, the ATP froze their player rankings.[13]

• On March 17, the French Tennis Federation announced the decision of postponing the French Open, to be held now from September 27 to October 11, 2020.[14][15]

• On March 24, after talks between Japan's prime minister and the International Olympic Committee president, the 2020 Summer Olympics were officially postponed to 2021.[16] On March 30, the various organising entities reached an agreement to hold the Olympics between July 23 and August 8, 2021.[17]

• On April 1, the All England Club announced the decision of cancelling Wimbledon, opting to focus on the 2021 edition of the tournament.[18]

Djokovic won the title, defeating Milos Raonic in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4. By doing so, he won his 35th Masters 1000 title, tying Rafael Nadal’s record of most ATP Masters 1000 titles. Djokovic also achieved the Career Golden Masters for a second time and became the first player to win an ATP Tour singles title upon its resumption, after it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.[19]

Djokovic entered the US Open as the top seed or something. Djokovic beat Damir Džumhur, Kyle Edmund, and Jan-Lennard Struff to advance to the fourth round against 20th seed Pablo Carreño Busta. The fourth round match was uneventful until the tenth game, when Carreño Busta came back down 0–40 to hold serve; Djokovic had frustratedly hit a ball into an advertising board when Carreño Busta tied it at deuce. At 5-5, Djokovic was injured and had to be treated on the court. When the match resumed, Carreño Busta took the game and a 6–5 lead in the first set, at which point Djokovic pulled out a spare ball from his pocket and hit it with low velocity behind him. The ball unintentionally struck a lineswoman in the throat, who fell to her knees and started hyperventilating.[21][22][23] Djokovic was then defaulted by the referee for recklessness, ending his US Open run and handing him his first loss of the season. The US Open issued a statement regarding the default.[24][20]

Djokovic won a record 36th ATP Tour Masters 1000 title and his fifth in Rome, by defeating Diego Schwartzman in the final 7–5, 6–3.[25]

Djokovic is attempting to become the first man in the Open Era to win each Grand Slam at least twice.[26] In his first round beat Mikael Ymer, a Swedish player of Ethiopian descent.[27] In a rematch of the US Open match where he was defaulted, his quarterfinal match was against Pablo Carreño Busta. Djokovic won the quarterfinal in four sets. He lost in the final to Nadal, 6-0 6-2 7-5.

In his first appearance at the Erste Bank Open since his 2007 title run, Novak Djokovic passed an early test to defeat countryman Filip Krajinovic. He went 3-5 down in the first set and also conceded a set point in the tiebreaker beating him 7–6^(8–6), 6-3 in straight sets. Djokovic faced four set points in his second-round clash against Borna Ćorić, but the top seed drowned the Croatian with unrelenting play to reach the quarter-finals.[28]

Djokovic suffered his heaviest defeat ever in a three-set ATP Tour match, losing 6-2 6-1 to 42nd-ranked lucky loser Lorenzo Sonego in a strangely lacklustre quarter-final performance at the Erste Bank Open. It was only Djokovic's third loss of the year, after being disqualified for hitting a line judge with a ball at the U.S. Open and losing the French Open final to Rafael Nadal.[29]

In the ATP Finals, Djokovic lost to Daniil Medvedev in straight sets but defeated Alexander Zverev and Diego Schwartzman in straight sets to qualify for the semifinals. He then lost his semifinal match to Dominic Thiem in three sets.[30]

Novak Djokovic has a 41–5 (89.1%) ATP match win-loss record in the 2020 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 10–3 (76.9%). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

* Statistics correct as of 21 November 2020.

• Bold font denotes tournament win

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

• source：2020 Singles Activity
• source：2020 Doubles Activity