Novak Djokovic wins 100th ATP title and first since Nov. 2023

Novak Djokovic won his 100th ATP Tour level title after coming from behind to edge Hubert Hurkacz in Geneva on Saturday. In the process he joined a list featuring just three players to have won 100 ATP titles, trailing Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103).Djokovic beat Hurkacz 5-7, 7-6, 7-6 in a match that lasted over three hours. This is Djokovic's first title since clinching the ATP Finals in November 2023 with his only triumph last year being the elusive gold medal at the Paris Olympics.Also including his gold medal at Olympics last year, Djokovic has become the first man in the Open Era to lift a trophy in 20 different seasons.

The Serb has twice come within touching distance of joining Connors and Federer in the centurions list.

He fell to Jannik Sinner in the Shanghai final last year and was stunned by Jakub Mensik in the Miami final in March.
By beating Hurkacz, Djokovic extended his head-to-head over the Pole to 8-0. After trailing by a set, the former World No. 1 also trailed 2-4 in the deciding third set before producing a turnaround and clinching the trophy.The 100th was after a typically tough and hard-working match, two days after his 38th birthday and surrounded by his family in the Swiss city where some relatives reside.

Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“I’m just grateful to clinch the 100 here,” Djokovic said in an on-court interview. “I had to work for it, that is for sure.”The three-time French Open champion heads back to Paris looking to add to his 24 Grand Slam singles titles. He has a French Open first-round match on Monday against Mackenzie McDonald of the United States.

Djokovic's 100th singles title came nearly 19 years after the first in July 2006.

That also was on clay, at Amersfoort in the Netherlands, against Nicolás Massú — the Chilean who now coaches Hurkacz.“It’s really inspiring how you present yourself on the court, off the court. It’s just really incredible what you have achieved,” Hurkacz said to the winner in the on-court trophy presentations.Djokovic collected his trophy in front of three golden balloons tethered to the court spelling out 1-0-0.Djokovic got much more than the match practice he came to Geneva for. He had fallen to quick exits in April from the previous tournaments he entered in the European clay-court season, at Monte Carlo and Madrid.He also got to spend time with his extended family in the Swiss lakeside city where he has an aunt, uncle and cousins. His wife and children joined him in Geneva to celebrate his birthday after cutting a day of school, Djokovic quipped.MOST ATP TITLES