{"id":250935,"date":"2025-09-24T11:07:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/250935\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:07:30","slug":"what-happened-when-novak-djokovic-played-doubles-with-his-younger-brother-on-the-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/250935\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened when Novak Djokovic played doubles with his younger brother on the ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Novak Djokovic is arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, but how did his brothers perform on the ATP Tour?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Djokovic\u2019s two younger brothers, Marko Djokovic and Djordje Djokovic, both played professional tennis.<\/p>\n

Djordje Djokovic didn\u2019t have quite as much success as his two older brothers, winning just one ATP Tour match, alongside Novak Djokovic<\/a>, at the 2015 China Open.<\/p>\n

Marko Djokovic, on the other hand, played and won several matches in singles and doubles throughout his career.<\/p>\n

\"MarkoPhoto by Jean Catuffe\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

He partnered the 24-time Grand Slam champion at seven ATP<\/a> tournaments between 2007 and 2019, but how many matches did they win together?<\/p>\n

Marko Djokovic and Novak Djokovic lost their first five matches together<\/p>\n

The sibling duo first teamed up at the 2007 Croatia Open in Umag, where they took on Mathieu Moncourt and Edouard Roger-Vaselin in round one.<\/p>\n

Losing in straight sets, the Djokovics fell at the first hurdle in Croatia.<\/p>\n

They lost in the first round of the Thailand Open a year later and in the first round of the 2009 Croatia Open.<\/p>\n

A fourth straight-sets defeat followed in the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships<\/a> first round, but things started to improve when they returned to the UAE in 2013.<\/p>\n

Taking on Nikolay Davydenko and Dick Norman in round one, Marko and Novak Djokovic won their first set together, 6-4, but eventually lost 4-10 in a match tiebreaker.<\/p>\n

After a five-year break, the Djokovic brothers returned to the doubles court in 2018 at the Qatar Open.<\/p>\n

It was there that they finally clinched their maiden win together, improving their record to 1-5, with a victory over Mubarak Zayid and Cem Ilkel.<\/p>\n

Building on that performance, the brothers won their quarterfinal match 7-5, 3-6 [10-7] to book their place in the 2018 Qatar Open<\/a> semifinals.<\/p>\n

Narrowly missing out on a place in the final, Marko and Novak lost to David Goffin and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 13-15 in a thrilling match tiebreaker.<\/p>\n

They made one final appearance together at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters, losing in straight sets to the Colombian duo of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the first round.<\/p>\n

\"NovakPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Marko Djokovic retired from tennis in 2019 with a 2-7 record alongside his older brother.<\/p>\n\nMatch<\/strong><\/td>\nOpponents<\/strong><\/td>\nResult<\/strong><\/td>\nScore<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2007 Croatia Open \u2013 R16<\/td>\nMathieu Moncourt\/Edouard Roger-Vasselin<\/td>\nLOSS<\/td>\n5-7, 1-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2008 Thailand Open \u2013 R16<\/td>\nFabrice Santoro\/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga<\/td>\nLOSS<\/td>\n2-6, 2-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2009 Croatia Open \u2013 R16<\/td>\nFabio Fognini\/Potitio Starace<\/td>\nLOSS<\/td>\n0-6, 5-7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2011 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 R16<\/td>\nMahesh Bhupathi\/Leander Paes<\/td>\nLOSS<\/td>\n4-6, 1-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2013 Dubai Tennis Championships \u2013 R16<\/td>\nNikolay Davydenko\/Dick Norman<\/td>\nLOSS<\/td>\n6-4, 3-6 [4-10]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2018 Qatar Open \u2013 R16<\/td>\nMubarak Zayid\/Cem Ilkel<\/td>\nWIN<\/td>\n6-3, 3-6 [10-6]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2018 Qatar Open \u2013 QF<\/td>\nDamir Dzumhur\/Dusan Lajovic<\/td>\nWIN<\/td>\n7-5, 3-6 [10-7]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2018 Qatar Open \u2013 SF<\/td>\nDavid Goffin\/Pierre Hugues Herbert<\/td>\nLOSS<\/td>\n1-6, 6-3 [13-15]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2019 Monte-Carlo Masters \u2013 R32<\/td>\nJuan Sebastian Cabal\/Robert Farah<\/td>\nLOSS<\/td>\n1-6, 3-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Novak Djokovic and Marko Djokovic\u2019s ATP Tour doubles record<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t exactly tear things up as a doubles team, but has Novak Djokovic ever won a title in the discipline?<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic won his only ATP doubles title in 2010<\/p>\n

In 2010, Djokovic entered the Queen\u2019s Club Championship<\/a> doubles tournament alongside Israel\u2019s Jonathan Erlich.<\/p>\n

Djokovic and Erlich, who are good friends, won the tournament<\/a>, taking down three seeded teams along the way.<\/p>\n