Novak Djokovic celebrates his win over Carlos Alcaraz

Novak Djokovic has discussed his quest to win his 100th career singles title and his hopes of securing a record-extending 25th Grand Slam.

The 37-year-old tennis great has been aiming to reach a century of trophies since he won his 99th singles title at the Paris Olympics in August last year.

Jimmy Connors holds the record for ATP singles titles with 109, while Djokovic’s rival Roger Federer is the only other man to reach 100, having won 103.

Djokovic‘s historic gold medal triumph, which saw him become the first man to win every big title in the sport, was the only title he won in 2024.

The Serbian was also a runner-up on two occasions last year, losing to Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final and Jannik Sinner in the Shanghai Masters title match.

In his first tournament of 2025, Djokovic lost to Reilly Opelka in the Brisbane International quarter-finals.

The world No 7 then reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open and was forced to retire after the first set of his clash with Alexander Zverev due to a hamstring tear. He sustained the injury during his sublime four-set quarter-final win over Carlos Alcaraz.

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Djokovic won his most recent Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open — his third major in an outstanding season.

Speaking in an interview with Vijesti, Djokovic spoke about his goals of reaching these two milestones as he outlined what he proved by beating Alcaraz at a Grand Slam.

“I hope that the 100th trophy can come to Doha right now, I’ve been chasing it for a long time, since October of last year, but about then – it will come when it should come. Thank God, I know it will come, we’ll see when and where,” Djokovic said (translated from Serbian).

“As for the Grand Slam, it’s a bigger challenge, a more difficult undertaking, but I believe I can – if I didn’t believe I could compete at that level with the best tennis players in the world, I wouldn’t be competing any further.

“I think I proved with the victory against Alcaraz at the Australian Open that I can still compete for the biggest trophies.”

The former world No 1 is set to return from his injury at the Qatar Open ATP 500 tournament, which will begin on February 17.

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