Novak Djokovic will play his ninth final at the Australian Open. Daniil Medvedev will be the last rival that separates him from a remarkable undefeated in defining matches in that tournament where, toothers, they accumulate 81 of their 89 matches in Melbourne (the last 20 in a row).
If they do, they will be 18 (two from the record shared by Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal) if their five Wimbledon, three US Open and one Roland Garros are added. It will be his 28th Grand Slam final, matching Nadal’s record and closing in on Federer’s 31.
These are all his Grand Slam finals, tournament by tournament:
AUSTRALIA (8-0)
2008: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
2011: Andy Murray (GBR) 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
2012: Rafael Nadal (Esp) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5
2013: Andy Murray (GBR) 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2
2015: Andy Murray (GBR) 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0
2016: Andy Murray (GBR) 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (3)
2019: Rafael Nadal (Esp) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
2020: to Dominic Thiem (Aut) 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
ROLAND GARROS (1-4)
2012: with Rafael Nadal (Esp) 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
2014: with Rafael Nadal (Esp) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
2015: with Stan Wawrinka (Sui) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
2016: Andy Murray (GBR) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
2020: with Rafael Nadal (Esp) 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
WIMBLEDON (5-1)
2011: Rafael Nadal (Esp) 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
2013: with Andy Murray (GBR) 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
2014: Roger Federer (Sui) 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-4
2015: Roger Federer (Sui) 7-6 (1), 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-3
2018: Kevin Anderson (Saf) 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
2019: Roger Federer (Sui) 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3)
US OPEN (3-5)
2007: with Roger Federer (Sui) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-4
2010: with Rafael Nadal (Esp) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
2011: Rafael Nadal (Esp) 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1
2012: with Andy Murray (GBR) 7-6 (10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2
2013: with Rafael Nadal (Esp) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
2015: Roger Federer (Sui) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
2016: with Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
2018: Juan Martín del Potro (Arg) 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3
