What is Novak Djokovic’s net worth? Who is Novak Djokovic’s wife?
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who holds 24 Grand Slam titles. He has won 100 singles titles.
Djokovic is also the only man to win all four Grand Slam events at least three times each.
“My ambition, desire, and goal is to break records,” he once said. “These are like Mount Everest for tennis players.”
Biography
He was born on May 22, 1987, in Belgrade, Serbia, to Dijana (née Žagar) and Srdjan Djokovic.
His father, uncle, and aunt were pro skiers.
He began playing tennis at age four.
“I was really obsessed with the sport,” Djokovic later said. “There were 3 courts in front of my parents’ restaurant.”
At age 6, he trained at a camp on Mount Kopaonik under coach Jelena Genčić.
At age 12, Djokovic moved to Nikola Pilić’s academy in Munich.
At the Miami Open Presented by Itau 2025 at Hard Rock Stadium – @Getty
At 15, the Serbian played in his first professional tournament.
At 18, he entered the top 100 of the ATP.
First ATP Title
At 19, he won his first ATP World Tour at the Amersfoort Open in the Netherlands.
In 2008, Djokovic won his first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open.
“My whole family was there at the 2008 Australian Open final,” he said at the time. “I always wanted to become a Grand Slam champion; I dreamt of it when I was a kid.”
In 2011, he ascended to No. 1 for the first time. He clinched #1 by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinals of Wimbledon.
At the 2015 Australian Open at Melbourne – @Getty
“I managed to achieve a lifetime goal and make my dream come true, all in three days’ time,” Djokovic confessed in an interview. “I can’t find the words to describe the feeling that I have right now.”
In the summer of 2015, he was named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
In 2016, Djokovic became the first tennis player to cross $100 million in career prize money. In the same year, he was elected as the president of the ATP Player Council.
In 2021, he won his 9th Australian Open title. Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final.
In 2022, Novak won the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the 7the time. He defeated Nick Kyrgios in the final. Only Roger Federer has won the tournament more (8 times).
At the 2023 Australian Open – @Getty
In August 2024, he earned his first-ever gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
In the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, he reached the semifinals but was defeated by Italian professional tennis player Jannik Sinner. Sinner later won the tournament.
Wife
In 2014, Novak Djokovic married Jelena Djokovic (formerly Ristic) at Aman Sveti Stefan Resort in Montenegro.
Jelena Ristic and Novak Djokovic attend “The Beaver” Premiere during the 64th Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2011 in Cannes – @Getty
“She looked like an angel,” he later recalled. “Seeing her for the first time in her wedding dress, smiling and walking towards me.”
The pair got engaged in September 2013.
Novak and Jelena started dating in the early 2000s.
They first met in high school.
In 2007, Djokovic and his wife founded the Novak Djokovic Foundation.
In October 2014, the couple welcomed their son Stefan.
Their daughter, Tara Djokovic, was born in September 2017.
Jelena Djokovic and Novak Djokovic attends ‘Prelude to the Olympics’ at Fondation Louis Vuitton on July 25, 2024 in Paris – @Getty
“Ten years as parents, Ten years as one, Ten years of dancing, Ten years of fun,” he wrote on Instagram in July 2024 – their 10th wedding anniversary.
Height
Novak Djokovic is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall.
Novak Djokovic – Net Worth
So, how much is Novak Djokovic worth?
Djokovic accrued most of his wealth from his career as a professional tennis player.
He has been ranked as the world $1 in men’s singles by the ATP for a record 428 weeks.
“I obviously know that it’s not handed to me, that I have to earn it,” Novak explained. “It’s surreal in a way to be that many weeks world #1, to match Steffi Graf.”
Djokovic has earned over $187 million in ATP career prize money. This makes Djokovic the highest-earning player in men’s tennis history.
Djokovic also makes money from sponsors — between $25 million and $34 million per year.
Novak Djokovic and Jelena Djokovic arrive at the Giorgio Armani show during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017 – @Getty
In May 2017, he became Lacoste’s global ambassador. He signed a 5-year contract worth about $9.4 million per year. In 2021, Novak extended his agreement with Lacoste until 2025.
Thierry Guibert, Lacoste CEO, said in a press release: “I am proud that we can continue our common adventure together and accompany him in his new challenges.”
In 2001, he inked his first deal with Head, the leading brand in the tennis industry. In 2018, he agreed to an extension worth $7.5 million per year.
Since 2014, Djokovic has been paid $5 million each year from his deal with Japanese watch brand Seiko. He’s also paid about $4 million annually by Asics to promote the brand.
In early 2017, Novak paid $10 million for two homes in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood.
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In 2019, Djokovic purchased a Miami Beach condo located in the luxurious residence of Eighty Seven Park for $5.77 million. He sold the property in 2021 for $6 million.
In 2020, the Serbian tennis star bought a Moroccan-style mansion in Marbella, Spain, for $10 million.
He also owns a Mediterranean-style mansion in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Therefore, Novak Djokovic has an estimated net worth of $250 million.
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