The 2017 Novak Djokovic tennis season began on 1 January 2017 with the start of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open and ended with a quarterfinal loss at the

2017 Wimbledon Championships The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2 ...

in July.

Yearly summary

Asian/Pacific hard court season and Australian Open

Qatar Open

Djokovic's first tournament of the season was in Qatar, where he was the defending champion. In his semi-final match against

Fernando Verdasco Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009. His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...

, Djokovic saved five match points, eventually winning in three sets. He would go on to win the tournament defeating long-time rival and the number one ranked Andy Murray in the final.

Australian Open

In Melbourne, Djokovic won his first round match against Verdasco in straight sets. In the Round of 64, he was upset in five sets by

Denis Istomin Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbek professional tennis player. He has won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in Aug ...

. He was up 2 sets to 1 and was 3 points from the win in the fourth set. The loss marked Djokovic's earliest exit at a Grand Slam event since Wimbledon in 2008, and his earliest in Australia when he lost in the first round in 2006.

North American spring hard court season

Mexican Open

Djokovic accepted a wild card and made his ATP World Tour debut in Latin America. He started in Acapulco with a tough first round win against

Martin Kližan Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. The winner of the 2006 French Open boys' singles title, Kližan turned pro in 2007 and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2 ...

. Djokovic next got the better of

Juan Martín del Potro Juan Martín del Potro () (born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine inactive professional tennis player. Del Potro's biggest achievement is a major title: the 2009 US Open, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and the five-time defen ...

after losing the first set. Djokovic then lost to Nick Kyrgios in straight sets.

Indian Wells Masters

Djokovic beat British

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in the second round and del Potro with a strong third set in the third round. The win over del Potro gave Djokovic his 19th consecutive win at Indian Wells, the longest win streak in the event's 43-year history. The streak was then ended, as Djokovic was beaten again by Kyrgios who overpowered him with first and second serves and a varied overall game.

European clay court season

Monte-Carlo Masters

Djokovic was hanging onto a thread throughout the tournament till the quarterfinals where that thread was cut by Belgian

David Goffin David Goffin (; born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7. He is currently the Belgian No. 1, and the first Belgian man to be ranked in the top 10. Goffin has won six ATP titles ...

, where he lost in 3 tight sets.

= Madrid Open

= Djokovic beat Spaniards

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and

Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016.In 2005, López was t ...

in succession before receiving a walkover when

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withdrew with a wrist injury.

Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 2 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked world No. 1 for 209 weeks, and has finish ...

then ended his seven match losing streak against Djokovic with a comprehensive straight sets win.

Italian Open

Djokovic successfully defended his 2016-point total by reaching the final after straight set victories over

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, and

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. However, Djokovic was then stopped by 20-year-old

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in the final. Shortly after the match, Djokovic confirmed a coaching partnership with

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, beginning at Roland-Garros.

French Open

Djokovic was the defending champion. He made it to the quarter-finals, losing to

in straight sets including a bagel in the final set.

Grass court season

Eastbourne International

Djokovic took a wild card in an effort to pick up some match play on grass. It was the first grass tune-up ahead of Wimbledon he had played since 2010. Djokovic went on to win the event with four straight-sets wins.

Wimbledon

Djokovic beat

, Adam Pavlásek and

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in the first three rounds without dropping a set. In his 4th round match with

Adrian Mannarino Adrian Mannarino (born 29 June 1988) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 22, attained on 19 March 2018. He won his first ATP Tour singles title at the 2019 Rosmalen Open on grass. He is c ...

, both players were forced to move the match to the next day due to a five set battle between

and

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, which ended with less than one hour of playable daylight on a then roofless No. 1 Court, meaning that after beating Mannarino in three sets, Novak had less time to recover for the upcoming quarterfinal match against

Tomáš Berdych Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His most notable achievement was reaching the final of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, causing consecutive upsets by defeating top seed and six-time champi ...

. Fighting with persisting right elbow problems, he criticized Wimbledon organisers for delaying his 4R match instead of moving it to Centre Court. The next day he retired against Tomáš Berdych while down 6–7, 0–2, due to an elbow injury.

Injury hiatus

On July 27, Djokovic announced he would be missing the rest of the season to recover from a persistent injury on his right elbow. Missing the last four months of the season, Djokovic saw his ranking drop to 12th, the lowest since 2007. This had been the first time Djokovic had to miss a Grand Slam since his first appearance in 2005.

All matches

This table lists all the matches of Djokovic this year, including walkovers W/O (they are marked ND for non-decision)

Singles

Doubles

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Novak Djokovic had a record against the top 10, against the ''top 11–50'', against other players; against right-handed players and against left-handed players.
''Ordered by number of wins'' (Bolded number marks a top 10 player at the time of first match of the year, ''Italic'' means top 50; "L" means left-handed player).

Finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Earnings

Figures in

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s (USD) unless noted. Bold denotes tournament win

References

External links

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ATP tour profile
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