Novak Djokovic has a new coach – Goran Ivanisevic announces: “He’s perfect for him”

Novak Djokovic announced a week ago that he will no longer be coached by Goran Ivanisevic, and the Croatian has now provided details about the one with whom the leader of the ATP rankings is preparing for the clay season.

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Nenad Zimonjic is the perfect coach for Novak Djokovic, says Goran Ivanisevic

Without a title won in 2024 (he stopped in the semifinals at the Australian Open and in the third round at Indian Wells), Nole ended his collaboration with Ivanisevic, who helped him break record after record on the ATP circuit.

A week away, in an interview with SportKlub, the Croatian coach announced that Djokovic is now working with Nenad Zimonjic (former ATP doubles leader) and the two will be together at the Monte Carlo Masters (April 7-14).

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It remains to be seen whether Zimonjic will be able to convince Djokovic that he deserves to become his “full time” coach.

​”I don’t know how long Novak will play yet, it depends on him, but I think now he is with the perfect person at the moment – Ziki (Nenad Zimonjic – no). He is my good friend, we have been through a lot together and I love him.

He is a great tennis expert, but the most important thing in this whole story is that he knows Novak. He doesn’t need to get a new coach until he gets to know him first, he (Novak) would be ‘fussy’ for the first ten days and that coach wouldn’t understand what’s going on.

My theory is that a Balkan can train anyone, but only a person from this area can train a Balkan. Marian Vajda is Slovak, but we are close, while Boris (Becker -nr) worked very well with him, being a very intelligent person in tennis. It helped him a lot.

Ziki and I heard each other, we talked even before I found out that Novak invited him to train, I think Ziki is perfect for Novak. It can also help him in tennis, Novak knows everything, but maybe he will tell him the same thing in a different way, a different approach, which will be refreshing for Novak. Ziki knows Nole’s mentality, they were together in the Davis Cup team, Ziki was also the captain” – Goran Ivanisevicin an interview for Saša Ozmo (SportKlub).

In 2024, Novak Djokovic has 8 wins, 3 losses and has not won any ATP tournament.

Who is Nenad Zimonjic

Aged 47, Nenad Zimonjic was the leader of the ATP doubles ranking and won 54 titles in this event (91 finals), including three Grand Slams: Wimbledon (2008, 2009) and Roland Garros (2010) ).

He prevailed in doubles and at the Tournament of Champions (2008, 2010), and in mixed doubles he won five major titles: Australian Open (2004, 2008), Roland Garros (2006, 2010) and Wimbledon (2014).

In 2010 he won the Davis Cup with the Serbian team, which also included Novak Djokovic.

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Novak Djokovic and Goran Ivanisevic, a successful collaboration

Champion at Wimbledon in 2001, Goran Ivanisevic was co-opted into Nole’s team in 2019, after having previously coached Marin Cilic (2013-2016), Tomas Berdych (2016-2017) and Milos Raonic (2018-2019).

With Ivanisevic in his box, the Joker won important tournaments, titles that propelled the Serbian to the top of the most important hierarchies.

Djokovic triumphed alongside Ivanisevic in the following competitions: Australian Open (three times), Wimbledon (three times), Roland Garros (twice), US Open (once), plus seven Masters titles (ATP 1000) .

Throughout his career, Djokerul has worked with coaches such as Riccardo Piatti, Nikola Pilic, Todd Martin, Mario Ancic, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Radek Stepanek, Marian Vajda and Goran Ivanisevic.

Novak Djokovic’s main records

Born on May 22, 1987, in Belgrade, Djokovic currently holds many tennis records, but the most important are the following three: most Grand Slam titles, most Masters tournaments (ATP 1000) and most many weeks off the ATP leaderboard.

1st place ATP at the end of the season

1 Novak Djokovic 8

2 Pete Sampras 6

3 Roger Federer / Jimmy Connors / Rafael Nadal 5 etc.

Ranking of Grand Slam titles

1 Novak Djokovic 24

2 Rafael Nadal 22

3 Roger Federer 20 (retired)

Ranking of Masters tournaments

1 Novak Djokovic 39

2 Rafael Nadal 36

3 Roger Federer 28 (retired)

Weeks at No. 1 ATP

1 Novak Djokovic 418

2 Roger Federer 301

3 Pete Sampras 286 etc.

Tournament of Champions, most titles

1 Novak Djokovic 7 (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2023)

2 Roger Federer 6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)

3 Ivan Lendl 5 (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987)

3 Pete Sampras 5 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)

5 Ilie Nastase 4 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975) etc.