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The Spaniard, 38, will step away after playing for Spain in the Davis Cup in November, bringing the curtain down on his 23 years as a professional. It leaves the Manacor native with plenty of options of how to proceed – from coaching to punditry.
His decision comes at the same time as one of his long-time rivals, Nick Kyrgios, said he would make his comeback in 2025, laying out his ambition to win a Grand Slam.
But the Australian has a long way back after spending 18 months out through injury.
Almost two decades after the last time it happened, Novak Djokovic finds himself occupying a space in men’s tennis with which he is all too familiar.
He is, by a distance, the third-best player in the world.
In the summer of 2007, soon after he turned 20, Djokovic made the semifinals of the French Open and Wimbledon, before reaching the final at the U.S. Open.
He was No. 3 in the world for all of that July, dropped to No. 4 for a week in the August, and then stayed at No. 3 until… May. Of 2009.
The 22-year-old holds a 37-23 win-loss record in 2024, with his best result at a big event so far this season his quarter-final run at the Cincinnati Masters.
He won his second career ATP title at the ATP 250 event in Houston in April.
The American reached the semi-finals of the US Open and the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in a breakthrough 2023 campaign.
Shelton also claimed his maiden title at the Japan Open ATP 500 in October last year.
