The tennis world is turning its attention to London as Wimbledon 2026 gets underway, with Novak Djokovic once again among the leading contenders for the sport’s most prestigious trophy.
The main draw of this year’s Championships begins on 29 June and runs until 12 July at the All England Club, while qualifying matches started a week earlier in Roehampton.
At 39 years of age, Djokovic arrives at Wimbledon as one of the tournament favourites despite facing a new generation led by Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. Many observers believe that the grass courts of Wimbledon offer the Serbian his best opportunity to capture a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title.
Few players in tennis history have enjoyed a relationship with a tournament quite like Djokovic has with Wimbledon. Since lifting the trophy for the first time in 2011, he has gone on to win the title seven times, placing him alongside some of the greatest champions ever to compete on grass. Only Roger Federer, with eight Wimbledon crowns, stands ahead of him.
Djokovic’s record at the tournament includes victories in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. He also reached the finals in 2023 and 2024, losing both times to Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in matches that symbolised the changing of generations in men’s tennis.
The Serbian star already owns virtually every major record in the sport. He holds the all-time men’s record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles, has spent a record 428 weeks as world number one and has won more Grand Slam matches than any player in history. Earlier this season, he became the first player ever to surpass 400 career victories at Grand Slam tournaments.
For fans across the Adria region, Wimbledon remains one of the events most closely associated with Djokovic’s extraordinary career. His success on the grass courts of southwest London transformed him from a talented outsider into a global sporting icon and helped establish one of the greatest careers tennis has ever seen.
Whether he can add one more chapter to that story over the next two weeks remains one of the biggest questions in world sport. But if history has taught Wimbledon anything, it is that Novak Djokovic should never be counted out.
