Pete Sampras

Novak Djokovic achieved enormous success at Roland Garros and with 23 Grand Slam titles became the most decorated tennis player in the history of the sport.
No player has more Grand Slam titles than him, but Roger Federer has more Grand Slam wins than Novak Djokovic.

BELGRADE - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic on Monday began his 378th week at the top of the ATP rankings, setting an absolute record in the category in both men's and women's tennis.

Djokovic surpassed Germany's Steffi Graf, who spent a total of 377 weeks in the world number one spot.

The two young stars of world tennis offered an incredible pleasure to tennis fans, and after five hours and 15 minutes of play, finalizing with a score of 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-3. The five-hour, 15-minute epic is the latest finish in US Open history.

Lleyton Hewitt, a two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one, was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on July 16, a ceremony delayed from 2021 by COVID-19.

Hewitt won the 2001 U.S. Open and 2002 Wimbledon titles among 30 career ATP triumphs and helped Australia capture the Davis Cup in 1999 and 2003.

On this day, exactly 20 years ago, he won the trophy at the Grand Slam in London by coming to the trophy with a special invitation (wild card), as the 125th player in the world.
Due to old merits, since he played the Wimbledon final three times and lost, the fourth luck followed for the man from Split, due to the decision of the organizers to grant him wild card.

Roger Federer became the first 1/2-finalist of the ATP Finals in London. The 36-year-old Swiss won the first place in the Boris Becker group after defeating Alexander Zverev (Ger) with 7:6(6), 5:7, 6:1. It was his second victory in the group in his record 15th participation in the tournament.

Bulgaria's best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov achieved a dramatic victory in his first game in the ATP finals in London. In his debut in the eighth best tournament of the season, the 6th-placed Bulgarian defeated the world number 4 Dominic Thiem  with 6:3, 5:7, 7:5.

Roger Federer became the first man to win Wimbledon eight times and extended his record to 19 Grand Slam titles with victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic, according to BBC Sports. 

The Swiss third seed won 6-3 6-1 6-4 as seventh seed Cilic struggled with a blister on his left foot and broke down in tears during the second set.

US tennis legend Pete Sampras predicted a bright future for Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov.

In an interview for Swedish newspaper Expressen, Sampras praised the style demonstrated by Dimitrov, saying that he had something more to offer, daily Dnevnik reports.

Rafael Nadal won his first title in nearly nine months on March 1, beating Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-1 to win the Argentina Open.
      
Nadal's triumph was his first since he won a ninth French Open title at Roland Garros last June.