Novak Djokovic Hints At Wanting To Win Golden Calendar Slam In 2024

Monday, 20 November 2023 at 23:00

Updated at Monday, 04 August 2025 at 17:36

byZachary Wimer

Novak Djokovic has ambitious plans for 2024, aiming to complete a Golden Calendar Slam, a feat that may seem impossible.

Djokovic was utterly spectacular this year, winning three of the four Grand Slams. He finished the year by winning the ATP Finals, beating Jannik Sinner in the final.

He was asked about his plans for the upcoming season during his post-match press conference at the ATP Finals, and he mentioned the Golden Calendar Slam. That's when a tennis player wins the Gold Medal at the Olympic Games, along with the four Grand Slams that year, and it's incredibly difficult to achieve.

Djokovic nearly completed the Calendar Slam two years ago, so it's not unthinkable for him to do that, even though it will be very tough. In 2021, Djokovic won the first three majors of the season, and lost in the US Open final to Daniil Medvedev, coming just one match away from completing this rare feat.

In 2024, he wants to try again, but this time, he also wants to add the shiniest medal from the Olympics. He is ambitious, but his results at the ATP Finals prove that he can be.

"Well, you can win four slams and Olympic gold (smiling). Let's see. I mean, I have always the highest ambitions and goals. That's not going to be different for the next year, that's for sure. The drive that I have is still there. My body has been serving me well, listening to me well. I have a great team of people around me."

"Motivation, especially for the biggest tournaments in sport, is still present. It still inspires me to keep going. In the end of the day, people see you performing in the big tournaments, but they don't see all the weeks and months of dedicated day-to-day, week-to-week work, trying to build your form so that you can peak where you want to peak."

Djokovic will certainly do everything in his power to achieve this, but the new generation of players will attempt to stop him. The first Grand Slam of the season is the Australian Open, and it will be held in January.