Is Novak Djokovic’s victory at the Paris Olympics the biggest tennis moment of 2024?

There are victories and titles that carry more weight than otherss. There are moments that are carved in stone and will be left as a testimony for posterity. The stone of tennis history. Some of the most important moments of this tennis era are certainly Roger Federer’s victory at Roland Garros, as well as the Swiss’s victory at the 18th and 20th Major. There is Rafael Nadal’s 10th and 14th title at Roland Garros, Andy Murray’s victory at Wimbledon 2013, there are all the records of Serena Williams.

And then there’s a whole lot more Novak Djokovic has done. the first triumph at Roland Garros, in 2016 (his career Grand Slam), all the records he has achieved over the years, the 7th Wimbledon, the victory at the championship against Federer in 2019 and of course the Olympic victory on Sunday.

Djokovic ended his rapid series of titles in 2024 at the Olympic Games in Paris. The Serbian champion had not yet won any titles this year, as his last triumph dated from the ATP Finals in Turin in November 2023. A particularly symbolic victory, as it gave the gold medal to Serbia. And as it was a success that was missing from the Serbian’s extraordinary collection. Carlos Alcaraz, defeated by Djokovic in the final, has so far failed to overtake Jannik Sinner at the top of the ranking of tennis players with the most tournaments won in 2024.

Jannik Sinner has won four tournaments, Carlos Alcaraz has won three. The ATP rankings continue to smile on the Italian player due to the continuity of results over the past twelve months. The four tournaments that Jannik Sinner won in 2024 are the Australian Open, the first Slam of the season in January, then the Rotterdam tournament in February, Miami at the end of March and finally the success in the ATP 500 in Halle on German grass. The three tournaments that Alcaraz won are Indian Wells, Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Of course, the last two victories are of great specific importance.

Who will be next to Alcaraz and Sinner in the ranking of multiple winners in 2024? Behind Jannik Sinner and equal with Alcaraz for tournaments won in 2024 is Matteo Berrettini who has won three tournaments and all on clay: in order in Marrakech, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel. The Italian tennis player is now called up for the test on American cement. In this specific ranking of tournaments won in 2024 with two titles each, the other multiple winners of the season follow, namely: Ugo Humbert, Sebastian Baez, Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud, Alex de Minaur, Tommy Paul, Alejandro Tabilo and Taylor Fritz.

But if Alcaraz and Sinner shared the most important titles, I must say that Nole’s triumph at the Olympic Games in Paris – in my opinion – carries more weight. Thanks to this victory, achieved at 37, against a boy who had destroyed him a few weeks earlier in Wimbledon and a month and a half after an operation on the meniscus of his right knee, he is worth more to me than all the others. Without diminishing the milestones of Alcaraz and Sinner. Nole had been chasing this victory for 16 years, since Beijing 2008. A pursuit that has already put the Serb in crisis several times. the last major title was missing. He did it, he crowned the career that will always remember him as the GOAT.