Voici comment Djokovic a performé à l'Open d'Australie lorsque c'était le premier tournoi de l'année : titres et aussi déceptions

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Novak Djokovic arrives at the Australian Open having not played a single match beforehand. The Serbian, aware that his biggest issue last year was physical fitness, aims to arrive as fresh as possible for the first major event of the year, especially considering that Melbourne is where he has been triumphant the most, a total of 10 times.

On several occasions, the Australian Open was his first tournament of the season. However, that hasn't always translated to success for the Serbian. In fact, his plan for 2026 was to start the season at the ATP Adelaide, but the 24-time Grand Slam champion chose not to risk it and preferred to kick off the season directly at Melbourne Park.

How has Novak Djokovic fared when starting the season at the Australian Open?

Djokovic has chosen to start the season directly at the Australian Open on seven occasions, and the first time he did so couldn't have gone better because it was in 2008 when he lifted his first title in Melbourne, marking the beginning of his twenty-four Grand Slam victories.

Having succeeded in 2008, the Belgrade native repeated the strategy in 2010 since in 2009 he opted to play in Brisbane and Sydney first, failing to retain the title after losing in the quarterfinals to Andy Roddick. Therefore, in 2010, he wanted to follow the steps of 2008 again but once more ended empty-handed, exiting in the quarterfinals against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who avenged the 2008 final.

Despite that defeat, Djokovic repeated the experiment in 2011, indicating his preference to arrive fresh physically and mentally rather than with some match practice, and this time it worked. In fact, he claimed his second Australian Open title and second Grand Slam of his career, dropping only one set along the way, setting the stage for his most magical year where he showed he was on par with Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal.

In 2012, more of the same, beginning the year at the Australian Open and once again, becoming the champion for the third time, although in that edition, it might have been the one where he struggled the most to achieve it, having to battle for five hours and 53 minutes to defeat Rafa Nadal in the longest final in Grand Slam history. Perhaps, if he had played a prior tournament that year, he might not have had enough fuel to overcome the Spaniard in that historic match.

It's often said that if something works, you shouldn't change it, and that's what Novak Djokovic continued to do because in 2013, he also arrived in Melbourne without playing any previous tournaments and there he clinched his third consecutive Australian Open, the fourth in his career. 
However, that was the last year this strategy worked for the Serbian, as he hasn't been able to lift the title again when arriving in Melbourne without any match practice since then. In 2014, his magical streak was broken, and he couldn't defend his crown after falling in the quarterfinals to Stan Wawrinka, who eventually claimed the title.

Since that year, the last time Djokovic arrived in Melbourne without prior match practice was in 2018 and understandably so, as he had been on a break of more than six months due to elbow issues. However, after losing in the Round of 16 to an inspired Hyeon Chung, he decided to undergo surgery, ending his adventure of arriving at the Australian Open without playing any prior tournaments. Since then, he has captured the title in four (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023) of his six participations

In 2026, he is repeating that tactic again; we won't know if it's for the same reasons or because his body is asking him to conserve more energy. It remains to be seen whether this strategy will bring him another Australian Open and his desired 25th Grand Slam or if it will end with the bad memories of 2010, 2014, or 2018.
 

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