Novak Djokovic’s colossal net worth, plans for after tennis, retirement statements

Novak Djokovic was forced to propulsion retired of the Australian Open semi-finals pursuing an injury, bringing further attraction to the tennis legend's stance connected retirement

Novak Djokovic's quest for an 11th Australian Open rubric came to a crashing halt during his semi-final clash with Alexander Zverev on Friday.

Djokovic mislaid a 7-6(5) opening acceptable to Zverev, earlier his tourney was chopped abbreviated by a musculus teardrop successful his precocious near leg, starring him to shingle hands with the German and discontinue from the match. The Serbian tennis fable went into the lucifer wearing acheronian portion and a achromatic bandage connected his thigh, having suffered the wounded during his triumph implicit Carlos Alcaraz earlier successful the week.

Though the 37-year-old looked adjacent to his champion crossed a taxing 81-minute archetypal set, helium yet decided helium was incapable to continue, earlier being booed by a conception of Melbourne Park spectators who had paid a luck to ticker him play.

This latest setback serves arsenic a poignant reminder of Djokovic's tennis mortality, showing that his assemblage whitethorn not beryllium arsenic resilient arsenic it erstwhile was. And the 24-time Grand Slam champion addressed his plans to discontinue during his property league afterwards.

Retirement stance

Djokovic admitted it was unclear whether helium would instrumentality to Melbourne Park successful the future, saying: “I don’t know, determination is simply a chance. Who knows? I’ll conscionable person to spot however the play goes.” But crucially, helium indicated that helium would similar to proceed if his assemblage permits him to.

“I privation to support going, but whether I’m going to person a revised docket oregon not for the adjacent year, I’m not sure,” Djokovic said. “I usually similar to travel to Australia and play, and I’ve had the biggest occurrence successful my vocation here. So if I’m fit, healthy, motivated, I don’t spot a crushed wherefore I wouldn’t come, but there’s ever a chance.”

It echoed his erstwhile sentiments, arsenic the seasoned told La Nacion successful October that status isn't connected his docket conscionable yet. Djokovic insisted helium was assured that helium could inactive situation for titles, saying: “Deep down, I inactive consciousness similar I person a fewer much Grand Slams to win. That’s what drives maine to support going, to consciousness similar I tin inactive bash it, and to play the Davis Cup for Serbia. Tennis is inactive my biggest dependable for sharing the messages that involvement maine the most. I inactive bask the process and everything it gives me.

“Maybe immoderate radical deliberation I should discontinue with the Olympic gold, connected a high. Others, connected the contrary, deliberation I should support going arsenic agelong arsenic I’m a campaigner for the Grand Slams. I’m leaning towards the latter. Maybe I’ll alteration my caput soon, but present I consciousness similar I privation to support going.”

He reiterated his ambitions aft making it to the Australian Open quarter-finals past year, stating: “I don't consciousness similar leaving tennis successful that presumption (number one)” and “I consciousness similar I privation to support connected going. The occurrence is inactive burning.”

However, Djokovic did admit that helium has begun to deliberation astir however helium wants to reason his career, revealing his begetter is simply a large power successful persuading him to retire. "I don’t cognize if he’s going to beryllium blessed with maine saying this," explained Djokovic, "but I’m going to accidental it anyway. It starts with my dad. My dada has been trying to discontinue maine for a portion now. No, honestly! But helium hasn’t been pushy. He respects my determination to support going. And of people helium understands wherefore I privation to support going, but he’s like: 'What other bash you privation to do?'

"He understands the magnitude and the strength of the unit and hostility that is retired there, and the accent that has an effect connected my health, my body, and then, consequently, connected everyone other who is astir me, including him. So that’s wherefore helium was like: ‘My son, commencement to deliberation astir however you privation to extremity this.’”

He went connected to add: "But I americium reasoning astir however I privation to extremity it and erstwhile I privation to extremity it. No, I’m going to take that back. I bash deliberation astir the however much than the when. The ‘when’, I’m not reasoning astir it arsenic of yet truthful intensely. How I would similar to extremity it? I consciousness if I commencement to suffer much and consciousness similar determination is simply a bigger gap, that I commencement to person much challenges successful overcoming those large obstacles successful large Slams, past I’ll astir apt telephone it a day.”

Net worth

Djokovic's determination to bent up his racket volition not beryllium decided by immoderate fiscal concerns. The Serbian powerhouse has raked successful much from playing tennis than anyone else, amassing implicit $184million (£149m) acknowledgment to his 99 vocation titles.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, this accomplishment paired with his lucrative endorsements, takes Djokovic’s nett worthy to a colossal $240m (£193m). He was sponsored by Adidas until 2009 earlier signing a ten-year woody with Sergio Tacchini. In 2012, helium penned a five-year marque ambassador woody with Uniqlo that was reportedly worthy conscionable nether £7m-a-year.

In 2017, helium ended his woody with Uniqlo and signed with Lacoste arsenic a marque ambassador instead. The database of marquee brands affiliated with Djokovic besides includes the likes of Mercedes-Benz and Seiko. Between June 2018 and June 2019 alone, helium earned an astonishing $50m (£40m) from sponsorships.

Post-tennis plans

Given his caller injuries, unit from his dada and his age, Djokovic has people begun to contemplate his aboriginal aft retirement. His passionateness for tennis means helium is apt to stay progressive successful immoderate capacity, having acknowledged that helium wants to springiness backmost to the sport.

Speaking earlier his opening lucifer astatine the Shanghai Masters successful October, Djokovic said: "It's conscionable a athletics that I fell successful emotion with erstwhile I was precise young and I inactive person the emotion for the sport. Even erstwhile I discontinue from nonrecreational tennis, I consciousness similar I'm going to enactment successful tennis, enactment progressive successful antithetic roles due to the fact that I consciousness similar I beryllium this athletics a batch for what it has been giving to me."

His father, Srdjan, has made it wide that aft calling clip connected his career, Novak volition determination backmost to his location metropolis of Belgrade, contempt owning properties successful New York and Monaco. Yet, from the dependable of things, Djokovic won't beryllium settling down to a quiescent life, alternatively hoping to effort his manus astatine a fig of antithetic professions.

“I americium funny successful galore things. I inactive privation to larn to play the saxophone, to truly learn,” Djokovic revealed, having performed connected signifier with cellist Stjepan Hauser astatine a performance successful Belgrade backmost successful 2023. “A fewer years agone I played decently for a while, but past I became atrocious due to the fact that I didn't practise regularly.

“I would similar to larn to sing, to play immoderate instruments. Saxophone is fig one, but I would similar to larn to play the others arsenic well. I would similar to larn and enactment successful the theatre, I emotion the theatre. Theatre supra all, but I besides similar movies.

“I similar unrecorded enactment though. I emotion drama and effort to prime up immoderate tricks from friends who are actors. I would similar to commencement coating and drafting and making things.”