Novak Djokovic’s 2024 Olympic triumph wows Andy Roddick: "More impressive than two majors"

Andy Roddick analysed the 2024 season of Novak Djokovic and highlighted his Olympic gold medal as one of the “greatest feats I’ve seen in tennis.” The 2003 US Open champion downplayed the significance of Djokovic ending last season without a Grand Slam title.

In the latest episode of his podcast Served with Roddick, the former World No. 1 reviewed the current ATP rankings and assessed the form of the top-20 players.

Among them, he praised the 24-time Grand Slam champion, despite his dropping in the ranking compared to previous years, recalling his Olympic achievement. “We’re talking about the greatest male player of all time, Novak Djokovic at #7,” Roddick stated. “We’re not going to talk about him being #7; we’re going to talk about how this year basically came down to him making the finals of Wimbledon on one leg.”

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“Dummies like me thought he didn’t have enough time to even play, much less make a final. Greatness personified again,” he added.

“Winning the Olympics in that fashion, at Roland Garros, his least favourite surface, without losing a set, is one of the greatest feats I’ve seen in tennis. Calling his shot, saying this was the one most important to him, and then delivering—it’s more impressive to me than if he had actually won two majors this year.”

Djokovic had failed in his previous four attempts to secure Olympic gold. He won bronze in 2008, finished in fourth place in 2012 and 2020, and suffered a shocking first-round exit in 2016. Arriving in Paris at 36 years old and just months after knee surgery, Djokovic defeated Carlos Alcaraz—who had recently won the French Open and Wimbledon—in the final.

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