Novak Djokovic
Djokovic in 2013, photo by Leonard Zhukovsky/Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Date of Birth: 22 May, 1987
Ethnicity: Serbian, Croatian
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian tennis player. He is ranked world No. 1 in singles by the ATP, and has held the top position for a record total 373 weeks, finished as the year-end No. 1 a record seven times, and won a total of 93 singles titles on the ATP Tour. He has the most wins over and matches played against top 10 players.
He is the son of Dijana (Žagar) and Srđan Djokovic. His father, who is of Serbian descent, was born in a village near Trepča, in Kosovo. His mother was born in Belgrade, and is of partly or entirely Croatian descent. His maternal grandparents were from Vinkovci, in eastern Croatia. His siblings, Marko Djokovic and Djordje Djokovic, are also tennis players. Novak is married to Jelena Ristić, with whom he has two children. His family is Serbian Orthodox.
The Đoković family is said to hail from Čevo.
He is said to speak Serbian, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Japanese, and Spanish.
Novak’s paternal grandfather was Vladimir Đoković (the son of Neđeljko Đoković and Sara Jauković). Vladimir’s parents were from Jasenovo Polje near Nikšić, now in Montenegro, and later moved to Voćnjak in Metohija. The family fled Albanians during WWII, and lived with a relative, named Novak, after whom Novak Djokovic is named.
Novak’s paternal grandmother was named Stanka.
Novak’s maternal grandfather was named Zdenko.
Novak’s maternal grandmother was named Elizabeta Franjić.
Sources: https://www.in4s.net
Genealogy of Novak Djokovic (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Why his Grandfather is here only mention ???Why not his Father.???His Father is Serbian.The name “Djokovic” is clearly Serbian.In Montenegro live since Centurys over 250.000 ethnic Serbs.Montenegro was an Serbian province and gets independed for political Reasons.It seems that here is an strong lobby of Serbian enemys who try to denie the Serbian Heritage of famous Persons just to elevate themself.
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His father is from Jasenovo Polje in Montenegro and his mother is from Vinkovci in Croatia.
Yeah,he’s Montenegrin too.
His grandfather (from father’s side) is from Montenegro and he’s Croatian on his mother’s side.