Novak Djokovic is the player who rewrite tennis history, because no one has won more Slams (24) and ATP Masters 1000 (40) than him, and no one has spent more time on the throne of the world ranking.

Here are some of the top men at the Australian Open, which starts at Melbourne Park on Sunday morning local time (Saturday night EST), with money-line odds via BetMGM Sportsbook: Jannik Sinner Seeding: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Italy Age: 23 2024 Record: 73-6 2024 Titles: 8 Career Titles: 18 Grand Slam Titles: 2 — Australian Open (1: 2024),

Jannik Sinner will open his campaign against Nicholas Jarry, and Novak Djokovic will face Indian-origin American player Nishesh Basavareddy in his opener.

Jannik Sinner will launch his Australian Open title defence under a stubborn doping cloud but the whiff of scandal may do little to halt the Italian juggernaut.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic have landed in opposite sides of the draw for the season’s first major, ruling out a replay of last year’s semifinal encounter.

The top-ranked Sinner, who is the defending champion at Melbourne Park, and No. 3 Alcaraz are coming off a 2024 season in which they each won two Grand Slam titles.

No one will be able to underestimate Novak Djokovic, who has won this tournament ten times and who will benefit from the valuable advice of a legend like Andy Murray. The Serbian champion will have less pressure than in the past and has shown that he can still be competitive at the highest level despite being almost 38 years old.

Novak Djokovic says Nick Kyrgios has 'spoken well' about Jannik Sinner 's doping case after the Aussie labelled the scandal 'disgusting' for tennis.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic sees a lack of transparency and a perceived double standard in high-profile doping cases, saying players have been "kept in the dark" over Jannik Sinner's situation.

Though a doping investigation cast a shadow over the middle part of Jannik Sinner's season and the World Anti-Doping Agency is appealing the verdict of no wrongdoing in that case, 2024 was Sinner's ye

Djokovic was famously deported from Australia in 2022 and denied the chance to play the Melbourne Park grand slam due to his vaccination status. The 24-time grand slam champion was put in hotel detention for a numbers of days before his visa was cancelled and he was kicked out of the country.