What is Novak Djokovic's next tournament? All about the Serb's schedule ahead of French Open 2024
Novak Djokovic is next scheduled to compete at the Geneva Open after accepting a wildcard for the ATP 250 event. The Serb most recently competed at the Italian Open, where he endured a third-round exit.
Djokovic received a bye to the second round in Rome, where he made easy work of Corentin Moutet, winning 6-3, 6-1. After the match, while he was signing autographs, the Serb was hit on his head with a bottle, and he fell to the ground in pain. He went on to lose his third-round match to Alejandro Tabilo.
After the Italian Open, Djokovic will be back in action at the Geneva Open as the top seed after accepting a wildcard. It will be his very first appearance at the ATP 250 event, which takes place just a week before the French Open.
The Serb has won 12 of 17 matches in the 2024 season, with his best performances being reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open and the Monte-Carlo Masters.
Novak Djokovic could face Andy Murray at the Geneva Open
The Geneva Open draw is such that Novak Djokovic could meet Andy Murray in the second round. The Serb has received a bye to the Round of 16 of the ATP 250 event due to his seeding.
Andy Murray will face Yannick Hanfmann in the first round in Geneva. The Brit will set up a second-round encounter against Djokovic if he comes out on top.
The two have locked horns on 36 occasions, with the Serb leading 25-11 in the head-to-head. They have faced one another on clay six times, with Djokovic winning five of those matches. The one time Murray beat his rival on the surface was at the Italian Open final in 2016, when he triumphed 6-3, 6-3.
The most notable encounter between the two on clay took place in the 2016 French Open final, with Djokovic coming back from a set down to win 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.
Their last meeting came in the final of the 2017 Qatar Open, with the Serb winning 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. They were supposed to meet in the third round of the 2022 Madrid Open, but Murray withdrew due to illness, giving Djokovic a bye to the quarterfinals.