This Week in Tennis: Djokovic wins 100th title

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Djokovic joins 100-win club in Geneva

Novak Djokovic reached another milestone on Saturday, defeating Hubert Hurkacz in the Geneva Open Final to win the 100th singles title of his career.

The 38-year-old joins Jimmy Connors, who holds the record with 109 singles titles, and Roger Federer (103) as the only men with 100 tournament wins in the Open era.

It’s been nine months since Djokovic won his 99th title at the Paris Olympics at Roland-Garros. He reached two finals in his quest for 100 but fell to Jakub Mensik in Miami this past March and Jannik Sinner in Shanghai last October.

The Serbian becomes the first man in the Open Era to win a title in 20 different seasons, with his first title coming at Amersfoort in July 2006.

Djokovic now heads back to Paris looking to win his fourth title at Roland-Garros and 25th Grand Slam.

Rybakina ends drought in Strasbourg

Elena Rybakina snapped a year-long title drought on Saturday, defeating Liudmila Samsonova 6-1, 6-7(2), 6-1 to win the Internationaux de Strasbourg title.

The 2022 Wimbledon champion had not reached a final or won a title since winning the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in April 2024.

Rybakina now has momentum heading to Roland-Garros, where she enters as the No. 12 seed in search of her second-career Grand Slam title.

Rafa’s Roland-Garros Farewell

Rafael Nadal was honoured on Court Philippe-Chatrier on Sunday as a farewell ceremony at Roland-Garros, the tournament he won a record 14 times in his illustrious career.

Nadal, who retired last year, received a standing ovation and thunderous applause from the crowd in the 15,000-seat stadium.

“This is tough," Nadal said. "Good evening, everyone. I don’t know where to start after playing on this court for the past 20 years. Winning, losing — but especially being moved every time I’ve had the chance to be here.”

He was greeted on court by career rivals Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray.

The Spaniard was 112-4 all-time at Roland-Garros and 14-0 in finals at the event.

All winners from last week:

ATP 500 - Hamburg

● Men’s Singles: Flavio Cobolli* (2/2) d. Andrey Rublev
● Men’s Doubles: Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori d. Andres Molteni/Fernando Romboli

ATP 250 - Geneva

● Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic* (1/100) d. Hubert Hurkacz
● Men’s Doubles: Sadio Doumbia/Fabien Reboul d. Ariel Behar/Joran Vliegen

WTA 500 - Strasbourg

● Women’s Singles: Elena Rybakina* (1/9) d. Liudmila Samsonova
● Women’s Doubles: Timea Babos/Luisa Stefani d. Hanyu Guo/Nicole Malichar-Martinez

WTA 250 - Rabat

● Women’s Singles: Maya Joint* (1/1) d. Jaqueline Cristian
● Women’s Doubles: Maya Joint/Oksana Kalashnikova d. Angelica Moratelli/Camilla Rosatello

* 2025 Titles/Career Titles

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