ATP Mallorca: Novak Djokovic starts in the doubles competition
The 19-time Grand Slam tournament winnerNovak Djokovic attends the Mallorca Championships with a participation in doubles for the major event in Wimbledon.
by Press release
last edit: Jun 15, 2021, 12:54 pm
Novak Djokovic will come to the Spanish holiday island on Thursday of this week to start his preparations for the season highlight in Wimbledon starting on June 28, 2021 on the Mallorca Country Club's courts, which are equipped with original grass from Wimbledon. The 19-time Grand Slam champion will be accompanied to Mallorca by his entire staff - led by former Wimbledon winner Goran Ivanisevic.
The current number one in the tennis world rankings will not only use the optimal conditions in Mallorca for training, but will also take part in the double competition of the 783,655 Euro Mallorca Championships with a wildcard. Djokovic will be present on Friday, June 18, 2021, at the opening ceremony on the occasion of the official inauguration of the new Center Court in the Mallorca Country Club. The highlight of this event is the legends match between Djokovic coach Goran Ivanisevic and former world number two Tommy Haas (GER).
Thiem in the individual at the start
In addition to Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem is the second Grand Slam tournament winner at the Mallorca Championships. The US Open triumphator 2020 leads a strong field of participants in the individual , which also includes the Spanish local heroes Pablo Carreno Busta and Feliciano Lopez, the up-and-coming Norwegian Casper Ruud and the strong Russian Karen Khachanov.
“We are very pleased that Novak Djokovic will start his preparations for the season highlight in Wimbledon at the Mallorca Championships. After the intense weeks most recently at the French Open in Paris with many exhausting matches, in the coming days he will focus on training in the Mallorca Country Club and help the tournament to attract even more attention with his participation in doubles. The fact that Dominic Thiem is another top ten star, who celebrated his greatest success to date by winning the US Open in New York last September, is also a great honor for our tournament, "emphasizes Edwin Weindorfer, Organizer of the Mallorca Championships and CEO of e | motion sports.