Novak Djokovic enters 900-wins club: Looking back at the milestone wins of the Serb's career

World No. 2 Novak Djokovic launched his campaign for a record-extending 8th title by taking out Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany in the first round of the 2020 Australian Open.

The four-set win marked the 14th consecutive time Djokovic has successfully negotiated the opening hurdle of the first Grand Slam tournament on the tennis calendar, after enduring a pair of first-round exits in his first two appearances Down Under in 2005-06. The 32-year-old Serb has since gone 55-0 in first-round matches in Majors.

# 1st win: 2004 Davis Cup

In his first tour level match, Djokovic beat Janis Skroderis in straight sets. It was a 2004 Davis Cup match between Serbia and Latvia in Belgrade.

The then 17-year-old Serb dropped only two games in each set against an overmatched Skroderis to launch his professional career on a winning note.

That would be the first of just two wins during his first year on tour; Djokovic closed the season with a record of two wins and three losses.

# 100th win: 2007 Umag Round of 32

In just his third full season on tour, Djokovic displayed signs of his immense potential by winning his first Masters 1000 title in Miami. He also reached his first Grand Slam semifinal, losing to Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros.

Having also won titles at Adelaide and Estoril earlier in the season, Djokovic beat Spain's Pablo Andujar 6-1 6-3 in the opening round at Umag to become one of the youngest players ever to record 100 singles match wins.

Later in the season, Djokovic would win his second Masters 1000 title at the Coupe Rogers, beating Roger Federer in a third set tiebreak, before being stopped by the same player in his first Major final at the US Open.

# 200th win: 2009 Indian Wells Round of 64

Djokovic arrived at Indian Wells 2009 fresh off winning his 12th singles title, in Dubai. The Serb launched his title defence in the desert with a straight-sets win over Argentine Martin Vassallo Arguello.

In a hard-fought match, Djokovic beat Vassalo Arguello 7-5 6-4 to record the 200th match win of his singles career. The Serb would, however, fall to American Andy Roddick in straight sets in the quarterfinals.

# 300th win: 2010 Cincinnati Round of 32

Making his sixth appearance in Cincinnati, returning two-time finalist Djokovic conquered countryman Viktor Troicki 6-3 7-5 to open his campaign on a winning note.

That marked the 23-year-old's 300th career singles win. Djokovic would go on to lose in the quarterfinals to Andy Roddick - one of the few players who can boast of a winning head-to-head record against the 16-time Grand Slam champion.

# 400th win: 2012 Australian Open semifinals

Djokovic beats Murray in an epic 2012 Australian Open semifinal

Defending champion Djokovic met his match against an inspired Andy Murray in the 2012 Australian Open semifinals.

In a repeat of the pair's 2011 title match, Djokovic took the opener but found himself trailing by 2 sets to 1 as Murray grabbed the third set on a tiebreak.

The reigning world number one raised his level to take the fourth set 6-1. And despite a late Murray fightback from 2-5 down in the decider, the Serb went on to reach his third Australian Open final - where he would conquer Rafael Nadal in another five-set epic to successfully defend his title.

# 500th win: 2013 Roland Garros Round of 32

Having split their two previous meetings earlier in the season, with Djokovic beating Grigor Dimitrov at Indian Wells and the Bulgarian returning the compliment in Madrid, the pair met again in the third round at Roland Garros 2013.

In his first Grand Slam meeting with Dimitrov, Djokovic emerged a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victor. The win was Djokovic's 500th in singles play on the ATP tour.

The Serb would go on to squander a break lead in the deciding set of the semifinal against three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal.

# 600th win: 2014 Paris-Bercy final

Djokovic lifts the 2014 Paris-Bercy title

In his third Paris Masters final, Djokovic beat Canada's Milos Raonic in straight sets to win his third title at the tournament.

That marked Djokovic's 600th singles match win, and helped the Serb inch closer to reclaiming the World No. 1 ranking.

Djokovic would go on to win the ATP Finals in London to end the season atop the world rankings for the third time in his career.

# 700th win: 2016 Dubai Round of 16

Djokovic beat Tunisian Malek Jaziri for the loss of just three games at Dubai 2016 to move to within three wins of a fifth title in the desert

The victory was Djokovic's 700th on the ATP tour. The reigning Australian Open champion would however go on to lose to Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the quarterfinal, retiring from the match after dropping the first set.

# 800th win: 2018 Queens quarterfinals

Making his first appearance at Queens since 2010, Djokovic continued his serene progress through the draw by beating Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals.

That marked the Serb's 800th singles match win on the tour. Djokovic would go on to squander a match point in the championship match against Marin Cilic before going down to the Croat in three sets.

Three weeks later, Djokovic would hoist aloft a fourth title at Wimbledon.

# 900th win: 2020 Australian Open Round of 128

Djokovic reacts after beating Struff at the 2020 Australian Open

Fresh off winning the inaugural ATP Cup for Serbia, where the Serb won all his 6 singles matches, Djokovic opened his campaign for a record-extending 8th Australian Open title with a win over German Jan-Lennard Struff.

After edging the first set on a tiebreak, Djokovic looked in cruise control in the second. To his credit though, Struff fought back by taking the third set.

Normal service soon resumed as Djokovic upped the ante to close out a four-set win, for his 900th singles victory on tour. The Serb, in the process, became only the sixth player overall and third active to reach the milestone in the all-time match wins leaderboard - which is headed by Jimmy Connors (1274) and Roger Federer (1238).