Djokovic abandoned Rome Masters 2025

withdraw from Rome Masters means Djokovic is likely not to play any more matches before the Roland Garros - Grand Slam at the end of May. In fact, the ATP Tour schedule is still expanding Hamburg and Geneva expands right before the Grand Slam of the Earth. However, the possibility of Serbia player attending these events is not much.

In the last match, Djokovic lost to Matteo Arnaldi in the second round of Madrid. It was Nole's fourth defeat at the opening match of the tournament this year. Djokovic himself acknowledged that he faced a "new reality", that the goal at the events at this time was just "trying to win one or two matches, instead of thinking a lot about going deep".

Djokovic has won the Rome Masters six times, the record is only 10 times less than Rafael Nadal. At the age of 37, Djokovic collected the entire tennis title, including 24 Grand Slam and 99 ATP championships. Over the past seasons, Nole did not compete to gather to focus on the largest events. Last year, Djokovic did not win the Grand Slam or to the throne at any ATP event, but he conquered the Olympic gold medal for the first time. In the 2024th season, Djokovic did not lose any opening match in the tournament.

In 2025, Djokovic changed the plan, with attending more events. Nole participated in the expanded Indian Wells, Miami expanded and Monte Carlo Masters, before fighting in Madrid. However, the result of disappointing results, including the defeat of Jakub Mensik in the expansion of the Miami final, made Nole adjust by abandoning Rome Masters.

last year, Djokovic received the characteristic of the Geneva tournament expanded at the last minute. He stopped in the semi -finals after losing to Tomas Machac. Without competing at the event held in Switzerland from May 18 as well as the Hamburg expansion with the week, Djokovic went to Roland Garros without winning any of the clay on this season. This is not happening in the past 19 years.

Despite that reality, Djokovic is still a championship candidate in Paris, when he has not lost any match at the Roland Garros complex since 2022. The nearest person defeated Nole here is Rafael Nadal. This year, Nole won 12, lost 7, is ranked fifth in the world.