Overview
- Tournament organizers list Novak Djokovic on the Adelaide International entry for January 12–17 as his season opener before the Australian Open.
- He has spent three days training in Dubai with Arthur Cazaux at Atlantis The Royal, according to the French player’s Instagram post.
- Djokovic remains focused on pursuing a 25th Grand Slam title, with Melbourne presenting his first chance of the new season.
- He finished 2025 ranked No. 4 with 4,830 ATP points after reaching all four Grand Slam semi-finals and winning ATP 250 titles in Geneva and Athens.
- Experts such as Guy Forget and Nadia Petrova cite recovery limits at age 38 and warn he could slip from the top 10 as he faces roughly 3,200 Slam points to defend in 2026.