"We've never seen that in international tennis" - Eye of the Coach 

I'm a RF fan through and through and I'd honestly would say his biggest reason for his success in 2017 is the absence of Novak Djokovic. Novak did a walkabout for about 18 months partly due to surgery I think and doing some soul-searching after finally winning the FO in the prior year. But honestly, the stats don't lie - he is without a doubt the greatest to have played. I still love RF due to his style, grace and improv skills which is an extension of his exquisite talent, feel for the ball, the game and a seemingly endless set of shots at his disposal to win a point. He's an absolute joy to watch over and over again. However, at the end of the day, tennis is about winning and losing, not about style.

Thanks Patrick, we must all rejoice and recognize Novak Djokovic as the greatest player of all time. I'm fascinated to watch him play in the present moment.

I never understood why there is still a so called "debate", djokovic owns all the important records, his tennis resume is impeccable, not only he is the goat, he is also the most complete and balanced player of all time, he is truly incredible.

I'm a diehard RF fan, and he will forever be my favorite player, but the time has finally come for me admit that Novak is the GOAT. The numbers don't lie: most weeks at #1, most grand slams, most masters series titles, and a h2h winning record against RF and Rafa, who I also love. I never hated Nole as a player, but certainly never rooted for him against RF or Rafa. It's quite remarkable what the guy is doing at his age. The slight drop (and I mean very slight) in his game is hardly noticeable, which is quite insane for a nearly 37-year-old pro tennis player. There are just two things remaining for him to accomplish: Olympic medal and most career titles.

There will never be another one like him in five hundred years. It's not only his playing it's his all persona .The way he speaks about his opponents about the fans about the place he plays about his humanity his humility his reverance for the sport the way he carries himself in interviews the fact that he speaks the local language of the host country in many occasions a complete package unlike any we've seen ever and probably will not in a long long time. Let all of us watch and enjoy this MASTER OF TENNIS . I HOPE HE STAYS HEALTHY AND DECIDES TO PLAY A FEW MORE YEARS .LOVE LOVE LOVE .

No disrespect intended, but the goat debate was pretty much over even before this season started. Despite the commonly held view, a player's greatness should not be determined by his Grand Slam count alone. CONSISTENCY throughout the year is what wins Masters 1000 events, the World No. 1 position, the ATP Tour Finals...as well as the Grand Slams, of course. All 2023 has done is three things: it's cemented Novak's legacy, underlined his greatness, and shown the world that, at age 36, this tennis player verges on the super human. There's nobody like him, and there may never be another in the future, too.

Since 2011 Djokovic has averaged a win/loss rate of 87.2% Insanity !!

Professional tennis is not a popularity contest as some people would like it to be; the stats don't lie, Djokovic stands head and shoulders above the rest!

NOVAK DJOKOVIC is unstoppable force and still counting.. UNDISPUTED GOAT

Just to remind you guys that Novak have not play in 4 atp 1000s yet still finished at the top. 2024 is about titles defend mostly at the 4 grandslams and master 1000s.

Patrick knows whats up. All the other so called "experts" claiming GOAT is not about numbers and its about "impact on the game, class, beauty" and all the other bullshit have some kind of hidden interest in praising Fedal. Be it because of the sponsors, stakeholders, involved parties in their brand images, or in their own brand lines. Patrick is independent self made professional who is completely objective. And i must say he might like Novak personally too. Thank you Patrick for being the voice of sanity in mainstream professional tennis world. I know there are a lot of others thinking the same too, but are for some reason reserved to speak like it. ATP as an organization has become a circus for a while now.

Thanks Patrick, it's totally true, the things Novak does at his age are outstanding, for me he has been the GOAT for about 2 years before not only now 👏👏👏👏👏

Wel 2015 novak got to 19 finals in a row. That is insane.

Novak did settle the GOAT debate this season, no one can deny this anymore. Numbers speaks for itself 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

No doubt,Novak is the best of the best.He is The Legend !👍🏻💯❤️

Gledajte svijete naše dijete 🇷🇸 Novak hvala ti za sve dosadašnje momente Mi smo jako ponosni na tebe ☦️♥️🇷🇸

And one more thing in the GOAT debate. Many say it also matters what kind of a man you are outside court, insinuating that Novak is a little bit full of himself. Time will show, as it quickly showed considering his stand about Covax, that he is one of the greatest sportsmen in the world in terms of humanitarian work through his foundation and support to fellow tennis players and specialy young players fighting in the begenning of carriers. Just wait a year or two ....

Novak Djokovic is the Greatest Of All Time 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐👑👑👑👑👑👏

Novak is GOATed I love him since 2011. Regards from Poland

2015 was his best season, not only for him but all up of past players, 16950 points for the year, untouchable. A record that will last for the ages.

Thanks for this great video! No doubt, No1e is the G.O.A.T. 🐐

Patrick you are giving an honest feedback about Novak... Thank you!

Agreed: no more debate. Just bow to the GOAT.

2015 is not only Djokovik's best year, but the best level of tennis that anyone has ever produced.

Only debate now is who is 2 and 3, Novak is the story for himself, always was, is and will be the best by far.

We aren’t even talking about tennis at this point..Djokovic has entered a category that very few athletes ever do, he could be the greatest ATHLETE we have ever seen

Fantastic Analysis!!

On a souvent tendance à surestimer le déclin physique sans identifier les raisons qui ont mis un terme à la carrière d'un joueur au top niveau. Biologiquement le prime physique c'est 27 ans, ensuite le déclin se fait doucement jusqu'à 40 ans, sans être énorme. En athlétisme l'impact de l'âge est plus significatif car les performances sont unidimensionnelles et les résultats se jouent sur des 10èmes de seconde ou qqs centimètres de longueur/hauteur par exemple... sachant que techniquement la marge d'évolution est beaucoup plus infime que dans un sport tel que le tennis. Mais très souvent ce qui met un terme à la carrière d'un joueur au plus haut niveau, ce sont les blessures ! (Evidemment, la perte de motivation, des préparations moins bonnes expliquent aussi en partie le déclin) Pour parler de cette dernière décennie, Wawrinka, Murray, Thiem, Zverev, Nadal... tous ont eu une blessure ayant provoqué un déclin significatif, et certains arrivent à revenir au top, d'autres non. Federer, s'il ne s'était pas blessé en fin de carrière, il aurait encore pu continuer 2/3 ans au top niveau! Djokovic, outre ses exploits tennistiques, l'exploit le plus sous côté c'est celui de ne quasi pas se blesser en 15 ans! On a tendance à penser que Djokovic surjoue ses blessures, mais je pense surtout que plus que n'importe quel autre joueur, il écoute son corps, et sachant qu'il pratique la méditation (dont les bienfaits sont scientifiquement mesurés), il prend bien plus conscience du moindre mal qui pourrait l'affecter. Et donc comme il ne se blesse pas, il continue d'améliorer sa technique (une blessure implique de devoir réapprendre à retrouver son niveau de jeu, donc un frein à l'amélioration technique) Alors qu'il était reconnu essentiellement pour ses retours et son revers, maintenant son coup droit est l'un voire le meilleur du circuit (cf. Tennis Insights), son service est beaucoup plus efficace depuis sa collab avec Goran, et même sa volée est devenu bonne (cf. la masterclass à l'US Open 23 face à Medvedev). Ajouté à ça, il est le joueur le plus expérimenté par son âge et son palmarès, donc tactiquement intouchable, et mentalement plus fort que jamais! Le physique diminue un peu, mais le cerveau lui fonctionne encore à plein régime et continue d'apprendre (on parle d'un gars qui parle 7 langues, qui apprend à jouer du sax...). Donc oui, le physique de Djokovic décline légèrement, mais c'est absolument compensé par tout ce que je viens de citer. La baby gen n'est pas mauvaise, mais elle a 15 ans de pratique tennistique en moins à compenser, et souvent, la seule solution qu'ils ont, c'est uniquement de taper plus fort, servir plus vite, d'où l'impression de voir que quasiment tous les jeunes joueurs qui percent ont QI tennistique très pauvre, car le seul moyen de battre Djokovic, c'est le plan physique, et pas tactique. Aussi, en terme d'endurance, de couverture de terrain, Djokovic avait une telle marge (une étude montre qu'en 2016, Djokovic était le joueur ayant la plus grosse vitesse de pointe du top 100), donc même diminué il reste excellent. J'oublie de dire qu'il compense la perte de récupération lié au vieillissement en gérant mieux son calendrier comme le faisait Federer, il joue beaucoup moins de tournois! Et toujours selon les stats de la page Tennis Insights, le jeu de Djokovic depuis 10 ans s'oriente progressivement vers l'attaque de façon assez significative, en somme, il évite de plus en plus les longs rallyes, ce qui l'économise bien plus. Bref, certains crieront au dopage ou à des "lucky shots", mais tout le succès de Djokovic est explicable rationnellement. N'oublions pas que Mannarino est à son meilleur niveau à 35 ans, et Monfils gagne un tournoi ATP 250 à 37 ans...

I said the same, but i am not famous so people don't listen 😂 Clearly Novak Djokovic is the best in history and will be for the next 100 years!

The GOAT race was over a couple of years ago.

Right. Novak faced Federer in part of his best years, Nadal he overlapped almost all the carier, then the new generation as Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev...And he managed to be on top with all the opponents. And the numbers, of course, are so convincing and undisputable... Impossible to defend any other view point without subjectivity that is off the reality track.

Patrick contribution is history pointing out what Novak did is for people that don’t know tennis history.

Novak is the best tennis player ever GOAT👑🐐❤️

To me Novak of 2011 was the best . Was an aggressive beast ; can't forget all those finals against Rafa 6 or 7. 2 on clay .. just wow

The GOAT debate was over when Novak refused the jab, missed out on tournaments, remained focused and destroyed all challengers when he came back. Now he’ll finish off the of the remaining records so his name is cemented in history. I don’t anyone breaking them.

Kudos to Patrick to admit it too that he is the GOAT

2015 was so better than this year, his movement was better and he faced better opponents too.

I think a 36 year old Novak can beat a 26 year old Novak. That's how Great Novak's mental Strength is.

Numbers dont lie, but agree that his physical and fitness level are not droping and even better, more agile, resilicence, and more explosive.. I compare his fitness with Cristiano Ronaldo a footballer, they are both hard workers though have the technique but maintain physical body/fitness and consistent in years on their sport are not easy.. Both amazing sportsman and motivators..

Rejoice, Serbian people!

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! Djokovic!!!!

He is not only the GOAT in Tennis! He is the best and greatest athlete since professional sports have existed. He also has a strong personality and character with intelligence, humor and fairness. Of course I'm proud of him as his compatriot, but even if he wasn't his Serb, I would say the same about someone else because that's a fact.

I respect Patric cause he always speaks undeniable truth!!!

Nova has 24 Gs + 2 GS stolen = 26 GS. An English-Australian-American bandits stole 2 GS from him

I mean, Novak Djokovic is like Neo in the Matrix 🙌

What a video man Great Resepect for you

Facts spoken here. No lame excuses or Western bias.

bravisimo Patrick you are the BEST couch!💪☝👍

Thanks Patrick

Over Roger (around 28 yerars old, Rafa 26 years old)... Djokovic 2015 was his best season, not only for him but all up of past players, 16950 points for the year, untouchable. A record that will last for the ages. Unbeatble record.

Djokovic won everything throughout the season and lost 6 matches and then now some pages (even serious ones) are legitimately saying he's finished because lost two matches, two weeks in a row choking in the last one. Alright he's human such a discovery! 😂😂😂 that's the problem of big-3 people only analyse through passion or they hate Djokovic or love him and the analysis are inside those criteria, you may love or hate Djokovic that's not my or anyone's problem just let it out of analysis, it doesn't happen. Good to see a minimal reasonable analysis.

Fantastic and very lucid analysis!

No wonder! He’s from Serbia! Very healthy, raised up on extremely healthy food just like everyone else in Serbia! That is the first cause and reason! Do not forget that Novak is eating quite a different food than other tennis players! So, no wonder! Almost the entire population in Serbia is very healthy! You should see me, soon to be 70 ( on 16th of January ) I look much, much younger than my age, and every time I am asked about my age people are looking at me in disbelief! I am slim, I am strong and I look 30 years younger! So, it’s all about Serbian food and genetics! We Serbians are having healthy seeds, healthy base that we’ve inherited from our ancestors and parents! If you are going to add to that one a strong good will, discipline, determination to achieve what you are planing and wanting the most, knowledge and Serbian pride and stubbornness you’re going to get Novak Djokovic the Iron Man! And yeah there’s one more thing about us Serbians if we’re hurt and treated in an extremely unjust and unfair way, and we’re not guilty of anything, if somebody is trying to stop us from achieving what we’re planning to earn, in an unfair way, ( and go back and recall what the USA tennis association and government did to Novak, then add the Australian government gesture by locking Novak down as if he was a criminal then that makes the picture about Novak even clearer! Never forget that we Serbians are stronger than destiny! You’re going to watch Novak playing and winning for a quite long time! When we’re doing it out of stubbornness we’re the “worst”!!! 😂🤣

Novak lost almost 2 years due to elbow Ridiculous if you think about it Bummer he was stubborn about it and avoided the surgery Missed some epic duels with Rafa and Roger for sure Talking about second half of 2016 - first half of 2018

Roger had managed to defy the expectations of what a player in his mid to late 30s could do, but Novak's performance at that age is far more unprecedented and exceptional. It's still astonishing to see the level at which he keeps competing. I've always loved Roger, but there's no doubt Novak is the 🐐 in every aspect.

G.O.A.T 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

Agree on Goat. Although I think the Novak of 2011 beats 2023. He hit the ball a lot harder.

THANK YOU ALL, who finally admitted WHO the REAL GOAT is ! Yess! Novak Djoković!! Thanks alot racional-thinking people!!

spot on

The debate fór for goat was over when he came after surgery won Wimbledon then us open and from 2018 Wimbledon Novák Has won 12 slams its incredible achievement even he was not allowed to play australian open and was dusquakified from us open

This should be the last word on this. The GOAT debate is dead Like Andy Roddick said Novak is now competing against his own shadow.

He proved that no matter where you come from and how many hardships you face, never give up Grow learn be better every day and u cant fail❤😊 Long live novak djokovic 🐐

Rearly objective and reasonable comment after we got used to some other experts comments that started claiming number of majors as the only criteria, after Novak set the records on masters titles, weeks as number one, big titles, got very close on majors at the same time etc. Suddenly all of that was not counted. Majors only. 🤔 Even Stefi Graff was found the one that is holding weeks number record and not Novak. 😮 Although for Federer before, it was sufficient to be recorder in male tennis as male and female records were not for comparison. When Novak took over at the end all that records, now we hear it is not about records any more (even majors are not that important 😮) but about how much you are liked by English grannies. 😅

Djokov1c settling the 🐐 debate... ....by collecting/smashing all the 🎾 records! 🎉🥳👑🥇🏆 Persistence beats resistance!!😉👍

Hi Patrick What is the cost of coming to your academy

Nothing to debate Numbers and records don't lie😊❤

Muratoglu loves Novak so much, he would so much like to be his coach :)

Anyone who says 2017 Federer was at the peak of his game has memory loss of 2004-2007 Federer was at another level. A forehand which blasted winners from any court position. It’s a shame we don’t do speed and athletic drills like a combine in the NFL to get a baseline view of the players athletic ability each season because it’s clear djokovic has last maybe half a step to Father Time but has adjusted beautifully

Djokovic play style is the most balanced, efficient way for a long and success career.

There are 3 Kings in Tennis 3 Goats and amoung those Goats Novak is the most sucessful one without a doubt! Goat among goats.

End of story ❤❤❤

There's no more debate the stats speak for themselves!!!👍

Very true. I agree completely with u. RF in my opinion, is the most skillful player to have ever played tennis. Unfortunately it didn’t translate to the highest slam haul. I love Novak too, for his doggedness and determination to succeed. He is skillful too, but a shade beneath RF. However his determination and mental strength has more than made up for the difference in quality of skills. Reason he has the highest stats. 👏

Yeah the Djoker is the GOAT !

He's a ballerina. Just finished Tom Brady's book on "Pliability" and thought of how Novak has done that his entire career. I like Roger and Agassi and Pete and a bunch of other guys and I am definitely a Novak fan, that that GOAT debate is kind of a tough one always, but if it just comes down to numbers, than so be it.

Novak is an incredible and super star of Tennis. Tennis and Sports are blessed with his contribution. We are fortunate to see him dominating over all age groups of players.

Novak is the GOAT full stop !

It's so simple if I wanna be a tennis player I wanna be Nole, but if I wanna watch and enjoy it is Federer. In both cases, Nadal is the addition to the game to make it a worthy fierce battle. Hats off to the THREE, but GOAT is NOLE

Novak Djokovic no doubt about it his greatness ❤❤ is Amazing,he is the greatest and the strongest tennis player ever in the History of tennis ❤❤❤ Nobody Come closer to his greatness....

aaa there are honest people around a real G you are!

Amen.

amazing analyse, i also find that federer was from 2017-18 playfully better then in his prime,...

2011 was madess, it wasn't not even a tennis. It was a fight against everyone. In his mind there is one sole idea, that he is unstoppable. His brain and body could do anything. He was beating Nadal who was hitting lines after lines and that couldn't save Nadal neither. His best year ever.

You got that right 👍👍👍 Robert 😂😂😂💯💯💪

That's right. No more debates on goat. Goat =Novak ❤❤❤❤

Goat debate ended 2018...only nole haters dragged it till today

Novak Djokovic's ❤

Djoker the GOAT who refuses anti-doping test, has the crowd always against him😂

Novak is the undisputed GOAT. Period. 🐐

Novak!🏆🏆🏆

👂👂👂💪👌☝👊 NOT MUCH to comment after this video! Only, EXACTLY! Whos your fvourite player?? lol Good 1!! Only think not mentioned is that NOVAK plays always against Complete stadium! And still manages to WIN!! And Novaks keep going, hes still winning...omg..Hope for 25th, Its already 2much 24 ! But letg go than to take this 25th GS!!!! Idemooo Noleee

Novak is the GOAT like it or not it's like that !

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Good video, he is the goat 🐐 it's settled no more talk, if you say he usnt uts about feelings not reality

Agree, best ever. No doubt.

Djokovic is not as good as he was physically: He used to be more elastic and he's stiffer now but STILL can do those unbelievable stretches on both wings (most impressively on backhand) that imho is what makes him the the best due to that ability. He certainly has great conditioning now but he's definitely not as good at that as he used to be. He's simply got better in other areas and strategy of points and style of shots to win matches and reduce that kind of excess if he can. You see he still has to use that against the top players eg Alcaraz, Sinner, Medvedev, Rune etc at the moment and Federer/Nadal previously. However using stats he's the best according to multiple measures. Favourite? Federer due to his innovation and style type of tennis that drew so much popularity but that single-hand backhand feels so antiquated today, now...

Anybody if still debating on who is the goat then that person is definitely a sore Fedal fan, who is not able to come to terms with how the media declared Goat Roger lost the claim as soon as he was falsely endowed with it, and then to deprive Novak a bunch of burning bums started to look at Rafa who was never in the race even when you look at all kinds of achievements and record s in Tennis. Only a stupid will compare 400+ number of weeks with 209 weeks of domination and then say 209 is bigger, and in the process disregard even the 311. So much of confusion in the combined Fedal camp on how to overcome this grief, that had first threatened in 2011 and then became a reality in the later years, damning the camp every year along the way, forcing them to bring forth one point or the other, even the women's tennis into the equation to somehow diminish the true Goat's achievements. It was such a fun and a satisfying journey all throughout for all Novak's fans😂😊😂

Well said. No more debate who is the G.O.A.T.

I slightly disagree. Novak is not as fit, and his "lockdown game" has dropped just a tad. He has moments where he recreates this but it's not quite the same. That's why I don't like him getting into extended rallies with Medvedev. Whereas I think a 2011 or 2015 djokovic would smoke Medvedev in long rallies. HOWEVER, I do believe he has expanded his skills. The man can literally turn on a GOAT forehand at will. His mental/clutchness is better, his serving is better, his volleying is better. Overall, he is more complete, which is crazy. But it would be silly to say that all aspects of his game are as good. He definitely is slightly less faster, durable and athletic. But hey, I'm comparing Novak to former Novak. It's the only fair comparison for him at this point.

RF fan here , but this year , i accepted that Novak is the GOAT... what he´s done at this stage and age is something unbelievable