Marko Djokovic (, ; born 20 August 1991) is a Serbian former tennis player. He is the middle of the three children of Dijana and SrÃÂan ÃÂokoviÃÂ, younger brother of Novak and elder to Djordje Djokovic. Djokovic was included as a fifth player in a Serbian Davis Cup team for a quarterfinal tie against Croatia in the 2010 Davis Cup.
Djokovic appeared on the junior ITF circuit in September 2006. In July 2007, he failed to qualify for the Croatia Open Umag, losing to Pablo Andújar 6âÂÂ2, 6âÂÂ1 in the 1st round of qualifying. He also played, with his elder brother Novak, one doubles match in his career, having been beaten by ÃÂdouard Roger-Vasselin and Mathieu Montcourt 7âÂÂ5, 6âÂÂ1. Djokovic also has lost in two Futures tournaments in Novi Sad in the first round, both times to compatriot Saà ¡a StojisavljeviÃÂ. He contested the Australian Open juniors in 2008, losing in the first round to Clifford Marsland in 3 sets. Djokovic won his first junior title at the Montenegro Open in Podgorica, defeating Ljubomir ÃÂelebiàin the final. In July 2008, Djokovic received a wildcard entry into the qualifying rounds of the Croatia Open Umag but was beaten by Italian Francesco Piccari. In September 2008, in his first ever main ATP Tour event, he received a wildcard entry into the main draw of the Thailand Open. He was defeated in the first round by Jarkko Nieminen 6âÂÂ2, 6âÂÂ0. On 7 May 2009, Djokovic, with Darko MaÃÂarovski (as a wildcard pair), defeated ATP doubles world number 2 duo Daniel Nestor and Nenad ZimonjiÃÂ, by 7âÂÂ6, 2âÂÂ6, [10âÂÂ6], in the opening round of the Serbia Open, an ATP World Tour 250 tournament. This was Marko's first ever ATP win. He was included as a fifth player in the Serbian Davis Cup team for their quarterfinal tie against Croatia in the 2010 Davis Cup â a standard practice of Tennis Federation of Serbia and Davis Cup captain Bogdan Obradoviàfor each tie to invite a different talented young player to practice with regular players and gain necessary experience. Djokovic was given a wildcard for the 2012 Dubai Duty Free tournament and opened the ATP World Tour 500 event against Andrei Golubev of Kazakhstan, losing in straight sets. According to his elder brother Novak, he had stopped playing tennis in 2015, but Marko has since played again in qualifying competitions on the ATP Challenger Tour since 2017, successfully surpassing this phase in the 2018 Copa Sevilla. The change in the ATP ranking points to start the 2019 season propelled Djokovic to a career-high ranking of world No. 574.