ATP Men's Tennis

Djokovic wins Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 2015 title

Novak Djokovic won his fourth consecutive Barclays ATP World Tour Finals crown.

The Serb defeated Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 in their 44th meeting. Their ATP Head2Head is now level at 22-22, with the top-ranked Serb owning a 5-3 edge in their 2015 encounters.

"I'm obviously very proud to have these achievements with my team," said Djokovic. "It's been a long season, but the best of my life. Without their support and my family, I wouldn't be where I am. I'm just trying to cherish every moment at this level. As a kid growing up, you dream to be at tournaments like this and fighting for the biggest trophies in sport."

Djokovic won his 11th title of 2015 and 59th overall at the tour-level. He brings home $2,061,000 in prize money and 1,300 Emirates ATP Rankings points. The World No. 1, who also won the title in 2008 when the event was held in Shanghai, draws level with Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras as the second-most successful players in tournament history, behind only Federer's six crowns. He concludes the season with an 82-6 win-loss record and is now just 14 match victories from reaching 700 in his career.

"Against Roger it's very specific," Djokovic said in press. "You need to adjust to the tactics because of his game. He plays very quickly. He likes things to happen fast. He takes away the time from his opponent. He has so much variety in his game with slice, comes to the net, great serve, forehand, one of the best ever. He's very complete player. I know that he's always going to push you hard and try to protect the baseline, take away the time from you, which he was doing also today.

"I think what I managed to do better than what I've done in the last match we played in the group stage here was the fact that I was more solid from back of the court. I served well when I needed to. I got myself out of trouble. I returned more balls back than I did five days ago. I think that helped me to get into the rally. I always try to make him play one extra shot."

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