There was only one thing left for Novak Djokovic to add to his collection of accolades over his long-standing career: an Olympic Gold medal. On the regal court of Philippe Chatrier, he finally claimed that medal and closed the loop on his career Golden Slam.

In a rematch of the most recent Wimbledon final, Djokovic was able to avenge his loss against Carlos Alcaraz. Prior to Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic had suffered an injury to his knee during the clay court swing. His first test was at the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic the week before Wimbledon, where in his only match, he beat Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 6-4.

Leading up to the gold medal match, Djokovic had won all five of his matches in straight sets with only one other tiebreak set against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals. Alcaraz would be his biggest test, where both sets would go to the tiebreak and after nearly three hours, Djokovic would come out victorious, 7-6(3), 7-6(2)

Djokovic is only the fourth player in the Open Era to ever complete a Golden Slam. Serena Williams was the last to do it in 2012, and the last male being Rafael Nadal who completed his in 2010. The last time Djokovic medaled at an Olympics was Beijing 2008, where he earned bronze in his debut Olympic games.

Coming off a hot streak at Wimbledon, Lorenzo Musetti took home the bronze medal, defeating Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. At Wimbledon, Musetti lost in the semifinals against Djokovic, and deja vu struck again as Musetti fell to Djokovic in the same round at the Olympics.

In the men’s doubles gold medal match, the Australian duo of Matt Ebden and John Peers overcame Americans Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek in an all-out tiebreak battle, 6-7(6), 7-6(1), 10-8. Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz of the United States took home bronze, beating Czech’s Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek.

On the women’s side, Qinwen Zheng made history being the first and only Chinese player to win a gold medal in tennis. She beat Donna Vekic, 6-2, 6-3. Zheng took out Iga Swiatek in the semifinals, and Swiatek ended her 2024 Olympic Games with a bronze-medal victory over Slovakian Anna Schmiedlova.

Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani claimed an emotional gold medal for Italy in women’s doubles, defeating Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider in a tightly contested third set tiebreaker. Czech duo Tomas Machac and Katerina Siniakova earned their gold medal in the mixed doubles. Siniakova continues her blistering 2024 season, having already won the French Open and Wimbledon in women’s doubles.