Beijing time on December 29 news, the French "Team Newspaper" officially announced the 2021 best athlete award, from Serbia's tennis king Djokovic successfully won the award, was elected the best male athlete of the year. Elaine Thompson, who won three gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4×100m relay at the Tokyo Olympics, was named Female Athlete of the Year.
Djokovic, 34, continued his magic in 2021. Deyo played a total of 62 games throughout the season, winning 55 of them. He reached the finals on the Tour a total of 7 times, winning 5 titles and 2 runners-up.
In this year's four Grand Slam competitions, Djokovic has won from the beginning of the year to the US Open in September, winning a wave of 27 consecutive Grand Slam wins and winning the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. At the Australian Open, Deyo was crowned for the 9th time to set a record, the French Open won the double grand slam, and Wimbledon tied the record of 20 Grand Slam titles in Finer.
Deyo nearly made history at the US Open, reaching the final just one step away from the annual Grand Slam, and in the final deyo unfortunately lost to Medvedev, making him the second annual Grand Slam winner after Laver in 1969.
Djokovic set a number of records throughout the season. In March he surpassed Federer to set a new world record for the first week, the Paris Masters surpassed Nadal to become the masters' most-won player, and at the end of the year he finished seventh time at the end of the year, surpassing Sampras to set a new ATP record.