An up-and-coming player at 19 years of age, Djokovic has already proven himself to be an all-court player with an abundance of talent. He participated in the 2006 Hopman Cup with fellow Serbian player Ana Ivanovic where the pairing narrowly missed the final.

He continued his great run in 2006 by shooting up the rankings. In May 2006, various reports appeared in the British media about Novak's mother Dijana reportedly approaching Britain's Lawn Tennis Association about her son joining British tennis ranks and the possibility of their entire 5-person family moving from Serbia to live in Britain[1]. All the rumours didn't affect ?okovi?'s play however. He started 2006 ranked 78th, but with an excellent run to the quarter-finals in Roland Garros and a 4th round at Wimbledon, he found himself in the top 40. Just three weeks after Wimbledon he won his maiden title in Amersfoort without losing a set defeating Nicolas Massu in the final. ?okovi? won his second career title in Metz and with this victory moved into the top 20 for the first time in his career. His performances in the Masters Series events in Indian Wells and Miami, where he was runner-up and champion respectively, has seen him move well into the world's top ten. In those tournaments, which were his first and second Masters finals, he defeated fellow rising star Andy Murray in the semi finals without dropping a set in either match. He lost the Indian Wells final to Rafael Nadal, but avenged this defeat by beating Nadal in the Miami event, before defeating the resurgent Guillermo Cañas in the final (6-3, 6-2, 6-4). He later attended the prestigious Monte Carlo Open, only to be defeated by David Ferrer in his third round match in straight sets. At the tounament in Estoril, Djokovic defeated frenchman Richard Gasquet 7-6, 0-6, 6-1, in the final.