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==Biography==
'''Daniel Nestor''' (born September 4, 1972 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
'''Daniel Nestor''' (born September 4, 1972 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He became the world No. 1 ranked doubles player in the world for the first time on August 19, 2002 and the last time on August 27, 2012, for a total of 108 weeks. Nestor's career-high singles ranking is world No. 58, which he reached on August 23, 1999. He is currently 10th for most men's ATP titles in Open Era history. Over his career spanning almost 30 years, he has won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including a Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, four ATP World Tour Finals, and eight Grand Slam men's doubles titles attained with three different partners. In addition, Nestor has won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles: the 2007 Australian Open with Elena Likhovtseva, the 2011 Australian Open with Katarina Srebotnik, and the 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open with Kristina Mladenovic. His 91 men's doubles titles make him the third most decorated champion among doubles players. He was the first player in doubles tennis history to win every Grand Slam and Masters Series event, the Year-End Championships and Olympic gold medal at least once in his career, an achievement that has since been matched by the Bryan brothers. In January 2016, Nestor became the first doubles player in ATP history to win 1000 matches. From 1994 to 2016, he had a streak of 23 consecutive years with at least one men's doubles title. He was continuously ranked in the top 100 in doubles from April 1994 to April 2018, a total of 1134 consecutive weeks. He was named ATP Doubles Team of the Year in 2002 and 2004 (with Mark Knowles) and 2008 (with Nenad Zimonjić), and the ITF World Champion in doubles in 2002 (with Knowles) and in 2008 (with Zimonjić). Nestor also received the Tennis Canada male player of the year award in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. He retired in September 2018 after the Davis Cup. ▼
▲'''Daniel Nestor ''' (born September 4, 1972 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He became the world No. 1 ranked doubles player in the world for the first time on August 19, 2002 and the last time on August 27, 2012, for a total of 108 weeks . Nestor's career-high singles ranking is world No. 58, which he reached on August 23, 1999. He is currently 10th for most men's ATP titles in Open Era history. Over his career spanning almost 30 years, he has won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including a Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, four ATP World Tour Finals, and eight Grand Slam men's doubles titles attained with three different partners. In addition, Nestor has won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles : the 2007 Australian Open with Elena Likhovtseva, the 2011 Australian Open with Katarina Srebotnik, and the 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open with Kristina Mladenovic. His 91 men's doubles titles make him the third most decorated champion among doubles players and he is currently 10th for most men's ATP titles in Open Era history. He was the first player in doubles tennis history to win every Grand Slam and Masters Series event, the Year-End Championships and Olympic gold medal at least once in his career, an achievement that has since been matched by the Bryan brothers . In 2013, Nestor became the first player in ATP history to score 900 career doubles wins. In January 2016, Nestor became the first doubles player in ATP history to win 1000 matches . Also in 2016, Nestor and Radek Štěpánek became the oldest team to reach a Grand Slam men's doubles final at the Australian Open, losing in three sets to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. From 1994 to 2016, he had a streak of 23 consecutive years with at least one men's doubles title. He was continuously ranked in the top 100 in doubles from April 1994 to April 2018, a total of 1134 consecutive weeks. He was named ATP Doubles Team of the Year in 2002 and 2004 (with Mark Knowles) and 2008 (with Nenad Zimonjić), and the ITF World Champion in doubles in 2002 (with Knowles) and in 2008 (with Zimonjić). Nestor also received the Tennis Canada male player of the year award in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. He retired in September 2018 after the Davis Cup.
Nestor won his first doubles title in Bogotá, Colombia with Mark Knowles in 1994. They defeated French Open champions Luke and Murphy Jensen in the final. He has been a member of the [[Canadian Davis Cup team]] since 1992. He first came to prominence in the public eye that year by defeating then world No. 1 Stefan Edberg in a hard-fought singles match in Vancouver. He was part of the squad who made history for Canada in 2013 as they were the first Canadian team in the Open Era to reach the World Group semifinals. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Nestor and partner [[Sébastien Lareau]] won a gold medal, the first and only medal so far in tennis for Canada. The duo won four more titles together during their career, which was highlighted by an ATP Masters 1000 win in [[Rogers Cup|Canada]].
HisNestor's Serbian parents moved to Canada short of his fourth birthday in 1976 and settled in Toronto, where he attended Earl Haig Secondary School for a special sports program known as APGA (Academic Program for Gifted Athletes). In July 2005, Nestor married Nataša Gavrilović, his girlfriend of two years. They welcomed their first daughter, Tiana Alexis, on December 15, 2008, only two weeks after his doubles partner Zimonjić and his wife had twins. Their second daughter, Bianca Willow, was born on March 2, 2013. The couple now resides in the Bahamas with their two children . Nestor was appointed to the Order of Canada in November 2010. In 2011, he received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame and was inducted on October 1 at Elgin Theatre in Toronto. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by York University in August 2012. Nestor was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in August 2018. ▼Nestor won three Grand Slam doubles titles together with longtime partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas. The tandem won the 2002 Australian Open, the 2004 US Open and the 2007 French Open. He and Knowles also reached the final of the 1995 Australian Open, the 1998 French Open and US Open, the 2002 French Open and Wimbledon and the 2003 Australian Open. He and long-time doubles partner Knowles announced that they were parting ways after the 2007 US Open (the two won 40 titles together, including 3 Grand Slams, 1 ATP Year-End finals, and 15 ATP Masters 1000 titles), as Nestor began a new partnership with Nenad Zimonjić. Nestor and Knowles partnered once more at the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup after having qualified for the Year-End event as the top seed. Their finals win over Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle earned them their first Tennis Masters Cup title at the Year-End doubles tournament, and was a fitting end for one of the most successful doubles teams to ever play the game.
In 2008 (their first full season), Nestor and Zimonjić won the first major title of their partnership at the Hamburg Masters. They reached the final of the French Open a week later. Nestor and Zimonjić then captured the 2008 Wimbledon title, winning over Jonas Björkman and Kevin Ullyett. This was Nestor's first Wimbledon title, and in doing so, he completed a Career Grand/Golden Slam. The pair also captured the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup that year. In 2009, the pair won Wimbledon again and eight additional titles, five of which were Masters 1000 events – personal bests for both in terms of numbers of Masters 1000 and overall titles won in a single year. In 2010, Nestor and Zimonjić won the French Open and were runners-up at the Australian Open. In October 2010, the duo announced that they would split up at the end of the 2010 season. However, they too, finished their partnership on a high note by winning the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Between 2008 and 2010, the duo won 21 ATP titles and reached 9 more finals. The pair have currently won 27 titles together, which includes 3 Grand Slams, 2 ATP Year-End finals, and 10 ATP Masters 1000 titles.
Nestor paired up with Max Mirnyi from 2011-2012. In his first tournament with Max Mirnyi in Brisbane, he won his 783rd career doubles match, overtaking Todd Woodbridge for the all-time match wins record. Nestor and Mirnyi won the 2011 French Open and the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals in London. In the final of the ATP World Tour Finals, he played his 1148th match, an all-time record. Nestor won one more Grand Slam title with Mirnyi when they captured their second straight French Open in 2012. Nestor won a total of eight titles during his partnership with Mirnyi, which includes the 2 Grand Slams, 1 ATP Year-End finals, and 1 ATP Masters 1000 title in Shanghai.
In 2013, Nestor became the first player in ATP history to score 900 career doubles wins. With only one doubles title in 2013, it was the first year since 1999 in which he failed to win four or more men's doubles titles, and the first year since 1995 in which he failed to win two or more men's doubles titles. During the difficult year, he dropped out of the top 5 ATP rankings in June for the first time in 6 years. At the end of 2013, he had decided to team with former partner Nenad Zimonjić for the 2014 season. He won his 84th of his career at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open, surpassing Todd Woodbridge for third overall in ATP history. His first ATP Masters 1000 title since Shanghai in 2011 also brought his ATP ranking up to 7th overall, pushing him back in the top 10 for the first time in nearly a year. The next week, Nestor and Zimonjić won their second consecutive Masters 1000 title at the 2014 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, making 2014 the first year since 2009 that Nestor won multiple Masters 1000 titles. Despite a disappointing finish at the US Open, Nestor rose to number 3 overall and he and Zimonjic clinched a spot in the ATP Tour finals following the tournament. In 2016, Nestor and Radek Štěpánek became the oldest team to reach a Grand Slam men's doubles final at the Australian Open, losing in three sets to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Over his career, Nestor has also won titles with Kevin Ullyett (1 title), Sandon Stolle (2 titles), Leander Paes (1 title), Mariusz Fyrstenberg (1 title), Rohan Bopanna (2 titles), Édouard Roger-Vasselin (3 titles) and Dominic Inglot (1 title).
In mixed doubles, he reached his first final at the 2003 US Open with Lina Krasnoroutskaya. He made it to the 2006 Australian Open and 2006 French Open finals, as well as winning the mixed doubles event at the 2007 Australian Open with partner Elena Likhovtseva. Nestor won his second mixed doubles title at the 2011 Australian Open with Katarina Srebotnik. In 2013, he won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title with Kristina Mladenovic and they also reached the French Open mixed doubles finals together. In 2014, Nestor captured his third Australian Open mixed doubles title, his second Grand Slam title with Mladenovic. In 2015 at the Australian Open, he reached the mixed doubles final again with Mladenovic.
▲His Serbian parents moved to Canada short of his fourth birthday in 1976 and settled in Toronto, where he attended Earl Haig Secondary School for a special sports program known as APGA (Academic Program for Gifted Athletes). In July 2005, Nestor married Nataša Gavrilović, his girlfriend of two years. They welcomed their first daughter, Tiana Alexis, on December 15, 2008, only two weeks after his doubles partner Zimonjić and his wife had twins. Their second daughter, Bianca Willow, was born on March 2, 2013. The couple now resides in the Bahamas with their two children.
Nestor was appointed to the Order of Canada in November 2010. In 2011, he received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame and was inducted on October 1 at Elgin Theatre in Toronto. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by York University in August 2012. Nestor was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in August 2018.
==Grand Slam finals==
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