Daniel Nestor

	Men's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
Grand Slam titles:	3 (with Knowles), 1 (with Zimonjić )	1 (with Likhovtseva
Titles:	49	1
Grand Slam men's doubles finals (10):
Grand Slam results Australian Open Winner (2002 w/Knowles) Finalist (1995, 2003 w/Knowles) French Open Winner (2007 w/Knowles) Finalist (1998, 2002 w/Knowles, 2008 w/Zimonjić ) Wimbledon Winner (2008 w/Zimonjić) Finalist (2002 w/Knowles) U.S. Open Winner (2004 w/ Knowles) Finalist (1998 w/Knowles)

Daniel Mark Nestor (born Danijel Nestorović on September 4, 1972 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Canadian tennis player of Serbian ethnicity from the Toronto, Ontario area. In his career, he won 54 doubles titles, including one gold medal in 2000 Summer Olympics, the Tennis Masters Cup, and four Grand Slam men's doubles titles. In addition, Nestor won the 2007 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Elena Likhovtseva. This pairing also reached the finals of the 2006 Australian Open and the 2006 French Open. Nestor reclaimed the Men's doubles world #1 ranking, after winning doubles at Wimbledon

Tennis career

He won three Grand Slam doubles titles together with longterm partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas. The tandem won the 2002 Australian Open, the 2004 U.S. Open and the 2007 French Open. He and Knowles also reached the final of the 1995 Australian Open, the 1998 French Open and U.S. Open, the 2002 French Open and Wimbledon, the 2003 Australian Open and the 2005 Wimbledon He became the number one ranked doubles player in the world in August, 2002. Nestor's career high singles ranking is World No. 58, which he reached in August, 1999. In mixed doubles, he reached the 2003 U.S. Open final and the 2006 Australian Open final, as well as winning the mixed doubles event at the 2007 Australian Open with partner Elena Likhovtseva.

In the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Nestor and partner Sébastien Lareau won a gold medal in men's doubles tennis.

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 Stefan Edberg in a hard fought match in Vancouver.

Nestor won his first doubles title in Bogotá, Colombia with Knowles in 1994. They defeated French Open champions Luke and Murphy Jensen in the final.

On July 5, 2006, he participated in the longest match in Wimbledon history, lasting 6 hours and 9 minutes.

Daniel parted ways with long-time doubles partner Mark Knowles after the 2007 U.S. Open. Nestor started a partnership with Nenad Zimonjić. He won a doubles title with Zimonjić at the 2007 St. Petersburg Open Nestor and Zimonjić advanced to the 2007 Paris Masters final as the second seeds, but lost 6–3, 7–6 (4) to #1 Doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan.

Knowles partnered Nestor once again, and won the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. It was a fitting end for one of the most Successful Doubles teams to ever play the game. They defeated Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle 6–3, 6–2 to take their first Tennis Masters Cup title. This team doesn't plan to play with each other again.

In 2008, Nestor and Zimonjić won the Hamburg Masters and Queen's Club Championships. They reached the final of the French Open, Indian Wells Masters and Rome Masters. He captured the 2008 Wimbledon title for the first time, winning 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 over Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyett. Thus he managed to win a career Golden Slam.

Personal

Born Danijel Nestorović in Belgrade, his serbian parents moved to Canada short of his 4th birthday in 1976 and settled in Toronto where he attended Earl Haig Secondary School as a member of the gifted athletes' program.

In 2004 Nestor married Natasha Gavrilovic, his girlfriend for two years. The couple now resides in [Bahamas].

Grand Slam Doubles

Australian Open

• Doubles champion: 2002 (d. Llodra/Santoro)
• Doubles finalist: 1995 (l. to Palmer/Reneberg), 2003 (l. to Llodra/Santoro)
• Mixed Doubles champion: 2007 (w/Likhovtseva; d. Azarenka/Mirnyi)
• Mixed Doubles finalist: 2006 (w/Likhovtseva; l. to Hingis/Bhupathi)

French Open

• Doubles champion: 2007 (d. Dlouhy/Vizner)
• Doubles finalist: 1998 (l. to Eltingh/Haarhuis), 2002 (l. to Haarhuis/Kafelnikov), 2008 (w/Zimonjic; l. to Cuevas/Horna)
• Mixed Doubles finalist: 2006 (w/Likhovtseva; l. to Srebotnik/Zimonjic)

Wimbledon

• Doubles champion: 2008 (d. Bjorkman/Ullyett)
• Doubles finalist: 2002 (l. to Bjorkman/Woodbridge)

U.S. Open

• Doubles champion: 2004 (d. Paes/Rikl)
• Doubles finalist: 1998 (l. to Stolle/Suk)
• Mixed Doubles finalist: 2003 (w/Krasnoroutskaya; l. to Katarina Srebotnik & Bob Bryan)

Titles (54)

Legend Grand Slam (4) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (17) Olympic Gold (1) ATP Tour (30)

Titles by Surface Hard (32) Clay (12) Grass (6) Carpet (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	19 September, 1994	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Mark Knowles	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	6–4, 7–6
2.	21 August, 1995	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Mark Knowles	Scott Davis Todd Martin	6–3, 7–5
3.	8 January, 1996	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Mark Knowles	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–3
4.	26 February, 1996	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
5.	13 May, 1996	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Mark Knowles	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	6–4, 7–6
6.	12 August, 1996	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Mark Knowles	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk	6–2, 7–5
7.	17 March, 1997	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Mark Knowles	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	7–5, 6–4
8.	19 May, 1997	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mark Knowles	Byron Black Alex O'Brien	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
9.	20 April, 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Sebastien Lareau	Olivier Delaitre Stefano Pescosolido	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
10.	17 August, 1998	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Mark Knowles	Olivier Delaitre Fabrice Santoro	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
11.	18 January, 1999	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Sebastien Lareau	Patrick Galbraith Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 6–4
12.	11 October, 1999	Shanghai, China	Hard	Sebastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–5, 6–3
13.	7 August, 2000	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Sebastien Lareau	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–3, 7-6³
14.	2 October, 2000	Sydney Olympics, Australia	Hard	Sebastien Lareau	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7-6²
15.	13 November, 2000	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield	7–65, 7–5
16.	27 November, 2000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Petr Pala Pavel Vizner	6–3, 6–2
17.	8 January, 2001	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Mark Knowles	Juan Balcells Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 6–1
18.	15 January, 2001	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Jonas Bjorkman Todd Woodbridge	2–6, 7–64, 7–65
19.	18 June, 2001	Halle, Germany	Grass	Sandon Stolle	Max Mirnyi Patrick Rafter	6–4, 6–75, 6–1
20.	15 October, 2001	Lyon, France	Carpet	Nenad Zimonjić	Arnaud Clement Sebastien Grosjean	6–1, 6–2
21.	28 January, 2002	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Mark Knowles	Michael Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–64, 6–3
22.	4 March, 2002	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Mark Knowles	Joshua Eagle Sandon Stolle	3–6, 6–3, [13-11]
23.	18 March, 2002	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Mark Knowles	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4
24.	1 April, 2002	Miami, USA	Hard	Mark Knowles	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	4–6, 7–66, 6–2
25.	19 August, 2002	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Mark Knowles	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7-6³, 6–4
26.	21 October, 2002	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–3
27.	24 February, 2003	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–2, 7-6³
28.	3 March, 2003	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Mark Knowles	David Ferrer Fernando Vicente	6–3, 6–3
29.	28 April, 2003	Houston, USA	Clay	Mark Knowles	Jan-Michael Gambill Oliver Graydon	6–4, 6–3
30.	19 May, 2003	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Mark Knowles	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4
31.	16 June, 2003	London, England	Grass	Mark Knowles	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–3, 6–4
32.	27 October, 2003	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Mark Knowles	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	6–4, 6–2
33.	1 March, 2004	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	7–5, 6–3
34.	3 May, 2004	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mark Knowles	Mariano Hood Sebastian Prieto	6–3, 6–2
35.	9 August, 2004	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Mark Knowles	Jonas Bjorkman Todd Woodbridge	7–65, 6–3
36.	13 September, 2004	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Mark Knowles	Leander Paes David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
37.	25 October, 2004	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
38.	21 March, 2005	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Mark Knowles	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7–66, 7-6²
39.	25 April, 2005	Houston, USA	Clay	Mark Knowles	Martin Garcia Luis Horna	6–3, 6–4
40.	17 October, 2005	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	5–3, 5-4²
41.	24 October, 2005	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
42.	6 February, 2006	Delray Beach, USA	Hard	Mark Knowles	Chris Haggard Wesley Moodie	6–2, 6–3
43.	20 March, 2006	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Mark Knowles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
44.	1 May, 2006	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Mark Knowles	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–75, 6–3, [10-5]
45.	15 May, 2006	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mark Knowles	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	4–6, 6–4, [10-6]
46.	30 October, 2006	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Mark Knowles	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	4–6, 6–4, [10-8]
47.	11 June, 2007	French Open, Paris	Clay	Mark Knowles	Lukas Dlouhy Pavel Vízner	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
48.	17 June, 2007	London, England	Grass	Mark Knowles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–64, 7–5
49.	28 October, 2007	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Nenad Zimonjić	Jurgen Melzer Todd Perry	6–1, 7–63
50.	18 November, 2007	Shanghai, China	Hard	Mark Knowles	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	6–2, 6–3
51.	18 May, 2008	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 5–7, [10-8]
52.	15 June, 2008	London, England	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Marcelo Melo Andre Sa	6–4, 7-63
53.	5 July, 2008	Wimbledon, England	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Jonas Bjorkman Kevin Ullyett	7-612, 6-73, 6-3, 6-3
54.	27 July, 2008	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Nenad Zimonjic	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6-2, 4-6, [10-6]

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