Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has confirmed at the last minute his participation in the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell that starts tomorrow. The former number 1 in the world, which has won 68 tournaments throughout his career, enriches with his participation a tournament that presents the best poster in its history. Next to Djokovic will be Rafa Nadal, number 1 in the world, Grigor Dimitrov, Dominc Thiem and David Goffin, as well as all the top-100 Spaniards.

Djokovic, who has added 12 Grand Slam tournaments throughout his career, is one of the most important players of all time. On clay, which is not its best surface, he has raised 13 trophies, including Roland Garros 2016. The Belgrade champion is the fifth longest lasting world number 1 with 223 weeks

The Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell brings together two of the three active tennis players (the other is Roger Federer) with the four Grand Slam tournaments under their belts. Djokovic has six Australian Open’s, three Wimbledon’s, two US Open’s and one Roland Garros.

Djokovic has participated only once in the Catalan tournament, in 2006, when he was 178th in the rankings. He played one match and was eliminated in the first round by Daniel Gimeno Traver in three sets.

In this season he has only played four tournaments with a win/loss record of 4-4. In Monte Carlo he fell to Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell finalist Dominic Thiem. He is currently ranked 13 on the ATP ranking.