Djokovic Wins the ATP Finals to Equal Federer's Record Six Titles

Novak Djokovic has won the ATP Finals in Turin for a sixth time, beating Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-3 in Sunday's final to equal Roger Federer's record.

At 35, Djokovic is the oldest singles champion in the tournament's history, and he took home $4,740,300, the biggest prize check tennis has ever paid. He won his first Tour Finals title in 2008, so the gap between his first and latest titles is a record 14 years. He is also the first player to win the event in three different decades (Wikipedia).

Alexander Zverev, last year's champion, failed to qualify, and new world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz withdrew injured, but nobody in Turin could live with Djokovic.

Djokovic has eaten a mainly plant-based diet for years, though he sometimes eats fish. He describes himself as plant-based and has spoken passionately about why he eats this way. In 2020 he told reporters at the Australian Open (VegNews):

It's a lifestyle more than just a diet because you have ethical reasons as well, being conscious of what is happening in the animal world. The slaughtering of animals and farming and everything, that's obviously also a huge impact on climate change which maybe people don't talk about as much. It's more than a performance reason for me, it's a lifestyle, it's something I'm really proud of.

This caps another big year for Djokovic. In July he won his seventh Wimbledon and 21st major. Last year he clinched a record seventh year-end No. 1, and back in 2018 he became the first man to win all nine Masters 1000 titles.

Six titles, mostly powered by plants.