The Serbian icon is seeking a 100th ATP singles title and record-extending 41st Masters 1000 crown at the 2025 Miami Open.
Djokovic‘s most recent tournament win came at the 2024 Paris Olympics in August, where he downed Carlos Alcaraz in a thrilling gold medal match.
The 37-year-old sits third on the Open Era men’s singles title list behind record-holder Connors, who won 109, and his great rival Roger Federer, who collected 103. Connors, an eight-time major winner, won his final ATP title at the 1989 Tel Aviv Open.
Djokovic, who has spent a record 428 weeks as the world No 1, currently occupies fifth spot in the ATP Rankings.
After his 6-1, 7-6(1) third round win against Camilo Ugo Carabelli in Miami, Djokovic was asked about the possibility of returning to world No 1 in his career.
“It doesn’t matter as much,” he admitted.
“If it comes as a consequence of great results and titles that I win in a season, then that’s amazing. But that’s not my objective.
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“My objective is to be able to play my best tennis at the Grand Slams and the tournaments where I participate. My schedule is revised, so obviously I’m not chasing the ranking points and everything.
“I’m happy to win a Grand Slam and a big tournament rather than getting to No 1. Right now, that’s more important for me.
“I always try to really work around my schedule so that I am able to have those practice weeks, which are really meaningful for me and my team, where I’m able to build my body, my mind and my game so that I’m able to excel when I need to, when I want to.
“Nowadays for me, it’s really playing what I want to play, what I enjoy playing, and trying to make the most out of it.”
Djokovic expressed his respect for Connors as he gave his thoughts on chasing down the American legend’s haul of 109 titles.
“It would definitely be amazing to get to that record,” said the 24-time Grand Slam champion.
“Connors is someone that I truly admire and respect. He’s always very supportive of me in public, so I’m very thankful for that.
“It would be amazing. But it’s probably more difficult to achieve that nowadays for me than maybe it was some years ago.
“I’ll go step by step. I’ll see. I don’t know how long I’m going to compete for. But I’m still enjoying myself when I play well.”
