Novak Djokovic began the year by reaching the final of the Hopman Cup with Ana Ivanovic but lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Fernando Verdasco. He then won his third consecutive title at the Australian Open defeating Andy Murray in four sets, becoming the first man in the open era to win three consecutive times in Melbourne. Djokovic won his fourth title at the Dubai Tennis Championships defeating Tomáš Berdych in straight sets. Djokovic won his first ATP Masters 1000 event of the year, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters, ending the Spaniards 8-year unbeaten run at the event, and becoming the first man in history to win 8 of the 9 Masters series events. At the French Open, Djokovic made it to the semifinals for the 3rd straight year, however lost to Nadal in a 5 set epic 9–7 in the fifth. At Wimbledon, Djokovic made it to his second final at the event, but lost to Andy Murray in straight sets, the first time since 2010 that he had failed to win a set in a Grand Slam match. Djokovic then reached his fourth straight US Open final but for the third time he ended up losing, this time to Nadal in four sets. Djokovic then remained undefeated at the China Open defeating Nadal in straight sets, claiming his fourth title in five years and his first title in over 6 months. Djokovic then defended his Shanghai Rolex Masters title by defeating del Potro in a third set tiebreak, thus having a 20 match winning streak in China. He won his third consecutive title at the BNP Paribas Masters defeating world no. 3 David Ferrer in the final, his sixth title of the year and extends his winning streak to 17. Djokovic represented the Serbia Davis Cup team in 2013 and was instrumental in their push to the final against Czech Republic. This is Djokovic's seventh straight appearance at the year-end finals.