Djokovic opened his summer hard court season at the Tokyo Olympics, where he sought to improve on his bronze medal result from Beijing 2008. He won his first four rounds in straight sets to reach the semifinals, where he lost to Alexander Zverev. He then lost his bronze medal match to Pablo Carreño Busta. He also participated in the mixed doubles alongside Nina Stojanović, where the pair lost in the semifinals and withdrew from the bronze medal match. Djokovic thus left the Olympics without any medals.