The main reference point in the api.tennis archive is 2015: Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal in the Beijing final 6-2 6-2. Ahead of the 2026 tournament, this is the last line in the data where Djokovic is listed as Beijing champion.
Djokovic’s finals: Berdych and Nadal
In 2014, Djokovic defeated Tomas Berdych 6-0 6-2. In 2015, Rafael Nadal was his opponent in the final, with the score 6-2 6-2. In both lines, the surface is the same: hard.
Based on the final scores in the sample, Djokovic has no lost sets: 6-0 6-2 against Berdych and 6-2 6-2 against Nadal. Those two finals give a very compact snapshot of his Beijing run in the api.tennis data: four sets, and none went to a tiebreak.
What came after his last title in the archive
In the men’s Beijing entries after 2015, the champions listed are Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Nikoloz Basilashvili and Dominic Thiem. Their finals: Murray over Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 7-6(2) in 2016, Nadal over Nick Kyrgios 6-2 6-1 in 2017, Basilashvili over Juan Martin del Potro 6-4 6-4 in 2018, and Thiem over Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6 6-4 6-1 in 2019.
The current Beijing event in the data is a WTA 1000
The 2026 tournament in the api.tennis block is listed as a WTA 1000 in Beijing: hard court, prize money $9,4 million, a singles draw of 96 players, dates from 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-11. This is the women’s draw, and its current field already differs from the archived men’s lines featuring Djokovic.
In the round of 128 among the current matches are Paula Badosa - Daria Kasatkina 6-4 5-6, Magda Linette - Kateřina Siniaková 6-4 2-1, Yu Jun Lin - Storm Hunter 1-2. The schedule also includes Alycia Parks - Lin Zhu, Eva Lys - Xinran Sun, Yushan Shao - Anastasia Zakharova, Xinyu Gao - Panna Udvardy, Marina Bassols Ribera - Kamilla Rakhimova, Lanlana Tararudee - Camila Osorio, Harriet Dart - Yihan Qu.
According to api.tennis, Djokovic’s Beijing line in the archive rests on back-to-back finals in 2014 and 2015, and both wins came without a lost set in the decisive matches. The current Beijing tournament is already presented as a WTA 1000 with a large 96-player women’s draw, so Djokovic’s archive and the present draw exist in the data as different parts of the Beijing context.