World number one Djokovic triumphed at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2018, before adding the Australian Open crown at the start of this season.
The Serbian was hoping to join Rod Laver as the only man in history to win four straight majors on two occasions, but Thiem defeated him 6-2 3-6 7-5 5-7 7-5 to secure the place opposite Rafael Nadal in Sunday’s final.
We look at who Djokovic beat during a stunning 26-match winning run at the grand slams.
2018 Wimbledon bt Tennys Sandgren 6-3 6-1 6-2bt Horacio Zeballos 6-1 6-2 6-3bt Kyle Edmund [21] 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4bt Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-2 6-2bt Kei Nishikori [24] 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-2bt Rafael Nadal [2] 6-4 3-6 7-6 (9-7) 3-6 10-8bt Kevin Anderson [8] 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-3)
2018 US Open bt Marton Fucsovics 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-0bt Tennys Sandgren 6-1 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-2bt Richard Gasquet [26] 6-2 6-3 6-3bt Joao Sousa 6-3 6-4 6-3bt John Millman 6-3 6-4 6-4bt Kei Nishikori [21] 6-3 6-4 6-2bt Juan Martin del Potro [3] 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
2019 Australian Open bt Mitchell Krueger 6-3 6-2 6-2bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 7-5 6-4bt Denis Shapovalov [25] 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-0bt Daniil Medvedev [15] 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-3bt Kei Nishikori [8] 6-1 4-1rbt Lucas Pouille [28] 6-0 6-2 6-2bt Rafael Nadal [2] 6-3 6-2 6-3
2019 French Open bt Hubert Hurkacz 6-4 6-2 6-2bt Henri Laaksonen 6-1 6-4 6-3bt Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-3 6-2bt Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-2 6-2bt Alexander Zverev [5] 7-5 6-2 6-2
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