Just like all the famous athletes and sportspersons, Novak Djokovic also has a very large and diverse fan base. Alongside the other two members of the big 3, Novak Djokovic also has had immense fame and success in the field of tennis.
Happy #NoleFamDay to @NovakFanClub #NoleFam ???????? thank you for all the support !! https://t.co/xJEqJU7Knc
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) April 25, 2022
Because of the success, he has enjoyed in tennis he commands a very strong and loyal fan base. Djokovic has been given the pet name of Nole and his largest fan club refers to themselves as the ‘NoleFam. 25th April is the official founding day of the Nole Fam group and Novak Djokovic had tweeted about the same.
Origins of the Novak Djokovic Nole Fam group
The Nole Fam group is the most well known international fan club of the former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic. The fan club originally started out as admiration for Novak Djokovic’s skills transformed into a full-fledged fan group for Novak Djokovic.
The fan club was originally started on the 25th of April of 2010 by an Argentinian woman, Silvia Funes. The Nole Fam group started out as a Facebook group for the fans of Novak Djokovic fans and slowly started getting attention which eventually turned the Facebook group into a worldwide fan club.
The founder of the fan club in an interview narrated,
“After Nole’s follow on Twitter, though, that changed. We were receiving a lot of questions and fans were interacting more with us, so I’ve felt that we need to be more “professional” in that moment because Nole was also following us, and that is basically how the idea to open a membership request was born,”
Way back in 2018 the group had only 400 recognised members, however, that figure has said to be increased by atleast 200 percent in 2022. On this the founder stated,
“We have around 400 members. Of course Serbia has more members, but Brazil, Argentina and Vietnam are close behind,”
A lot of countries have divisions for their respective nationalities and each country has its own team leader to coordinate the activities of the group.
The club gathers a lot of support for their player, Djokovic. Most of the funding of the group comes through various means of donations and membership fees.