{"id":40592,"date":"2026-07-08T02:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T02:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/?p=40592"},"modified":"2026-07-08T04:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:34:25","slug":"is-novak-djokovic-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-novak-djokovic-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Novak Djokovic Vegan? He Eats 100% Plants and Refuses the Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&rsquo;s a fun paradox: the greatest tennis player of all time eats a fully plant-based diet, opened a vegan restaurant in Monte Carlo, executive-produced the most-watched vegan documentary ever made, and will still not call himself vegan. Not once. On principle.<\/p>\n<p>So, is Novak Djokovic vegan? The most precise answer in sports: his plate says yes, his mouth says &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like labels&rdquo;. Both matter, and we&rsquo;ll give you both.<\/p>\n<style>.tiv-verdict{border-left:6px solid #29a579;background:#f8decd;padding:18px 22px;margin:28px 0;border-radius:0 14px 14px 0;color:#0a4a4a}.tiv-verdict .tiv-badge{display:inline-block;background:#106050;color:#fff;padding:4px 14px;border-radius:999px;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.4px;margin-bottom:8px}.tiv-verdict p{margin:8px 0 0}.tiv-check{font-size:13px;color:#0a6b6c;margin-top:10px}details.tiv-tl{border:1px solid #e5ded4;border-radius:10px;margin:10px 0;background:#fff}details.tiv-tl summary{cursor:pointer;padding:13px 16px;font-weight:600;color:#0a4a4a}details.tiv-tl[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #f0ebe2}details.tiv-tl .tiv-tlb{padding:12px 16px;color:#0a4a4a}.tivq{border:2px solid #29a579;border-radius:14px;padding:22px;margin:30px 0;background:#fff}.tivq .tivq-q{margin:16px 0;padding:14px;background:#f6f3ec;border-radius:10px}.tivq .tivq-q p{font-weight:600;margin:0 0 10px}.tivq button{display:block;width:100%;text-align:left;margin:6px 0;padding:11px 14px;border:1px solid #d9d2c5;border-radius:8px;background:#fff;cursor:pointer;font-size:16px;color:#0a4a4a}.tivq button.tiv-ok{background:#29a579;color:#fff;border-color:#29a579}.tivq button.tiv-no{background:#fbe9e4;border-color:#e59875}.tivq .tivq-res{display:none;font-weight:700;margin-top:14px;font-size:18px;color:#106050}<\/style>\n<div class=\"tiv-verdict\"><span class=\"tiv-badge\">QUICK ANSWER<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Djokovic eats a fully plant-based diet (no meat, no dairy) and has for years, but he explicitly rejects the &#8220;vegan&#8221; label.<\/strong> His words at Wimbledon 2019: &#8220;I don't like the labels, to be honest. I do eat plant-based, for quite a few years already.&#8221; As of 2025\/26, nothing has changed: still plant-based, still label-free.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tiv-check\">Last fact-checked: July 7, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How a gluten test rebuilt a champion<\/h2>\n<p>The transformation story is well documented because Djokovic wrote a book about it. In 2010, struggling with mid-match collapses, he was diagnosed with gluten intolerance by Dr. Igor Cetojevic. Gluten went first, then dairy, then refined sugar, then meat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-vegan\">step by step through the 2010s<\/a>. His reasoning was pure performance engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/plantbasednews.org\/news\/celebrities\/novak-djokovic-diet-wellness-routine\/\">as he put it in 2022<\/a>: &ldquo;Eating meat was hard on my digestion, and that took a lot of essential energy that I need for my focus, for recovery, for the next training session.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But it stopped being just fuel long ago: <a href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/tennis-star-novak-djokovic-on-veganism-it-s-more-than-a-performance-reason-for-me--it-s-a-lifestyle\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s more than a performance reason for me. It&rsquo;s a lifestyle.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The vegan timeline, tap to expand<\/h2>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>2010: the diagnosis<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">Gluten intolerance discovered, plus dairy and refined sugar sensitivities. The overhaul begins.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>2013: Serve to Win<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">His book about the diet transformation becomes a bestseller. Meat is already fading from the menu.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>2016: Eqvita opens<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">He and wife Jelena open a vegan restaurant in Monte Carlo, gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>2018: The Game Changers<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">He executive-produces the plant-based athlete documentary alongside James Cameron, Lewis Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>July 2019: the label speech<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">Wins Wimbledon fully plant-based, then delivers the famous line: &#8220;I don't like the labels, to be honest&#8230; because of the misinterpretations of labels and misuse of labels, I just don't like that kind of name.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>August 2024: Olympic gold on plants<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">The last missing trophy, won in Paris at 37, fully plant-based.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>2025: the routine, documented<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">Warm lemon water, celery juice, a green smoothie with hemp, spirulina and dates (&#8220;I love dates. Dates all day&#8221;), no coffee. Still plant-based, still no label.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<h2>Why won&rsquo;t he just say it?<\/h2>\n<p>His stated reason is precision: &ldquo;vegan&rdquo; describes an ethical movement, and he sees his choice as personal and dietary, so he refuses a word that would make him a spokesperson. You can find that frustrating or refreshingly honest. What you can&rsquo;t find is meat on his plate, and that&rsquo;s been true through the most scrutinized athletic career of the century. The man won <a href=\"https:\/\/veganfta.com\/articles\/2024\/08\/11\/novak-djokovic-wins-gold-at-paris-olympics-on-a-plant-based-diet\/\">Olympic gold at 37<\/a> on lemon water, dates and lentils while journalists checked his lunch for years. Nobody&rsquo;s ever caught a steak.<\/p>\n<p>For the two athletes who handle the label question completely differently, read <a href=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-lewis-hamilton-vegan\/\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> (says &ldquo;plant-based&rdquo;, means it identically) and <a href=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-venus-williams-vegan\/\">Venus Williams<\/a> (invented her own word entirely).<\/p>\n<h2>Fact or fiction?<\/h2>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>He owns a vegan restaurant. Fact or fiction?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\"><strong>Fact.<\/strong> Eqvita in Monte Carlo, opened 2016 with his wife Jelena.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>He calls himself vegan in interviews. Fact or fiction?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\"><strong>Fiction.<\/strong> He consistently refuses the label while confirming the fully plant-based diet.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>He won Olympic gold on a plant-based diet. Fact or fiction?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\"><strong>Fact.<\/strong> Paris 2024, age 37.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<h2>Quiz: how well do you know plant-based Novak?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tivq\">\n<h3>Five questions, no cheating<\/h3>\n<div class=\"tivq-q\">\n<p>1. What kicked off his diet transformation in 2010?<\/p>\n<p><button data-ok>A gluten intolerance diagnosis<\/button><button>A documentary<\/button><button>A locker-room bet<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"tivq-q\">\n<p>2. What's his Monte Carlo restaurant called?<\/p>\n<p><button>Verde<\/button><button data-ok>Eqvita<\/button><button>Slam Kitchen<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"tivq-q\">\n<p>3. Which documentary did he executive-produce?<\/p>\n<p><button data-ok>The Game Changers<\/button><button>Forks Over Knives<\/button><button>Seaspiracy<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"tivq-q\">\n<p>4. What three drinks start his day?<\/p>\n<p><button>Espresso, water, protein shake<\/button><button data-ok>Warm lemon water, celery juice, green smoothie<\/button><button>Matcha, kombucha, juice<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"tivq-q\">\n<p>5. Why does he reject the vegan label?<\/p>\n<p><button>Sponsorship conflicts<\/button><button data-ok>He dislikes labels and their misuse<\/button><button>He eats fish occasionally<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"tivq-res\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>document.addEventListener(\"click\",function(e){var b=e.target.closest(\".tivq button\");if(!b||b.disabled)return;var q=b.closest(\".tivq-q\"),z=b.closest(\".tivq\"),ok=b.hasAttribute(\"data-ok\");q.querySelectorAll(\"button\").forEach(function(x){x.disabled=!0;if(x.hasAttribute(\"data-ok\"))x.classList.add(\"tiv-ok\")});if(!ok)b.classList.add(\"tiv-no\");z.dataset.d=(+z.dataset.d||0)+1;z.dataset.s=(+z.dataset.s||0)+(ok?1:0);if(+z.dataset.d===z.querySelectorAll(\".tivq-q\").length){var r=z.querySelector(\".tivq-res\");r.style.display=\"block\";r.textContent=\"Your score: \"+z.dataset.s+\" of \"+z.dataset.d+\". \"+(+z.dataset.s>=4?\"Superfan status confirmed.\":+z.dataset.s>=2?\"Solid. The timeline above will fill the gaps.\":\"Rough. Scroll back up and try again.\")}});<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Is Novak Djokovic still plant-based in 2026?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes. The most recent reporting through 2025 confirms the same picture it has for a decade: fully plant-based diet, vegan-aligned business, zero interest in the label. Call him what you want. He&rsquo;ll keep calling himself hungry for another title, presumably.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More vegan celebrity checks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-venus-williams-vegan\/\">Is Venus Williams vegan?<\/a> Tennis&rsquo;s other complicated answer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-lewis-hamilton-vegan\/\">Is Lewis Hamilton vegan?<\/a> Same diet, same label allergy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-james-cameron-vegan\/\">Is James Cameron vegan?<\/a> His Game Changers co-producer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Novak_Djokovic_at_2025_Miami_Open_(cropped).jpg\">Vbrunophotog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">Djokovic has eaten fully plant-based for years, opened a vegan restaurant and produced The Game Changers. 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