October/November 2021 - Djokovic applies for a temporary visa to enter Australia and compete in the 2022 Australian Open.
November 18 - Granted a Temporary Activity (subclass 408) visa.
December 14 - Attends a basketball match in Belgrade, Serbia, where attendees contract COVID-19.
December 16 - Djokovic is "tested and diagnosed" with COVID-19. Documents show he was tested at 1.05pm and the result was returned at 8.19pm.
December 17 - Attends events in Belgrade, including a trophy presentation for junior tennis players. Pictured not wearing a mask and posing side-by-side indoors with a large group of children.
December 18 - Djokovic says he learned of the positive test and cancelled several scheduled events. Goes ahead with an interview and photo shoot with French newspaper L'Equipe, saying he felt "obliged" because "I didn't want to let the journalist down".
December 22 - Returns a negative PCR test.
December 25 - Filmed by a fan playing tennis on a street in Belgrade. He is also photographed alongside Serbian handball player Petar Djordjic.
December 30 - Tennis Australia notify Djokovic he has been granted a temporary medical exemption, allowing him to play in the Australian Open despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19. The exemption was granted on the basis of a previous infection, based on the opinion of one panel of medical experts and reviewed by another.
December 31 - Filmed training at a tennis academy in Sotogrande, Spain. The academy post photos on its Instagram of him posing for pictures with fans a day later.
January 1, 2022 - Authorises his agent to complete his Australian Travel Declaration. The document says Djokovic had not travelled in the 14 days prior to his intended arrival in Australia. Later admits the form contained an error in not acknowledging his travel between Serbia and Spain. Djokovic said his agent was notified by the Department of Home Affairs that the declaration had been assessed and he met the requirements for a quarantine-free arrival.
January 2 - Granted a border travel permit by the Victorian government.
January 4 - Announces on Instagram he is "heading Down Under with an exemption". The post was made shortly before he departed for Melbourne, via Dubai. News of his impending arrival sparks controversy in Australia.
January 5 - Arrives in Melbourne at 11.30pm.
January 6 - Australian Border Force officials detain Djokovic. After a series of early morning interviews his visa is cancelled at 7.29am. His lawyers are granted a temporary injunction by the Federal Circuit Court. Djokovic is taken to the Park Hotel, which is being used as an immigration detention centre.
January 7 - Spends Orthodox Christmas in his hotel room.
January 10 - After a lengthy hearing, a judge quashes the government's decision to cancel Djokovic's visa after lawyers concede the decision was unreasonable in the circumstances. Judge Anthony Kelly rules Djokovic be paid his costs and freed from immigration detention. Government lawyers note Immigration Minister Alex Hawke still has a personal power to revoke Djokovic's visa.
January 11 - Djokovic posts a photo of himself training at Rod Laver Arena. "Despite all that has happened in the past week, I want to stay and to try to compete at the Australian Open," he says. Questions are raised over his Australian Travel Declaration after documents released by the court revealed he answered "no" to the question about travel in the 14 days before his arrival.
January 12 - Posts a statement on Instagram to correct "continuing misinformation". He admits knowingly going through with the L'Equipe interview while positive for COVID-19. He also apologises for the "administrative mistake" on the travel declaration. Mr Hawke's office say the minister is still considering whether to exercise his power to revoke Djokovic's visa.
January 14 - Mr Hawke announces late on Friday afternoon that he has cancelled Djokovic's Australian visa - just days out from the start of the Australian Open - on the basis it was "in the public interest to do so". Prime Minister Scott Morrison said: "Australians have made many sacrifices during this pandemic, and they rightly expect the result of those sacrifices to be protected." Djokovic's lawyers faced a late night court hearing at the Federal Circuit Court in which it was determined he did not have to spend the night in immigration detention. The matter was transferred to the Federal Court for another hearing on Sunday.
January 15 - Mr Hawke's detailed reasons for cancelling Djokovic's visa a second time were outlined a 268-page affidavit released by the Federal Court. The immigration minister conceded the unvaccinated tennis star poses a "negligible" risk of spreading COVID-19 to others, but argued allowing Djokovic to remain Down Under may jeopardise "the health of the Australian community".
Australian Associated Press
