Like everyone else in the tennis world, John McEnroe can’t wait to see what the pairing of Novak Djokovic and new coach Andy Murray can pull off at the upcoming Australian Open.

McEnroe, who will be commentating for ESPN, said that if the 37-year-old Djokovic wins a record 25th Grand Slam title at the “Happy Slam,” Murray “would be flooded with coaching requests.”

“Especially if Djokovic wins Australia, then [it] would be like, ‘Wow, this is incredible,’” McEnroe said Tuesday on an ESPN conference call ahead of the start of the Open Jan 11.

“I’m sure he’d be flooded with coaching requests, or maybe they’d stick with it for the rest of the year.”

For now, the duo has only said that Murray will coach the 24-time Grand Slam champion through the Australian Open, where Djokovic is seeking to break a tie with Margaret Court at 24 majors.

“And if it doesn’t work out and say Djokovic loses in the quarters or semis, and then they decide not to continue, would Murray want to coach someone else?” McEnroe asked rhetorically. “So that would be the questions I would have.”

McEnroe recalled when Murray first hired Ivan Lendl as his coach in 2011, and said the pairing with Djokovic is more unique because they are former rivals who are so close in age.

“I remember years ago when Murray decided to work with my old rival, Ivan Lendl, I was in Australia, and someone said, ‘Did you hear Murray just hired Ivan Lendl?’ and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, that’s actually going to work,” McEnroe said.

“But this one, when they’re, like, a week apart and rivals, it’s pretty amazing.”

Djokovic leads Murray 11-8 all-time, and 8-2 in Grand Slams.

Djokovic beat Murray four times in the Australian Open final alone — in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016.

“The positive is, if Novak ends up winning the Australian Open and breaking the record and getting to 25 wouldn’t it be fun to do it with Andy Murray finally [being able to] say he won the Australian Open, and this time with Novak, instead of having to play against him,” ESPN’s Rennae Stubbs said on the call.

“So f it happens, it’s going to be one of the great stories. It’s certainly going to be an interesting situation overall.”

Since Djokovic won his first gold medal at the Paris Olympics but did not win a major in 2024, Stubbs suggested the pressure could be off Djokovic heading into 2025.

“It’s a popcorn year for him, and I’m kind of excited to see what he does, because I think not winning a tournament other than the Olympics last year, which was probably the only thing he really wanted to win last year, I think it gives him confidence going into this year going, ‘Hey, no one’s expecting me to do anything,’” Stubbs said. “So it might actually have taken some pressure off him. So so we’ll see.”

McEnroe was asked if Djokovic might consider retiring if he doesn’t win No. 25 in 2025.

“If doesn’t win, that would wear on him,” he said. “[But] I’m not sure what he’s going to do.”