The Serbian legend triumphed at the Paris Games to claim the one honour that he had been missing in his career and the retired player was "extremely excited" by Djokovic's success.

Wilander told Eurosport: "Obviously, it makes everyone that's involved in the sport extremely happy.

"We can now clearly say, where it's a woman or a man, that the person who has won 24 majors and the Olympic gold and Davis Cup and has won the most tournaments in terms of ATP 1000 – and he's got the best head-to-head against his rivals, the big three – that he is easily the BOAT, the best player of all time.

"I was extremely excited. I was extremely surprised that he was able to do that with the pressure, compared to trying to win Wimbledon. This is his last Olympics and he manages to do it on maybe his least favourite court, Philippe Chatrier.

"But he's not done, and I already said it at Wimbledon, that I think he's going to win one, two or even three more majors."

Djokovic will not attempt to defend his US Open crown and Wilander is expecting a "very open" tournament at Flushing Meadows as a result of a busy summer schedule that included the Olympics.

The seven-time Grand Slam winner said: "A lot of players are tired. This year, of course, is very specific with the Olympics, but when we think about new names that could win it.

"Everybody knows they can win, all of them know that they can lose. And no one except Novak Djokovic really is going for any significant number in terms of winning a Grand Slam. So I'm expecting an unbelievable two weeks."