text: On June 20, 2018, Nestor announced that he would retire in September 2018 after 28 career years. At the age of 46, he played his last professional match on September 15 at the Davis Cup World Group play-offs home tie against the Netherlands in Toronto partnering Vasek Pospisil, losing 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6 to Matwé Middelkoop and Jean-Julien Rojer.
  Personal life
  Born Danijel Nestorović (), his Serbian parents moved to Canada short of his fourth birthday in 1976 and settled in Toronto, where he attended Elkhorn public school and then Earl Haig Secondary School for a special sports program known as APGA (Academic Program for Gifted Athletes).
  In July 2005, Nestor married Nataša Gavrilović () his girlfriend of two years. They welcomed their first daughter, Tiana Alexis, on December 15, 2008, only two weeks after his doubles partner Zimonjić and his wife had twins. Their second daughter, Bianca Willow, was born on March 2, 2013. The couple now resides in the Bahamas with their two children.
  Nestor was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) in November 2010. On June 28, 2011, it was announced that Nestor would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame and was inducted on October 1 at Elgin Theatre in Toronto.
  He was awarded an honorary doctorate by York University in August 2012.