Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev will fight against each other in the Round Robin of the the ATP Cup for the 7th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.27
Alexander Zverev -> 3.92
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alexander Zverev
This will be the 7th time that Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev fight against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Djokovic won 6-4 6-1 in the R in London Finals back in 2018.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic got to the R after beating Denis Shapovalov 7-5 7-5.
In the previous match, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Shapovalov (7-5 7-5). During the match Djokovic scored 78 points vs Shapovalov’s 66. The Serbian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Novak Djokovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (35/44) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Djokovic broke Shapovalov twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Djokovic has a a terrific win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (541-81). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has a 289-37 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Serbian has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Novak won the title last year in Atp-cup after ousting Rafael Nadal .
Alexander Zverev
Ranked no. 7, Alexander got to the R after beating Denis Shapovalov 6-75 6-3 7-64.
In the previous match against Shapovalov, Alexander recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 7-64). During the match Zverev scored 120 points vs Shapovalov’s 109. The German was very aggressive to blast 61 winners.
Talking about serving, Zverev made 15 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Alexander Zverev was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (61/74) of his 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zverev broke Shapovalov once after converting 11% of his break points (1/9).
Zverev has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Zverev lost in the round robin to Denis Shapovalov.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 35 |
| Pts | 78-66 | 120-109 |
| Total Points | 144 | 229 |
| Winners | 35 | 61 |
| %Winners | 45% | 51% |
Both Djokovic and Zverev played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Zverev surrendered 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set(s) less than Zverev (2 vs 3). Therefore, Djokovic played 11 games less than Zverev. Novak scored 35 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander bagged 61 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 15 |
| 1st in | 44/63 | 74/113 |
| %1st in | 70% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 61/74 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 24/39 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 62% |
Djokovic fired 1 ace . Zverev also bagged 15 aces . Djokovic won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 1/9 |
| % Converted | 33% | 11% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Novak broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Novak had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The German broke his opponent once with a 11% conversion rate. Zverev was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Djokovic | |||
| Round Robin Shapovalov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 78-66 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/63 | 44/63 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 35/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zverev | |||
| Round Robin Shapovalov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 120-109 | 120-109 | |
| Total points | 229 | 229 | |
| Winners | 61 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 74/113 | 74/113 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 61/74 | 61/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 24/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/9 | 1/9 | |
| Converted % | 11% | 11% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Benoit PairePaire (1-1) – H2H and prediction
