[UPDATED SF]. Prediction, H2H of Rafael Nadal’s draw vs Djokovic, Tsitsipas to win French Open

French Open draw preview with H2H - Rafael Nadal may need to overcome Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas to conquer the competition in French Open.

Tennis Tonic

10 June 2021

Rafael Nadal is 2 wins away to conquer the title at the French Open. The Spaniard has defeated Alexei Popyrin 6-3 6-2 7-6³, Richard Gasquet 6-0 7-5 6-2, Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-3 6-3, Jannik Sinner 7-5 6-3 6-0 and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-0 to reach the semifinal where he will face Novak Djokovic.

Draw Prediction with head to head records

This is Rafael Nadal’s projected draw including the projected opposition at French Open. Rafael has a a good record (35-31) against the projected opponents.

R1 – Alexei Popyrin (63) – 6-3 6-2 7-6³

R2 – Richard Gasquet (53) – 6-0 7-5 6-2

R3 – Cameron Norrie (45) – 6-3 6-3 6-3

R4 – Jannik Sinner (19) – 7-5 6-3 6-0

1/4 – Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (10) – 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-0

1/2 – Novak Djokovic (1) – H2H 28-29

Fin – Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) – H2H 7-2

or Alexander Zverev (6) – H2H 6-3

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Draw

1/2 – Novak Djokovic’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 29-28 for Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic has a 25-3 record in 2021, 16-3 on clay. As for the last 18 years, Novak has a 297-66 record on clay (Click here to see full career record). Djokovic will try to keep a positive momentum since he is on a 9 matches winning streak.

His most significant result of the current season was conquering the tournament in at the Australian Open where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-5 6-2 6-2, and in in Belgrade where he overcame Alex Molcan in the final 6-4 6-3.

Last year at the French Open the Serbian surrendered to Rafael Nadal in the final 6-0 6-2 7-5.

H2H Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic

This would be the 58^th time that Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 29-28 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but Nadal leads 19-7 on clay .

Final – Stefanos Tsitsipas’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 7-2 for Rafael Nadal

Stefanos Tsitsipas has a 38-8 record in 2021, 21-3 on clay. In the last 7 years, Tsitsipas has a 126-39 record on clay (Click here to see full career record). The Greek will try to keep a positive momentum since he is on a 9 matches winning streak.

His best achievement of the current season was conquering the tournament in in Carlo where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 6-3, and in in Lyon where he overcame Cameron Norrie in the final 6-3 6-3.

Last year at the French Open Tsitsipas surrendered to Novak Djokovic in the semifinal 6-3 6-2 5-7 4-6 6-1.