Novak Djokovic and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will square off in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.1
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 6.95
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
This will be the 5th time that Novak Djokovic and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 3rd round in at the French Open back in June 2023.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – French Open 02-June-2023
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-11 | 21-7 | 9-3 | 4-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-9 | 15-5 | 16-3 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 2, the Serbian will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 1-6 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 to Alcaraz in the final on the 16th of July.
Novak has an aggregate 33-5 win-loss record in 2023, 15-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Adelaide where he defeated Sebastian Korda in the final 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-4 and at the Australian Open where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5) and at the French Open where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Djokovic has an overall 1165-237 record. He has a positive 514-83 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2018 and 2020. See his history.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-26 | 22-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-22 | 13-12 | 2-5 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-28 | 18-11 | 9-8 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-26 | 7-9 | 11-8 | 0-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 4-6 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23 (career-high), Alejandro reached the 2nd round after beating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Etcheverry (6-3 6-3). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 60 points vs Etcheverry’s 48. Davidovich Fokina was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Davidovich Fokina scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Davidovich Fokina put 56% of his first serves in, winning 61% (20/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Davidovich Fokina was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Etcheverry 5 times.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Toronto.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 27-20 win-loss record in 2023, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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