Novak Djokovic and Jan-Lennard Struff will face off in the 2nd round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.22
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
This will be the 9th time that Novak Djokovic and Jan-Lennard Struff square off. The head to head is 8-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 6-3 6-3 6-2 in the 4th round in at the U.S. Open back in 2025.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Jan-Lennard Struff – U.S. Open 31-August-2025
Novak Djokovic
20 - 8win/loss
12
1
WLWWWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-8 | 12-5 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 12, Djokovic got to the 2nd round after beating Ugo Humbert 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Humbert, Djokovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Djokovic scored 99 points vs Humbert’s 89. Djokovic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Djokovic scored 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (52/73) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Djokovic broke Humbert twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Djokovic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 83% of his matches (432-86). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has a composed 70-13 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Beijing where he defeated Alex De Minaur in the final 7-6(3) 0-1 ret..
Djokovic has an overall 20-8 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2009. See his history.
Jan-Lennard Struff
25 - 25win/loss
47
21
WLWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-25 | 8-13 | 4-7 | 7-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 27-30 | 7-11 | 5-8 | 12-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-21 | 4-8 | 15-5 | 5-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 21-9 | 14-7 | 5-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-22 | 3-10 | 7-4 | 12-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 47, Jan-Lennard got to the 2nd round after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Struff had a good straight sets win against Hanfmann (6-4 6-3). During the match Struff scored 58 points vs Hanfmann’s 42. Struff was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Struff struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jan-Lennard Struff was extremely efficient on serve to win 90% (28/31) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jan-Lennard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hanfmann twice.
Struff’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Brussels.
Struff has a compiled 25-25 win-loss record in 2026, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 |
| Pts | 99-89 | 58-42 |
| Total Points | 188 | 100 |
| Winners | 52 | 28 |
| %Winners | 53% | 48% |
Both Djokovic and Struff played 1 match. At the moment, Novak Djokovic surrendered 1 set while Jan-Lennard Struff hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set more than Struff (3 vs 2). Therefore, Djokovic played 10 games more than Struff. Djokovic scored 52 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Struff scored 28 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 73/100 | 31/52 |
| %1st in | 73% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 52/73 | 28/31 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 62% |
Djokovic recorded 9 aces . Struff recorded 7 aces . Djokovic won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Struff won 90% 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 | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 25% | 100% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 83% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Serbian broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Serbian dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Jan-Lennard broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Struff was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Djokovic | |||
| R1 Humbert |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 99-89 | 99-89 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 73/100 | 73/100 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 52/73 | 52/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Struff | |||
| R1 Hanfmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 58-42 | 58-42 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/52 | 31/52 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 28/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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