Novak Djokovic and Alexei Popyrin will clash against each other in the 1^st round of Rakuten Japan Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COLOSSEUM.

Novak Djokovic: results and record

Currently world no. 1 Djokovic will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Us Open where he lost 6-4 7-5 2-1 ret. to Wawrinka in the 4^th round the 1^st of September.

Djokovic has a 41-8 win-loss record in 2019, 19-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was managing to win the title in Melbourne where he beat Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 6-2 6-3 and in Madrid where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4 and in London where he defeated Roger Federer in the final 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(4) 4-6 13-12(3).

Last year in Tokyo

Novak didn’t play in Tokyo in 2018.

Alexei Popyrin: results and record

Ranked no. 94, Popyrin got to the 1^st round after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 4-6 6-1 6-4 and James Duckworth 6-3 7-6⁰.

Alexei has a 31-27 win-loss record in 2019, 17-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Tokyo

Alexei didn’t compete in Tokyo in 2018.

Rakuten Japan Open Live score and result Novak Djokovic vs. Alexei Popyrin

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alexei Popyrin

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

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 -> 1.11
Alexei Popyrin -> 6.50

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Head 2 Head

• 24Slam
• 99Main
• 3Chall
• 2Minor

• 0Slam
• 2Main
• 2Chall
• 1Minor

Novak
Djokovic

2:0

Alexei
Popyrin

Rank

2

High

1

1h:58Played

2Hard0

Rank

47

High

38

2h:37Played

Win Loss

Djokovic

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Popyrin

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20 - 6

14 - 11

8-3

Hard

7-4

10-3

Clay

2-5

2-0

Grass

5-2

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Go SoedaSoeda – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungHyeon – Lorenzo SonegoLorenzo (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Gilles SimonSimon (3-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – See H2H details
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – See H2H details
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – See H2H details
• Taro DanielDaniel – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Lucas PouillePouille (0-1) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (2-0) – See H2H details
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details

Djokovic

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Popyrin