Novak Djokovic and David Goffin will square off in the semifinal of Rakuten Japan Open for the 8th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3 pm on COLOSSEUM COURT.
Novak Djokovic: results and record
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic got to the semifinal after beating Alexei Popyrin 6-4 6-2, Go Soeda 6-3 7-5 and Lucas Pouille 6-1 6-2.
His best result of the season was managing to win the title in Melbourne where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 6-2 6-3 and in Madrid where he beat 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).
The Serbian has a 44-8 win-loss record in 2019, 22-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Tokyo
Djokovic didn’t compete in Tokyo in 2018.
David Goffin: results and record
Ranked no. 15, Goffin reached the semifinal after beating Pablo Carreno-Busta 1-6 7-68 6-0, Denis Shapovalov 7-65 7-62 and Hyeon Chung 6-2 6-2.
Goffin’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Cincinnati and Halle.
David has a 34-22 win-loss record in 2019, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Tokyo
David didn’t play in Tokyo in 2018.
Rakuten Japan Open Live score and result Novak Djokovic vs. David Goffin
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. David Goffin
This will be the 8th time that Novak Djokovic and David Goffin square off. The head to head is 6-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 6-4 6-0 6-2 in the quarter in at the Wimbledon back in July 2019.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Novak Djokovic – Wimbledon 10-July-2019
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 -> 1.14
David Goffin -> 5.50
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Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- John MillmanMillman – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Hyeon ChungChung (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lucas PouillePouille (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lucas PouillePouille (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Hyeon ChungChung (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – David GoffinGoffin (6-1) – See H2H details
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – See H2H details