Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will face off in the semifinal of the Australian Open for the 50th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7.30 pm on the Rod Laver Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.10
Roger Federer -> 7.00
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer
This will be the 50th time that Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer play each other. The head to head is 26-23 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 13-13 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Federer won 6-4 6-3 in the R in London back in 2019.
Highlights Roger Federer vs Roger Federer – London 14-November-2019
Novak Djokovic
Ranked no. 2, Novak reached the R after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 7-65 6-2 2-6 6-1, Tatsuma Ito 6-1 6-4 6-2, Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-2 6-2, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 6-4 6-4 and Milos Raonic 6-4 6-3 7-61.
In the quarter, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Raonic (6-4 6-3 7-61). During the match Djokovic scored 125 points vs Raonic’s 104. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about serving, Djokovic blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Novak Djokovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 69% of his first serves in, winning 86% (60/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Raonic twice after converting 13% of his break points (2/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a a fantastic record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (1457-208). 11-0 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a 569-81 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney where he overcame Rafael Nadal in the final 6-2 7-6(4).
Novak has a 11-0 win-loss record in 2020, 11-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Djokovic won the title last year in Australian-Open after besting Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-2 6-3.
Roger Federer
Ranked no. 3, the Swiss reached the R after beating Steve Johnson 6-3 6-2 6-2, Filip Krajinovic 6-1 6-4 6-1, John Millman 4-6 7-62 6-4 4-6 7-68, Marton Fucsovics 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 and Tennys Sandgren 6-3 2-6 2-6 7-68 6-3.
In the quarter, Federer had a tough win against Sandgren to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-3 2-6 2-6 7-68 6-3).-160) than Sandgren. In fact, the world no. 2 won 160 points vs Sandgren’s. That means that Federer was more focused during the important points. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 80 winners.
Talking about serving, Federer blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Roger Federer was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (80/112) of his 1st serve and 53% (31/59) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. The Swiss broke Sandgren twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Roger has conceded 5 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Federer has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 86% of his matches (1195-195). 5-0 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Federer has a 486-94 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Federer has a 5-0 win-loss record in 2020, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Roger didn’t play at the Australian Open in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Federer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 16 | 20 |
| Tot Games | 147 | 185 |
| Pts | 514-371 | 626-530 |
| Total Points | 885 | 1156 |
| Winners | 233 | 289 |
| %Winners | 45% | 46% |
Both Djokovic and Federer played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic conceded 1 set, while Roger Federer dropper 5 sets. Djokovic has played 4 sets less than Federer (16 vs 20). Therefore, Djokovic played 38 games less than Federer. Novak scored 233 winners (45% on total points). On the other side, Federer blasted 289 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Federer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 59 | 51 |
| Avg per match | 11.8 | 10.2 |
| 1st in | 277/405 | 382/578 |
| %1st in | 68% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 233/277 | 289/382 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 73/128 | 108/196 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 55% |
Djokovic blasted 59 aces (11.8 per match). Federer blasted 51 aces (10.2 per match). Djokovic won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Federer won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Federer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 24 |
| Converted | 23/50 | 24/58 |
| % Converted | 46% | 41% |
| Conceded | 11 | 35 |
| Saved | 6 | 24 |
| % Saved | 55% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 11 |
Novak broke his opponents 23 times with 46% conversion rate. Djokovic conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 24 times with 41% conversion rate. Federer conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||||
| R1 Struff |
R2 Ito |
R3 Nishioka |
R4 Sebastian Schwartzman |
1/4 Raonic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 2-6 6-1 | 6-1 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 147 | |
| pts | 113-91 | 88-53 | 87-49 | 101-74 | 125-104 | 514-371 | |
| Total points | 204 | 141 | 136 | 175 | 229 | 885 | |
| Winners | 46 | 43 | 43 | 41 | 60 | 233 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% | 49% | 41% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 14 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 59 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 60/92 | 46/64 | 46/62 | 55/86 | 70/101 | 277/405 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 72% | 74% | 64% | 69% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 43/46 | 43/46 | 41/55 | 60/70 | 233/277 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 93% | 93% | 75% | 86% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 10/18 | 11/16 | 21/31 | 15/31 | 73/128 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 56% | 69% | 68% | 48% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 5/9 | 5/6 | 4/8 | 2/16 | 23/50 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 56% | 83% | 50% | 13% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 20% | – | 100% | 67% | 100% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Federer | |||||||
| R1 Johnson |
R2 Krajinovic |
R3 Millman |
R4 Fucsovics |
1/4 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 6-1 | 4-6 7-62 6-4 4-6 7-68 | 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 2-6 2-6 7-68 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 24 | 56 | 33 | 47 | 185 | |
| pts | 87-52 | 89-56 | 181-178 | 109-83 | 160-161 | 626-530 | |
| Total points | 139 | 145 | 359 | 192 | 321 | 1156 | |
| Winners | 40 | 36 | 85 | 48 | 80 | 289 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% | 47% | 44% | 50% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 11 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 49/66 | 47/68 | 111/170 | 63/103 | 112/171 | 382/578 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 69% | 65% | 61% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/49 | 36/47 | 85/111 | 48/63 | 80/112 | 289/382 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 77% | 77% | 76% | 71% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 13/21 | 30/59 | 21/40 | 31/59 | 108/196 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 62% | 51% | 53% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 24 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/14 | 3/10 | 7/12 | 2/13 | 24/58 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 30% | 58% | 15% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 35 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/3 | 4/8 | 7/9 | 10/14 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 50% | 78% | 71% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 120 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Milos RaonicRaonic (6-4 6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Roger FedererFederer – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 2-6 2-6 7-68 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander Bublik/Mikhail KukushkinBublik/Mikhail Kukushkin – James Duckworth/Marc PolmansDuckworth/Marc Polmans (7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Rafael NadalNadal (7-6(3) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roger FedererFederer – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (23-26) – See H2H details
- Rafael NadalNadal – Dominic ThiemThiem (9-4) – See H2H details
