Novak Djokovic and Karen Khachanov will face off in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative 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 -> 1.083
Karen Khachanov -> 8.00
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Karen Khachanov
This will be the 4th time that Novak Djokovic and Karen Khachanov square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Khachanov won 7-5 6-4 in the final in Paris back in 2018.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Novak got to the final after defeating Malek Jaziri 6-1 6-2 and Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Kohlschreiber (6-3 6-1). During the match Djokovic and Kohlschreiber scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 1 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Djokovic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Novak Djokovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Novak hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 65% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (1520-208). 15-0 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has a 588-83 record in the last 10 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in ATP Cup where he overcame Rafael Nadal in the final 6-2 7-6(4) and in at the Australian Open where he overcame Dominic Thiem in the final 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4.
The Serbian has a 15-0 win-loss record in 2020, 15-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
The Serbian didn’t play in Dubai in 2019.
Karen Khachanov
Ranked no. 17, Khachanov reached the final after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-62 6-1 and Dennis Novak 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Karen had a good straight sets win against Novak (6-3 6-4). During the match Khachanov scored 65 points vs Novak’s 49. Khachanov was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Khachanov blasted 5 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Karen Khachanov was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Novak 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Khachanov hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Khachanov has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (470-358). 8-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has a 224-159 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in in ATP Cup.
Karen has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2020, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Khachanov didn’t play in Dubai in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 39 |
| Pts | 58-31 | 134-99 |
| Total Points | 89 | 233 |
| Winners | 25 | 59 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Both Djokovic and Khachanov played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Khachanov have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Djokovic played 8 games less than Khachanov. The Serbian scored 25 winners (43% on total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 59 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 76/114 |
| %1st in | 70% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 59/76 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 22/38 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 58% |
Djokovic blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Khachanov blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Djokovic won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Khachanov won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Serbian broke his opponents 4 times with 50% conversion rate. Novak was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Karen broke his opponents 7 times with 50% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | ||||
| R1 Jaziri |
R2 Kohlschreiber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 31 | |
| pts | 58-31 | – | 58-31 | |
| Total points | 89 | 0 | 89 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | ||
| %Winners | 43% | NAN% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 30/43 | / | 30/43 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | NAN% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | / | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | NAN% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | / | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | NAN% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | ||
| Converted | 4/8 | / | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | NAN% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/ | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | ||
| Khachanov | ||||
| R1 Kukushkin |
R2 Novak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 65-49 | 134-99 | |
| Total points | 119 | 114 | 233 | |
| Winners | 29 | 30 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 40/55 | 76/114 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 73% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 30/40 | 59/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 10/15 | 22/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 67% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/6 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 50 | |
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