Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils will face off in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 18th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the 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 -> 1.11
Gael Monfils -> 6.50
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Gael Monfils
This will be the 18th time that Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils square off. The head to head is 16-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 11-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-2 in the R in Atp cup back in January 2020.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Novak Djokovic – Atp cup 06-January-2020
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Novak reached the R after defeating Malek Jaziri 6-1 6-2, Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-1 and Karen Khachanov 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (6-2 6-2). During the match Djokovic scored 60 points vs Khachanov’s 34. Novak was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Djokovic blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Novak Djokovic lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 89% (24/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Khachanov 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Djokovic hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 64% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (1530-208). 16-0 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has a 589-83 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
His best result of the current 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 defeated Dominic Thiem in the final 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4.
The Serbian has a 16-0 win-loss record in 2020, 16-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
The Serbian didn’t compete in Dubai in 2019.
Gael Monfils
Ranked no. 9, Gael got to the R after defeating Marton Fucsovics 6-4 7-5, Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-1 6-2 and Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, The French Player had a good straight sets win against Gasquet (6-3 6-3). During the match Monfils scored 71 points vs Gasquet’s 54. Monfils was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Monfils blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gael Monfils was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French Player broke Gasquet 4 times after converting 21% of his break points (4/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Monfils hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Monfils has a fantastic record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (712-312). 7-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Monfils has a 319-157 record in the last 10 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was managing to win the title in Montpellier where he defeated Vasek Pospisil in the final 7-5 6-3 and in Rotterdam where he defeated Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-2 6-4.
Gael has a 16-2 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Monfils didn’t compete in Dubai in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 55 |
| Pts | 173-98 | 224-172 |
| Total Points | 271 | 396 |
| Winners | 68 | 75 |
| %Winners | 39% | 33% |
Both Djokovic and Monfils played 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Monfils have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Djokovic played 8 games less than Monfils. Djokovic scored 68 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, Gael blasted 75 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 81/132 | 109/167 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 68/81 | 75/109 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 30/51 | 36/58 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 62% |
Djokovic blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Monfils blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Djokovic won 84% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Monfils won 69% points behind 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 | Monfils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 13 |
| Converted | 13/24 | 13/41 |
| % Converted | 54% | 32% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Novak broke his opponents 13 times with 54% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Monfils broke his opponents 13 times with 32% conversion rate. Monfils conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||
| R1 Jaziri |
R2 Kohlschreiber |
1/4 Khachanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 16 | 47 | |
| pts | 58-31 | 55-33 | 60-34 | 173-98 | |
| Total points | 89 | 88 | 94 | 271 | |
| Winners | 25 | 19 | 24 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 24/44 | 27/45 | 81/132 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 55% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 19/24 | 24/27 | 68/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 79% | 89% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 14/20 | 8/18 | 30/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 70% | 44% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/7 | 5/9 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 56% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 50% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | -67 | |
| Monfils | |||||
| R1 Fucsovics |
R2 Uchiyama |
1/4 Gasquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 15 | 18 | 55 | |
| pts | 92-81 | 61-37 | 71-54 | 224-172 | |
| Total points | 173 | 98 | 125 | 396 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | 23 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 43% | 32% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/71 | 36/50 | 30/46 | 109/167 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 72% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/43 | 26/36 | 23/30 | 75/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 72% | 77% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 8/14 | 10/16 | 36/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 57% | 63% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 5/7 | 4/19 | 13/41 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 71% | 21% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 5/6 | 0/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 83% | 0% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Andrey RublevRublev (6-2 7-69) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (16-1) – See H2H details
- Daniel EvansEvans – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details
