Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas will clash against each other in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday 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 -> 1.28
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 3.75
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
This will be the 5th time that Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-75 6-3 in the 3rd round in Toronto back in 2018.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic got to the 3rd round after defeating Malek Jaziri 6-1 6-2, Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-1, Karen Khachanov 6-2 6-2 and Gael Monfils 2-6 7-68 6-1.
In the semifinal against Monfils, Djokovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-68 6-1). During the match Djokovic scored 103 points vs Monfils’s 95. Novak was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Djokovic blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Novak Djokovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 74% of his first serves in, winning 61% (43/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Monfils 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Novak has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a a superlative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (1540-208). 17-0 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a 590-83 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in ATP Cup where he defeated 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.
Novak has a 17-0 win-loss record in 2020, 17-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Djokovic didn’t compete in Dubai in 2019.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 6, the Greek reached the 3rd round after defeating Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-61 6-1, Alexander Bublik 7-61 6-4, Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6 6-4 6-4 and Daniel Evans 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Evans (6-2 6-3). During the match Tsitsipas scored 63 points vs Evans’s 49. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Tsitsipas blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 69% of his first serves in, win 90% (26/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Evans 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Greek has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (353-203). 6-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has a 282-137 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Marseille where he beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Greek has a 11-4 win-loss record in 2020, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Stefanos 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 | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 75 | 90 |
| Pts | 276-193 | 333-264 |
| Total Points | 469 | 597 |
| Winners | 111 | 134 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Djokovic and Tsitsipas played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic conceded 1 set, while Stefanos Tsitsipas dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Tsitsipas have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Djokovic played 15 games less than Tsitsipas. The Serbian scored 111 winners (40% on total points). On the other side, Stefanos blasted 134 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 152/228 | 169/263 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 111/152 | 134/169 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 43/76 | 59/94 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 63% |
Djokovic blasted 16 aces (4 per match). Tsitsipas blasted 16 aces (4 per match). Djokovic won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Tsitsipas won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 11 |
| Converted | 17/35 | 11/34 |
| % Converted | 49% | 32% |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 |
| Saved | 5 | 12 |
| % Saved | 56% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
The Serbian broke his opponents 17 times with 49% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Stefanos broke his opponents 11 times with 32% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | ||||||
| R1 Jaziri |
R2 Kohlschreiber |
1/4 Khachanov |
1/2 Monfils |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 6-2 | 2-6 7-68 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 75 | |
| pts | 58-31 | 55-33 | 60-34 | 103-95 | 276-193 | |
| Total points | 89 | 88 | 94 | 198 | 469 | |
| Winners | 25 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% | 40% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 24/44 | 27/45 | 71/96 | 152/228 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 55% | 60% | 74% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 19/24 | 24/27 | 43/71 | 111/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 79% | 89% | 61% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 14/20 | 8/18 | 13/25 | 43/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 70% | 44% | 52% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/7 | 5/9 | 4/11 | 17/35 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 56% | 36% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 4/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 50% | 57% | 27% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tsitsipas | ||||||
| R1 Carreno-Busta |
R2 Bublik |
1/4 Struff |
1/2 Evans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-1 | 7-61 6-4 | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 90 | |
| pts | 79-54 | 84-62 | 107-99 | 63-49 | 333-264 | |
| Total points | 133 | 146 | 206 | 112 | 597 | |
| Winners | 23 | 41 | 44 | 26 | 134 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 49% | 41% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/55 | 49/70 | 61/96 | 29/42 | 169/263 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 70% | 64% | 69% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 41/49 | 44/61 | 26/29 | 134/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 84% | 72% | 90% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 14/21 | 22/35 | 6/13 | 59/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 67% | 63% | 46% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 1/5 | 2/8 | 4/10 | 11/34 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 20% | 25% | 40% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/5 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 86% | – | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -50 | |
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