Novak Djokovic and Jan-Lennard Struff will play each other in the quarter of the Western & Southern Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3 pm on Grandstand. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

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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 -> 1.21
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 4.2

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff

This will be the 4th time that Novak Djokovic and Jan-Lennard Struff play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 7-61 6-3 in the 1st round in Doha back in 2017.

Novak Djokovic

Currently world no. 1 the Serbian reached the 1st round after defeating Richard Berankis 7-62 6-4 and Tennys Sandgren 6-2 6-4.

In the 3rd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Sandgren (6-2 6-4). During the match Djokovic scored 72 points vs Sandgren’s 56. Djokovic was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Djokovic managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Novak Djokovic was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Djokovic broke Sandgren 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Serbian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Djokovic has a a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (1593-211). 20-0 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a 607-84 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

His best result of the season 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 beat Dominic Thiem in the final 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 and in Dubai where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Serbian has a 20-0 win-loss record in 2020, 20-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in New York

Djokovic didn’t play in New York in 2019.

Jan-Lennard Struff

Ranked no. 34, Jan-Lennard got to the 1st round after defeating Alex De Minaur 6-2 6-4, Denis Shapovalov 7-64 3-6 6-4 and David Goffin 6-4 3-6 6-4.

In the 3rd round, The German defeated Goffin (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Struff scored 97 points vs Goffin’s 94. Jan-Lennard was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Struff fired 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jan-Lennard Struff lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Struff put 54% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. Jan-Lennard broke Goffin 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Struff has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Struff has won exactly 50% of his matches (409-414) in the last 10 years. 8-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Struff has a 387-276 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

Jan-Lennard has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2020, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in New York

The German didn’t compete in New York in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Djokovic Struff
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 8
Tot Games 41 79
Pts 145-117 254-239
Total Points 262 493
Winners 51 97
%Winners 35% 38%

Djokovic played 2 matches while Struff competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Jan-Lennard Struff conceded 2 sets while Novak Djokovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Djokovic has played 4 set(s) less than Struff (4 vs 8). Therefore, Djokovic played 38 games less than Struff. Djokovic scored 51 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Jan-Lennard blasted 97 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Djokovic Struff
Aces 10 21
Avg per match 5 7
1st in 66/119 124/235
%1st in 55% 53%
1st pts 51/66 97/124
%1st pts 77% 78%
2nd pts 30/53 57/111
%2nd pts 57% 51%

Djokovic fired 10 aces (5 per match). Struff blasted 21 aces (7 per match). Djokovic won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Struff won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Djokovic Struff
Won 7 10
Converted 7/16 10/25
% Converted 44% 40%
Conceded 9 16
Saved 6 10
% Saved 67% 63%
Times Broken 3 6

The Serbian broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Novak lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
R2
Berankis		 R3
Sandgren		 Total
Score 7-62 6-4 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 23 18 41
pts 73-61 72-56 145-117
Total points 134 128 262
Winners 25 26 51
%Winners 34% 36% 35%
SERVE
Aces 8 2 10
Double Faults 7 4 11
1st in 35/64 31/55 66/119
% 1st in 55% 56% 55%
1st pts 25/35 26/31 51/66
% 1st pts 71% 84% 77%
2nd pts 15/29 15/24 30/53
% 2nd pts 52% 63% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/7 3/9 7/16
Converted % 57% 33% 44%
Conceded 5 4 9
Saved 2/5 4/4 6
Saved % 40% 100% 70%
Times Broken 3 0 3
Struff
R1
De Minaur		 R2
Shapovalov		 R3
Goffin		 Total
Score 6-2 6-4 7-64 3-6 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 18 32 29 79
pts 64-52 93-93 97-94 254-239
Total points 116 186 191 493
Winners 25 38 34 97
%Winners 39% 41% 35% 38%
SERVE
Aces 4 5 12 21
Double Faults 6 3 2 11
1st in 32/59 47/92 45/84 124/235
% 1st in 54% 51% 54% 53%
1st pts 25/32 38/47 34/45 97/124
% 1st pts 78% 81% 76% 78%
2nd pts 15/27 26/45 16/39 57/111
% 2nd pts 56% 58% 41% 51%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5 10
Converted 3/7 2/5 5/13 10/25
Converted % 43% 40% 38% 40%
Conceded 2 6 8 16
Saved 2/2 4/6 4/8 10
Saved % 100% 67% 50% 109%
Times Broken 0 2 4 6

Tennis Scores in New York

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  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-1) – See H2H details
  • Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details
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