Novak Djokovic and Roberto Bautista Agut will square off in the semifinal of the Western & Southern Open for the 12th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3 pm on Louis Armstrong. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.161
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 4.95
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
This will be the 12th time that Novak Djokovic and Roberto Bautista Agut face off. The head to head is 8-3 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 3-3 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Bautista-Agut won 1-6 7-5 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami back in 2019.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Novak reached the 4th round after defeating Richard Berankis 7-62 6-4, Tennys Sandgren 6-2 6-4 and Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Novak had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-3 6-1). During the match Djokovic scored 59 points vs Struff’s 35. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Djokovic broke Struff 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a a great record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (1603-211). 21-0 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a 608-84 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering 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 beat Dominic Thiem in the final 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 and in Dubai where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4.
Novak has a 21-0 win-loss record in 2020, 21-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
Djokovic didn’t play in New York in 2019.
Roberto Bautista Agut
Ranked no. 12, Roberto got to the 4th round after defeating Richard Gasquet 7-5 6-1, Karen Khachanov 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Daniil Medvedev 1-6 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter against Medvedev, Roberto recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Bautista-Agut and Medvedev scored the same amount of points (88). However, the world no. 1 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Roberto was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Bautista-Agut blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Roberto Bautista Agut lost the serve 5 times and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Bautista-Agut put 69% of his first serves in, winning 60% (41/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Medvedev 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Bautista-Agut has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (962-441). 11-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bautista-Agut has a 396-223 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Roberto has a 12-3 win-loss record in 2020, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
Bautista-Agut lost in the 1st round 3-6 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Mikhail Kukushkin.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Bautista-Agut |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 72 |
| Pts | 204-152 | 245-210 |
| Total Points | 356 | 455 |
| Winners | 75 | 115 |
| %Winners | 37% | 47% |
Both Djokovic and Bautista-Agut played 3 matches. At the moment, Roberto Bautista Agut dropped 2 sets while Novak Djokovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Djokovic has played 2 set(s) less than Bautista-Agut (6 vs 8). Therefore, Djokovic played 15 games less than Bautista-Agut. Novak scored 75 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Bautista-Agut blasted 115 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Bautista-Agut |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 99/167 | 157/236 |
| %1st in | 59% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 75/99 | 115/157 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 39/68 | 35/79 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 44% |
Djokovic recorded 15 aces (5 per match). Bautista-Agut fired 14 aces (4.7 per match). Djokovic won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Bautista-Agut won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Bautista-Agut |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/25 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 48% | 44% |
| Conceded | 12 | 26 |
| Saved | 8 | 19 |
| % Saved | 67% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Djokovic broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Novak dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Roberto broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Roberto conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||
| R2 Berankis |
R3 Sandgren |
1/4 Struff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 | 16 | 57 | |
| pts | 73-61 | 72-56 | 59-35 | 204-152 | |
| Total points | 134 | 128 | 94 | 356 | |
| Winners | 25 | 26 | 24 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 36% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 35/64 | 31/55 | 33/48 | 99/167 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 69% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 26/31 | 24/33 | 75/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 84% | 73% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/24 | 9/15 | 39/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 63% | 60% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/9 | 5/9 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 33% | 56% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 4/4 | 2/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 100% | 67% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Bautista-Agut | |||||
| R2 Gasquet |
R3 Khachanov |
1/4 Medvedev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | 1-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 26 | 72 | |
| pts | 65-44 | 92-78 | 88-88 | 245-210 | |
| Total points | 109 | 170 | 176 | 455 | |
| Winners | 25 | 49 | 41 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 53% | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 56/87 | 68/98 | 157/236 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 64% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 49/56 | 41/68 | 115/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 88% | 60% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 9/31 | 12/30 | 35/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 29% | 40% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/8 | 5/11 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 45% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 20 | 26 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/3 | 15/20 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 75% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWWWLL Tennis Scores in New York
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (4-6 7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (5-6 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (8-3) – See H2H details
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-1) – See H2H details
