H2H, PREDICTION Novak Djokovic vs Jan-Lennard Struff | U.S. Open odds, preview, pick

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

Novak Djokovic and Jan-Lennard Struff will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.027
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 11

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

This will be the 5th time that Novak Djokovic and Jan-Lennard Struff clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Djokovic won 7-65 6-2 2-6 6-1 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2020.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Novak Djokovic – Australian Open 20-January-2020

Novak Djokovic

Currently world no. 1 Novak reached the 1st round after beating Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-4 6-1 and Kyle Edmund 6-75 6-3 6-4 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Edmund, Djokovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-4 6-2). During the match Djokovic scored 140 points vs Edmund’s 107. Novak was extremely aggressive to blast 60 winners.

Talking about the service games, Djokovic scored 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was very effective on serve to win 83% (60/72) of his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Serbian broke Edmund 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Djokovic has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in in ATP Cup where he beat 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 and in New York where he beat Milos Raonic in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4.

Djokovic has a 25-0 win-loss record in 2020, 25-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

The Serbian lost in the Pre-q to .

Jan-Lennard Struff

Ranked no. 29 (career high), Jan-Lennard got to the 1st round after beating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-0 7-5 6-4 and Michael Mmoh 6-2 6-2 7-5.

In the 2nd round, Struff had a good straight sets win against Mmoh (6-2 6-2 7-5). During the match Struff scored 93 points vs Mmoh’s 60. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Struff blasted 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jan-Lennard Struff was pretty efficent on serve to win 91% (39/43) of his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jan-Lennard broke Mmoh 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Struff hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

Struff has a 12-6 win-loss record in 2020, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

The German had to surrender in the Pre-q to .

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Djokovic Struff
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 7 6
Tot Games 64 56
Pts 245-179 208-140
Total Points 424 348
Winners 96 75
%Winners 39% 36%

Both Djokovic and Struff played 2 matches. At the moment, Novak Djokovic lost 1 set while Jan-Lennard Struff hasn’t conceded a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set more than Struff (7 vs 6). Therefore, Djokovic played 8 games more than Struff. The Serbian scored 96 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Jan-Lennard bagged 75 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Djokovic Struff
Aces 21 27
Avg per match 10.5 13.5
1st in 121/190 84/157
%1st in 64% 54%
1st pts 96/121 75/84
%1st pts 79% 89%
2nd pts 39/69 40/73
%2nd pts 57% 55%

Djokovic blasted 21 aces (10.5 per match). Struff struck 27 aces (13.5 per match). Djokovic won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Struff won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Djokovic Struff
Won 13 13
Converted 13/31 13/27
% Converted 42% 48%
Conceded 12 8
Saved 9 5
% Saved 75% 63%
Times Broken 3 3

Novak broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Djokovic surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Struff broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Struff conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
R1
Dzumhur
R2
Edmund
Total
Score 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-75 6-3 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 4 7
Tot Games 24 40 64
pts 105-72 140-107 245-179
Total points 177 247 424
Winners 36 60 96
%Winners 34% 43% 39%
SERVE
Aces 5 16 21
Double Faults 5 3 8
1st in 49/82 72/108 121/190
% 1st in 60% 67% 64%
1st pts 36/49 60/72 96/121
% 1st pts 73% 83% 79%
2nd pts 18/33 21/36 39/69
% 2nd pts 55% 58% 57%
Breaks
Won 7 6 13
Converted 7/19 6/12 13/31
Converted % 37% 50% 42%
Conceded 7 5 12
Saved 6/7 3/5 9
Saved % 86% 60% 73%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Struff
R1
Martinez Portero
R2
Mmoh
Total
Score 6-0 7-5 6-4 6-2 6-2 7-5
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 28 28 56
pts 115-80 93-60 208-140
Total points 195 153 348
Winners 36 39 75
%Winners 31% 42% 36%
SERVE
Aces 13 14 27
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 41/85 43/72 84/157
% 1st in 48% 60% 54%
1st pts 36/41 39/43 75/84
% 1st pts 88% 91% 89%
2nd pts 20/44 20/29 40/73
% 2nd pts 45% 69% 55%
Breaks
Won 8 5 13
Converted 8/18 5/9 13/27
Converted % 44% 56% 48%
Conceded 7 1 8
Saved 4/7 1/1 5
Saved % 57% 100% 79%
Times Broken 3 0 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Djokovic
WWWWWWLWWW
Struff
WLWWWLWWLW
2024 2023 2022
29 - 7
26 - 14
8-3
Hard
4-6
0-0
I Hard
1-1
16-3
Clay
15-5
5-1
Grass
6-2

Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open

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