Novak Djokovic and Filip Krajinovic will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3 pm on Campo Centrale. 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 -> 1.23
Filip Krajinovic -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Filip Krajinovic
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Filip Krajinovic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krajinovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic got to the 3rd round after defeating Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Caruso (6-3 6-2). During the match Djokovic scored 65 points vs Caruso’s 45. Djokovic was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Novak Djokovic was quite effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Djokovic broke Caruso 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Djokovic has a a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (614-85). 1-0 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has a 133-25 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year 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 beat Dominic Thiem in the final 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 and in Dubai where he overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4 and in New York where he defeated Milos Raonic in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4.
The Serbian has a 27-1 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Novak lost in the final to Rafael Nadal.
Filip Krajinovic
Ranked no. 29, Krajinovic got to the 3rd round after beating Felix Auger Aliassime 6-4 7-5 and Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (6-4 6-1). During the match Krajinovic scored 65 points vs Cecchinato’s 43. Krajinovic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Krajinovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Filip Krajinovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Krajinovic broke Cecchinato 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Filip hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Krajinovic’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Montpellier and Rotterdam.
The Serbian has a 16-7 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Serbian didn’t compete in Rome in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Krajinovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 39 |
| Pts | 65-45 | 139-102 |
| Total Points | 110 | 241 |
| Winners | 26 | 51 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Djokovic played 1 match while Krajinovic competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Djokovic has played 2 set(s) less than Krajinovic (2 vs 4). Therefore, Djokovic played 22 games less than Krajinovic. The Serbian scored 26 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Krajinovic blasted 51 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Krajinovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 57/100 |
| %1st in | 67% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 51/57 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 26/43 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 60% |
Djokovic scored 4 aces . Krajinovic fired 2 aces (1 per match). Djokovic won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Krajinovic won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Krajinovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 38% | 41% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Novak broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Novak quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Krajinovic broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||
| R2 Caruso |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-45 | 65-45 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Krajinovic | ||||
| R1 Auger-Aliassime |
R2 Cecchinato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
| pts | 74-59 | 65-43 | 139-102 | |
| Total points | 133 | 108 | 241 | |
| Winners | 27 | 24 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 27/41 | 57/100 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 66% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 24/27 | 51/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 9/14 | 26/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 64% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 4/7 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 57% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLWLLL Tennis Scores in Rome
- Casper RuudRuud – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Milos RaonicRaonic (7-63 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – John MillmanMillman (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Andrey RublevRublev (7-66 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Borna CoricCoric (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Federico CoriaCoria (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-1 6-79 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Rafael NadalNadal (0-2) – H2H and prediction
