Novak Djokovic and Dominik Koepfer will play each other in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2.30 pm on Campo Centrale. In the following lines 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 -> 1.07
Dominik Koepfer -> 10.5
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Dominik Koepfer
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Dominik Koepfer since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Novak got to the quarter after defeating Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-2 and Filip Krajinovic 7-67 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Krajinovic (7-67 6-3). During the match Djokovic scored 91 points vs Krajinovic’s 82. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic scored 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Novak Djokovic lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Krajinovic 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Djokovic hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (615-85). 2-0 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has a 134-25 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year 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 overcame 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 defeated Milos Raonic in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4.
The Serbian has a 28-1 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Novak had to surrender in the final to Rafael Nadal.
Dominik Koepfer
Ranked no. 97, Dominik reached the quarter after defeating Flavio Cobolli 7-62 3-6 6-0, Gilles Simon 7-5 2-6 6-3, Mikhail Kukushkin 2-6 6-4 6-2, Alex De Minaur 3-6 6-3 7-66, Gael Monfils 6-2 6-4 and Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 6-0.
In the 3rd round, Koepfer had a good straight sets win against Musetti (6-4 6-0). During the match Koepfer scored 58 points vs Musetti’s 40. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Koepfer managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dominik Koepfer was pretty efficent on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dominik was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Musetti 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Koepfer has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Dominik’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in the Dallas Challenger.
Koepfer has a 15-8 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Koepfer didn’t compete in Rome in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Koepfer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 16 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 148 |
| Pts | 156-127 | 525-466 |
| Total Points | 283 | 991 |
| Winners | 61 | 195 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Djokovic played 2 matches while Koepfer competed in 6 matches. Koepfer started his run from the qualifications while Djokovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dominik Koepfer surrendered 4 sets while Novak Djokovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Djokovic has played 12 set(s) less than Koepfer (4 vs 16). Therefore, Djokovic played 109 games less than Koepfer. The Serbian scored 61 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Koepfer struck 195 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Koepfer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| 1st in | 82/125 | 294/476 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 61/82 | 195/294 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 25/43 | 96/182 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 53% |
Djokovic bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Koepfer recorded 13 aces (2.2 per match). Djokovic won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Koepfer won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Koepfer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 27 |
| Converted | 6/21 | 27/64 |
| % Converted | 29% | 42% |
| Conceded | 6 | 45 |
| Saved | 5 | 28 |
| % Saved | 83% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 17 |
Novak broke his opponents 6 times with a 29% conversion rate. Djokovic dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Dominik broke his opponents 27 times with a 42% conversion rate. Dominik conceded his serve 17 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | ||||
| R2 Caruso |
R3 Krajinovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 65-45 | 91-82 | 156-127 | |
| Total points | 110 | 173 | 283 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 50/77 | 82/125 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 35/50 | 61/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 14/27 | 25/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 52% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/13 | 6/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 23% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 83% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Koepfer | ||||||||
| Q1 Cobolli |
Q2 Simon |
Q3 Kukushkin |
R1 De Minaur |
R2 Monfils |
R3 Musetti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 3-6 6-0 | 7-5 2-6 6-3 | 2-6 6-4 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 7-66 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 148 | |
| pts | 101-86 | 103-105 | 86-76 | 110-109 | 67-50 | 58-40 | 525-466 | |
| Total points | 187 | 208 | 162 | 219 | 117 | 98 | 991 | |
| Winners | 32 | 42 | 31 | 42 | 26 | 22 | 195 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% | 36% | 38% | 39% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 51/90 | 64/98 | 43/71 | 70/105 | 37/60 | 29/52 | 294/476 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 65% | 61% | 67% | 62% | 56% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/51 | 42/64 | 31/43 | 42/70 | 26/37 | 22/29 | 195/294 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 66% | 72% | 60% | 70% | 76% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 14/34 | 16/28 | 15/35 | 14/23 | 14/23 | 96/182 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 41% | 57% | 43% | 61% | 61% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/14 | 4/12 | 6/13 | 4/9 | 4/4 | 27/64 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 29% | 33% | 46% | 44% | 100% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 45 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 4/8 | 2/5 | 8/14 | 2/3 | 5/5 | 28 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 50% | 40% | 57% | 67% | 100% | 192% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLWWLW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jannik SinnerSinner (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-75 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Marin CilicCilic (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-65 7-61) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-6(7) 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Rafael NadalNadal (0-9) – H2H and prediction
