Novak Djokovic and Pablo Carreno-Busta will face off in the quarter of the French Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER . 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.083
Pablo Carreno-Busta -> 9.3
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta
This will be the 5th time that Novak Djokovic and Pablo Carreno-Busta play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in Monte Carlo back in 2017.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 the Serbian reached the 3rd round after beating Mikael Ymer 6-0 6-2 6-3, Richard Berankis 6-1 6-2 6-2, Daniel Elahi Galan 6-0 6-3 6-2 and Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-3 6-3.
In the 4th round, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (6-4 6-3 6-3). During the match Djokovic scored 112 points vs Khachanov’s 88. Novak was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Novak Djokovic lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Khachanov 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Djokovic hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (622-85). 9-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has a 141-25 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering 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 overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4 and in New York where he overcame Milos Raonic in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4 and in Rome where he overcame Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 7-5 6-3.
Novak has a 35-1 win-loss record in 2020, 9-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Serbian lost in the semifinal to Dominic Thiem.
Pablo Carreno-Busta
Ranked no. 18, Carreno-Busta got to the 3rd round after defeating John Millman 6-3 6-2 7-5, Guido Pella 6-3 6-2 6-1, Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-4 and Daniel Altmaier 6-2 7-5 6-2.
In the 4th round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-2 7-5 6-2). During the match Carreno-Busta and Altmaier scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 1 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Carreno-Busta couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pablo Carreno-Busta conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Carreno-Busta has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Carreno-Busta’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Rotterdam and at the U.S. Open .
The Spaniard has a 16-8 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Carreno-Busta surrendered in the 3rd round to Benoit Paire.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Carreno-Busta |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 12 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 97 | 122 |
| Pts | 374-243 | 333-251 |
| Total Points | 617 | 584 |
| Winners | 140 | 133 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Djokovic and Carreno-Busta played 4 matches. At the moment, Pablo Carreno-Busta lost 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set(s) less than Carreno-Busta (12 vs 13). Therefore, Djokovic played 25 games less than Carreno-Busta. Djokovic scored 140 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Carreno-Busta scored 133 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Carreno-Busta |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 181/287 | 184/273 |
| %1st in | 63% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 140/181 | 133/184 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 59/106 | 51/89 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Djokovic fired 16 aces (4 per match). Carreno-Busta made 21 aces (5.3 per match). Djokovic won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Carreno-Busta won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Carreno-Busta |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 28 | 21 |
| Converted | 28/44 | 21/50 |
| % Converted | 64% | 42% |
| Conceded | 18 | 20 |
| Saved | 14 | 13 |
| % Saved | 78% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Novak broke his opponents 28 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Serbian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Carreno-Busta broke his opponents 21 times with a 42% conversion rate. Carreno-Busta conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | ||||||
| R1 Ymer |
R2 Berankis |
R3 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R4 Khachanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 6-2 | 6-0 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 97 | |
| pts | 84-46 | 76-43 | 102-66 | 112-88 | 374-243 | |
| Total points | 130 | 119 | 168 | 200 | 617 | |
| Winners | 26 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 140 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 47% | 37% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 38/66 | 51/74 | 57/89 | 181/287 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 69% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 36/38 | 38/51 | 40/57 | 140/181 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 95% | 75% | 70% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 13/28 | 13/23 | 19/32 | 59/106 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 46% | 57% | 59% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 28 | |
| Converted | 9/11 | 6/7 | 7/11 | 6/15 | 28/44 | |
| Converted % | 82% | 86% | 64% | 40% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 7/9 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 100% | 78% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Carreno-Busta | ||||||
| R1 Millman |
R2 Pella |
R3 Bautista-Agut |
R4 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-4 | 6-2 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 24 | 41 | 28 | 122 | |
| pts | 108-81 | 83-47 | 142-123 | – | 333-251 | |
| Total points | 189 | 130 | 265 | 0 | 584 | |
| Winners | 37 | 39 | 57 | 133 | ||
| %Winners | 34% | 47% | 40% | NAN% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 55/80 | 44/64 | 85/129 | / | 184/273 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | 66% | NAN% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 39/44 | 57/85 | / | 133/184 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 89% | 67% | NAN% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 11/20 | 26/44 | / | 51/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 55% | 59% | NAN% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | ||
| Converted | 8/22 | 6/11 | 7/17 | / | 21/50 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 55% | 41% | NAN% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 12 | 20 | ||
| Saved | 4/7 | 1/1 | 8/12 | 0/ | 13 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 100% | 67% | – | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||
Head 2 Head
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