Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas will fight against each other in the semifinal of the French Open for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2.50 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 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.36
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 3.75
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
This will be the 6th time that Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic reached the semifinal after defeating 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, Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-3 6-3 and Pablo Carreno-Busta 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter against Carreno-Busta, The Serbian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4). During the match Djokovic scored 130 points vs Carreno-Busta’s 113. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic struck 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (53/74) of his 1st serve and 53% (30/57) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Novak broke Carreno-Busta 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Novak has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (623-85). 10-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a 142-25 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was managing to win 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 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 beat Milos Raonic in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4 and in Rome where he beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 7-5 6-3.
Novak has a 36-1 win-loss record in 2020, 10-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Djokovic lost in the semifinal to Dominic Thiem.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 6, the Greek reached the semifinal after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-4, Pablo Cuevas 6-1 6-4 6-2, Aljaz Bedene 6-1 6-2 3-1 ret., Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 7-69 6-2 and Andrey Rublev 7-5 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, Tsitsipas had a good straight sets win against Rublev (7-5 6-2 6-3). During the match Tsitsipas scored 102 points vs Rublev’s 73. Tsitsipas was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Tsitsipas managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was very efficent on serve to win 80% (43/54) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tsitsipas broke Rublev 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tsitsipas has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Marseille where he beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Greek has a 27-9 win-loss record in 2020, 11-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Greek lost in the 4th round to Stan Wawrinka.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 16 | 14 |
| Tot Games | 134 | 129 |
| Pts | 504-356 | 435-343 |
| Total Points | 860 | 778 |
| Winners | 193 | 186 |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% |
Djokovic played 5 matches while Tsitsipas competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic conceded 1 set, while Stefanos Tsitsipas dropper 2 sets. Djokovic has played 2 sets more than Tsitsipas (16 vs 14). Therefore, Djokovic played 5 games more than Tsitsipas. Novak scored 193 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Stefanos managed to score 186 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 3.6 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 255/418 | 245/379 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 193/255 | 186/245 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 89/163 | 81/134 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 60% |
Djokovic fired 18 aces (3.6 per match). Tsitsipas fired 21 aces (5.3 per match). Djokovic won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Tsitsipas won 76% of the points on 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 | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 34 | 20 |
| Converted | 34/57 | 20/47 |
| % Converted | 60% | 43% |
| Conceded | 31 | 14 |
| Saved | 24 | 7 |
| % Saved | 77% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
The Serbian broke his opponents 34 times with a 60% conversion rate. Djokovic lost his serve 7 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Tsitsipas broke his opponents 20 times with a 43% conversion rate. Stefanos conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||||
| R1 Ymer |
R2 Berankis |
R3 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R4 Khachanov |
1/4 Carreno-Busta |
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 | 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 37 | 134 | |
| pts | 84-46 | 76-43 | 102-66 | 112-88 | 130-113 | 504-356 | |
| Total points | 130 | 119 | 168 | 200 | 243 | 860 | |
| Winners | 26 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 53 | 193 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 47% | 37% | 36% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 38/66 | 51/74 | 57/89 | 74/131 | 255/418 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 69% | 64% | 56% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 36/38 | 38/51 | 40/57 | 53/74 | 193/255 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 95% | 75% | 70% | 72% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 13/28 | 13/23 | 19/32 | 30/57 | 89/163 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 46% | 57% | 59% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 34 | |
| Converted | 9/11 | 6/7 | 7/11 | 6/15 | 6/13 | 34/57 | |
| Converted % | 82% | 86% | 64% | 40% | 46% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 31 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 7/9 | 10/13 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 100% | 78% | 77% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tsitsipas | |||||||
| R1 Antoni Munar Clar |
R2 Cuevas |
R3 Bedene |
R4 Dimitrov |
1/4 Rublev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 3-1 ret. | 6-3 7-69 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |
| Tot Games | 45 | 25 | 19 | 30 | 29 | 148 | |
| pts | 131-129 | 87-51 | 77-41 | 115-90 | 102-73 | 512-384 | |
| Total points | 260 | 138 | 118 | 205 | 175 | 896 | |
| Winners | 70 | 29 | 29 | 44 | 43 | 215 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 33% | 38% | 38% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 96/134 | 33/60 | 36/54 | 62/100 | 54/85 | 281/433 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 55% | 67% | 62% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 70/96 | 29/33 | 29/36 | 44/62 | 43/54 | 215/281 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 88% | 81% | 71% | 80% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 19/27 | 13/18 | 27/38 | 19/31 | 94/152 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 70% | 72% | 71% | 61% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/13 | 5/9 | 3/12 | 5/8 | 25/56 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 46% | 56% | 25% | 63% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWLWL Tennis Scores at the French Open
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jannik SinnerSinner (7-64 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-61 5-7 6-76 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Mate Pavic/Bruno SoaresPavic/Bruno Soares – Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Rafael NadalNadal (1-9) – H2H and prediction
