Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem will play each other in the semifinal of the the Nitto ATP Finals for the 12th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. Here 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 -> 1.72
Dominic Thiem -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Dominic Thiem
This will be the 12th time that Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem play each other. The head to head is 7-4 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-710 6-0 6-2 in the R in London Finals back in 2016.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 the Serbian got to the R after beating Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 6-2 and Alexander Zverev 6-3 7-64.
In the previous match, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Zverev (6-3 7-64). During the match Djokovic scored 70 points vs Zverev’s 65. The Serbian was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Djokovic blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Novak Djokovic was quite effective on serve to win 78% (40/51) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Djokovic broke Zverev once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Novak hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a a great win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 88% of his matches (628-88). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has a 78-15 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current 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 defeated Milos Raonic in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4 and in Rome where he defeated Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 7-5 6-3.
Djokovic has a 41-4 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Nitto ATP Finals
Djokovic had to surrender in the round robin to Roger Federer.
Dominic Thiem
Ranked no. 3 (career high), the Austrian got to the R after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-65 4-6 6-3 and Rafael Nadal 7-67 7-64.
His best result of the current season was managing to win the title in at the U.S. Open where he overcame Alexander Zverev in the final 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(6).
The Austrian has a 24-8 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Nitto ATP Finals
The Austrian lost in the final to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 78 |
| Pts | 129-105 | 187-177 |
| Total Points | 234 | 364 |
| Winners | 63 | 98 |
| %Winners | 49% | 52% |
Both Djokovic and Thiem played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic conceded 2 sets, while Dominic Thiem dropper 3 sets. Djokovic has played 1 set(s) less than Thiem (6 vs 7). Therefore, Djokovic played 21 games less than Thiem. Djokovic scored 63 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian blasted 98 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 81/125 | 127/191 |
| %1st in | 65% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 63/81 | 98/127 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 35/64 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 55% |
Djokovic struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Thiem made 15 aces (5 per match). Djokovic won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Thiem won 77% of the points behind 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 | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 22% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 80% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Novak broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Thiem broke his opponents twice with a 22% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||
| Round Robin Zverev |
Round Robin Medvedev |
Round Robin Schwartzman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 17 | 57 | |
| pts | 70-65 | – | 59-40 | 129-105 | |
| Total points | 135 | 0 | 99 | 234 | |
| Winners | 40 | 23 | 63 | ||
| %Winners | 57% | NAN% | 39% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 51/78 | / | 30/47 | 81/125 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | NAN% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/51 | / | 23/30 | 63/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | NAN% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | / | 11/17 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | NAN% | 65% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 1/4 | / | 4/6 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 25% | NAN% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/ | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Thiem | |||||
| Round Robin Rublev |
Round Robin Nadal |
Round Robin Tsitsipas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 7-67 7-64 | 7-65 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 32 | 78 | |
| pts | – | 86-81 | 101-96 | 187-177 | |
| Total points | 0 | 167 | 197 | 364 | |
| Winners | 39 | 59 | 98 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | 45% | 58% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | / | 51/87 | 76/104 | 127/191 | |
| % 1st in | NAN% | 59% | 73% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | / | 39/51 | 59/76 | 98/127 | |
| % 1st pts | NAN% | 76% | 78% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 19/36 | 16/28 | 35/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | 53% | 57% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Converted | / | 1/5 | 1/4 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | NAN% | 20% | 25% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 1/2 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 67% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
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