Novak Djokovic and Frances Tiafoe will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3 pm on Rod Laver Arena. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.002
Frances Tiafoe -> 23
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Frances Tiafoe
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Frances Tiafoe since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 the Serbian reached the 2nd round after defeating Jeremy Chardy 6-3 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Chardy (6-3 6-1 6-2). During the match Djokovic scored 91 points vs Chardy’s 52. The Serbian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Novak Djokovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak broke Chardy 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Djokovic has a a fantastic record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (543-81). 3-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a 291-37 match record in the last years on hard.
Djokovic has a 3-0 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Novak conquered the title last year in Australian-Open after ousting Dominic Thiem .
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 64, Tiafoe got to the 2nd round after beating Stefano Travaglia 7-65 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Tiafoe had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (7-65 6-2 6-2). During the match Tiafoe scored 95 points vs Travaglia’s 75. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Tiafoe fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 54% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Travaglia 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).
Tiafoe has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Francis lost in the 1st round to Daniil Medvedev.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 29 |
| Pts | 91-52 | 95-75 |
| Total Points | 143 | 170 |
| Winners | 37 | 35 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Djokovic and Tiafoe played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Tiafoe have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Djokovic played 5 games less than Tiafoe. The Serbian scored 37 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 35 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6 |
| 1st in | 43/57 | 47/87 |
| %1st in | 75% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 35/47 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 11/14 | 18/40 |
| %2nd pts | 79% | 45% |
Djokovic recorded 9 aces . Tiafoe struck 6 aces . Djokovic won 86% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 79% of the points. On the other side, Tiafoe won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Tiafoe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 8/12 |
| % Converted | 46% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Serbian broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Serbian extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Francis broke his opponent 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Francis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||
| R1 Chardy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 91-52 | 91-52 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/57 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 37/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/14 | 11/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Tiafoe | |||
| R1 Travaglia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 95-75 | 95-75 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/87 | 47/87 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 18/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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