Novak Djokovic and Taylor Harry Fritz will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Australian Open for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9 pm on Rod Laver Arena. Here the head to head stats and the relative 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 -> 1.019
Taylor Harry Fritz -> 20

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This will be the 3^rd time that Novak Djokovic and Taylor Harry Fritz face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-4 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Madrid back in 2019.

Novak Djokovic

Currently world no. 1 Djokovic reached the 2^nd round after beating Jeremy Chardy 6-3 6-1 6-2 and Frances Tiafoe 6-3 6-7³ 7-6² 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Serbian defeated Tiafoe (6-3 6-7³ 7-6² 6-3). During the match Djokovic scored 145 points vs Tiafoe’s 123. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 62 winners.

Regarding the service games, Djokovic buried his opponent with 26 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (62/74) of his 1st serve and 59% (27/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Serbian broke Tiafoe 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Serbian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Djokovic has a a superlative match record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (544-81). 4-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has a 292-37 record in the last years on hard.

Novak has a 4-0 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Djokovic won the title last year in Australian-Open after beating Dominic Thiem .

Taylor Harry Fritz

Ranked no. 31, Taylor reached the 2^nd round after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6⁶ 3-6 6-2 7-6⁶ and Reilly Opelka 4-6 7-6⁶ 6-7⁴ 7-6⁵ 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Taylor had a tough win against Opelka to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (4-6 7-6⁶ 6-7⁴ 7-6⁵ 6-2). During the match Fritz scored 195 points vs Opelka’s 189. The American was quite aggressive to blast 92 winners.

Talking about serving, Fritz fired 18 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Taylor Harry Fritz was very efficient on serve to win 75% (92/122) of his 1st serve and 55% (42/77) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Opelka 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fritz has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Taylor has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Taylor lost in the 3^rd round to Dominic Thiem.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Djokovic and Fritz played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic lost 1 set, while Taylor Harry Fritz lost 3 sets. Djokovic has played 2 set(s) less than Fritz (7 vs 9). Therefore, Djokovic played 32 games less than Fritz. Novak scored 99 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 151 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Djokovic bagged 35 aces (17.5 per match). Fritz blasted 29 aces (14.5 per match). Djokovic won 85% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Fritz won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Djokovic broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Novak surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Fritz broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Novak
Djokovic

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Rank

7

High

1

Rank

High

Win Loss

Djokovic

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Harry Fritz

2024 2023 2022

36 - 9

0 - 0

15-5

Hard

0-0

16-3

Clay

0-0

5-1

Grass

0-0

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-2 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (2-6 6-4 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 1-6 6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-4 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (5-7 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Tommy PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Ugo HumbertHumbert (5-7 6-4 3-6 7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 7-6⁴ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-5 6-1 4-6 2-6 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 7-6³ 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (4-6 7-6⁶ 6-7⁴ 7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-0 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Bernard TomicTomic (6-1 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-6 6-3 6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-4 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-7¹ 6-1 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-1 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alex BoltBolt (7-6¹ 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-7³ 7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Maxime CressyCressy (7-5 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-4 7-6(8)) – See score progression
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (5-7 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Tommy PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 1-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (2-6 6-4 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-2 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-5) – H2H and prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-3) – H2H and prediction
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael MmohMmoh – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H and prediction

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