Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev will play each other in the quarter of the Australian Open for the 8th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 9 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.47
Alexander Zverev -> 2.85
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alexander Zverev
This will be the 8th time that Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev fight against each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-7(3) 6-2 7-5 in the R in Atp cup back in February 2021.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Alexander Zverev – Atp cup 05-February-2021
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 the Serbian got to the R after beating Jeremy Chardy 6-3 6-1 6-2, Frances Tiafoe 6-3 6-73 7-62 6-3, Taylor Harry Fritz 7-61 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2 and Milos Raonic 7-64 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 4th round, The Serbian defeated Raonic (7-64 4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Djokovic scored 130 points vs Raonic’s 114. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 64 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic made 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (64/82) of his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Djokovic broke Raonic 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian has conceded 4 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a a superlative match record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (546-81). 6-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has a 294-37 match record in the last years on hard.
Novak has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2021, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Serbian won the title last year in Australian-Open after defeating Dominic Thiem .
Alexander Zverev
Ranked no. 7, the German reached the R after defeating Marcos Giron 6-78 7-64 6-3 6-2, Maxime Cressy 7-5 6-4 6-3, Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-3 6-1 and Dusan Lajovic 6-4 7-65 6-3.
In the 4th round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-4 7-65 6-3). During the match Zverev scored 114 points vs Lajovic’s 97. Alexander was exceptionally aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about serving, Zverev scored 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was quite effective on serve to win 76% (53/70) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zverev broke Lajovic 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zverev has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The German has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Zverev lost in the semifinal to Dominic Thiem.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 16 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 158 | 131 |
| Pts | 523-444 | 452-354 |
| Total Points | 967 | 806 |
| Winners | 242 | 216 |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% |
Both Djokovic and Zverev played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic lost 4 sets, while Alexander Zverev conceded 1 set. Djokovic has played 3 sets more than Zverev (16 vs 13). Therefore, Djokovic played 27 games more than Zverev. Novak scored 242 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander recorded 216 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 60 | 65 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 16.3 |
| 1st in | 304/457 | 260/370 |
| %1st in | 67% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 242/304 | 216/260 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 88/153 | 61/110 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 55% |
Djokovic scored 60 aces (15 per match). Zverev made 65 aces (16.3 per match). Djokovic won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 83% 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 | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 19 |
| Converted | 18/47 | 19/51 |
| % Converted | 38% | 37% |
| Conceded | 18 | 14 |
| Saved | 12 | 10 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
The Serbian broke his opponents 18 times with a 38% conversion rate. Djokovic dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Zverev broke his opponents 19 times with a 37% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | ||||||
| R1 Chardy |
R2 Tiafoe |
R3 Fritz |
R4 Raonic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-73 7-62 6-3 | 7-61 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2 | 7-64 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 44 | 50 | 40 | 158 | |
| pts | 91-52 | 145-123 | 157-155 | 130-114 | 523-444 | |
| Total points | 143 | 268 | 312 | 244 | 967 | |
| Winners | 37 | 62 | 79 | 64 | 242 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% | 50% | 49% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 60 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 43/57 | 74/120 | 105/159 | 82/121 | 304/457 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 62% | 66% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 62/74 | 79/105 | 64/82 | 242/304 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 84% | 75% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/14 | 27/46 | 27/54 | 23/39 | 88/153 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 59% | 50% | 59% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/14 | 4/9 | 3/11 | 18/47 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 36% | 44% | 27% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 9/12 | 2/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 75% | 67% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Zverev | ||||||
| R1 Giron |
R2 Cressy |
R3 Mannarino |
R4 Lajovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 7-64 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 43 | 31 | 25 | 32 | 131 | |
| pts | 140-109 | 105-86 | 93-62 | 114-97 | 452-354 | |
| Total points | 249 | 191 | 155 | 211 | 806 | |
| Winners | 67 | 51 | 45 | 53 | 216 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% | 48% | 46% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 16 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 65 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 77/111 | 62/87 | 51/75 | 70/97 | 260/370 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 71% | 68% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 67/77 | 51/62 | 45/51 | 53/70 | 216/260 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 82% | 88% | 76% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 15/25 | 12/24 | 14/27 | 61/110 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 60% | 50% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/10 | 5/12 | 4/14 | 19/51 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | 42% | 29% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/4 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 100% | 33% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Andrey RublevRublev – Feliciano LopezLopez (7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-61 7-65 7-65) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-4 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-5 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikael YmerYmer (6-4 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-67 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (7-61 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-62 5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-76 7-5 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-0 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Rafael NadalNadal (4-12) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexander ZverevZverev (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (2-0) – H2H and prediction
