Novak Djokovic and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will square off in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on Center Court. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.21
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 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 3rd round after beating Taylor Harry Fritz 6-3 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Fritz (6-3 7-65). During the match Djokovic scored 76 points vs Fritz’s 65. Djokovic was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Novak Djokovic lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 58% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Fritz 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Djokovic has an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (553-83). 4-2 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a 130-27 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in at the Australian Open where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-5 6-2 6-2.
Novak has a 13-2 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, he won this tournament 5 times in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2020. See his history.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Ranked no. 48 (career high), the Spaniard got to the 3rd round after defeating Flavio Cobolli 6-2 2-0 ret., Corentin Moutet 6-4 7-65, Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 7-62 and Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Alejandro had a good straight sets win against Norrie (6-2 6-3). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 64 points vs Norrie’s 46. Davidovich Fokina was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Davidovich Fokina couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Davidovich Fokina put 73% of his first serves in, winning 75% (30/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Alejandro broke Norrie 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Alejandro’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Estoril.
The Spaniard has a 18-11 win-loss record in 2021, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 73 |
| Pts | 76-65 | 261-207 |
| Total Points | 141 | 468 |
| Winners | 34 | 122 |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% |
Djokovic played 1 match while Davidovich Fokina competed in 4 matches. Davidovich Fokina started his run from the qualifications while Djokovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Djokovic has played 7 set(s) less than Davidovich Fokina (2 vs 9). Therefore, Djokovic played 51 games less than Davidovich Fokina. Novak scored 34 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Davidovich Fokina made 122 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 45/77 | 156/228 |
| %1st in | 58% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 122/156 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 36/72 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 50% |
Djokovic bagged 3 aces . Davidovich Fokina struck 5 aces (1.3 per match). Djokovic won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 11 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 11/29 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 71% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Serbian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Djokovic conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||
| R2 Fritz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 76-65 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/77 | 45/77 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 14/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Davidovich Fokina | ||||||
| Q1 Cobolli |
Q3 Moutet |
R1 Dimitrov |
R2 Norrie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-0 ret. | 6-4 7-65 | 6-4 7-62 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 73 | |
| pts | 40-21 | 81-71 | 76-69 | 64-46 | 261-207 | |
| Total points | 61 | 152 | 145 | 110 | 468 | |
| Winners | 14 | 36 | 42 | 30 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% | 55% | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 18/27 | 46/70 | 52/76 | 40/55 | 156/228 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 66% | 68% | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 14/18 | 36/46 | 42/52 | 30/40 | 122/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | 81% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/9 | 12/24 | 9/24 | 7/15 | 36/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 89% | 50% | 38% | 47% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/10 | 2/3 | 4/11 | 11/29 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 20% | 67% | 36% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 5/6 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 83% | 50% | 183% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWLLLW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-77 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Marin CilicCilic (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (3-6 7-65 6-0) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Hugo DellienDellien (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jannik SinnerSinner (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Gianluca MagerMager (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Christian GarinGarin (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (w/o) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jannik SinnerSinner (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrey RublevRublev (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Kei NishikoriNishikori (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Rafael NadalNadal (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
