Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas will fight against each other in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 7th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11 am on Center Court. 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 -> 1.76
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
This will be the 7th time that Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas face off. The head to head is 4-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-2 5-7 4-6 6-1 in the semifinal in at the French Open back in 2020.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Stefanos Tsitsipas – French Open 09-October-2020
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 the Serbian got to the quarter after defeating Taylor Harry Fritz 6-3 7-65 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2 6-1.
In the 3rd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (6-2 6-1). During the match Djokovic scored 64 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 40. Djokovic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Novak Djokovic lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Davidovich Fokina 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a superlative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (554-83). 5-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a 131-27 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in at the Australian Open where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-5 6-2 6-2.
Djokovic has a 14-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 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.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 5 (career high), Stefanos reached the quarter after beating Marin Cilic 7-5 6-2 and Matteo Berrettini 7-63 6-2.
In the 3rd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Berrettini (7-63 6-2). During the match Tsitsipas scored 67 points vs Berrettini’s 56. Tsitsipas was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Tsitsipas struck 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Stefanos Tsitsipas was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 71% (20/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tsitsipas broke Berrettini twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tsitsipas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in in Carlo where he beat Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 6-3.
Stefanos has a 29-7 win-loss record in 2021, 12-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 41 |
| Pts | 140-105 | 141-112 |
| Total Points | 245 | 253 |
| Winners | 57 | 59 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Both Djokovic and Tsitsipas played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Tsitsipas have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Djokovic played 4 games less than Tsitsipas. Djokovic scored 57 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Stefanos recorded 59 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 78/127 | 71/118 |
| %1st in | 61% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 57/78 | 59/71 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 25/49 | 32/47 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 68% |
Djokovic made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Tsitsipas scored 6 aces (3 per match). Djokovic won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Tsitsipas won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 73% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Novak broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Djokovic surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Tsitsipas broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Tsitsipas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Djokovic | ||||
| R2 Fritz |
R3 Davidovich Fokina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 15 | 37 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 64-40 | 140-105 | |
| Total points | 141 | 104 | 245 | |
| Winners | 34 | 23 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/77 | 33/50 | 78/127 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 66% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 23/33 | 57/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 11/17 | 25/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 65% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/10 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tsitsipas | ||||
| R2 Cilic |
R3 Berrettini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 41 | |
| pts | 74-56 | 67-56 | 141-112 | |
| Total points | 130 | 123 | 253 | |
| Winners | 33 | 26 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/59 | 31/59 | 71/118 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 53% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 26/31 | 59/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 84% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 20/28 | 32/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 71% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/7 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (7-5 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic – Adrian Mannarino/Benoit PaireMannarino/Benoit Paire (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rafael NadalNadal – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Andrey RublevRublev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
