Novak Djokovic and Pablo Cuevas will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on Court Suzanne LENGLEN. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.027
Pablo Cuevas -> 14.5
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Pablo Cuevas
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Pablo Cuevas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Novak got to the 2nd round after defeating Tennys Sandgren 6-2 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Sandgren (6-2 6-4 6-2). During the match, Djokovic scored 99 points vs Sandgren’s 68. Novak was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Novak Djokovic was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (42/49) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak broke Sandgren 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Djokovic has a remarkable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (561-84). 12-3 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has an aggregate 138-28 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in at the Australian Open where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-5 6-2 6-2 and in in Belgrade where he beat Alex Molcan in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Serbian has an aggregate 21-3 win-loss record in 2021, 12-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2016. See his history.
Pablo Cuevas
Ranked no. 92, Cuevas reached the 2nd round after beating Lucas Pouille 6-3 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Uruguayan had a good straight sets win against Pouille (6-3 6-1 6-3). During the match Cuevas scored 101 points vs Pouille’s 65. Cuevas was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Cuevas recorded 10 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pablo Cuevas lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cuevas put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 77% (17/22) on the 2nd serve. Pablo broke Pouille 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Pablo’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Geneva.
Pablo has an overall 11-7 win-loss record in 2021, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 25 |
| Pts | 99-68 | 101-65 |
| Total Points | 167 | 166 |
| Winners | 42 | 37 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Djokovic and Cuevas played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Cuevas have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Djokovic played 1 game more than Cuevas. Djokovic scored 42 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Uruguayan struck 37 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 10 |
| 1st in | 49/73 | 53/75 |
| %1st in | 67% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 42/49 | 37/53 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 17/22 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 77% |
Djokovic fired 4 aces . Cuevas bagged 10 aces . Djokovic won 86% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Cuevas won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 45% | 38% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Novak broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Novak had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. Pablo broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Pablo conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||
| R1 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 99-68 | 99-68 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/73 | 49/73 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 42/49 | 42/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cuevas | |||
| R1 Pouille |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 101-65 | 101-65 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/75 | 53/75 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 37/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/22 | 17/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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