
Novak Djokovic and Denis Shapovalov will square off in the semifinal of Wimbledon for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.137
Denis Shapovalov -> 7.1
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Denis Shapovalov
This will be the 7th time that Novak Djokovic and Denis Shapovalov face off. The head to head is 6-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 7-5 7-5 in the R in Atp cup back in February 2021.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Denis Shapovalov – Atp cup 02-February-2021
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Novak got to the semifinal after defeating Jack Draper 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2, Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-3 6-3, Denis Kudla 6-4 6-3 7-67, Cristian Garin 6-2 6-4 6-2 and Marton Fucsovics 6-3 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Fucsovics (6-3 6-4 6-4). During the match, Djokovic scored 108 points vs Fucsovics’s 86. Djokovic was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Djokovic scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Novak Djokovic lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 66% of his first serves in, winning 82% (50/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Fucsovics 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (572-84). 5-0 on grass in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has an aggregate 62-7 record in the last years on grass.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in at the Australian Open where he overcame 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 and in at the French Open where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-7(6) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.
Novak has an overall 32-3 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Previously, he won this tournament 5 times in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. See his history.
Denis Shapovalov
Ranked no. 12, Shapovalov got to the semifinal after beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4, Pablo Andujar w/o, Andy Murray 6-4 6-2 6-2, Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1 6-3 7-5 and Karen Khachanov 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter, Denis had a tough win against Khachanov to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 3-6 5-7 6-1 6-4). During the match Shapovalov scored 159 points vs Khachanov’s 134. Denis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 71 winners.
About the serving games, Shapovalov struck 17 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Denis Shapovalov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Shapovalov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 86% (71/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (24/48) on the 2nd serve. Denis broke Khachanov 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Canadian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Geneva.
Shapovalov has an overall 22-13 win-loss record in 2021, 8-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Djokovic | Shapovalov |
---|---|---|
Match played | 5 | 4 |
Tot Set | 16 | 16 |
Tot Games | 147 | 153 |
Pts | 510-360 | 520-438 |
Total Points | 870 | 958 |
Winners | 224 | 221 |
%Winners | 44% | 43% |
Djokovic played 5 matches while Shapovalov competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic conceded 1 set, while Denis Shapovalov surrendered 4 sets. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Shapovalov have played the same amount of sets 16. However, Djokovic played 6 games less than Shapovalov. The Serbian scored 224 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Shapovalov scored 221 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Djokovic | Shapovalov |
---|---|---|
Aces | 55 | 59 |
Avg per match | 11 | 14.8 |
1st in | 259/405 | 281/485 |
%1st in | 64% | 58% |
1st pts | 224/259 | 221/281 |
%1st pts | 86% | 79% |
2nd pts | 83/146 | 103/204 |
%2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Djokovic blasted 55 aces (11 per match). Shapovalov struck 59 aces (14.8 per match). Djokovic won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Shapovalov won 79% 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 | Shapovalov |
---|---|---|
Won | 23 | 22 |
Converted | 23/59 | 22/55 |
% Converted | 39% | 40% |
Conceded | 15 | 42 |
Saved | 11 | 33 |
% Saved | 73% | 79% |
Times Broken | 4 | 9 |
Novak broke his opponents 23 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Serbian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Shapovalov broke his opponents 22 times with a 40% conversion rate. Shapovalov conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
Djokovic | |||||||
R1 Draper |
R2 Anderson |
R3 Kudla |
R4 Garin |
1/4 Fucsovics |
Total | ||
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Score | 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 7-67 | 6-2 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
Tot Games | 33 | 27 | 32 | 26 | 29 | 147 | |
pts | 113-74 | 91-58 | 103-85 | 95-57 | 108-86 | 510-360 | |
Total points | 187 | 149 | 188 | 152 | 194 | 870 | |
Winners | 55 | 39 | 44 | 36 | 50 | 224 | |
%Winners | 49% | 43% | 43% | 38% | 46% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||||||
Aces | 25 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 55 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
1st in | 63/81 | 46/72 | 50/92 | 39/67 | 61/93 | 259/405 | |
% 1st in | 78% | 64% | 54% | 58% | 66% | 64% | |
1st pts | 55/63 | 39/46 | 44/50 | 36/39 | 50/61 | 224/259 | |
% 1st pts | 87% | 85% | 88% | 92% | 82% | 86% | |
2nd pts | 12/18 | 18/26 | 21/42 | 18/28 | 14/32 | 83/146 | |
% 2nd pts | 67% | 69% | 50% | 64% | 44% | 57% | |
Breaks | |||||||
Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | |
Converted | 6/15 | 4/8 | 4/10 | 5/12 | 4/14 | 23/59 | |
Converted % | 40% | 50% | 40% | 42% | 29% | 39% | |
Conceded | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 5/6 | 11 | |
Saved % | 67% | – | 50% | 100% | 83% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Shapovalov | |||||||
R1 Kohlschreiber |
R2 Andujar |
R3 Murray |
R4 Bautista-Agut |
1/4 Khachanov |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 | w/o | 6-4 6-2 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-1 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 5 | – | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |
Tot Games | 51 | – | 26 | 28 | 48 | 153 | |
pts | 156-155 | – | 98-73 | 107-76 | 159-134 | 520-438 | |
Total points | 311 | – | 171 | 183 | 293 | 958 | |
Winners | 70 | – | 35 | 45 | 71 | 221 | |
%Winners | 45% | – | 36% | 42% | 45% | 43% | |
SERVE | |||||||
Aces | 14 | – | 13 | 15 | 17 | 59 | |
Double Faults | 16 | – | 3 | 8 | 10 | 37 | |
1st in | 91/164 | – | 49/91 | 58/99 | 83/131 | 281/485 | |
% 1st in | 55% | – | 54% | 59% | 63% | 58% | |
1st pts | 70/91 | – | 35/49 | 45/58 | 71/83 | 221/281 | |
% 1st pts | 77% | – | 71% | 78% | 86% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 37/73 | – | 24/42 | 18/41 | 24/48 | 103/204 | |
% 2nd pts | 51% | – | 57% | 44% | 50% | 50% | |
Breaks | |||||||
Won | 4 | – | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | |
Converted | 4/12 | – | 6/11 | 7/13 | 5/19 | 22/55 | |
Converted % | 33% | – | 55% | 54% | 26% | 40% | |
Conceded | 13 | – | 9 | 12 | 8 | 42 | |
Saved | 10/13 | – | 8/9 | 10/12 | 5/8 | 33 | |
Saved % | 77% | – | 89% | 83% | 63% | 62% | |
Times Broken | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
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