Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Olympics for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on Centre Court. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.24
Alexander Zverev -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alexander Zverev
This will be the 9th time that Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev square off. The head to head is 6-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 6-7(6) 6-2 6-4 7-6(6) in the quarter in at the Australian Open back in February 2021.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Alexander Zverev – Australian Open 16-February-2021
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic reached the semifinal after beating Hugo Dellien 6-2 6-2, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 6-3, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 6-1 and Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-0.
In the quarter, Novak had a good straight sets win against Nishikori (6-2 6-0). During the match, Djokovic scored 59 points vs Nishikori’s 31. Djokovic was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Novak Djokovic was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (17/20) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Nishikori 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Novak started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 62% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a terrific win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (578-84). 13-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has an aggregate 301-37 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning 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 overcame 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 and in at the Wimbledon where he beat Matteo Berrettini in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-3.
The Serbian has a composed 38-3 win-loss record in 2021, 13-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Olympics
Previously, his best result was reaching the Bro. in 2008 and 2012. See his history.
Alexander Zverev
Ranked no. 5, Zverev reached the semifinal after defeating Yen-Hsun Lu 6-1 6-3, Daniel Elahi Galan 6-2 6-2, Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 7-65 and Jeremy Chardy 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, The German had a good straight sets win against Chardy (6-4 6-1). During the match Zverev and Chardy scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 1 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Zverev wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexander Zverev conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zverev started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Acapulco where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 7-6(3) and in in Madrid where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 6-7(8) 6-4 6-3.
Alexander has an overall 31-11 win-loss record in 2021, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 72 |
| Pts | 250-151 | 195-130 |
| Total Points | 401 | 325 |
| Winners | 95 | 92 |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% |
Both Djokovic and Zverev played 4 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Zverev have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Djokovic played 7 games less than Zverev. Djokovic scored 95 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander bagged 92 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 33 | 32 |
| Avg per match | 8.3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 115/184 | 112/147 |
| %1st in | 63% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 95/115 | 92/112 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 44/63 | 25/34 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 74% |
Djokovic made 33 aces (8.3 per match). Zverev scored 32 aces (8 per match). Djokovic won 83% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 10 |
| Converted | 16/32 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 53% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 80% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Djokovic broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. Novak dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | ||||||
| R1 Dellien |
R2 Struff |
R3 Davidovich Fokina |
1/4 Nishikori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 65 | |
| pts | 61-31 | 63-45 | 67-44 | 59-31 | 250-151 | |
| Total points | 92 | 108 | 111 | 90 | 401 | |
| Winners | 18 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 54% | 39% | 29% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 22/36 | 41/58 | 32/48 | 20/42 | 115/184 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 71% | 67% | 48% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 34/41 | 26/32 | 17/20 | 95/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 83% | 81% | 85% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/14 | 7/16 | 9/15 | 14/18 | 44/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 100% | 44% | 60% | 78% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/3 | 4/9 | 5/10 | 16/32 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 44% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 100% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zverev | ||||||
| R1 Lu |
R2 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R3 Basilashvili |
1/4 Chardy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 7-65 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 72 | |
| pts | 55-33 | 65-41 | 75-56 | – | 195-130 | |
| Total points | 88 | 106 | 131 | 0 | 325 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 44 | 92 | ||
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | 59% | NAN% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 26/42 | 30/39 | 56/66 | / | 112/147 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 77% | 85% | – | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 26/30 | 44/56 | / | 92/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 87% | 79% | – | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 6/8 | 8/10 | / | 25/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 75% | 80% | – | 74% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/12 | 2/2 | / | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 33% | 100% | – | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/ | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 67% | – | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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