Novak Djokovic and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune will face off in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.011
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune -> 18.75

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 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 will start his run at the U.S. Open after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 to Carreno-Busta in the Bro. on the 31st of July.

Djokovic has a compiled 38-5 win-loss record in 2021, 13-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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 beat 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.

Talking about his overall career, Djokovic has an overall 1073-223 record. He has a positive 491-80 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, he won this tournament 3 times in 2011, 2015 and 2018. See his history.

U.S. Open
Djokovic's Record

Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune

Ranked no. 145 (career-high), Holger reached the 1st round after beating Lukas Lacko 6-4 6-4, Mitchell Krueger 6-4 6-1 and Mats Moraing 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Holger defeated Moraing (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Vitus Nodskov Rune scored 87 points vs Moraing’s 86. Holger was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Vitus Nodskov Rune managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune was very effective on serve to win 76% (44/58) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Dane broke Moraing twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Holger started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title in the Biella 7 Challenger where he beat Marco Trungelliti in the final 6-3 5-7 7-6(5) and in the San Marino Challenger where he beat Orlando Luz in the final 1-6 6-2 6-3 and in the Verona Challenger where he defeated Nino Serdarusic in the final 6-4 6-2.

Vitus Nodskov Rune has an overall 55-17 win-loss record in 2021, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

The Dane has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Vitus Nodskov Rune's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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