Novak Djokovic and Tallon Griekspoor will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.002
Tallon Griekspoor -> 23

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Tallon Griekspoor since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Novak Djokovic

Currently world no. 1 Djokovic got to the 2nd round after defeating Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-1 6-75 6-2 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Serbian defeated Vitus Nodskov Rune (6-1 6-75 6-2 6-1). During the match, Djokovic scored 111 points vs Vitus Nodskov Rune’s 79. Djokovic was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Regarding the service games, Djokovic fired 17 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Novak Djokovic lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 64% of his first serves in, winning 85% (53/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Vitus Nodskov Rune 8 times after converting 57% of his break points (8/14).

Djokovic has a superlative match record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (579-86). 14-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has an overall 302-39 record in the last years on hard.

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 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.

Novak has an aggregate 39-5 win-loss record in 2021, 14-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Tallon Griekspoor

Ranked no. 121, Griekspoor got to the 2nd round after defeating Jan-Lennard Struff 2-6 7-63 4-6 6-4 7-5.

In the 1st round, Griekspoor had a tough win against Struff to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (2-6 7-63 4-6 6-4 7-5). During the match Griekspoor scored 172 points vs Struff’s 169. Tallon was exceptionally aggressive to blast 92 winners.

Talking about serving, Griekspoor submerged his opponent with 30 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor lost the serve 4 times and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Griekspoor put 68% of his first serves in, winning 75% (92/122) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (27/58) on the 2nd serve. Tallon broke Struff 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in the Prague Challenger where he defeated Oscar Otte in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4 and in the Bratislava Challenger where he overcame Sebastian Baez in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in the Amersfoort Challenger where he defeated Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 6-1 3-6 6-1.

The Dutch has a compiled 33-16 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See his history.

U.S. Open
Griekspoor's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Djokovic
T.Griekspoor
2h:15
2h:15
Time on court​
!
3h:38
3h:38
!
2h:15
2h:15
Last match​
!
3h:38
3h:38
1
1
Match played
1
1
35
35
Games Played​
53
53
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
111
111
Total points​
172
172
111
111
Avg point​
172
172
53
53
Winners
92
92
53
53
Avg Winners​
92
92
48%
48%
Ratio winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
30
30
!
17
17
Avg Aces
!
30
30
7
7
Double Faults
7
7
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
53/62
53/62
1st won total​
92/122
92/122
!
85%
85%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
17/35
17/35
2nd won total​
27/58
27/58
49%
49%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
8/14
8/14
BP won
3/7
3/7
8/14
8/14
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
!
57%
57%
Won
43%
43%
3
3
Conceded
19
19
3
3
Avg Conceded
19
19
2
2
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
4
4
1
1
Saved
15
15
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Djokovic Griekspoor
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 35 53
Pts 111-79 172-169
Total Points 190 341
Winners 53 92
%Winners 48% 53%

Both Djokovic and Griekspoor played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic lost 1 set, while Tallon Griekspoor surrendered 2 sets. Djokovic has played 1 set(s) less than Griekspoor (4 vs 5). Therefore, Djokovic played 18 games less than Griekspoor. The Serbian scored 53 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Tallon bagged 92 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Serve Djokovic Griekspoor
Aces 17 30
Avg per match 17 30
1st in 62/97 122/180
%1st in 64% 68%
1st pts 53/62 92/122
%1st pts 85% 75%
2nd pts 17/35 27/58
%2nd pts 49% 47%

Djokovic bagged 17 aces . Griekspoor fired 30 aces . Djokovic won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Griekspoor won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Djokovic Griekspoor
Won 8 3
Converted 8/14 3/7
% Converted 57% 43%
Conceded 3 19
Saved 1 15
% Saved 33% 79%
Times Broken 2 4

The Serbian broke his opponent 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Serbian lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Tallon broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
R1
Vitus Nodskov Rune		 Total
Score 6-1 6-75 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 35 35
pts 111-79 111-79
Total points 190 190
Winners 53 53
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 17 17
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 62/97 62/97
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 53/62 53/62
% 1st pts 85% 85%
2nd pts 17/35 17/35
% 2nd pts 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/14 8/14
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2
Griekspoor
R1
Struff		 Total
Score 2-6 7-63 4-6 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 53 53
pts 172-169 172-169
Total points 341 341
Winners 92 92
%Winners 53% 53%
SERVE
Aces 30 30
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 122/180 122/180
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 92/122 92/122
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 27/58 27/58
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 19 19
Saved 15/19 15
Saved % 79% 79%
Times Broken 4 4

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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