Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev will clash against each other in the Round Robin of the the Nitto ATP Finals for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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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
Andrey Rublev -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Andrey Rublev
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 the Serbian got to the Round Robin after defeating Casper Ruud 7-64 6-2.
In the previous match, Novak had a good straight sets win against Ruud (7-64 6-2). During the match, Djokovic scored 72 points vs Ruud’s 50. The Serbian was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Djokovic fired 10 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Novak Djokovic lost the serve once. Furthermore, Djokovic put 74% of his first serves in, winning 90% (35/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Ruud 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Djokovic has an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (589-87). 5-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has an overall 74-12 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in at the Australian Open where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-5 6-2 6-2 and in in Belgrade where he defeated 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 and in in Paris where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 4-6 6-3 6-3.
Novak has a compiled 49-6 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nitto ATP Finals
Previously, he won this tournament 4 times in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2015. See his history.
Andrey Rublev
Ranked no. 5 (career-high), Rublev got to the Round Robin after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-4.
In the previous match, Rublev had a good straight sets win against Tsitsipas (6-4 6-4). During the match Rublev scored 72 points vs Tsitsipas’s 63. Rublev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Rublev scored 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Andrey Rublev conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 68% of his first serves in, win 90% (37/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Tsitsipas twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Rotterdam where he beat Marton Fucsovics in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Andrey has a composed 49-20 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nitto ATP Finals
Previously, his best result was reaching the Round Robin in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 |
| Pts | 72-50 | 72-63 |
| Total Points | 122 | 135 |
| Winners | 35 | 37 |
| %Winners | 49% | 51% |
Both Djokovic and Rublev played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Rublev have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Djokovic played 1 game more than Rublev. Novak scored 35 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 37 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 9 |
| 1st in | 39/53 | 41/60 |
| %1st in | 74% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 35/39 | 37/41 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/19 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 32% |
Djokovic fired 10 aces . Rublev made 9 aces . Djokovic won 90% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Rublev won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 32% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 29% |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Serbian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Serbian surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Andrey broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Rublev was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Djokovic | |||
| Round Robin Ruud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-50 | 72-50 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 35/39 | 35/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Rublev | |||
| Round Robin Tsitsipas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-63 | 72-63 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/60 | 41/60 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 37/41 | 37/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Jannik SinnerSinner – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Jamie Murray/Bruno SoaresMurray/Bruno Soares (6-1 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas MahutHerbert/Nicolas Mahut – Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert FarahCabal/Robert Farah (7-61 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Casper RuudRuud (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Ivan Dodig/Filip PolasekDodig/Filip Polasek (4-6 7-610 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-67 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic – Kevin Krawietz/Horia TecauKrawietz/Horia Tecau (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-75 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jannik SinnerSinner (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Casper RuudRuud (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Casper RuudRuud (2-1) – H2H and prediction
