Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev will square off in the semifinal of the Nitto ATP Finals for the 11th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 9:00 pm on Center Court. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.363
Alexander Zverev -> 3.36
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alexander Zverev
This will be the 11th time that Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev fight against each other. The head to head is 7-3 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 4-6 6-2 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the semifinal in at the U.S. Open back in September 2021.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Alexander Zverev – U.S. Open 10-September-2021
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Novak reached the semifinal after defeating Casper Ruud 7-64 6-2, Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-2 and Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-1.
In the previous match, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Norrie (6-2 6-1). During the match, Djokovic and Norrie 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 the service games, Djokovic was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Novak Djokovic 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
Novak started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (591-87). 7-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has an aggregate 76-12 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current 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 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 and in at the Wimbledon where he defeated 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 an aggregate 51-6 win-loss record in 2021, 7-0 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.
Alexander Zverev
Ranked no. 3 (career-high), the German reached the semifinal after beating Matteo Berrettini 7-67 1-0 ret. and Hubert Hurkacz 6-2 6-4.
In the previous match, The German had a good straight sets win against Hurkacz (6-2 6-4). During the match Zverev scored 61 points vs Hurkacz’s 41. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Zverev managed to score 11 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexander Zverev conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 77% of his first serves in, win 86% (32/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Hurkacz 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
His best result of the current 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 and in in Tokyo where he overcame Karen Khachanov in the final 6-3 6-1 and in in Cincinnati where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-3 and in in Vienna where he overcame Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-5 6-4.
The German has a compiled 57-15 win-loss record in 2021, 11-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nitto ATP Finals
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 32 |
| Pts | 132-90 | 127-98 |
| Total Points | 222 | 225 |
| Winners | 62 | 60 |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% |
Djokovic played 3 matches while Zverev competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Djokovic has played 1 set more than Zverev (6 vs 5). Therefore, Djokovic played 21 games more than Zverev. The Serbian scored 62 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander recorded 60 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 70/101 | 76/102 |
| %1st in | 69% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 62/70 | 60/76 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 15/26 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 58% |
Djokovic recorded 24 aces (8 per match). Zverev fired 21 aces (10.5 per match). Djokovic won 89% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 64% | 25% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Novak broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Serbian lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Zverev broke his opponents 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The German was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Djokovic | |||||
| Round Robin Norrie |
Round Robin Rublev |
Round Robin Ruud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 21 | 53 | |
| pts | – | 60-40 | 72-50 | 132-90 | |
| Total points | 0 | 100 | 122 | 222 | |
| Winners | 27 | 35 | 62 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | 45% | 49% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 14 | 10 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1st in | / | 31/48 | 39/53 | 70/101 | |
| % 1st in | – | 65% | 74% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | / | 27/31 | 35/39 | 62/70 | |
| % 1st pts | – | 87% | 90% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 7/17 | 6/14 | 13/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | 41% | 43% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Converted | / | 4/6 | 3/5 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | – | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Zverev | |||||
| Round Robin Hurkacz |
Round Robin Medvedev |
Round Robin Berrettini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-73 7-66 | 7-67 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 35 | 14 | 67 | |
| pts | 61-41 | – | 66-57 | 127-98 | |
| Total points | 102 | 0 | 123 | 225 | |
| Winners | 32 | 28 | 60 | ||
| %Winners | 52% | NAN% | 42% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 0 | 10 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 37/48 | / | 39/54 | 76/102 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | – | 72% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 32/37 | / | 28/39 | 60/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | – | 72% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | / | 10/15 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | – | 67% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Converted | 3/7 | / | 0/5 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 43% | – | 0% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/ | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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