Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev will fight against each other in the final of the Serbia Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.42
Andrey Rublev -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Andrey Rublev
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-2 in the R in Nitto atp finals back in 2021.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Andrey Rublev – Nitto atp finals 17-November-2021
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-5 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-5 | 26-1 | 11-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Novak reached the final after defeating Laslo Djere 2-6 7-66 7-64, Miomir Kecmanovic 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Karen Khachanov 4-6 6-1 6-2.
In the semifinal against Khachanov, Novak recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Djokovic scored 80 points vs Khachanov’s 65. Djokovic was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Serbian broke Khachanov 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Djokovic has lost 3 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a remarkable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (525-78). 3-1 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has a compiled 131-25 match record in the last years on clay.
The Serbian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Belgrade.
The Serbian has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
Andrey Rublev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-9 | 13-5 | 7-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-26 | 23-12 | 19-5 | 6-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-20 | 19-7 | 14-6 | 18-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 25-10 | 9-5 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-10 | 17-4 | 10-2 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8, the Russian got to the final after defeating Jiri Lehecka 4-6 7-61 6-2, Taro Daniel 6-3 6-3 and Fabio Fognini 6-2 6-2.
In the semifinal, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Fognini (6-2 6-2). During the match Rublev scored 59 points vs Fognini’s 32. Andrey was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Rublev fired 5 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Andrey Rublev was quite effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Fognini 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rublev has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Marseille where he overcame Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 7-5 7-6(4) and in in Dubai where he beat Jiri Vesely in the final 6-3 6-4.
Andrey has a composed 22-5 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
Rublev has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 87 | 65 |
| Pts | 312-282 | 228-165 |
| Total Points | 594 | 393 |
| Winners | 122 | 88 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Djokovic and Rublev played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic lost 3 sets, while Andrey Rublev dropped 1 set. Djokovic has played 2 sets more than Rublev (9 vs 7). Therefore, Djokovic played 22 games more than Rublev. Novak scored 122 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Rublev struck 88 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 170/284 | 110/186 |
| %1st in | 60% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 122/170 | 88/110 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 64/114 | 51/76 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 67% |
Djokovic bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Rublev managed to score 15 aces (5 per match). Djokovic won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Rublev won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/29 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 34% | 45% |
| Conceded | 22 | 8 |
| Saved | 15 | 7 |
| % Saved | 68% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 |
Novak broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Djokovic lost his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Rublev broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Rublev conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||
| R2 Djere |
1/4 Kecmanovic |
1/2 Khachanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-66 7-64 | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 28 | 25 | 87 | |
| pts | 132-135 | 100-82 | 80-65 | 312-282 | |
| Total points | 267 | 182 | 145 | 594 | |
| Winners | 49 | 40 | 33 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 67/119 | 59/89 | 44/76 | 170/284 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 66% | 58% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 49/67 | 40/59 | 33/44 | 122/170 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 68% | 75% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/52 | 19/30 | 20/32 | 64/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 63% | 63% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/14 | 4/8 | 4/7 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 50% | 57% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 8 | 2 | 22 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 6/8 | 1/2 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Rublev | |||||
| R2 Lehecka |
1/4 Daniel |
1/2 Fognini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-61 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 18 | 16 | 65 | |
| pts | 104-91 | 65-42 | 59-32 | 228-165 | |
| Total points | 195 | 107 | 91 | 393 | |
| Winners | 41 | 26 | 21 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 50/94 | 33/47 | 27/45 | 110/186 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 70% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 41/50 | 26/33 | 21/27 | 88/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 79% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 11/14 | 15/18 | 51/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 79% | 83% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/7 | 4/8 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 43% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 100% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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