Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will square off in the quarter of the French Open for the 59th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:45 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In the following paragraphs, 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 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.49
Rafael Nadal -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal
This will be the 59th time that Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal face off. The head to head is 30-28 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but Nadal leads 19-8 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2 in the semifinal in at the French Open back in 2021.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal – French Open 11-June-2021
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-8 | 10-4 | 16-3 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 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 Djokovic got to the quarter after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-1 6-0, Alex Molcan 6-2 6-3 7-64, Aljaz Bedene 6-3 6-3 6-2 and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-1 6-3 6-3.
In the 4th round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Schwartzman (6-1 6-3 6-3). During the match, Djokovic scored 98 points vs Schwartzman’s 67. The Serbian was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Djokovic recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Novak Djokovic was very effective on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Serbian broke Schwartzman 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Novak hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 60% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a tremendous win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (536-80). 14-3 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has a composed 142-27 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Rome where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-0 7-6(5).
Novak has a compiled 16-4 win-loss record in 2022, 14-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Rafael Nadal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-7 | 2-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-8 | 23-3 | 10-2 | 1-3 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-5 | 5-2 | 19-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-7 | 13-3 | 9-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, Rafael reached the quarter after beating Jordan Thompson 6-2 6-2 6-2, Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-1 6-4, Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3 6-2 6-4 and Felix Auger Aliassime 3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3.
In the 4th round, Rafael had a tough win against Auger-Aliassime to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match Nadal scored 152 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 135. Nadal was extremely aggressive to blast 60 winners.
About the serving games, Nadal blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rafael Nadal lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nadal put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (60/90) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (29/44) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Auger-Aliassime 6 times after converting 27% of his break points (6/22).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where he defeated Maxime Cressy in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in at the Australian Open where he overcame Daniil Medvedev in the final 2-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 7-5 and in in Acapulco where he defeated Cameron Norrie in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Spaniard has an overall 27-3 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, he won this tournament 13 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Nadal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 12 | 14 |
| Tot Games | 103 | 121 |
| Pts | 395-266 | 423-315 |
| Total Points | 661 | 738 |
| Winners | 179 | 164 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Both Djokovic and Nadal played 4 matches. At the moment, Rafael Nadal lost 2 sets while Novak Djokovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Djokovic has played 2 set(s) less than Nadal (12 vs 14). Therefore, Djokovic played 18 games less than Nadal. Djokovic scored 179 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Rafael scored 164 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Nadal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 31 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 7.8 | 1.8 |
| 1st in | 231/324 | 224/343 |
| %1st in | 71% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 179/231 | 164/224 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 52/93 | 75/119 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 63% |
Djokovic struck 31 aces (7.8 per match). Nadal bagged 7 aces (1.8 per match). Djokovic won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Nadal won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Nadal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 26 |
| Converted | 23/48 | 26/57 |
| % Converted | 48% | 46% |
| Conceded | 17 | 18 |
| Saved | 14 | 9 |
| % Saved | 82% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 9 |
Novak broke his opponents 23 times with a 48% conversion rate. Djokovic lost his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 26 times with a 46% conversion rate. Rafael conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | ||||||
| R1 Nishioka |
R2 Molcan |
R3 Bedene |
R4 Schwartzman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 6-0 | 6-2 6-3 7-64 | 6-3 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 30 | 26 | 25 | 103 | |
| pts | 100-65 | 106-76 | 91-58 | 98-67 | 395-266 | |
| Total points | 165 | 182 | 149 | 165 | 661 | |
| Winners | 44 | 52 | 41 | 42 | 179 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% | 45% | 43% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/86 | 66/89 | 48/66 | 57/83 | 231/324 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 74% | 73% | 69% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 44/60 | 52/66 | 41/48 | 42/57 | 179/231 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 79% | 85% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 14/23 | 13/18 | 14/26 | 52/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 61% | 72% | 54% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | |
| Converted | 8/18 | 4/8 | 5/11 | 6/11 | 23/48 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 45% | 55% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 7/8 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 50% | 100% | 88% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Nadal | ||||||
| R1 Thompson |
R2 Moutet |
R3 Van De Zandschulp |
R4 Auger-Aliassime |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 26 | 27 | 44 | 121 | |
| pts | 90-53 | 84-63 | 97-64 | 152-135 | 423-315 | |
| Total points | 143 | 147 | 161 | 287 | 738 | |
| Winners | 30 | 34 | 40 | 60 | 164 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% | 41% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 47/72 | 46/74 | 90/134 | 224/343 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 62% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 34/47 | 40/46 | 60/90 | 164/224 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 72% | 87% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/22 | 14/25 | 15/28 | 29/44 | 75/119 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 56% | 54% | 66% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/12 | 6/12 | 6/22 | 26/57 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 58% | 50% | 27% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 5/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 33% | 56% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWLLW Tennis Scores – French Open
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- Rohan Bopanna/Matwe MiddelkoopBopanna/Matwe Middelkoop – Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic (6-75 7-63 7-610) – See score progression
- Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek – Alexander Bublik/Thanasi KokkinakisBublik/Thanasi Kokkinakis (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 3-6 6-2 7-611) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Maxime Cressy/Feliciano LopezCressy/Feliciano Lopez (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 6-73 1-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikael YmerYmer (6-2 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Gilles SimonSimon (6-0 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Hugo Nys/Jan ZielinskiNys/Jan Zielinski (7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – David GoffinGoffin (7-5 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 7-5 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-3 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-62 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-63 7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – John IsnerIsner (6-4 3-6 6-4 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Rafael NadalNadal (30-28) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
