Novak Djokovic and Tim Van Rijthoven will play each other in the 4th round of Wimbledon for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:30 pm on Centre Court. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.097
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 8.4
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Tim Van Rijthoven
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Tim Van Rijthoven since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-11 | 21-7 | 9-3 | 4-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-9 | 15-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 3, Djokovic got to the 4th round after defeating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4, Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1 6-4 6-2 and Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0 6-3 6-4.
In the 3rd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (6-0 6-3 6-4). During the match, Djokovic scored 97 points vs Kecmanovic’s 64. The Serbian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic bagged 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was very effective on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Serbian broke Kecmanovic 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Djokovic has an extraordinary win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (539-81). 3-0 on grass in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has an aggregate 58-4 match record in the last years on grass.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Rome where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-0 7-6(5).
Djokovic has an aggregate 19-5 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Tim Van Rijthoven
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-24 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 25-15 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 13-7 | 7-6 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 104 (career-high), Van Rijthoven got to the 4th round after beating Federico Delbonis 7-67 6-1 6-2, Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-78 7-67 7-64 and Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 6-3 6-4.
In the 3rd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-4 6-3 6-4). During the match Van Rijthoven scored 95 points vs Basilashvili’s 75. Van Rijthoven was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Van Rijthoven buried his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Tim Van Rijthoven was quite effective on serve to win 88% (37/42) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Van Rijthoven broke Basilashvili 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Hertogenbosch where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-4 6-1.
Tim has an aggregate 30-13 win-loss record in 2022, 8-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Tim has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 87 | 106 |
| Pts | 304-223 | 344-276 |
| Total Points | 527 | 620 |
| Winners | 126 | 169 |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% |
Both Djokovic and Van Rijthoven played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic dropped 1 set, while Tim Van Rijthoven dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Van Rijthoven have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Djokovic played 19 games less than Van Rijthoven. Djokovic scored 126 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Van Rijthoven recorded 169 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 53 |
| Avg per match | 7.3 | 17.7 |
| 1st in | 148/244 | 188/291 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 126/148 | 169/188 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 54/96 | 60/103 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 58% |
Djokovic scored 22 aces (7.3 per match). Van Rijthoven bagged 53 aces (17.7 per match). Djokovic won 85% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Van Rijthoven won 90% 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 | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 12 |
| Converted | 15/35 | 12/29 |
| % Converted | 43% | 41% |
| Conceded | 11 | 12 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 73% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Serbian broke his opponents 15 times with a 43% conversion rate. Novak dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Tim broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Van Rijthoven conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||
| R1 Kwon |
R2 Kokkinakis |
R3 Kecmanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 6-2 | 6-0 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 37 | 25 | 25 | 87 | |
| pts | 112-94 | 95-65 | 97-64 | 304-223 | |
| Total points | 206 | 160 | 161 | 527 | |
| Winners | 54 | 42 | 30 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 44% | 31% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | 1 | 6 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 63/104 | 51/72 | 34/68 | 148/244 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 71% | 50% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 54/63 | 42/51 | 30/34 | 126/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 82% | 88% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/41 | 13/21 | 21/34 | 54/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 62% | 62% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/13 | 6/14 | 15/35 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 75% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Van Rijthoven | |||||
| R1 Delbonis |
R2 Opelka |
R3 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-78 7-67 7-64 | 6-4 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 49 | 29 | 106 | |
| pts | 92-64 | 157-137 | 95-75 | 344-276 | |
| Total points | 156 | 294 | 170 | 620 | |
| Winners | 48 | 84 | 37 | 169 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 54% | 39% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | 17 | 21 | 53 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 53/77 | 93/139 | 42/75 | 188/291 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 67% | 56% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 48/53 | 84/93 | 37/42 | 169/188 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 90% | 88% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 32/46 | 17/33 | 60/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 70% | 52% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 1/6 | 6/15 | 12/29 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 17% | 40% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/5 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 50% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
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LL Tennis Scores – Wimbledon
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-2 6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Liam BroadyBroady (6-3 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Jack SockSock (6-2 4-6 5-7 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-5 2-6 7-67 6-1) – See score progression
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-0 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Ugo HumbertHumbert (4-6 7-5 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-4 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Oscar OtteOtte (6-3 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – John IsnerIsner (6-4 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexander BublikBublik (3-6 7-61 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-2 6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Liam BroadyBroady (6-3 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Jack SockSock (6-2 4-6 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 6-1 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-5 2-6 7-6(7) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Tommy PaulPaul (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
