Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz are most probably the strongest tennis players in the world right now. The 19-year-old ended the season in the top spot of the rankings. After a very complicated year, Novak finished the season only ranked number 5. However, he would be number 2 if his Wimbledon points were awarded.

Head-to-head vs top 20 players

An interesting statistic on Twitter shows that Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz had the best head-to-head record against fellow top 20 players. Both Novak and Carlito won 20 matches, but the Serbian legend lost only on 5 occasions while the Spaniard lost 9 times. It is also important to remember that Alcaraz played more tournaments than Djokovic and his performance improved dramatically in the second part of the year.

Year-end ATP Top 20 players vs each other in 2022 pic.twitter.com/bkrLwPtJpH

— Oleg S. (@AnnaK_4ever) November 25, 2022

Novak Djokovic in 2022

Novak Djokovic

37 - 9win/loss

Hard

15-5

I Hard

1-0

Clay

16-3

Grass

5-1

Rank
5

High
1

37 year old

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2024 Highlights

W

Paris

F

WimbledonShanghai

SF

Australian OpenMonte-CarloGeneva

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Ranked world no.5, Novak played his last match on the 20^th of November when he beat world no.3 Casper Ruud 7-5 6-3 in the final in the Nitto ATP Finals to win his 91^st career title.

Currently, during this year Djokovic achieved an overall 42-7 win-loss record. The Serbian conquered 5 titles in 2022 in Rome, Wimbledon, Tel Aviv, Astana and the Nitto ATP Finals. The Serbian was the finalist in Belgrade and Paris.

the Nitto ATP Finals

Djokovic's Record

Carlos Alcaraz in 2022

Carlos Alcaraz

52 - 11win/loss

Hard

22-5

I Hard

5-1

Clay

17-4

Grass

8-1

Rank
3

High
1

21 year old

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2024 Highlights

W

Indian WellsFrench OpenWimbledonBeijing

F

Paris

SF

Buenos Aires

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Currently the world no.1, Alcaraz played his last match on the 4^th of November when he had to retire when playing against world no.11 Holger Rune in the quarter and the scoreline was 6-3 6-6 .

Until now, during this year Alcaraz has managed to achieve a compiled 57-13 record. The Spaniard clinched 5 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Barcelona, Madrid and U.S. Open. The Spaniard was the runner-up in Hamburg and Umag.

Paris

Alcaraz's Record

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz faced off just on 1 occasion. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz. When they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) on the 7^th of May 2022.

In the following video you can watch the highlights.