Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev will clash against each other in the quarter of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:30 pm on Rod Laver Arena. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.25
Andrey Rublev -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Andrey Rublev
This will be the 4th time that Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Djokovic won 6-4 6-1 in the R in Nitto atp finals back in 2022.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Andrey Rublev – Nitto atp finals 16-November-2022
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-6 | 8-3 | 10-3 | 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 |
Ranked no. 5, Djokovic reached the quarter after defeating Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 6-4 6-0, Enzo Couacaud 6-1 6-75 6-2 6-0, Grigor Dimitrov 7-67 6-3 6-4 and Alex De Minaur 6-2 6-1 6-2.
In the 4th round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against De Minaur (6-2 6-1 6-2). During the match, Djokovic scored 91 points vs De Minaur’s 59. The Serbian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Novak Djokovic was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Djokovic broke De Minaur 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Novak has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a remarkable match record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (497-74). 9-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has an overall 234-32 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Adelaide where he defeated Sebastian Korda in the final 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-4.
Novak has an overall 9-0 win-loss record in 2023, 9-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Andrey Rublev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-10 | 13-5 | 9-4 | 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. 6, Rublev got to the quarter after beating Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-4 6-2, Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 6-4 6-72 6-3, Daniel Evans 6-4 6-2 6-3 and Holger Rune 6-3 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-69.
In the 4th round, Rublev had a tough win against Rune to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-3 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-69). During the match Rublev scored 168 points vs Rune’s 158. Andrey was exceptionally aggressive to blast 77 winners.
Talking about serving, Rublev overpowered his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Andrey Rublev lost the serve 5 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Rublev put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (77/105) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (27/57) on the 2nd serve. Andrey broke Rune 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rublev has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Rublev has a compiled 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 13 | 15 |
| Tot Games | 114 | 144 |
| Pts | 452-320 | 507-433 |
| Total Points | 772 | 940 |
| Winners | 186 | 238 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Both Djokovic and Rublev played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic conceded 1 set, while Andrey Rublev lost 3 sets. Djokovic has played 2 set(s) less than Rublev (13 vs 15). Therefore, Djokovic played 30 games less than Rublev. Novak scored 186 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Andrey bagged 238 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 33 | 55 |
| Avg per match | 8.3 | 13.8 |
| 1st in | 234/356 | 309/469 |
| %1st in | 66% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 186/234 | 238/309 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 69/122 | 81/160 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 51% |
Djokovic scored 33 aces (8.3 per match). Rublev made 55 aces (13.8 per match). Djokovic won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Rublev won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Rublev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 18 |
| Converted | 23/54 | 18/58 |
| % Converted | 43% | 31% |
| Conceded | 12 | 32 |
| Saved | 9 | 26 |
| % Saved | 75% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Djokovic broke his opponents 23 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Andrey broke his opponents 18 times with a 31% conversion rate. Andrey conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | ||||||||||
| R1 Carballes Baena |
R1 Carballes Baena |
R2 Couacaud |
R2 Couacaud |
R3 Dimitrov |
R3 Dimitrov |
R4 De Minaur |
R4 De Minaur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 6-4 6-0 | 6-1 6-75 6-2 6-0 | 6-1 6-75 6-2 6-0 | 7-67 6-3 6-4 | 7-67 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 228 | |
| pts | 93-55 | 93-55 | 145-101 | 145-101 | 123-105 | 123-105 | 91-59 | 91-59 | 904-640 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | 246 | 246 | 228 | 228 | 150 | 150 | 1544 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | 54 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 33 | 33 | 372 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 37% | 37% | 49% | 49% | 36% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 66 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 24 | |
| 1st in | 45/70 | 45/70 | 64/106 | 64/106 | 81/112 | 81/112 | 44/68 | 44/68 | 468/712 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | 60% | 60% | 72% | 72% | 65% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 39/45 | 39/45 | 54/64 | 54/64 | 60/81 | 60/81 | 33/44 | 33/44 | 372/468 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | 84% | 84% | 74% | 74% | 75% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | 24/42 | 24/42 | 13/31 | 13/31 | 16/24 | 16/24 | 138/244 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | 57% | 57% | 42% | 42% | 67% | 67% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 46 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | 7/21 | 7/21 | 5/12 | 5/12 | 6/12 | 6/12 | 46/108 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | 33% | 33% | 42% | 42% | 50% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 5/8 | 5/8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 63% | 63% | – | – | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Rublev | ||||||||||
| R1 Thiem |
R2 Ruusuvuori |
R3 Evans |
R4 Rune |
Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 6-72 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-69 | ||||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |||||
| Tot Games | 27 | 40 | 27 | 50 | 144 | |||||
| pts | 98-78 | 139-121 | 102-76 | 168-158 | 507-433 | |||||
| Total points | 176 | 260 | 178 | 326 | 940 | |||||
| Winners | 48 | 72 | 41 | 77 | 238 | |||||
| %Winners | 49% | 52% | 40% | 46% | 47% | |||||
| SERVE | ||||||||||
| Aces | 7 | 16 | 10 | 22 | 55 | |||||
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |||||
| 1st in | 59/88 | 94/138 | 51/81 | 105/162 | 309/469 | |||||
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 63% | 65% | 66% | |||||
| 1st pts | 48/59 | 72/94 | 41/51 | 77/105 | 238/309 | |||||
| % 1st pts | 81% | 77% | 80% | 73% | 77% | |||||
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 21/44 | 20/30 | 27/57 | 81/160 | |||||
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 48% | 67% | 47% | 51% | |||||
| Breaks | ||||||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | |||||
| Converted | 4/16 | 5/14 | 4/15 | 5/13 | 18/58 | |||||
| Converted % | 25% | 36% | 27% | 38% | 31% | |||||
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 32 | |||||
| Saved | 2/2 | 8/9 | 4/4 | 12/17 | 26 | |||||
| Saved % | 100% | 89% | 100% | 71% | 45% | |||||
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |||||
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