Novak Djokovic downs Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the final in Melbourne on Sunday. This is the 10 time that Novak has won the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event. This is Novak’s 22nd slam title (the 10th Australian Open), equalling Rafael Nadal.
The Serbian added $ 1,350,000 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned $ 2,975,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Australian Open – Melbourne
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:56
After this encounter, the head to head between Djokovic and Tsitsipas is 11-2 for Novak.
This was the 93rd career title for Djokovic. (see list of titles and finals). Tsitsipas remains with 9th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Djokovic grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Novak converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. The Serbian won 10 points more than the Greek (30-20). The Serbian lost 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the court, the Greek conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Djokovic won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Serbian won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Stefanos won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4) and 7th (3-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Greek wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They played 81 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Serbian won only 1 point more than Tsitsipas (41-40). The Serbian surrendered 13 points on serve (28-13). In addition, on the other side, Tsitsipas conceded 13 points on serve (27-13).
Djokovic started the set in the best possible way after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Serbian found the way to come back to break Stefanos in the 2nd (1-1) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Djokovic won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Stefanos won a minibreak in the 8th (3-5) point.
The Serbian won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The Serbian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Tsitsipas converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 75 points. Djokovic won 5 more points than Stefanos (40-35). Djokovic surrendered 7 points on serve (26-7). on the other side of the net, Tsitsipas conceded 14 points on serve (28-14).
