Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev will face off in the semifinal of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 14th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.44
Daniil Medvedev -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
This will be the 14th time that Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev play each other. The head to head is 9-4 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-2 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Adelaide back in January 2023.
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 41-5 | 26-1 | 11-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic reached the semifinal after defeating Tomas Machac 6-3 3-6 7-61, Tallon Griekspoor 6-2 6-3 and Hubert Hurkacz 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter, Novak had a good straight sets win against Hurkacz (6-3 7-5). During the match, Djokovic scored 61 points vs Hurkacz’s 51. The Serbian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Djokovic scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Novak Djokovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak broke Hurkacz twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Djokovic has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a fantastic match record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (503-74). 15-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has a composed 240-32 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Adelaide where he beat Sebastian Korda in the final 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-4 and at the Australian Open where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5).
Djokovic has an overall 15-0 win-loss record in 2023, 15-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Daniil Medvedev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-21 | 28-9 | 11-5 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-18 | 38-8 | 10-3 | 11-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-19 | 26-8 | 3-2 | 8-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-13 | 33-5 | 5-3 | 18-3 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-10 | 14-4 | 0-2 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, Daniil reached the semifinal after beating Matteo Arnaldi 6-4 6-2, Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-2 and Borna Coric 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Medvedev had a good straight sets win against Coric (6-3 6-2). During the match Medvedev scored 60 points vs Coric’s 34. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Medvedev bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Daniil Medvedev was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Medvedev broke Coric 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Medvedev hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Rotterdam where he defeated Jannik Sinner in the final 5-7 6-2 6-2 and in Doha where he beat Andy Murray in the final 6-4 6-4.
Medvedev has a composed 17-2 win-loss record in 2023, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Medvedev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 53 |
| Pts | 238-191 | 191-124 |
| Total Points | 429 | 315 |
| Winners | 92 | 78 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Djokovic and Medvedev played 3 matches. At the moment, Novak Djokovic conceded 1 set while Daniil Medvedev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set more than Medvedev (7 vs 6). Therefore, Djokovic played 16 games more than Medvedev. The Serbian scored 92 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Daniil struck 78 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Medvedev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5 |
| 1st in | 118/198 | 93/146 |
| %1st in | 60% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 92/118 | 78/93 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 51/80 | 32/53 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 60% |
Djokovic recorded 24 aces (8 per match). Medvedev scored 15 aces (5 per match). Djokovic won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Medvedev won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Medvedev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/30 | 11/16 |
| % Converted | 30% | 69% |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 64% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Djokovic broke his opponents 9 times with a 30% conversion rate. Djokovic dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Daniil broke his opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||
| R1 Machac |
R2 Griekspoor |
1/4 Hurkacz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-61 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 | 21 | 69 | |
| pts | 104-90 | 73-50 | 61-51 | 238-191 | |
| Total points | 194 | 123 | 112 | 429 | |
| Winners | 43 | 20 | 29 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 27% | 48% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 8 | 4 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 60/100 | 22/43 | 36/55 | 118/198 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 51% | 65% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 43/60 | 20/22 | 29/36 | 92/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 91% | 81% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 14/21 | 15/19 | 51/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 67% | 79% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/16 | 2/8 | 9/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 25% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 0% | – | 23% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Medvedev | |||||
| R1 Arnaldi |
R2 Bublik |
1/4 Coric |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 17 | 53 | |
| pts | 72-54 | 59-36 | 60-34 | 191-124 | |
| Total points | 126 | 95 | 94 | 315 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | 20 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 49% | 33% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 37/62 | 30/41 | 26/43 | 93/146 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 73% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/30 | 20/26 | 78/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 97% | 77% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 7/11 | 11/17 | 32/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 64% | 65% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/6 | 11/16 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | 83% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 50% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Andrey RublevRublev – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Yuki Bhambri/Saketh-Sai MyneniBhambri/Saketh-Sai Myneni (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Maxime Cressy/Fabrice MartinCressy/Fabrice Martin – Robin Haase/Matwe MiddelkoopHaase/Matwe Middelkoop (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic – Tomislav Brkic/Gonzalo EscobarBrkic/Gonzalo Escobar (3-6 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
- Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen – Ilya Ivashka/Andrey RublevIvashka/Andrey Rublev (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (9-4) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (5-0) – H2H and prediction
