Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev will square off in the semifinal of the Western & Southern Open for the 12th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 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 -> 1.23
Alexander Zverev -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alexander Zverev
This will be the 12th time that Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev play each other. The head to head is 7-4 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Zverev won 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Nitto atp finals back in 2021.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Novak Djokovic – Nitto atp finals 20-November-2021
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 |
Ranked no. 2, Djokovic got to the semifinal after beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4 ret., Gael Monfils 6-3 6-2 and Taylor Fritz 6-0 6-4.
In the quarter, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Fritz (6-0 6-4). During the match, Djokovic scored 53 points vs Fritz’s 31. Djokovic was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Djokovic bagged 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Novak was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Fritz 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 62% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a terrific record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (524-79). 18-1 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has a composed 243-33 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Adelaide where he defeated Sebastian Korda in the final 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-4 and at the Australian Open where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5) and at the French Open where he defeated Casper Ruud in the final 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5.
Novak has an aggregate 36-5 win-loss record in 2023, 18-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69-21 | 29-10 | 23-6 | 11-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17, Alexander reached the semifinal after defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-2, Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5 6-4, Daniil Medvedev 6-4 5-7 6-4 and Adrian Mannarino 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, Zverev had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-2 6-3). During the match Zverev scored 60 points vs Mannarino’s 42. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Zverev scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Zverev was very effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Mannarino 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Hamburg where he overcame Laslo Djere in the final 7-5 6-3.
Zverev has an overall 38-19 win-loss record in 2023, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 87 |
| Pts | 149-92 | 303-257 |
| Total Points | 241 | 560 |
| Winners | 53 | 137 |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% |
Djokovic played 3 matches while Zverev competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Alexander Zverev lost 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Djokovic has played 3 set(s) less than Zverev (6 vs 9). Therefore, Djokovic played 44 games less than Zverev. Djokovic scored 53 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Zverev blasted 137 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 65/115 | 190/281 |
| %1st in | 57% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 53/65 | 137/190 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 32/50 | 53/91 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 58% |
Djokovic bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Zverev managed to score 24 aces (6 per match). Djokovic won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 72% 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 | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 13 |
| Converted | 11/13 | 13/35 |
| % Converted | 85% | 37% |
| Conceded | 6 | 16 |
| Saved | 3 | 13 |
| % Saved | 50% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Novak broke his opponents 11 times with a 85% conversion rate. Novak dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Zverev broke his opponents 13 times with a 37% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||
| R2 Davidovich Fokina |
R3 Monfils |
1/4 Fritz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 ret. | 6-3 6-2 | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 17 | 16 | 43 | |
| pts | 34-22 | 62-39 | 53-31 | 149-92 | |
| Total points | 56 | 101 | 84 | 241 | |
| Winners | 10 | 22 | 21 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 35% | 40% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 12/29 | 27/46 | 26/40 | 65/115 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 59% | 65% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 10/12 | 22/27 | 21/26 | 53/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 81% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 12/19 | 9/14 | 32/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 63% | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 11/13 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 80% | 100% | 85% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Zverev | ||||||
| R1 Dimitrov |
R2 Nishioka |
R3 Medvedev |
1/4 Mannarino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 32 | 17 | 87 | |
| pts | 61-42 | 83-74 | 99-99 | 60-42 | 303-257 | |
| Total points | 103 | 157 | 198 | 102 | 560 | |
| Winners | 23 | 35 | 50 | 29 | 137 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 51% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 49/78 | 75/108 | 34/47 | 190/281 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 69% | 72% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 35/49 | 50/75 | 29/34 | 137/190 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 71% | 67% | 85% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 16/29 | 19/33 | 7/13 | 53/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 55% | 58% | 54% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/12 | 3/8 | 3/7 | 13/35 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 38% | 43% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/6 | 6/8 | 0/0 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 83% | 75% | – | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor FritzFritz (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek – Marcelo Melo/Alexander ZverevMelo/Alexander Zverev (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-1 7-68) – See score progression
- Jamie Murray/Michael VenusMurray/Michael Venus – Lorenzo Musetti/Lorenzo SonegoMusetti/Lorenzo Sonego (7-65 7-67) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Max PurcellPurcell (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Maximo Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni – Nikola Mektic/John PeersMektic/John Peers (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Max PurcellPurcell (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (4-7) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-0) – H2H and prediction
