Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz will square off in the quarter of the Australian Open for the 9^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:30 pm on Rod Laver Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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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 -> 1.073
Taylor Fritz -> 9

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Taylor Fritz

This will be the 9^th time that Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz face off. The head to head is 8-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Djokovic won 6-1 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Taylor Fritz – U.S. Open 05-September-2023

Novak Djokovic

Currently world no. 1 Djokovic got to the quarter after defeating Dino Prizmic 6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4, Alexei Popyrin 6-3 4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3, Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-3 7-6² and Adrian Mannarino 6-0 6-0 6-3.

In the 4^th round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-0 6-0 6-3). During the match, Djokovic scored 85 points vs Mannarino’s 42. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Djokovic blasted 17 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Novak Djokovic was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (39/48) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Djokovic broke Mannarino 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Novak has surrendered 4 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Djokovic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (489-74). 6-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has a composed 227-28 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Novak has a composed 6-1 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Taylor Fritz

Ranked no. 12, Taylor reached the quarter after beating Facundo Diaz Acosta 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4, Hugo Gaston 6-0 6-3 6-1, Fabian Marozsan 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6³ 5-7 6-3 6-3.

In the 4^th round, Taylor defeated Tsitsipas (7-6³ 5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match Fritz scored 135 points vs Tsitsipas’s 114. The American was very aggressive to blast 68 winners.

About the serving games, Fritz fired 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Taylor Fritz was pretty efficient on serve to win 86% (68/79) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Taylor broke Tsitsipas 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fritz has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The American has a composed 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Djokovic	Fritz
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	14	16
Tot Games	133	146
Pts	452-341	518-428
Total Points	793	946
Winners	199	209
%Winners	44%	40%

Both Djokovic and Fritz played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic surrendered 2 sets, while Taylor Fritz surrendered 4 sets. Djokovic has played 2 set(s) less than Fritz (14 vs 16). Therefore, Djokovic played 13 games less than Fritz. The Serbian scored 199 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 209 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Djokovic	Fritz
Aces	49	51
Avg per match	12.3	12.8
1st in	255/401	274/415
%1st in	64%	66%
1st pts	199/255	209/274
%1st pts	78%	76%
2nd pts	88/146	78/141
%2nd pts	60%	55%

Djokovic fired 49 aces (12.3 per match). Fritz recorded 51 aces (12.8 per match). Djokovic won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Fritz won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Djokovic	Fritz
Won	21	24
Converted	21/46	24/63
% Converted	46%	38%
Conceded	19	25
Saved	13	16
% Saved	68%	64%
Times Broken	6	9

Novak broke his opponents 21 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Serbian dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Fritz broke his opponents 24 times with a 38% conversion rate. Taylor conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
	R1 Prizmic	R1 Prizmic	R2 Popyrin	R2 Popyrin	R3 Etcheverry	R3 Etcheverry	R4 Mannarino	R4 Mannarino	Total
Score	6-2 6-75 6-3 6-4	6-2 6-75 6-3 6-4	6-3 4-6 7-64 6-3	6-3 4-6 7-64 6-3	6-3 6-3 7-62	6-3 6-3 7-62	6-0 6-0 6-3	6-0 6-0 6-3
Tot Set	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	28
Tot Games	40	40	41	41	31	31	21	21	266
pts	139-113	139-113	124-106	124-106	104-80	104-80	85-42	85-42	904-682
Total points	252	252	230	230	184	184	127	127	1586
Winners	51	51	60	60	49	49	39	39	398
%Winners	37%	37%	48%	48%	47%	47%	46%	46%	44%
SERVE
Aces	11	11	11	11	10	10	17	17	98
Double Faults	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	5	12
1st in	77/129	77/129	73/119	73/119	57/84	57/84	48/69	48/69	510/802
% 1st in	60%	60%	61%	61%	68%	68%	70%	70%	64%
1st pts	51/77	51/77	60/73	60/73	49/57	49/57	39/48	39/48	398/510
% 1st pts	66%	66%	82%	82%	86%	86%	81%	81%	78%
2nd pts	32/52	32/52	27/46	27/46	16/27	16/27	13/21	13/21	176/292
% 2nd pts	62%	62%	59%	59%	59%	59%	62%	62%	60%
Breaks
Won	8	8	3	3	3	3	7	7	42
Converted	8/17	8/17	3/11	3/11	3/7	3/7	7/11	7/11	42/92
Converted %	47%	47%	27%	27%	43%	43%	64%	64%	46%
Conceded	9	9	7	7	0	0	3	3	38
Saved	5/9	5/9	5/7	5/7	0/0	0/0	3/3	3/3	26
Saved %	56%	56%	71%	71%	–	–	100%	100%	57%
Times Broken	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	12

Fritz
	R1 Diaz	R2 Gaston	R3 Marozsan	R4 Tsitsipas	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4	6-0 6-3 6-1	3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2	7-63 5-7 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	5	3	4	4	16
Tot Games	46	22	35	43	146
pts	159-148	90-59	134-107	135-114	518-428
Total points	307	149	241	249	946
Winners	65	34	42	68	209
%Winners	41%	38%	31%	50%	40%
SERVE
Aces	8	11	19	13	51
Double Faults	1	2	2	2	7
1st in	98/150	44/68	53/84	79/113	274/415
% 1st in	65%	65%	63%	70%	66%
1st pts	65/98	34/44	42/53	68/79	209/274
% 1st pts	66%	77%	79%	86%	76%
2nd pts	27/52	13/24	20/31	18/34	78/141
% 2nd pts	52%	54%	65%	53%	55%
Breaks
Won	7	7	6	4	24
Converted	7/16	7/13	6/23	4/11	24/63
Converted %	44%	54%	26%	36%	38%
Conceded	17	1	3	4	25
Saved	12/17	1/1	1/3	2/4	16
Saved %	71%	100%	33%	50%	32%
Times Broken	5	0	2	2	9

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

• Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Maximo Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Tomas Machac/Zhizhen ZhangMachac/Zhizhen Zhang – Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-7³ 6-4 6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 3-6 2-6 7-6⁷ 6-0) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-7⁷ 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-6 6-1 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Juncheng ShangShang (6-1 6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-2 7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-0 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-2 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Tomas MachacMachac (6-4 7-6⁴ 4-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-3 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Ben SheltonShelton (7-6⁴ 1-6 6-7² 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (8-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (4-2) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Andrey RublevRublev (4-2) – H2H and prediction