Novak Djokovic and Aleksandar Vukic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on STADIUM 1. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.012
Aleksandar Vukic -> 15.75

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Vukic

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

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Rank
4
High
1
WWWWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-11 21-7 9-3 4-0 5-1 0-0
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

Currently world no. 1 Novak will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-1 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3 to Sinner in the semifinal on the 26th of January.

The Serbian has a compiled 7-2 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Djokovic’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open .

Talking about his overall career, Novak has an overall 1195-241 record. He has a positive 533-85 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, he won this tournament 5 times in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016. See his history.

Indian Wells
Djokovic's Record

Aleksandar Vukic

Aleksandar Vukic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
82
High
48
LWLWWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-38 15-20 4-8 5-5 5-5 0-0
2024 34-36 13-18 5-9 6-2 10-7 0-0
2023 48-33 34-20 9-4 1-3 4-6 0-0
2022 30-25 14-15 4-5 12-5 0-0 0-0
2021 34-26 8-5 10-11 11-7 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 69, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 7-64 7-66.

In the 1st round, Vukic had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (7-64 7-66). During the match Vukic scored 84 points vs Mochizuki’s 78. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Vukic struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Aleksandar Vukic lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vukic put 56% of his first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (25/36) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Mochizuki twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Vukic has an overall 2-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.

Indian Wells
Vukic's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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