Novak Djokovic and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will clash against each other in the 1st round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:15 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.021
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 13.75

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert

This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Pierre-Hugues Herbert face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2013.

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

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Rank
6
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-9 12-5 9-3 0-0 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 at the French Open after he played his last match in Geneva where he lost 6-4 0-6 6-1 to Machac in the semifinal on the 24th of May.

Novak has an aggregate 14-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Serbian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open ,Carlo and Geneva.

Talking about his overall career, Djokovic has an overall 1202-245 record. He has a positive 331-76 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, he won this tournament 3 times in 2016, 2021 and 2023. See his history.

French Open
Djokovic's Record

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

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Rank
144
High
36
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-18 0-2 8-9 12-4 3-3 0-0
2024 33-31 3-5 8-11 19-12 3-3 0-0
2023 26-22 2-4 5-4 16-11 3-3 0-0
2022 18-15 0-0 2-5 10-7 6-3 0-0
2021 17-21 4-7 4-6 9-7 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 142, Herbert will start his run at the Paris after he played his last match in Lyon where he lost 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5 to Barranco in the qualifications on the 18th of May.

Pierre-Hugues has a composed 18-13 win-loss record in 2024, 5-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Quimper Challenger where he defeated Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 6-2.

In terms of his career, Herbert has an overall 460-347 record. He has a positive 109-104 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018. See his history.

French Open
Herbert's Record

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  • Jannik SinnerSinnerChristopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Andrey RublevRublevTaro DanielDaniel (6-2 6-73 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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  • Corentin MoutetMoutetNicolas JarryJarry (6-2 6-1 3-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Stan WawrinkaWawrinkaAndy MurrayMurray (6-4 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Brandon NakashimaNakashimaNicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-1 6-76 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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  • Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez PorteroThiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (5-7 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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  • Zizou BergsBergsAlejandro TabiloTabilo (3-6 7-65 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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  • Jesper De JongDe JongJack DraperDraper (7-5 6-4 6-73 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Sebastian KordaKordaHarold MayotMayot (6-2 7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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