Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti will play each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:15 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.137
Lorenzo Musetti -> 5.8

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti

This will be the 6th time that Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in Monte carlo back in April 2024.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Lorenzo Musetti – Monte carlo 11-April-2024

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

16 - 6win/loss

Hard
8-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
8-3
Rank
2
High
1
WWWWLWWLWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 18-6 8-3 10-3 0-0 0-0 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
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Currently world no. 1 Djokovic got to the 3rd round after beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 7-63 6-4 and Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-1 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-4 6-1 6-2). During the match, Djokovic scored 92 points vs Carballes Baena’s 59. Novak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Djokovic fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Novak Djokovic was very efficient on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Djokovic broke Carballes Baena 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Novak hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Djokovic has a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 86% of his matches (499-79). 8-3 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has an overall 133-29 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

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

The Serbian has an overall 16-6 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Djokovic's Record

Lorenzo Musetti

Lorenzo Musetti

17 - 16win/loss

Hard
6-7
I Hard
1-2
Clay
10-7
Rank
25
High
15
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-19 6-7 10-8 1-2 7-2 0-0
2023 32-29 10-10 16-11 0-5 6-3 0-0
2022 44-30 11-10 21-7 12-10 0-3 0-0
2021 36-31 9-8 17-12 10-10 0-1 0-0
2020 30-15 6-4 20-6 4-5 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 30, Musetti reached the 3rd round after defeating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-3 6-3 7-5 and Gael Monfils 7-5 6-1 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Monfils (7-5 6-1 6-4). During the match Musetti scored 96 points vs Monfils’s 75. Lorenzo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Musetti made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Lorenzo Musetti was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (46/62) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Lorenzo broke Monfils 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Lorenzo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final the Cagliari Challenger and the Turin Challenger.

Lorenzo has a composed 17-16 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021 and 2023. See his history.

French Open
Musetti's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

N.Djokovic
L.Musetti
4h:35
4h:35
Time on court​
4h:35
4h:35
!
2h:04
2h:04
Last match​
!
2h:10
2h:10
2
2
Match played
2
2
58
58
Games Played​
59
59
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
195
195
Total points​
202
202
97.5
97.5
Avg point​
101
101
80
80
Winners
92
92
40
40
Avg Winners​
46
46
41%
41%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
6
6
4.5
4.5
Avg Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
80/102
80/102
1st won total​
92/115
92/115
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
35/53
35/53
2nd won total​
34/64
34/64
!
66%
66%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
10/19
10/19
BP won
11/23
11/23
5/9.5
5/9.5
Avg BP won
5.5/11.5
5.5/11.5
!
53%
53%
Won
48%
48%
4
4
Conceded
8
8
2
2
Avg Conceded
4
4
3
3
Broken
3
3
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
1
1
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Djokovic Musetti
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 58 59
Pts 195-140 202-155
Total Points 335 357
Winners 80 92
%Winners 41% 46%

Both Djokovic and Musetti played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Djokovic and Musetti have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Djokovic played 1 game less than Musetti. Novak scored 80 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo struck 92 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Djokovic Musetti
Aces 9 6
Avg per match 4.5 3
1st in 102/155 115/179
%1st in 66% 64%
1st pts 80/102 92/115
%1st pts 78% 80%
2nd pts 35/53 34/64
%2nd pts 66% 53%

Djokovic made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Musetti managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Djokovic won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Musetti won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Djokovic Musetti
Won 10 11
Converted 10/19 11/23
% Converted 53% 48%
Conceded 4 8
Saved 1 5
% Saved 25% 63%
Times Broken 3 3

Djokovic broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Serbian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Musetti broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Musetti conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
R1
Herbert		 R2
Carballes Baena		 Total
Score 6-4 7-63 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 33 25 58
pts 103-81 92-59 195-140
Total points 184 151 335
Winners 47 33 80
%Winners 46% 36% 41%
SERVE
Aces 4 5 9
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 56/82 46/73 102/155
% 1st in 68% 63% 66%
1st pts 47/56 33/46 80/102
% 1st pts 84% 72% 78%
2nd pts 19/26 16/27 35/53
% 2nd pts 73% 59% 66%
Breaks
Won 3 7 10
Converted 3/7 7/12 10/19
Converted % 43% 58% 53%
Conceded 1 3 4
Saved 0/1 1/3 1
Saved % 0% 33% 17%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Musetti
R1
Elahi Galan Riveros		 R2
Monfils		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3 7-5 7-5 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 30 29 59
pts 106-80 96-75 202-155
Total points 186 171 357
Winners 46 46 92
%Winners 43% 48% 46%
SERVE
Aces 4 2 6
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 53/82 62/97 115/179
% 1st in 65% 64% 64%
1st pts 46/53 46/62 92/115
% 1st pts 87% 74% 80%
2nd pts 16/29 18/35 34/64
% 2nd pts 55% 51% 53%
Breaks
Won 5 6 11
Converted 5/12 6/11 11/23
Converted % 42% 55% 48%
Conceded 3 5 8
Saved 2/3 3/5 5
Saved % 67% 60% 64%
Times Broken 1 2 3

Tennis Scores – French Open

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