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H2H Novak Djokovic vs. Salvatore Caruso | French Open preview, odds, prediction

Djokovic and Caruso will play each other in the 3rd round of the French Open. See their H2H stats, betting odds, preview and predictions

Mark Hall

1 June 2019

Novak Djokovic and Salvatore Caruso will face off in the 3^rd round of the French Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1 pm (est) on Court Philippe CHATRIER .

Novak Djokovic

Currently world no. 1 Djokovic reached the 3^rd round after beating Hubert Hurkacz 6-4 6-2 6-2 and Henri Laaksonen 6-1 6-4 6-3.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Melbourne where he beat Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 6-2 6-3 and in Madrid where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4.

Novak has a 25-5 win-loss record in 2019, 12-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

Djokovic lost in the quarter 6-3 7-6⁴ 1-6 7-6¹¹ to Marco Cecchinato.

Salvatore Caruso

Ranked no. 147 (career high), Caruso reached the 3^rd round after defeating Norbert Gombos 5-7 6-4 6-4, Ze Zhang 6-2 6-2, Dustin Brown 4-6 6-4 6-3, Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-5 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Gilles Simon 6-1 6-2 6-4.

Salvatore’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in Phoenix Challenger.

Salvatore has a 23-14 win-loss record in 2019, 13-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

Caruso lost in the qualifications 6-4 6-4 to Prajnesh Gunneswaran.

Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Salvatore Caruso

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