Novak Djokovic and Alexei Popyrin will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of Wimbledon for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:30 pm on Centre Court. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.091
Alexei Popyrin -> 7.4

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 3^rd time that Novak Djokovic and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 2^nd round in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Alexei Popyrin – Australian Open 17-January-2024

Novak Djokovic

Ranked no. 2, Djokovic got to the 3^rd round after beating Vit Kopriva 6-1 6-2 6-2 and Jacob Fearnley 6-3 6-4 5-7 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Fearnley (6-3 6-4 5-7 7-5). During the match, Djokovic scored 130 points vs Fearnley’s 115. The Serbian was very aggressive to blast 66 winners.

Regarding the service games, Djokovic scored 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was very efficient on serve to win 80% (66/82) of his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Djokovic broke Fearnley 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Serbian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Djokovic has a great record in the last 10 years having won 86% of his matches (503-79). 2-0 on grass in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has a compiled 57-4 record in the last years on grass.

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

The Serbian has a compiled 20-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 47, Popyrin got to the 3^rd round after defeating Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-4 6-7(8) 6-3 6-4, Tomas Martin Etcheverry 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Novak Djokovic .

In the 2^nd round, The Australian had a tough win against Etcheverry to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (3-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 161 points vs Etcheverry’s 153. Alexei was very aggressive to blast 82 winners.

About the serving games, Popyrin fired 17 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Alexei Popyrin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 71% of his first serves in, winning 76% (82/108) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Etcheverry 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Popyrin has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Popyrin’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal Doha.

Alexei has a composed 14-11 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Djokovic	Popyrin
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	7	9
Tot Games	66	90
Pts	228-171	284-251
Total Points	399	535
Winners	101	157
%Winners	44%	55%

Both Djokovic and Popyrin played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic surrendered 1 set, while Alexei Popyrin dropped 3 sets. Djokovic has played 2 set(s) less than Popyrin (7 vs 9). Therefore, Djokovic played 24 games less than Popyrin. Novak scored 101 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei bagged 157 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Djokovic	Popyrin
Aces	24	41
Avg per match	12	20.5
1st in	121/181	191/256
%1st in	67%	75%
1st pts	101/121	157/191
%1st pts	83%	82%
2nd pts	36/60	36/65
%2nd pts	60%	55%

Djokovic managed to score 24 aces (12 per match). Popyrin bagged 41 aces (20.5 per match). Djokovic won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 82% 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	Popyrin
Won	10	7
Converted	10/22	7/11
% Converted	45%	64%
Conceded	6	13
Saved	4	10
% Saved	67%	77%
Times Broken	2	3

The Serbian broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Djokovic surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Popyrin broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
	R1 Kopriva	R2 Fearnley	Total
Score	6-1 6-2 6-2	6-3 6-4 5-7 7-5
Tot Set	3	4	7
Tot Games	23	43	66
pts	98-56	130-115	228-171
Total points	154	245	399
Winners	35	66	101
%Winners	36%	51%	44%
SERVE
Aces	10	14	24
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	39/58	82/123	121/181
% 1st in	67%	67%	67%
1st pts	35/39	66/82	101/121
% 1st pts	90%	80%	83%
2nd pts	13/19	23/41	36/60
% 2nd pts	68%	56%	60%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/15	4/7	10/22
Converted %	40%	57%	45%
Conceded	0	6	6
Saved	0/0	4/6	4
Saved %	–	67%	34%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Popyrin
	R1 Moura Monteiro	R2 Etcheverry	Total
Score	6-4 6-78 6-3 6-4	3-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	4	5	9
Tot Games	42	48	90
pts	123-98	161-153	284-251
Total points	221	314	535
Winners	75	82	157
%Winners	61%	51%	55%
SERVE
Aces	24	17	41
Double Faults	0	8	8
1st in	83/104	108/152	191/256
% 1st in	80%	71%	75%
1st pts	75/83	82/108	157/191
% 1st pts	90%	76%	82%
2nd pts	14/21	22/44	36/65
% 2nd pts	67%	50%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	4	7
Converted	3/4	4/7	7/11
Converted %	75%	57%	64%
Conceded	0	13	13
Saved	0/0	10/13	10
Saved %	–	77%	39%
Times Broken	0	3	3

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