Novak Djokovic and Radu Albot will fight against each other in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 9:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. 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 -> 1.024
Radu Albot -> 13.25

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Radu Albot

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Radu Albot since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

29 - 7win/loss

Hard
8-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
16-3
Grass
5-1
Rank
2
High
1
WWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-7 8-3 16-3 0-0 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
2020 41-5 26-1 11-1 4-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 2, the Serbian will start his run at the U.S. Open after he won the title in Paris after beating 7-6(3) 7-6(2) Alcaraz in the final.

Novak has a composed 29-7 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Paris where he overcame Carlos Alcaraz in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(2).

The Serbian won his last 6 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Novak has an overall 1217-246 record. He has a positive 534-86 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, he won this tournament 4 times in 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2023. See his history.

U.S. Open
Djokovic's Record

Radu Albot

Radu Albot

35 - 23win/loss

Hard
10-6
I Hard
4-3
Clay
17-11
Grass
4-3
Rank
138
High
39
WWWLWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-23 10-6 17-11 4-3 4-3 0-0
2023 39-34 10-13 13-8 12-10 4-3 0-0
2022 40-30 25-14 4-6 3-5 8-5 0-0
2021 22-27 4-9 2-8 13-6 3-4 0-0
2020 9-18 0-8 2-4 7-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 138, Albot got to the 1st round after defeating Javier Barranco Cosano 6-1 5-7 6-4, Luca Van Assche 6-2 0-6 6-4 and Shintaro Mochizuki 6-4 5-7 6-3.

In the qualifications, Radu defeated Mochizuki (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match Albot scored 101 points vs Mochizuki’s 97. Radu was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Albot scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve 6 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 65% of his first serves in, winning 58% (37/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. The Moldovan broke Mochizuki 8 times after converting 53% of his break points (8/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Albot started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

The Moldovan’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Girona Challenger.

Albot has an aggregate 35-23 win-loss record in 2024, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017. See his history.

U.S. Open
Albot's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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