Novak Djokovic and Flavio Cobolli will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.11
Flavio Cobolli -> 6.55

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Flavio Cobolli

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

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

33 - 8win/loss

Hard
11-4
I Hard
1-0
Clay
16-3
Grass
5-1
Rank
4
High
1
WWLWWWWWWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-8 11-4 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
2020 41-5 26-1 11-1 4-3 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 4, Novak got to the 3rd round after beating Alex Michelsen 7-6(3) 7-6(9).

In the 2nd round, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Michelsen (7-63 7-69). During the match, Djokovic scored 87 points vs Michelsen’s 75. Djokovic was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Djokovic fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was very efficient on serve to win 77% (40/52) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Serbian broke Michelsen twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Djokovic has an extraordinary record in the last 10 years having won 86% of his matches (516-81). 11-4 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a composed 232-31 match record in the last years on hard.

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

Novak has an overall 33-8 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Shanghai
Djokovic's Record

Flavio Cobolli

Flavio Cobolli

42 - 27win/loss

Hard
26-12
I Hard
3-2
Clay
10-9
Grass
3-4
Rank
30
High
30
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-27 26-12 10-9 3-2 3-4 0-0
2023 56-36 10-6 43-23 3-6 0-1 0-0
2022 35-34 6-4 24-21 5-8 0-1 0-0
2021 46-30 5-4 39-21 2-5 0-0 0-0
2020 4-8 2-2 2-4 0-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 30 (career-high), Cobolli got to the 3rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Stan Wawrinka 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-3.

In the 2nd round against Wawrinka, Flavio recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-64 6-3). During the match Cobolli scored 111 points vs Wawrinka’s 101. Cobolli was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

About the serving games, Cobolli managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Flavio Cobolli was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (51/65) of his 1st serve and 67% (33/49) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Wawrinka once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Washington.

The Italian has an aggregate 42-27 win-loss record in 2024, 26-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Shanghai
Cobolli's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

N.Djokovic
F.Cobolli
1h:55
1h:55
Time on court​
2h:30
2h:30
1h:55
1h:55
Last match​
!
2h:30
2h:30
1
1
Match played
1
1
26
26
Games Played​
35
35
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
87
87
Total points​
111
111
87
87
Avg point​
111
111
40
40
Winners
51
51
40
40
Avg Winners​
51
51
46%
46%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
7
7
7
7
Avg Aces
7
7
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
40/52
40/52
1st won total​
51/65
51/65
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
15/24
15/24
2nd won total​
33/49
33/49
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
BP won
1/4
1/4
2/7
2/7
Avg BP won
1/4
1/4
!
29%
29%
Won
!
25%
25%
5
5
Conceded
3
3
5
5
Avg Conceded
3
3
2
2
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Djokovic Cobolli
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 26 35
Pts 87-75 111-101
Total Points 162 212
Winners 40 51
%Winners 46% 46%

Both Djokovic and Cobolli played 1 match. At the moment, Flavio Cobolli dropped 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set(s) less than Cobolli (2 vs 3). Therefore, Djokovic played 9 games less than Cobolli. Novak scored 40 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 51 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Djokovic Cobolli
Aces 7 7
Avg per match 7 7
1st in 52/76 65/114
%1st in 68% 57%
1st pts 40/52 51/65
%1st pts 77% 78%
2nd pts 15/24 33/49
%2nd pts 63% 67%

Djokovic fired 7 aces . Cobolli recorded 7 aces . Djokovic won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Djokovic Cobolli
Won 2 1
Converted 2/7 1/4
% Converted 29% 25%
Conceded 5 3
Saved 3 3
% Saved 60% 100%
Times Broken 2 0

Djokovic broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Serbian dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Flavio broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Flavio was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Djokovic
R2
Michelsen		 Total
Score 7-63 7-69
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 26 26
pts 87-75 87-75
Total points 162 162
Winners 40 40
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 52/76 52/76
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 40/52 40/52
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 15/24 15/24
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/7 2/7
Converted % 29% 29%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Cobolli
R2
Wawrinka		 Total
Score 6-76 7-64 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 111-101 111-101
Total points 212 212
Winners 51 51
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 65/114 65/114
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 51/65 51/65
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 33/49 33/49
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/4 1/4
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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