Novak Djokovic and Roman Safiullin will clash against each other in the 4th round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.105
Roman Safiullin -> 6.75

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Roman Safiullin

This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Roman Safiullin square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Djokovic won 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Monte carlo back in April 2024.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Roman Safiullin – Monte carlo 09-April-2024

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

34 - 8win/loss

Hard
12-4
I Hard
1-0
Clay
16-3
Grass
5-1
Rank
4
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-8 12-4 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, Djokovic got to the 4th round after defeating Alex Michelsen 7-6(3) 7-6(9) and Flavio Cobolli 6-1 6-2.

In the 3rd round, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (6-1 6-2). During the match, Djokovic scored 62 points vs Cobolli’s 33. Novak was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Djokovic recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Novak Djokovic was quite effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak broke Cobolli 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Djokovic hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.

Djokovic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 86% of his matches (517-81). 12-4 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has an overall 233-31 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

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

The Serbian has an aggregate 34-8 win-loss record in 2024, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Shanghai
Djokovic's Record

Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin

25 - 25win/loss

Hard
18-13
I Hard
0-1
Clay
5-8
Grass
2-3
Rank
61
High
36
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-25 18-13 5-8 0-1 2-3 0-0
2023 41-25 13-12 8-4 11-5 9-4 0-0
2022 37-18 16-6 6-2 14-9 1-1 0-0
2021 18-21 7-5 5-7 5-8 1-1 0-0
2020 23-12 6-2 4-5 12-4 0-0 1-1
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Ranked no. 61, Safiullin got to the 4th round after beating Beibit Zhukayev 7-6(0) 6-4, Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-2 and Frances Tiafoe 5-7 7-5 7-6(5).

In the 3rd round against Tiafoe, Safiullin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 7-65).During the match Safiullin scored less points (3) than Tiafoe. In fact, the world no. 4 won 121 points vs Tiafoe’s. That means that Safiullin was more focused during the important points. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 64 winners.

About the serving games, Safiullin scored 17 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 69% of his first serves in, winning 79% (64/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (12/37) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Tiafoe 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Cary Challenger where he defeated Mattia Bellucci in the final 1-6 7-5 7-5.

Safiullin has a compiled 25-25 win-loss record in 2024, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Safiullin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

N.Djokovic
R.Safiullin
2h:58
2h:58
Time on court​
!
6h:04
6h:04
1h:03
1h:03
Last match​
!
3h:04
3h:04
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
41
41
Games Played​
78
78
4
4
Set played​​
7
7
149
149
Total points​
264
264
74.5
74.5
Avg point​
88
88
60
60
Winners
127
127
30
30
Avg Winners​
42.3
42.3
40%
40%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
29
29
5
5
Avg Aces
9.7
9.7
5
5
Double Faults
7
7
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
60/76
60/76
1st won total​
127/161
127/161
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
28/40
28/40
2nd won total​
38/76
38/76
!
70%
70%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
6/16
6/16
BP won
8/18
8/18
3/8
3/8
Avg BP won
2.7/6
2.7/6
38%
38%
Won
44%
44%
5
5
Conceded
16
16
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
5.3
5.3
2
2
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
3
3
Saved
12
12
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Djokovic Safiullin
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 7
Tot Games 41 78
Pts 149-108 264-234
Total Points 257 498
Winners 60 127
%Winners 40% 48%

Djokovic played 2 matches while Safiullin competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Roman Safiullin surrendered 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Djokovic has played 3 set(s) less than Safiullin (4 vs 7). Therefore, Djokovic played 37 games less than Safiullin. Novak scored 60 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Roman blasted 127 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Djokovic Safiullin
Aces 10 29
Avg per match 5 9.7
1st in 76/116 161/237
%1st in 66% 68%
1st pts 60/76 127/161
%1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 28/40 38/76
%2nd pts 70% 50%

Djokovic managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Safiullin made 29 aces (9.7 per match). Djokovic won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Djokovic Safiullin
Won 6 8
Converted 6/16 8/18
% Converted 38% 44%
Conceded 5 16
Saved 3 12
% Saved 60% 75%
Times Broken 2 4

Novak broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Djokovic lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Safiullin broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
R2
Michelsen		 R3
Cobolli		 Total
Score 7-63 7-69 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 26 15 41
pts 87-75 62-33 149-108
Total points 162 95 257
Winners 40 20 60
%Winners 46% 32% 40%
SERVE
Aces 7 3 10
Double Faults 3 2 5
1st in 52/76 24/40 76/116
% 1st in 68% 60% 66%
1st pts 40/52 20/24 60/76
% 1st pts 77% 83% 79%
2nd pts 15/24 13/16 28/40
% 2nd pts 63% 81% 70%
Breaks
Won 2 4 6
Converted 2/7 4/9 6/16
Converted % 29% 44% 38%
Conceded 5 0 5
Saved 3/5 0/0 3
Saved % 60% – 30%
Times Broken 2 0 2
Safiullin
R1
Zhukayev		 R2
Bublik		 R3
Tiafoe		 Total
Score 7-60 6-4 6-4 6-2 5-7 7-5 7-65
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 23 18 37 78
pts 73-59 70-51 121-124 264-234
Total points 132 121 245 498
Winners 36 27 64 127
%Winners 49% 39% 53% 48%
SERVE
Aces 5 7 17 29
Double Faults 2 1 4 7
1st in 45/66 35/53 81/118 161/237
% 1st in 68% 66% 69% 68%
1st pts 36/45 27/35 64/81 127/161
% 1st pts 80% 77% 79% 79%
2nd pts 13/21 13/18 12/37 38/76
% 2nd pts 62% 72% 32% 50%
Breaks
Won 2 3 3 8
Converted 2/3 3/6 3/9 8/18
Converted % 67% 50% 33% 44%
Conceded 3 3 10 16
Saved 2/3 3/3 7/10 12
Saved % 67% 100% 70% 119%
Times Broken 1 0 3 4

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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