Novak Djokovic and Nishesh Basavareddy will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. 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 -> 1.027
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 12.5

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Nishesh Basavareddy

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Nishesh Basavareddy since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
4
High
1
WWWWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-11 21-7 9-3 4-0 5-1 0-0
2024 37-9 15-5 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

Ranked no. 7, Novak will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Brisbane where he lost 7-6(6) 6-3 to Opelka in the quarter on the 3rd of January.

The Serbian has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Djokovic has an overall 1227-249 record. He has a positive 543-89 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, he won this tournament 10 times in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023. See his history.

Australian Open
Djokovic's Record

Nishesh Basavareddy

Nishesh Basavareddy

7 - 2win/loss

Hard
7-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
166
High
99
LLLLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-25 21-15 3-7 0-0 2-3 0-0
2024 49-18 34-11 0-0 15-7 0-0 0-0
2023 12-6 10-4 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0
2022 2-5 1-2 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 133 (career-high), Basavareddy will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Auckland where he lost 7-6(5) 6-4 to Monfils in the semifinal on the 10th of January.

Nishesh has a compiled 7-2 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Auckland.

In terms of his career, Nishesh has an overall 70-31 record. He has a positive 52-19 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Basavareddy has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Basavareddy's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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