Novak Djokovic and Jaime Faria will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.05
Jaime Faria -> 9.9
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Jaime Faria
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Jaime Faria since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Novak Djokovic
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 reached the 2nd round after defeating Nishesh Basavareddy 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Basavareddy, Novak recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2). During the match, Djokovic scored 129 points vs Basavareddy’s 106. Novak was very aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic submerged his opponent with 23 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (56/72) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Serbian broke Basavareddy 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Djokovic has a marvellous match record in the last 10 years having won 85% of his matches (441-77). 3-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has a compiled 190-29 record in the last years on hard.
The Serbian has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Jaime Faria
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 53-25 | 24-5 | 27-14 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 49-31 | 33-17 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 43-24 | 20-12 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 11-10 | 6-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 125, Jaime got to the 2nd round after defeating Gijs Brouwer 6-4 6-3, Dane Sweeny 6-2 6-2, Mark Lajal 6-4 2-6 6-4 and Pavel Kotov 6-1 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, Faria had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-1 6-1 7-5). During the match Faria scored 94 points vs Kotov’s 60. Jaime was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Faria managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jaime Faria was very effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 77% (20/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jaime broke Kotov 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Faria has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Jaime has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Djokovic | Faria |
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Match played | 1 | 4 |
Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
Tot Games | 37 | 89 |
Pts | 129-106 | 301-236 |
Total Points | 235 | 537 |
Winners | 56 | 127 |
%Winners | 43% | 42% |
Djokovic played 1 match while Faria competed in 4 matches. Faria started his run from the qualifications while Djokovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic surrendered 1 set, while Jaime Faria conceded 1 set. Djokovic has played 6 set(s) less than Faria (4 vs 10). Therefore, Djokovic played 52 games less than Faria. The Serbian scored 56 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Jaime scored 127 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Djokovic | Faria |
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Aces | 23 | 35 |
Avg per match | 23 | 8.8 |
1st in | 72/106 | 161/266 |
%1st in | 68% | 61% |
1st pts | 56/72 | 127/161 |
%1st pts | 78% | 79% |
2nd pts | 21/34 | 60/105 |
%2nd pts | 62% | 57% |
Djokovic recorded 23 aces . Faria fired 35 aces (8.8 per match). Djokovic won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Faria won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Djokovic | Faria |
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Won | 4 | 15 |
Converted | 4/11 | 15/28 |
% Converted | 36% | 54% |
Conceded | 3 | 10 |
Saved | 2 | 7 |
% Saved | 67% | 70% |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Novak broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Novak dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Jaime broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Jaime conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
Djokovic | |||
R1 Basavareddy |
Total | ||
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Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 37 | 37 | |
pts | 129-106 | 129-106 | |
Total points | 235 | 235 | |
Winners | 56 | 56 | |
%Winners | 43% | 43% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 23 | 23 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
1st in | 72/106 | 72/106 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
1st pts | 56/72 | 56/72 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
% 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Faria | ||||||
Q1 Brouwer |
Q2 Sweeny |
Q3 Lajal |
R1 Kotov |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 28 | 26 | 89 | |
pts | 62-48 | 56-37 | 89-91 | 94-60 | 301-236 | |
Total points | 110 | 93 | 180 | 154 | 537 | |
Winners | 27 | 21 | 45 | 34 | 127 | |
%Winners | 44% | 38% | 51% | 36% | 42% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 5 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 35 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 19 | |
1st in | 34/57 | 29/47 | 54/92 | 44/70 | 161/266 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 62% | 59% | 63% | 61% | |
1st pts | 27/34 | 21/29 | 45/54 | 34/44 | 127/161 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 83% | 77% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 16/23 | 11/18 | 13/38 | 20/26 | 60/105 | |
% 2nd pts | 70% | 61% | 34% | 77% | 57% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | |
Converted | 2/5 | 5/8 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 15/28 | |
Converted % | 40% | 63% | 40% | 60% | 54% | |
Conceded | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 7 | |
Saved % | – | 67% | 60% | 100% | 227% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores – Australian Open
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- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-65 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Luca NardiNardi (6-71 7-63 5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (4-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
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- Taylor FritzFritz – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-2 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
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- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aziz DougazDougaz (3-6 6-4 7-63 6-3) – See score progression
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- Benjamin BonziBonzi – David GoffinGoffin (6-1 6-2 7-67) – See score progression
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- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-62 6-3 4-6 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 6-75 7-5 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 3-6 6-1 6-75 7-5) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-72 6-3 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
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- Jack DraperDraper – Mariano NavoneNavone (4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-5 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Pavel KotovKotov (6-1 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Lukas KleinKlein (6-3 0-6 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
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- Tomas MachacMachac – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
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- Holger RuneRune – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (4-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
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- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-6(5) 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
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- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-2 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Borna CoricCoric (7-5 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
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