Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic will fight against each other in the quarter of the French Open for the 14^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:15 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.77
Alexander Zverev -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Novak Djokovic

This will be the 14^th time that Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 8-5 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Zverev won 7-6(5) ret. in the semifinal in at the Australian Open back in January 2025.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Novak Djokovic – Australian Open 24-January-2025

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 3, Zverev reached the quarter after beating Learner Tien 6-3 6-3 6-4, Jesper De Jong 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-3, Flavio Cobolli 6-2 7-6(4) 6-1 and Tallon Griekspoor 6-4 3-0 ret..

In the 4^th round against Griekspoor, Alexander had a free pass after Griekspoor retired on a 6-4 3-0 . scoreline.

Zverev has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (474-184). 18-6 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zverev has an aggregate 161-52 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Munich where he defeated Ben Shelton in the final 6-2 6-4.

The German has a composed 29-10 win-loss record in 2025, 18-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Novak Djokovic

Ranked no. 6, Djokovic reached the quarter after beating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 6-3 6-3, Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-2 7-6(1), Filip Misolic 6-3 6-4 6-2 and Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-3 6-2.

In the 4^th round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Norrie (6-2 6-3 6-2). During the match Djokovic scored 95 points vs Norrie’s 64. Djokovic was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Djokovic managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Novak Djokovic lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 72% (39/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Norrie 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Djokovic hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Geneva where he beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 7-6(2).

The Serbian has a composed 20-7 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, he won this tournament 3 times in 2016, 2021 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Djokovic
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	13	12
Tot Games	102	109
Pts	379-273	400-287
Total Points	652	687
Winners	166	169
%Winners	44%	42%

Both Zverev and Djokovic played 4 matches. At the moment, Alexander Zverev surrendered 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zverev has played 1 set more than Djokovic (13 vs 12). However, it’s interesting to notice that Zverev played 7 games less than Djokovic. The German scored 166 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Djokovic bagged 169 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Djokovic
Aces	22	22
Avg per match	5.5	5.5
1st in	227/301	222/343
%1st in	75%	65%
1st pts	166/227	169/222
%1st pts	73%	76%
2nd pts	47/74	68/121
%2nd pts	64%	56%

Zverev fired 22 aces (5.5 per match). Djokovic managed to score 22 aces (5.5 per match). Zverev won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Djokovic won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Djokovic
Won	21	21
Converted	21/45	21/50
% Converted	47%	42%
Conceded	20	16
Saved	15	11
% Saved	75%	69%
Times Broken	5	5

Alexander broke his opponents 21 times with a 47% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponents 21 times with a 42% conversion rate. Djokovic conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R1 Tien	R2 De	R3 Cobolli	R4 Griekspoor	Total
Score	6-3 6-3 6-4	3-6 6-1 6-2 6-3	6-2 7-64 6-1	6-4 3-0 ret.
Tot Set	3	4	3	2	12
Tot Games	28	33	28	13	102
pts	98-66	127-96	110-83	44-28	379-273
Total points	164	223	193	72	652
Winners	46	52	49	19	166
%Winners	47%	41%	45%	43%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	8	8	3	22
Double Faults	3	1	1	1	6
1st in	51/74	78/101	72/92	26/34	227/301
% 1st in	69%	77%	78%	76%	75%
1st pts	46/51	52/78	49/72	19/26	166/227
% 1st pts	90%	67%	68%	73%	73%
2nd pts	14/23	16/23	12/20	5/8	47/74
% 2nd pts	61%	70%	60%	63%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	7	6	4	21
Converted	4/12	7/13	6/15	4/5	21/45
Converted %	33%	54%	40%	80%	47%
Conceded	4	9	5	2	20
Saved	4/4	7/9	3/5	1/2	15
Saved %	100%	78%	60%	50%	72%
Times Broken	0	2	2	1	5

Djokovic
	R1 Mcdonald	R2 Moutet	R3 Misolic	R4 Norrie	Total
Score	6-3 6-3 6-3	6-3 6-2 7-61	6-3 6-4 6-2	6-2 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	3	3	12
Tot Games	27	30	27	25	109
pts	90-60	120-93	95-70	95-64	400-287
Total points	150	213	165	159	687
Winners	38	51	41	39	169
%Winners	42%	43%	43%	41%	42%
SERVE
Aces	7	5	6	4	22
Double Faults	1	2	0	3	6
1st in	47/71	70/107	51/75	54/90	222/343
% 1st in	66%	65%	68%	60%	65%
1st pts	38/47	51/70	41/51	39/54	169/222
% 1st pts	81%	73%	80%	72%	76%
2nd pts	17/24	18/37	16/24	17/36	68/121
% 2nd pts	71%	49%	67%	47%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5	4	7	21
Converted	5/9	5/14	4/16	7/11	21/50
Converted %	56%	36%	25%	64%	42%
Conceded	5	5	1	5	16
Saved	4/5	3/5	1/1	3/5	11
Saved %	80%	60%	100%	60%	75%
Times Broken	1	2	0	2	5

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