Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic will play each other in the semifinal of the French Open for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. 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 Jannik Sinner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.24
Novak Djokovic -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Novak Djokovic
This will be the 9th time that Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic fight against each other. The head to head is 4-4 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Sinner won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the final in Shanghai back in 2024.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Novak Djokovic – Shanghai 13-October-2024
Jannik Sinner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-3 | 7-0 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 73-8 | 40-5 | 11-2 | 13-0 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 64-15 | 28-7 | 8-3 | 20-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-16 | 21-6 | 15-4 | 7-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-22 | 22-8 | 10-6 | 17-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 the Italian reached the semifinal after defeating Arthur Rinderknech 6-4 6-3 7-5, Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-0 6-4, Jiri Lehecka 6-0 6-1 6-2, Andrey Rublev 6-1 6-3 6-4 and Alexander Bublik 6-1 7-5 6-0.
In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-1 7-5 6-0). During the match, Sinner scored 101 points vs Bublik’s 65. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sinner managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jannik Sinner was very efficient on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 69% (22/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sinner broke Bublik 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jannik hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points he played.
Sinner has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 75% of his matches (363-122). 10-1 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sinner has an overall95-39 record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title at the Australian Open where he beat Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3.
Sinner has a compiled 17-1 win-loss record in 2025, 10-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-8 | 12-5 | 9-3 | 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. 6, the Serbian reached the semifinal after defeating 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, Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-3 6-2 and Alexander Zverev 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter against Zverev, Novak recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4). During the match Djokovic scored 121 points vs Zverev’s 101. Djokovic was quite aggressive to blast 65 winners.
About the serving games, Djokovic struck 6 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Novak Djokovic was quite effective on serve to win 76% (65/85) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Novak broke Zverev 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Djokovic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Geneva where he overcame Hubert Hurkacz in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 7-6(2).
Djokovic has a compiled 21-7 win-loss record in 2025, 9-2 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 | Sinner | Djokovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 15 | 16 |
| Tot Games | 128 | 146 |
| Pts | 478-311 | 521-388 |
| Total Points | 789 | 909 |
| Winners | 188 | 234 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Both Sinner and Djokovic played 5 matches. At the moment, Novak Djokovic surrendered 1 set while Jannik Sinner hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sinner has played 1 set(s) less than Djokovic (15 vs 16). Therefore, Sinner played 18 games less than Djokovic. Jannik scored 188 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Djokovic bagged 234 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sinner | Djokovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.6 |
| 1st in | 234/361 | 307/462 |
| %1st in | 65% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 188/234 | 234/307 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 88/127 | 87/155 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 56% |
Sinner bagged 20 aces (4 per match). Djokovic blasted 28 aces (5.6 per match). Sinner won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Djokovic won 76% of the points on 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 | Sinner | Djokovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 28 | 25 |
| Converted | 28/57 | 25/58 |
| % Converted | 49% | 43% |
| Conceded | 16 | 19 |
| Saved | 14 | 13 |
| % Saved | 88% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Jannik broke his opponents 28 times with a 49% conversion rate. Jannik lost his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Novak broke his opponents 25 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sinner | |||||||
| R1 Rinderknech |
R2 Gasquet |
R3 Lehecka |
R4 Rublev |
1/4 Bublik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 6-0 6-4 | 6-0 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 128 | |
| pts | 101-76 | 91-62 | 91-45 | 94-63 | 101-65 | 478-311 | |
| Total points | 177 | 153 | 136 | 157 | 166 | 789 | |
| Winners | 44 | 46 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 188 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 51% | 32% | 36% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 58/89 | 54/72 | 35/55 | 42/68 | 45/77 | 234/361 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 75% | 64% | 62% | 58% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 44/58 | 46/54 | 29/35 | 34/42 | 35/45 | 188/234 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 85% | 83% | 81% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 8/18 | 17/20 | 20/26 | 22/32 | 88/127 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 44% | 85% | 77% | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/11 | 7/18 | 5/8 | 6/14 | 28/57 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 45% | 39% | 63% | 43% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Djokovic | |||||||
| R1 Mcdonald |
R2 Moutet |
R3 Misolic |
R4 Norrie |
1/4 Zverev |
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 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 37 | 146 | |
| pts | 90-60 | 120-93 | 95-70 | 95-64 | 121-101 | 521-388 | |
| Total points | 150 | 213 | 165 | 159 | 222 | 909 | |
| Winners | 38 | 51 | 41 | 39 | 65 | 234 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% | 43% | 41% | 54% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 70/107 | 51/75 | 54/90 | 85/119 | 307/462 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 65% | 68% | 60% | 71% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 51/70 | 41/51 | 39/54 | 65/85 | 234/307 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 73% | 80% | 72% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 18/37 | 16/24 | 17/36 | 19/34 | 87/155 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 49% | 67% | 47% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 25 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/14 | 4/16 | 7/11 | 4/8 | 25/58 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 36% | 25% | 64% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/5 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 2/3 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 60% | 100% | 60% | 67% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores – French Open
- Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Ivan Dodig/Orlando LuzDodig/Orlando Luz (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Hugo Nys/Edouard Roger-VasselinNys/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Sander Arends/Luke JohnsonArends/Luke Johnson (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alexander BublikBublik (6-1 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexander ZverevZverev (4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-2 4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Joe Salisbury/Neal SkupskiSalisbury/Neal Skupski – Matthew Ebden/John PeersEbden/John Peers (6-74 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Tommy PaulPaul (6-0 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Christian Harrison/Evan KingHarrison/Evan King – Harri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
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