Novak Djokovic and Yannick Hanfmann will face off in the semifinal of the Hellenic Championship for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.172
Yannick Hanfmann -> 4.95
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Yannick Hanfmann
This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Yannick Hanfmann square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in Shanghai back in October 2025.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Yannick Hanfmann – Shanghai 05-October-2025
Novak Djokovic
37 - 11win/loss
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| 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. 5, the Serbian reached the semifinal after defeating Alejandro Tabilo 7-6(3) 6-1 and Nuno Borges 7-6(1) 6-4.
In the quarter, Novak had a good straight sets win against Borges (7-61 6-4). During the match, Djokovic scored 78 points vs Borges’s 63. Novak was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Novak Djokovic was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (36/42) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak broke Borges once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Djokovic hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a marvellous record in the last 10 years having won 85% of his matches (475-87). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a compiled 75-15 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Geneva where he beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 7-6(2).
Djokovic has a composed 37-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Athens
Novak has never competed in this tournament before.
Yannick Hanfmann
45 - 26win/loss
104
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-28 | 12-9 | 17-12 | 12-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-33 | 8-11 | 12-15 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 6-8 | 29-14 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 4-3 | 21-16 | 7-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 1-4 | 14-11 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 117, Yannick reached the semifinal after beating Lukas Klein 6-2 6-4, Alex Molcan 7-6(2) 6-3, Ivan Ivanov 6-4 6-2, Vit Kopriva 6-2 5-7 7-5 and Marcos Giron 7-6(3) 6-4.
In the quarter, Yannick had a good straight sets win against Giron (7-63 6-4). During the match Hanfmann scored 70 points vs Giron’s 55. The German was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Hanfmann struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yannick Hanfmann was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (37/42) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Giron once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yannick started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Hagen Challenger where he beat Guy Den Ouden in the final 3-6 6-2 6-2.
The German has an overall 45-26 win-loss record in 2025, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Hanfmann |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 113 |
| Pts | 151-111 | 392-300 |
| Total Points | 262 | 692 |
| Winners | 70 | 180 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Djokovic played 2 matches while Hanfmann competed in 5 matches. Hanfmann started his run from the qualifications while Djokovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yannick Hanfmann dropped 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Djokovic has played 7 set(s) less than Hanfmann (4 vs 11). Therefore, Djokovic played 70 games less than Hanfmann. The Serbian scored 70 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Yannick blasted 180 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Hanfmann |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 53 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 10.6 |
| 1st in | 79/120 | 232/329 |
| %1st in | 66% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 70/79 | 180/232 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 26/41 | 64/97 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 66% |
Djokovic bagged 22 aces (11 per match). Hanfmann bagged 53 aces (10.6 per match). Djokovic won 89% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Hanfmann won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Hanfmann |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 12/34 |
| % Converted | 30% | 35% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Djokovic broke his opponents 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Djokovic was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The German broke his opponents 12 times with a 35% conversion rate. Hanfmann conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | ||||
| R2 Tabilo | 1/4 Borges | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 73-48 | 78-63 | 151-111 | |
| Total points | 121 | 141 | 262 | |
| Winners | 34 | 36 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 9 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/59 | 42/61 | 79/120 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 69% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/37 | 36/42 | 70/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 86% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/19 | 26/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 68% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 1/5 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 20% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hanfmann | |||||||
| Q1 Klein | Q3 Molcan | R1 Ivanov | R2 Kopriva | 1/4 Giron | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-62 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 5-7 7-5 | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 18 | 32 | 23 | 113 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 82-61 | 66-49 | 111-95 | 70-55 | 392-300 | |
| Total points | 103 | 143 | 115 | 206 | 125 | 692 | |
| Winners | 25 | 40 | 31 | 47 | 37 | 180 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 49% | 47% | 42% | 53% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 5 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 53 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/50 | 51/74 | 42/56 | 65/91 | 42/58 | 232/329 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 75% | 71% | 72% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 40/51 | 31/42 | 47/65 | 37/42 | 180/232 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | 74% | 72% | 88% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 14/23 | 9/14 | 16/26 | 11/16 | 64/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 61% | 64% | 62% | 69% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/5 | 3/6 | 4/14 | 1/5 | 12/34 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 20% | 50% | 29% | 20% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 100% | 60% | – | 130% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Athens
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Marcos GironGiron (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Sander Gille/Sem VerbeekGille/Sem Verbeek – John Peers/James TracyPeers/James Tracy (6-73 6-3 10-1) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco Cabral/Lucas MiedlerCabral/Lucas Miedler – Alexander Erler/Robert GallowayErler/Robert Galloway (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Santiago Gonzalez/David PelGonzalez/David Pel – Adam Pavlasek/Ryan SeggermanPavlasek/Ryan Seggerman (7-63 7-63) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-6(1) 6-4) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Marcos GironGiron (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (2-2) – H2H and prediction