Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.37
Taylor Fritz -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Taylor Fritz

This will be the 10th time that Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz play each other. The head to head is 9-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Taylor Fritz – Australian Open 23-January-2024

Novak Djokovic

Ranked no. 4, Djokovic got to the semifinal after defeating Alex Michelsen 7-6(3) 7-6(9), Flavio Cobolli 6-1 6-2, Roman Safiullin 6-3 6-2 and Jakub Mensik 6-7(4) 6-1 6-4.

In the quarter against Mensik, Djokovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-1 6-4). During the match, Djokovic scored 103 points vs Mensik’s 88. Novak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Djokovic bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Novak Djokovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (43/52) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Serbian broke Mensik 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Djokovic has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Djokovic has an extraordinary match record in the last 10 years having won 86% of his matches (519-81). 14-4 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has an overall 235-31 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Paris where he beat Carlos Alcaraz in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(2).

The Serbian has an aggregate 36-8 win-loss record in 2024, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Taylor Fritz

Ranked no. 7, Taylor got to the semifinal after beating Unknown Player bye, Terence Atmane 7-6(4) 7-6(5), Yosuke Watanuki 6-3 6-4, Holger Rune 6-1 6-2 and David Goffin 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Goffin (6-3 6-4). During the match Fritz scored 67 points vs Goffin’s 53. The American was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Fritz struck 10 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Taylor Fritz lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Taylor broke Goffin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Delray Beach where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final 6-2 6-3 and in Eastbourne where he overcame Max Purcell in the final 6-4 6-3.

Taylor has an overall 49-19 win-loss record in 2024, 22-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points
Djokovic
Fritz

Match played
4
4

Tot Set
9
8

Tot Games
88
79

Pts
310-232
266-218

Total Points
542
484

Winners
132
126

%Winners
43%
47%

Both Djokovic and Fritz played 4 matches. At the moment, Novak Djokovic surrendered 1 set while Taylor Fritz hasn’t lost a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set more than Fritz (9 vs 8). Therefore, Djokovic played 9 games more than Fritz. The Serbian scored 132 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 126 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve
Djokovic
Fritz

Aces
21
35

Avg per match
5.3
8.8

1st in
161/249
167/251

%1st in
65%
67%

1st pts
132/161
126/167

%1st pts
82%
75%

2nd pts
54/88
47/84

%2nd pts
61%
56%

Djokovic struck 21 aces (5.3 per match). Fritz struck 35 aces (8.8 per match). Djokovic won 82% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Fritz won 75% 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
Djokovic
Fritz

Won
13
11

Converted
13/30
11/21

% Converted
43%
52%

Conceded
9
12

Saved
6
9

% Saved
67%
75%

Times Broken
3
3

Djokovic broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Taylor broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Taylor conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic

R2
Michelsen
R3
Cobolli
R4
Safiullin
1/4
Mensik
Total

Score
7-63 7-69
6-1 6-2
6-3 6-2
6-74 6-1 6-4

Tot Set
2
2
2
3
9

Tot Games
26
15
17
30
88

pts
87-75
62-33
58-36
103-88
310-232

Total points
162
95
94
191
542

Winners
40
20
29
43
132

%Winners
46%
32%
50%
42%
43%

SERVE

Aces
7
3
4
7
21

Double Faults
3
2
1
1
7

1st in
52/76
24/40
33/51
52/82
161/249

% 1st in
68%
60%
65%
63%
65%

1st pts
40/52
20/24
29/33
43/52
132/161

% 1st pts
77%
83%
88%
83%
82%

2nd pts
15/24
13/16
9/18
17/30
54/88

% 2nd pts
63%
81%
50%
57%
61%

Breaks

Won
2
4
3
4
13

Converted
2/7
4/9
3/5
4/9
13/30

Converted %
29%
44%
60%
44%
43%

Conceded
5
0
3
1
9

Saved
3/5
0/0
3/3
0/1
6

Saved %
60%
–
100%
0%
40%

Times Broken
2
0
0
1
3

Fritz

R2
Atmane
R3
Watanuki
R4
Rune
1/4
Goffin
Total

Score
7-64 7-65
6-3 6-4
6-1 6-2
6-3 6-4

Tot Set
2
2
2
2
8

Tot Games
26
19
15
19
79

pts
80-83
62-51
57-31
67-53
266-218

Total points
163
113
88
120
484

Winners
38
30
30
28
126

%Winners
48%
48%
53%
42%
47%

SERVE

Aces
6
10
9
10
35

Double Faults
0
0
0
0
0

1st in
52/82
39/60
35/48
41/61
167/251

% 1st in
63%
65%
73%
67%
67%

1st pts
38/52
30/39
30/35
28/41
126/167

% 1st pts
73%
77%
86%
68%
75%

2nd pts
17/30
10/21
6/13
14/20
47/84

% 2nd pts
57%
48%
46%
70%
56%

Breaks

Won
1
3
4
3
11

Converted
1/6
3/4
4/4
3/7
11/21

Converted %
17%
75%
100%
43%
52%

Conceded
3
4
1
4
12

Saved
2/3
3/4
1/1
3/4
9

Saved %
67%
75%
100%
75%
79%

Times Broken
1
1
0
1
3

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic – Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (6-73 6-4 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings

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