Novak Djokovic and Holger Rune will play each other in the final of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.165
Holger Rune -> 5.45

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Holger Rune

This will be the 2^nd time that Novak Djokovic and Holger Rune clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 6-1 in the 1^st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2021.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Holger Rune – U.S. Open 31-August-2021

Novak Djokovic

Ranked no. 7, the Serbian reached the final after beating Maxime Cressy 7-6¹ 6-4, Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-1, Lorenzo Musetti 6-0 6-3 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 3-6 7-6⁴.

In the semifinal, Djokovic defeated Tsitsipas (6-2 3-6 7-6⁴). During the match, Djokovic scored 93 points vs Tsitsipas’s 74. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Djokovic recorded 11 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Novak Djokovic was very effective on serve to win 84% (41/49) of his 1st serve and 72% (21/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Serbian broke Tsitsipas twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Djokovic has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.

Djokovic has a great record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (557-82). 14-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has an overall 89-13 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Rome where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-0 7-6(5) and at the Wimbledon where he overcame Nick Kyrgios in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) and in Tel Aviv where he defeated Marin Cilic in the final 6-3 6-4 and in Astana where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Serbian has an overall 37-6 win-loss record in 2022, 14-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Holger Rune

Ranked no. 18 (career-high), Holger reached the final after defeating Stan Wawrinka 4-6 7-5 7-6³, Hubert Hurkacz 7-5 6-1, Andrey Rublev 6-4 7-5, Carlos Alcaraz 6-3 6-6 ret. and Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (6-4 6-2). During the match Rune scored 64 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 47. Holger was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Rune blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Holger Rune conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 79% of his first serves in, win 86% (32/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. The Dane broke Auger-Aliassime 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Dane has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Munich where he beat Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 3-4 ret. and in Stockholm where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 6-4.

Holger has a composed 49-27 win-loss record in 2022, 20-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

The Dane has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Djokovic played 4 matches while Rune competed in 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic lost 1 set, while Holger Rune surrendered 1 set. Djokovic has played 3 set(s) less than Rune (9 vs 12). Therefore, Djokovic played 30 games less than Rune. Djokovic scored 118 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Holger recorded 179 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Djokovic fired 20 aces (5 per match). Rune recorded 30 aces (6 per match). Djokovic won 87% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Rune won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Serbian broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Rune broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Holger conceded his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.