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Gilles Simon vs Novak Djokovic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Gilles Simon seasons:20222021202020192018
Novak Djokovic seasons:20262025202420232022
🇫🇷 Gilles Simon
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic
Age: 41y 138d (1984-12-27)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
4,700pts
#4
(1987-05-22) Age: 38y 357d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
1 - 11
Wins: 8.3% - 91.7%
Hard 1–9Clay 0–1Grass 0–1
250 1–0Finals 0–1500 0–2Masters 1000 0–5Davis Cup 0–1Slam 0–2
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Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
9.1%90.9%
+609-997

H2H Preview

🇫🇷Gilles Simon and 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 12 times. Novak Djokovic currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 11–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇫🇷Gilles Simon has compiled an overall career record of 504–394 across 898 matches, translating to a win rate of 56.12%. On hard courts his record stands at 301–225 (57.22%), while on clay he holds a 147–119 (55.26%) mark. On grass the numbers read 52–43 (54.74%) , and on carpet 4–7 (36.36%). Throughout his career he has won 14 titles (9 hard, 5 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 34–94 (26.56%).

🇷🇸Novak Djokovic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1170–235 from 1405 matches (83.27% win rate). His hard-court record is 741–137 (84.40%), on clay he stands at 295–73 (80.16%), and on grass he has gone 125–21 (85.62%) , with a carpet record of 9–4 (69.23%). He has accumulated 101 titles in total (72 hard, 21 clay, 8 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 265–121 (68.65%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 10 times, with Novak Djokovic leading 9–1 (90.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Novak Djokovic) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Novak Djokovic).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2017-04-17Monte Carlo MastersClayR322🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (2)32🇫🇷Gilles Simon6-3 3-6 7-53-2161.4%62.7%59.4%1/6
2016-01-18Australian OpenHardR161🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (1)15🇫🇷Gilles Simon (14)6-3 6-7(1) 6-4 4-6 6-352729162.1%70.0%55.2%14/18
2015-11-02Paris MastersHardR161🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (1)15🇫🇷Gilles Simon (14)6-3 7-53962358.8%65.0%39.3%5/10
2014-08-10Cincinnati MastersHardR321🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (1)31🇫🇷Gilles Simon6-3 4-6 6-431307370.6%73.3%44.0%2/5
2014-06-23WimbledonGrassR322🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (1)44🇫🇷Gilles Simon6-4 6-2 6-451327258.8%76.6%45.5%4/7
2010-12-03Davis Cup WG F: SRB vs FRAHardRR3🇷🇸Novak Djokovic42🇫🇷Gilles Simon6-3 6-1 7-55------0/0
2010-10-04BeijingHardQF2🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (1)43🇫🇷Gilles Simon6-3 6-23854073.5%72.0%66.7%7/7
2009-10-11Shanghai MastersHardQF4🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (2)10🇫🇷Gilles Simon (8)6-3 2-6 6-231441561.9%61.5%43.8%4/9
2009-08-16Cincinnati MastersHardQF4🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (4)9🇫🇷Gilles Simon (9)6-4 7-53888362.5%82.5%50.0%2/3
2009-02-23DubaiHardSF3🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (1)8🇫🇷Gilles Simon (3)3-6 7-5 7-5316512361.5%65.7%59.5%1/3
2008-11-09Masters CupHardSF3🇷🇸Novak Djokovic9🇫🇷Gilles Simon4-6 6-3 7-531728163.2%71.6%56.4%6/8
2008-02-11MarseilleHardR1630🇫🇷Gilles Simon3🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (1)6-2 6-7(6) 6-331278356.1%71.7%68.1%6/6

Wins

Gilles Simon
Novak Djokovic
1–11Overall
0–2Grand Slam
0–5Masters 1000
0–2ATP 500
1–0ATP 250
0–1Tour Finals
0–1Davis Cup
1–9Hard
0–1Clay
0–1Grass

Sets Format

11.1%1
88.9%8
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%3
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%3
2 Sets
12.5%1
87.5%7
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
Gilles Simon
Novak Djokovic

Deciding

14.3%1
85.7%6
Decider Set
50.0%1
50.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%1
After 3 hours
Gilles Simon
Novak Djokovic

Sets

25.7%9
74.3%26
All
25.0%2
75.0%6
Grand Slam
23.1%3
76.9%10
Masters 1000
27.6%8
72.4%21
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grass
33.3%1
66.7%2
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Gilles Simon
Novak Djokovic

Games

43.5%150
56.5%195
All
41.8%33
58.2%46
Grand Slam
43.3%55
56.7%72
Masters 1000
43.9%126
56.1%161
Hard
35.7%10
64.3%18
Grass
46.7%14
53.3%16
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Gilles Simon
Novak Djokovic

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Gilles Simon
Novak Djokovic

By Tournament Level

Gilles Simon
Novak Djokovic

By Round

Gilles Simon
Novak Djokovic

By Opponent Ranking

Gilles SimonNovak Djokovic
25%2-6
vs Top 1
42.1%16-22
18.2%12-54
vs Top 5
60.1%128-85
26.6%34-94
vs Top 10
68.7%265-121
32.4%66-138
vs Top 20
72.8%406-152
51.7%377-352
vs Top 100
82.3%1016-219
75.1%127-42
vs +100
91%151-15
36.2%106-187
vs Higher
54.5%73-61
65.8%398-207
vs Lower
86.3%1094-173

Opponent Breakdown

Gilles SimonNovak Djokovic
53.9%284-243
Vs Younger
86.6%530-82
59.3%220-151
Vs Older
80.7%640-153
56.5%451-347
Vs Right-Handed
84.2%1026-192
53%53-47
Vs Left-Handed
77%144-43
56.7%358-273
Vs 2H Backhand
84.2%892-168
51.1%120-115
Vs 1H Backhand
79.9%254-64
61.1%110-70
Vs Shorter
82%593-130
54.4%312-262
Vs Taller
84.4%410-76

Pressure Situations