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Ivo Karlovic vs Novak Djokovic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ivo Karlovic seasons:20212020201920182017
Novak Djokovic seasons:20262025202420232022
🇭🇷 Ivo Karlovic
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic
Age: 47y 75d (1979-02-28)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
4,700pts
#4
(1987-05-22) Age: 38y 357d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 1
Wins: 66.7% - 33.3%
Hard 2–0Clay 0–1Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 1–1250 1–0
LWW
WLL

Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
9.3%90.7%
+601-979

H2H Preview

🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic and 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic have met 3 times. Ivo Karlovic currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic has compiled an overall career record of 371–346 across 717 matches, translating to a win rate of 51.74%. On hard courts his record stands at 234–217 (51.88%), while on clay he holds a 55–76 (41.98%) mark. On grass the numbers read 75–44 (63.03%) , and on carpet 7–9 (43.75%). Throughout his career he has won 8 titles (4 hard, 1 clay, 3 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 21–62 (25.30%).

🇷🇸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 2 times, with Ivo Karlovic leading 2–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Novak Djokovic) across 1 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2015-01-05DohaHardQF27🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic (7)1🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (1)6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-4313621373.7%84.9%50.0%0/0
2008-10-12Madrid MastersHardR1621🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic (14)3🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (3)7-6(4) 7-6(5)310220065.1%88.9%48.3%3/3
2008-05-11Hamburg MastersClayR163🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (3)24🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic7-6(3) 6-33984269.2%72.2%58.3%3/4

Wins

Ivo Karlovic
Novak Djokovic
2–1Overall
1–1Masters 1000
1–0ATP 250
2–0Hard
0–1Clay

Sets Format

66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
50.0%1
50.0%1
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Ivo Karlovic
Novak Djokovic

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
66.7%2
33.3%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ivo Karlovic
Novak Djokovic

Sets

57.1%4
42.9%3
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
50.0%2
50.0%2
Masters 1000
80.0%4
20.0%1
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
100.0%2
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Ivo Karlovic
Novak Djokovic

Games

50.0%42
50.0%42
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
47.9%23
52.1%25
Masters 1000
53.2%33
46.8%29
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
40.9%9
59.1%13
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Ivo Karlovic
Novak Djokovic

Overview

By Surface

Ivo Karlovic
Novak Djokovic

By Tournament Level

Ivo Karlovic
Novak Djokovic

By Round

Ivo Karlovic
Novak Djokovic

By Opponent Ranking

Ivo KarlovicNovak Djokovic
22.2%2-7
vs Top 1
42.1%16-22
18.9%7-30
vs Top 5
60.1%128-85
25.3%21-62
vs Top 10
68.7%265-121
35.7%51-92
vs Top 20
72.8%406-152
49.5%269-274
vs Top 100
82.3%1016-219
58.1%100-72
vs +100
91%151-15
41.6%137-192
vs Higher
54.5%73-61
60.1%232-154
vs Lower
86.3%1094-173

Opponent Breakdown

Ivo KarlovicNovak Djokovic
52%316-292
Vs Younger
86.6%530-82
50.5%55-54
Vs Older
80.7%640-153
52.4%325-295
Vs Right-Handed
84.2%1026-192
47.4%46-51
Vs Left-Handed
77%144-43
49.8%243-245
Vs 2H Backhand
84.2%892-168
53.8%99-85
Vs 1H Backhand
79.9%254-64
51.7%370-346
Vs Shorter
82%593-130
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Vs Taller
84.4%410-76

Pressure Situations