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Novak Djokovic vs Potito Starace Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Novak Djokovic seasons:20262025202420232022
Potito Starace seasons:20142013201220112010
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic
🇮🇹 Potito Starace
#4
4,460pts
Age: 39y 9d (1987-05-22)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1981-07-14) Age: 44y 321d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 0
Wins: 100.0% - 0.0%
Hard 0–0Clay 1–0Grass 1–0
Slam 2–0
WW
LL

Match Prediction

FavoriteUnderdog
90.9%9.1%
-1000+610

H2H Preview

🇷🇸Novak Djokovic and 🇮🇹Potito Starace have met 2 times. Novak Djokovic currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–0.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic has compiled an overall career record of 1172–236 across 1408 matches, translating to a win rate of 83.24%. On hard courts his record stands at 741–137 (84.40%), while on clay he holds a 297–74 (80.05%) mark. On grass the numbers read 125–21 (85.62%) , and on carpet 9–4 (69.23%). Throughout his career he has won 101 titles (72 hard, 21 clay, 8 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 265–121 (68.65%).

🇮🇹Potito Starace, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 162–193 from 355 matches (45.63% win rate). His hard-court record is 28–62 (31.11%), on clay he stands at 129–115 (52.87%), and on grass he has gone 1–11 (8.33%) , with a carpet record of 4–5 (44.44%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 2–23 (8.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. 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
2012-05-27Roland GarrosClayR1281🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (1)97🇮🇹Potito Starace7-6(3) 6-3 6-151246077.2%82.0%66.7%0/0
2007-06-25WimbledonGrassR1285🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (4)47🇮🇹Potito Starace6-0 6-3 6-45956166.2%77.6%64.0%1/2

Wins

Novak Djokovic
Potito Starace
2–0Overall
2–0Grand Slam
1–0Clay
1–0Grass

Sets Format

0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo3
100.0%2
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
0.0%0
2 Sets
100.0%2
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Novak Djokovic
Potito Starace

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Novak Djokovic
Potito Starace

Sets

100.0%6
0.0%0
All
100.0%6
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%3
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Novak Djokovic
Potito Starace

Games

68.5%37
31.5%17
All
68.5%37
31.5%17
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
72.0%18
28.0%7
Grass
65.5%19
34.5%10
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Novak Djokovic
Potito Starace

Overview

By Surface

Novak Djokovic
Potito Starace

By Tournament Level

Novak Djokovic
Potito Starace

By Round

Novak Djokovic
Potito Starace

By Opponent Ranking

Novak DjokovicPotito Starace
42.1%16-22
vs Top 1
0%0-5
60.1%128-85
vs Top 5
0%0-20
68.7%265-121
vs Top 10
8%2-23
72.8%406-152
vs Top 20
16.1%9-47
82.2%1018-220
vs Top 100
40.1%109-163
91%151-15
vs +100
63.9%53-30
54.5%73-61
vs Higher
34.4%64-122
86.3%1096-174
vs Lower
58%98-71

Opponent Breakdown

Novak DjokovicPotito Starace
86.5%532-83
Vs Younger
43.7%107-138
80.7%640-153
Vs Older
49.5%54-55
84.2%1028-193
Vs Right-Handed
45.7%147-175
77%144-43
Vs Left-Handed
43.8%14-18
84.1%893-169
Vs 2H Backhand
41.7%88-123
79.9%255-64
Vs 1H Backhand
45.7%48-57
82%593-130
Vs Shorter
40%94-141
84.4%411-76
Vs Taller
58%51-37

Pressure Situations