Prediction Of Cobolli Vs Djokovic H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Rolex Shanghai Masters 2024?

What Time Will Flavio Cobolli Play Against Novak Djokovic?

Cobolli and Djokovic are on the Day 7 Schedule at Rolex Shanghai Masters 2024 on Tuesday 8 October 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

[28] Flavio Cobolli from Italy will be facing [4] Novak Djokovic from Serbia in their first meeting. Flavio Cobolli, aged 22, is currently ranked World No. 30 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 30 in October 2024. He broke into the Top 200 in January 2022 and the Top 100 in October 2023. Cobolli achieved these rankings after reaching his first ATP Tour final in Washington. In 2024, he has a record of 34-25, including reaching the final in Washington and winning 1 match in the 2024 Shanghai tournament.

Cobolli‘s biggest wins of his career so far include defeating No. 15 ranked Shelton en route to his first ATP Tour semifinal in Geneva, beating No. 14 ranked Shelton again to reach his first final in Washington, and defeating No. 13 ranked Paul in the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati 1R. In the same year, he reached the third round of the Australian Open as a qualifier, defeating No. 18 ranked Jarry in the first round, and also reached the third round of the US Open as the No. 31 seed.

Cobolli saved three match points against Giron to win his ATP Tour main draw debut in three sets at the 2021 Parma tournament when he was ranked 429th and received a wildcard. He has also won Challenger titles at the 2022 Zadar and 2023 Lisbon tournaments, as well as reached finals at the 2021 Rome-2, 2021 Barletta, and 2023 Olbia tournaments.

In the juniors, Cobolli reached a career-high ranking of No. 8 and ended his junior career by winning the 2020 Roland Garros boys’ doubles title with Stricker.

Notably, Cobolli has a current record of 0-7 against top 10 players and is looking for the biggest win of his career. The 22-year-old Italian aims to advance to his second ATP Masters 1000 round of 16 after the Cincinnati tournament in August this year, where he lost to Hurkacz.

Novak Djokovic, aged 37, is currently ranked World No. 4 and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 1. He has a record of 33-8 in 2024, including winning the Paris Olympics title, and holds a record of 35-5 in the Shanghai tournament with 4 titles.

Djokovic is a record-breaking 7-time Nitto ATP Finals champion and holds the ATP/WTA record for most weeks at No. 1 with 428 weeks. He also holds PIF ATP Rankings records for most years ended at No. 1 (8) and most wins against top 10 players (258). Djokovic has finished in the top 5 in 16 of the last 17 years, with the exception of 2017 when he finished at No. 12.

Djokovic holds the all-time record for the most Grand Slam men’s singles titles in history with 24, including a record 10 Australian Open titles. He is one of three men in history to hold all four Grand Slam championships at the same time, along with Budge and Laver.

He is the only player to have won all nine ATP Masters 1000 events since the start of the series in 1990, achieving this feat multiple times and accumulating a record total of 40 titles. Djokovic also holds the record for the most Grand Slam match wins in history with 377, the third-most men’s singles titles in the Open Era with 99, and the third-most men’s singles wins in the Open Era with 1,120.

In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Djokovic won the men’s singles Olympic gold medal, becoming the third player to complete the men’s singles Career Golden Slam, joining Agassi and Nadal.

He has a winning record against both Federer (27-23) and Nadal (31-29) and has held several impressive winning streaks, including an ATP Tour-record 43 match winning streak from 2010-2011, an ATP Masters 1000-record 31 match winning streak in 2011, and an Open Era-record 30 consecutive Grand Slam match wins from 2015-2016.

In Shanghai, Djokovic is making his 10th appearance and currently leads the tournament in wins with 35 and titles with 4. This is his first time playing in China since 2019. He will be attempting to win his 100th tour-level title and tie Nadal for the most ATP Masters 1000 wins. Djokovic has reached the Shanghai quarterfinals in all 9 of his previous appearances.

Since 1990, Djokovic holds the record for the most ATP Masters 1000 wins on hard courts with 266 wins and 29 titles.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Cobolli will win.
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