Who Will Win: Popyrin Vs Djokovic? Prediction For ATP Us Open 2024

What Time Will Alexei Popyrin Play Against Novak Djokovic?

Popyrin and Djokovic are on the Day 5 Schedule at Us Open 2024 on Friday 30 August 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?

In their head-to-head matches, Novak Djokovic leads Alexei Popyrin with a 3-0 record. These matches include their previous encounters at the Tokyo 2022, Australian Open 2024, and Wimbledon 2024.

Novak Djokovic, born on May 22, 1987, is 37 years old while Alexei Popyrin, born on August 5, 1999, is 25 years old. Djokovic currently holds the number 2 ATP ranking, having reached number 1 on July 4, 2011. Popyrin is ranked number 28, with his highest ranking being number 23 on August 12, 2024. Djokovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, while Popyrin hails from Sydney, Australia.

In terms of their win-loss records in 2024 on hard courts, Popyrin has a record of 22 wins and 16 losses, with 15 wins and 5 losses on hard courts. On the other hand, Djokovic has a record of 31 wins and 7 losses, with 10 wins and 3 losses on hard courts. In their career win-loss records on hard courts, Popyrin has 87 wins and 106 losses, while Djokovic has an impressive record of 1,118 wins and 220 losses. Djokovic also has 71 career titles on hard courts compared to Popyrin’s 2 titles.

In terms of their performance in grand slams, Popyrin has a win-loss record of 19 wins and 22 losses, reaching the third round seven times. His best finish was reaching the third round in the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021. He has a 4-7 record in fifth-set matches at grand slams and has not come back from a 2 sets down. Meanwhile, Djokovic has a remarkable overall record in grand slams, with 377 wins and 50 losses, and he

has won 24 titles. He has a 40-11 record in fifth-set matches at grand slams and has come back from being 2 sets down eight times.

Popyrin has not yet defeated a top-5 ranked player in his career, with a record of 1-11 against them. However, he has had some success against top-10 ranked players in grand slams, with wins over Dominic Thiem in the 2019 Australian Open and Taylor Fritz in the 2023 Australian Open.

Popyrin has never advanced beyond the third round in a grand slam, including a loss to Djokovic in the Wimbledon third round earlier this year. He is currently on an 8-1 winning streak since the start of the summer hard court swing, which included his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Montreal. His career highlights also include reaching a career-high ranking of 23 in August 2024 and becoming the first Australian player to win an ATP Masters 1000 title since Lleyton Hewitt in 2003.

Djokovic, on the other hand, is looking to add to his already impressive career achievements. He is aiming to set the all-time record for the most Grand Slam titles (25) and to tie Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, and Pete Sampras for the most US Open men’s singles titles in the Open Era (5). He has a record of 90 wins and 13 losses at the US Open, the second-most in the Open Era after Connors. Djokovic also holds the record for the most men’s singles Grand Slam match wins in history (377) and has won the most ATP Masters 1000 titles (40).

Their match will take place at Louis Armstrong Stadium.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Popyrin will win.
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