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Jiri Vesely #123 def. Novak Djokovic #1

6-4 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Feb 25, 2022*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jiri Vesely
Score	6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 57m

Stat	Jiri Vesely	Novak Djokovic
Aces	9	9
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	66	66
First serve points won %	69	74
Second serve points won %	56	42
Break points saved %	60	62
Break points converted %	38	40
Service points won %	65	63
Return points won %	37	35
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Vesely	Novak Djokovic
Country	CZE	SRB
Birth date	Jul 10, 1993	May 22, 1987
Age	28	34
Height	198	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	123	1
Ranking points (entering)	550	8,875
Elo (entering)	1,699	2,375
Career W-L	129–160	1,122–223
Career earnings	$6,112,938	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Vesely 1 – 1 Novak Djokovic

Path

Jiri Vesely's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2022	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2022	R32	Marin Cilic	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2022	Q2	Alexei Popyrin	7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2022	Q1	Hady Habib	6-1 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Vesely's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2022	SF	Denis Shapovalov	6-7(7) 7-6(2) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2022	R16	Karen Khachanov	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2022	R32	Lorenzo Musetti	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data