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Holger Rune #7 def. Novak Djokovic #1

6-2 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2023*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Holger Rune
Score	6-2 4-6 6-2
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Holger Rune	Novak Djokovic
Aces	3	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	56	61
First serve points won %	77	62
Second serve points won %	50	47
Break points saved %	60	50
Break points converted %	50	40
Service points won %	65	56
Return points won %	44	35
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Holger Rune	Novak Djokovic
Country	DEN	SRB
Birth date	Apr 29, 2003	May 22, 1987
Age	20	35
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,865	6,775
Elo (entering)	2,062	2,331
Career W-L	170–100	1,122–223
Career earnings	$15,739,774	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Holger Rune 1 – 1 Novak Djokovic

Path

Holger Rune's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2023	R16	Alexei Popyrin	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2023	R32	Fabio Fognini	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2023	R64	Arthur Fils	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Holger Rune's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2023	SF	Casper Ruud	6-7(2) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2023	R16	Cameron Norrie	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2023	R32	Grigor Dimitrov	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2023	R64	Tomas Martin Etcheverry	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data