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Alexander Zverev #17 def. Novak Djokovic #2

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 21, 2017*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Alexander Zverev
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Alexander Zverev	Novak Djokovic
Aces	7	1
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	71	64
First serve points won %	84	70
Second serve points won %	69	38
Break points saved %	—	40
Break points converted %	60	—
Service points won %	80	58
Return points won %	42	20
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Zverev	Novak Djokovic
Country	GER	SRB
Birth date	Apr 20, 1997	May 22, 1987
Age	20	29
Height	198	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,300	6,845
Elo (entering)	2,122	2,365
Career W-L	528–215	1,122–223
Career earnings	$66,017,932	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Zverev 0 – 0 Novak Djokovic

Path

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2017	SF	John Isner	6-4 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2017	QF	Milos Raonic	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2017	R16	Fabio Fognini	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2017	R32	Viktor Troicki	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2017	R64	Kevin Anderson	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Zverev's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2017	SF	Dominic Thiem	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2017	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2017	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2017	R32	Aljaz Bedene	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data