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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Alexander Zverev #5

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 13, 2018*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Alexander Zverev
Duration	1h

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Alexander Zverev
Aces	0	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	72	56
First serve points won %	79	53
Second serve points won %	54	40
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	72	47
Return points won %	53	28
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Alexander Zverev
Country	SRB	GER
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Apr 20, 1997
Age	31	21
Height	188	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	5
Ranking points (entering)	6,445	4,755
Elo (entering)	2,332	2,069
Career W-L	1,122–223	528–215
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$66,017,932

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 1 Alexander Zverev

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2018	QF	Kevin Anderson	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2018	R16	Marco Cecchinato	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2018	R32	Jeremy Chardy	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2018	F	Borna Coric	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2018	QF	Kyle Edmund	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2018	R16	Alex de Minaur	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2018	R32	Nikoloz Basilashvili	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data