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Novak Djokovic #2 def. Alexander Zverev #17

7-6(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 19, 2023*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Alexander Zverev
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Alexander Zverev
Aces	4	10
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	64	69
First serve points won %	80	80
Second serve points won %	55	40
Break points saved %	75	67
Break points converted %	33	25
Service points won %	71	68
Return points won %	32	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Alexander Zverev
Country	SRB	GER
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Apr 20, 1997
Age	36	26
Height	188	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	17
Ranking points (entering)	8,795	2,310
Elo (entering)	2,350	2,078
Career W-L	1,122–223	528–215
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$66,017,932

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 6 – 3 Alexander Zverev

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2023	QF	Taylor Fritz	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2023	R16	Gael Monfils	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2023	R32	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	6-4 0-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2023	F	Carlos Alcaraz	5-7 7-6(7) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2023	QF	Adrian Mannarino	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2023	R16	Daniil Medvedev	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2023	R32	Yoshihito Nishioka	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2023	R64	Grigor Dimitrov	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data