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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Borna Coric #19

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 14, 2018*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Borna Coric
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Borna Coric
Aces	7	3
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	62	78
First serve points won %	91	61
Second serve points won %	70	56
Break points saved %	100	78
Break points converted %	22	0
Service points won %	83	60
Return points won %	40	17
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Borna Coric
Country	SRB	CRO
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Nov 14, 1996
Age	31	21
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	19
Ranking points (entering)	6,445	1,815
Elo (entering)	2,338	2,017
Career W-L	1,122–223	200–187
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$13,515,306

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 2 – 0 Borna Coric

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2018	SF	Alexander Zverev	6-2 6-1	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Borna Coric's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2018	SF	Roger Federer	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2018	QF	Matthew Ebden	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2018	R16	Juan Martin del Potro	7-5 0-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2018	R32	Bradley Klahn	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2018	R64	Stan Wawrinka	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data