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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Aslan Karatsev #114

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 20, 2021*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Aslan Karatsev
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Aslan Karatsev
Aces	17	6
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	68	52
First serve points won %	71	65
Second serve points won %	62	34
Break points saved %	60	14
Break points converted %	86	40
Service points won %	68	50
Return points won %	50	32
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Aslan Karatsev
Country	SRB	RUS
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Sep 4, 1993
Age	33	27
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	114
Ranking points (entering)	12,030	642
Elo (entering)	2,309	1,831
Career W-L	1,122–223	78–86
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$5,404,762

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 0 Aslan Karatsev

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2021	QF	Alexander Zverev	6-7(6) 6-2 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2021	R16	Milos Raonic	7-6(4) 4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2021	R32	Taylor Fritz	7-6(1) 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Frances Tiafoe	6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Jeremy Chardy	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2021	F	Daniil Medvedev	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Aslan Karatsev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2021	QF	Grigor Dimitrov	2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2021	R16	Felix Auger-Aliassime	3-6 1-6 6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2021	R32	Diego Schwartzman	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Egor Gerasimov	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Gianluca Mager	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data