H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Novak Djokovic vs Joao Sousa H2H: 6-0

Novak Djokovic holds a 6–0 lead over Joao Sousa in their ATP head-to-head. Across 6 main-draw meetings, Novak Djokovic leads 4–0 on hard courts and 2–0 on clay. Most recently, Novak Djokovic won the 2018 Paris Masters second round 7-5 6-1.

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Novak Djokovic
Serbia Age 39 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"
H2H
6 – 0
6 main draw meetings
Joao Sousa
POR Age 37 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Novak Djokovic #2 7-5 6-1 Joao Sousa #48 Match data Nov 1, 2018* R32 Paris Masters Masters 1000 Hard
Novak Djokovic #6 6-3 6-4 6-3 Joao Sousa #68 Match data Sep 4, 2018* R16 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Novak Djokovic #2 6-1 6-4 6-3 Joao Sousa #59 Match data Jun 1, 2017* R64 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Novak Djokovic #1 6-4 6-1 Joao Sousa #38 Match data Mar 28, 2016* R32 Miami Open Masters 1000 Hard
Novak Djokovic #2 6-1 6-2 6-4 Joao Sousa #44 Match data May 28, 2014* R128 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Novak Djokovic #1 6-0 6-2 6-2 Joao Sousa #95 Match data Sep 1, 2013* R32 US Open Grand Slam Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS Olympics 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Novak Djokovic #5 #1 16,950 2,593 1,141 231 83.2% 24 1 40 7 15 14 101
Joao Sousa #954 #28 1,355 1,916 190 250 43.2% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Novak Djokovic Joao Sousa
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 2004 1–3 25.0% #186 1,490 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2005 9–9 50.0% #78 1,733 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2006 35–17 67.3% #16 1,884 0 2 2008 1–1 50.0% #592 1,550 0 0
20 2007 65–19 77.4% #3 2,068 0 7 — — — — — — —
21 2008 63–16 79.7% #3 2,130 1 11 — — — — — — —
22 2009 78–17 82.1% #3 2,273 1 16 2011 1–1 50.0% #192 1,507 0 0
23 2010 56–18 75.7% #3 2,163 1 18 2012 3–4 42.9% #101 1,587 0 0
24 2011 72–6 92.3% #1 2,382 4 28 2013 14–13 51.9% #49 1,797 0 1
25 2012 75–12 86.2% #1 2,425 5 34 2014 23–34 40.4% #54 1,738 0 1
26 2013 67–9 88.2% #2 2,471 6 41 2015 34–30 53.1% #33 1,904 0 2
27 2014 65–8 89.0% #1 2,450 7 48 2016 25–33 43.1% #43 1,805 0 2
28 2015 82–6 93.2% #1 2,554 10 59 2017 22–30 42.3% #57 1,735 0 2
29 2016 64–9 87.7% #2 2,429 12 66 2018 25–26 49.0% #44 1,782 0 3
30 2017 31–8 79.5% #12 2,281 12 68 2019 25–28 47.2% #60 1,757 0 3
31 2018 53–12 81.5% #1 2,332 14 72 2020 0–9 0.0% #90 1,607 0 3
32 2019 55–11 83.3% #2 2,262 16 77 2021 1–13 7.1% #140 1,534 0 3
33 2020 35–5 87.5% #1 2,277 17 81 2022 13–20 39.4% #82 1,565 0 4
34 2021 50–7 87.7% #1 2,339 20 86 2023 3–7 30.0% #249 1,510 0 4
35 2022 42–6 87.5% #5 2,353 21 91 2024 0–1 0.0% #726 1,503 0 4
36 2023 54–6 90.0% #1 2,402 24 98 — — — — — — —
37 2024 35–9 79.5% #7 2,273 24 99 — — — — — — —
38 2025 39–11 78.0% #4 2,191 24 101 — — — — — — —
39 2026 15–7 68.2% #5 2,094 24 101 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Novak Djokovic Joao Sousa
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 2004 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2005 2 3 5 40.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2006 14 8 22 63.6% 14 5 19 73.7% 4 2 6 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 2008 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
20 2007 43 12 55 78.2% 16 5 21 76.2% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2008 42 11 53 79.2% 16 3 19 84.2% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2009 53 11 64 82.8% 17 4 21 81.0% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2011 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
23 2010 40 12 52 76.9% 10 4 14 71.4% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2012 — — — — 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — — — — —
24 2011 46 5 51 90.2% 19 1 20 95.0% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 2013 12 9 21 57.1% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — —
25 2012 50 5 55 90.9% 16 4 20 80.0% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — — 2014 12 18 30 40.0% 7 13 20 35.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
26 2013 49 5 54 90.7% 12 3 15 80.0% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — 2015 18 17 35 51.4% 14 9 23 60.9% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — —
27 2014 44 6 50 88.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 2016 12 20 32 37.5% 11 10 21 52.4% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
28 2015 59 5 64 92.2% 16 1 17 94.1% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 2017 10 14 24 41.7% 12 13 25 48.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — —
29 2016 46 6 52 88.5% 16 2 18 88.9% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2018 15 17 32 46.9% 8 6 14 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
30 2017 10 3 13 76.9% 13 4 17 76.5% 8 1 9 88.9% — — — — 2019 11 12 23 47.8% 10 12 22 45.5% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — —
31 2018 31 6 37 83.8% 11 5 16 68.8% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — 2020 0 6 6 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — —
32 2019 32 8 40 80.0% 16 3 19 84.2% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 2021 1 3 4 25.0% 0 8 8 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
33 2020 24 4 28 85.7% 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — — — — — 2022 6 9 15 40.0% 7 8 15 46.7% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — —
34 2021 25 4 29 86.2% 18 3 21 85.7% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 2023 0 2 2 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5% — — — — — — — —
35 2022 20 2 22 90.9% 15 4 19 78.9% 7 0 7 100.0% — — — — 2024 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
36 2023 36 2 38 94.7% 12 3 15 80.0% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2024 13 4 17 76.5% 16 4 20 80.0% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2025 25 7 32 78.1% 9 3 12 75.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 2026 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 712 134 846 84.2% 292 71 363 80.4% 131 22 153 85.6% 6 4 10 60.0% — 97 127 224 43.3% 79 98 177 44.6% 14 25 39 35.9% — — — —

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 1,324/1,372 of Novak Djokovic's and 436/440 of Joao Sousa's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Novak Djokovic Joao Sousa
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
17 2004 4/4 6.5 5.3 62.5% 59.7% 42.5% 44.3% 38.4% 53.1% 41.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2005 18/18 4.9 3.2 63.1% 69.1% 48.2% 60.2% 44.6% 61.2% 37.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2006 52/52 5.5 3.0 63.0% 72.3% 53.1% 59.7% 49.3% 65.1% 40.0% 2008 2/2 3.5 1.5 58.6% 67.3% 65.4% 70.8% 31.3% 66.6% 39.5%
20 2007 83/84 6.2 2.3 64.2% 73.1% 54.5% 64.7% 44.4% 66.4% 41.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2008 73/79 6.3 2.0 64.7% 74.2% 58.0% 67.4% 50.9% 68.6% 42.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2009 95/95 5.3 2.8 63.1% 73.3% 54.3% 63.6% 43.6% 66.3% 42.5% 2011 2/2 3.0 1.0 60.3% 61.5% 41.4% 29.8% 58.3% 53.5% 34.6%
23 2010 72/74 4.2 3.9 64.0% 71.6% 54.0% 65.8% 48.0% 65.2% 42.4% 2012 7/7 2.1 3.1 59.5% 66.3% 47.7% 45.8% 29.7% 59.0% 40.6%
24 2011 75/78 4.6 1.9 65.5% 74.8% 57.2% 63.6% 51.1% 68.6% 46.2% 2013 27/27 2.9 2.3 61.8% 68.0% 46.5% 57.4% 38.5% 59.6% 36.1%
25 2012 81/87 5.6 1.8 64.5% 75.7% 56.9% 65.1% 50.8% 69.1% 44.0% 2014 56/57 2.7 2.1 60.3% 67.6% 48.1% 61.1% 37.5% 59.5% 35.1%
26 2013 76/76 6.3 1.6 65.8% 76.3% 62.2% 64.6% 45.0% 71.3% 44.6% 2015 64/64 3.0 2.1 59.2% 70.2% 51.9% 61.3% 42.7% 62.8% 37.0%
27 2014 69/73 6.2 1.5 67.0% 75.5% 57.5% 60.3% 47.7% 69.6% 44.3% 2016 56/58 3.4 2.2 63.4% 69.2% 47.7% 50.2% 42.9% 61.2% 36.5%
28 2015 87/88 5.4 1.6 66.7% 75.4% 61.4% 62.8% 48.1% 70.7% 44.3% 2017 52/52 4.5 2.8 58.5% 72.3% 49.8% 56.2% 38.4% 62.7% 36.5%
29 2016 71/73 3.8 2.4 64.8% 75.0% 57.4% 62.1% 49.2% 68.6% 44.5% 2018 51/51 4.2 2.4 60.3% 72.2% 49.4% 49.3% 35.8% 63.1% 37.5%
30 2017 38/39 4.1 1.9 66.8% 73.4% 53.8% 61.4% 47.9% 66.8% 41.1% 2019 53/53 5.1 1.8 61.7% 70.5% 49.4% 55.1% 38.5% 62.3% 34.5%
31 2018 65/65 5.3 2.3 66.4% 75.5% 58.1% 64.1% 45.1% 69.7% 42.5% 2020 9/9 4.3 2.9 57.1% 63.3% 48.5% 51.5% 35.3% 56.6% 31.7%
32 2019 65/66 5.7 2.6 66.1% 77.4% 59.4% 63.1% 53.6% 71.3% 42.4% 2021 13/14 2.7 2.2 59.1% 63.1% 44.6% 47.1% 31.2% 54.6% 33.4%
33 2020 40/40 6.1 2.8 64.1% 75.9% 53.8% 64.3% 43.4% 67.9% 44.1% 2022 33/33 3.6 2.4 62.3% 67.9% 49.2% 54.1% 34.8% 60.9% 37.2%
34 2021 50/57 8.3 2.7 64.8% 76.7% 54.6% 59.4% 48.3% 68.9% 44.8% 2023 10/10 2.1 2.0 59.4% 62.8% 43.7% 49.1% 35.6% 55.3% 31.3%
35 2022 47/48 6.0 1.9 65.8% 78.5% 58.2% 59.4% 46.9% 71.7% 41.9% 2024 1/1 2.0 2.0 56.3% 64.4% 51.4% 50.0% 25.0% 58.8% 34.7%
36 2023 60/60 7.2 2.9 63.5% 78.0% 57.9% 60.8% 45.3% 70.7% 41.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
37 2024 36/44 7.3 2.7 63.8% 76.0% 56.7% 61.5% 43.5% 69.1% 41.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
38 2025 46/50 8.2 2.1 67.2% 76.8% 55.8% 53.0% 47.1% 69.9% 39.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
39 2026 21/22 8.8 3.5 68.2% 74.6% 54.0% 64.4% 39.0% 67.8% 36.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1,324/1,372 5.8 2.3 65.1% 75.0% 56.7% 62.7% 47.4% 68.6% 42.8% — 436/440 3.6 2.2 60.6% 69.3% 48.9% 55.0% 38.5% 61.2% 36.1%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Novak Djokovic Joao Sousa
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
17 2004 1491 107.5 -0.98 -0.85 0.885 47.7% — +57 — 36.4% -0.91 1–2 (33%) 0–1 — +0.01 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2005 1733 128.8 -0.13 +0.84 0.974 49.7% -92 -124 -27 51.0% -0.14 2–2 (50%) 8–2 (80%) — -0.77 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2006 1885 144.3 +2.58 +1.86 1.145 52.6% -115 -18 -101 63.6% +0.85 10–6 (63%) 14–5 (74%) — +0.06 2008 1551 109.7 -0.19 -0.49 1.182 54.2% — — — 50.0% +0.75 — 0–1 — +0.24
20 2007 2069 168.7 +4.20 +4.63 1.219 53.6% -9 -83 -156 70.3% +1.30 18–6 (75%) 28–13 (68%) — -0.04 2009 1550 98.4 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2008 2130 172.3 +5.71 +7.08 1.355 55.3% +34 +15 -166 75.3% +1.68 8–6 (57%) 18–12 (60%) — -1.51 2010 1543 103.0 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2009 2274 175.6 +3.72 +6.70 1.260 54.2% +35 -48 -230 74.9% +1.62 18–4 (82%) 19–15 (56%) — +2.04 2011 1507 100.3 -2.74 +2.42 0.742 44.6% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.20
23 2010 2163 172.7 +2.60 +6.48 1.220 53.7% +62 0 -55 71.1% +1.38 9–7 (56%) 11–8 (58%) — +0.94 2012 1587 111.9 -2.10 -0.18 0.991 49.4% — +54 — 41.2% -0.77 1–2 (33%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.38
24 2011 2383 182.8 +6.53 +9.98 1.473 57.2% +13 -31 -72 82.9% +2.35 14–2 (88%) 8–7 (53%) — -1.11 2013 1797 138.5 -2.50 -0.67 0.896 48.2% -3 -191 — 47.9% -0.34 6–1 (86%) 1–2 (33%) — +0.54
25 2012 2426 182.4 +6.77 +8.20 1.427 56.2% +70 -20 -80 77.8% +2.07 16–3 (84%) 17–12 (59%) — -2.53 2014 1738 146.5 -2.75 -1.03 0.869 47.5% +1 -106 -36 39.7% -0.87 12–10 (55%) 14–11 (56%) — -0.16
26 2013 2471 184.6 +8.33 +8.48 1.555 57.0% +86 -60 -72 79.4% +2.09 15–6 (71%) 19–9 (68%) — -1.97 2015 1904 152.2 -1.01 +1.38 0.995 49.9% -46 -72 -203 50.0% 0.00 15–9 (63%) 12–15 (44%) — -0.31
27 2014 2451 184.1 +6.63 +9.04 1.457 56.5% +45 +29 +72 78.4% +2.05 15–2 (88%) 13–10 (57%) — -1.15 2016 1806 151.2 -1.66 +0.21 0.941 48.8% +1 +17 -112 44.7% -0.45 9–13 (41%) 6–9 (40%) — +1.35
28 2015 2554 186.4 +7.05 +9.59 1.509 56.9% +60 +29 +50 83.8% +2.33 16–2 (89%) 17–9 (65%) — +0.06 2017 1736 145.9 -0.81 -0.18 0.979 49.7% +18 +58 -117 46.3% -0.23 7–14 (33%) 8–12 (40%) — +2.40
29 2016 2430 183.4 +5.55 +8.54 1.418 56.0% +83 +151 +115 81.8% +2.05 8–1 (89%) 19–7 (73%) — -0.65 2018 1783 147.5 -0.33 +1.07 1.015 50.0% +38 -32 -147 46.7% -0.07 14–11 (56%) 12–10 (55%) — +1.17
30 2017 2281 169.1 +3.30 +4.52 1.236 53.9% +127 +161 +137 73.4% +1.50 8–2 (80%) 10–5 (67%) — -0.74 2019 1758 141.2 -1.27 -1.02 0.916 48.4% +5 -7 -4 45.8% -0.41 13–10 (57%) 11–13 (46%) — -0.09
31 2018 2333 175.5 +5.76 +7.04 1.406 55.3% +44 +2 +149 76.3% +1.72 8–6 (57%) 15–9 (63%) — -1.21 2020 1608 110.6 -2.88 -2.72 0.729 44.1% +41 +32 — 8.7% -2.35 0–1 0–3 (0%) — +0.04
32 2019 2263 174.5 +6.82 +6.86 1.476 56.3% 0 +80 +290 80.5% +2.00 7–8 (47%) 15–5 (75%) — -0.39 2021 1534 111.8 -5.26 -2.49 0.736 44.3% +92 +15 — 17.1% -2.14 1–3 (25%) 3–3 (50%) — +0.37
33 2020 2277 174.3 +4.76 +6.66 1.375 55.6% -19 +74 — 81.3% +1.93 6–1 (86%) 11–2 (85%) — -1.17 2022 1565 131.7 -1.95 -0.02 0.952 48.8% +14 +70 +27 40.2% -0.41 6–6 (50%) 6–12 (33%) — +0.40
34 2021 2339 175.3 +5.82 +8.26 1.443 56.3% +2 +113 +292 77.0% +1.99 9–5 (64%) 12–9 (57%) — -2.44 2023 1510 117.4 -3.91 -3.09 0.700 43.9% — +62 — 32.0% -1.80 2–2 (50%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.20
35 2022 2354 170.3 +7.26 +6.21 1.481 56.1% +24 +57 +322 80.0% +1.83 6–4 (60%) 18–4 (82%) — -0.84 2024 1504 100.9 +0.27 +1.28 0.840 47.1% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — -0.10
36 2023 2402 174.8 +7.28 +6.22 1.422 55.5% +78 +9 +271 82.1% +1.97 11–4 (73%) 31–8 (79%) — -1.78 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2024 2273 164.2 +4.66 +5.21 1.354 54.9% +76 +122 +363 74.1% +1.59 4–3 (57%) 13–5 (72%) — -0.71 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2025 2192 161.5 +5.25 +3.10 1.297 54.3% +52 +120 +371 72.3% +1.53 5–1 (83%) 11–13 (46%) — -1.44 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 2026 2095 144.5 +2.71 +1.71 1.124 51.9% +65 +133 +377 61.0% +0.65 4–5 (44%) 5–4 (56%) — -1.84 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2594 180.7 +5.47 +6.81 1.362 55.3% +38 +32 +76 76.2% +1.76 218–88 (71%) 332–174 (66%) 107.4 -1.42 — 1917 144.3 -1.66 -0.16 0.928 48.6% +4 -9 -83 43.2% -0.48 86–82 (51%) 77–93 (45%) 99.0 +1.42

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.