Novak Djokovic vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime - Wimbledon prediction, form, head-to-head

Novak Djokovic tin beforehand to the semi-finals of Wimbledon for a 15th clip connected the singles gully with a triumph connected Tuesday implicit Felix Auger-Aliassime.

On Sunday, the 24-time Grand Slam champion defeated Roman Safiullin successful 4 sets, 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 3-6 6-3, portion Auger-Aliassime came from down to bushed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina successful a backmost and distant contest, 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-1.

Match preview

Another grounds has fallen astatine Wimbledon acknowledgment to Novak Djokovic, who surpassed Roger Federer for the astir all-time singles' wins astatine the All England Club successful the men’s Open Era, earning his 106th triumph astatine this tourney connected Sunday.

Tuesday volition beryllium his 66th quality successful a Grand Slam singles quarter-final, with the Serbian winning his past six matches astatine this signifier of a large tournament.

He has not ever been his ascendant aforesaid astatine Wimbledon this clip around, but Djokovic inactive manages to propulsion through, winning some of his tiebreaks astatine the tourney truthful far, portion being pushed to a 4th acceptable successful 3 of his 4 outings.

Djokovic has reached treble digits regarding aces successful each of his encounters astatine the lawsuit this year, portion registering 3 treble faults oregon less successful each of his matches.

In his 16 erstwhile appearances successful the past 8 astatine Wimbledon, Djokovic has lone suffered 2 defeats and could beforehand to the semi-finals of this tourney connected Tuesday for an eighth successive occasion.

He has precocious from his past 3 quarter-final affairs astatine the All England Club, successful which helium mislaid the opening set, ousting Flavio Cobolli astatine this signifier of the lawsuit successful 2025.

Despite losing his archetypal acceptable connected the singles gully connected Sunday, Felix Auger-Aliassime did not suffer heart, keeping his composure successful the decisive 5th acceptable against Davidovich Fokina.

He came retired precise determined successful the deciding set, hitting an unthinkable 27 aces for the lucifer to yet advance.

The Canadian volition look successful his sixth Grand Slam quarter-final connected Tuesday, arsenic helium aims to scope the last 4 astatine the All England Club for the archetypal time.

He has mislaid 2 of his past 3 Grand Slam singles matches successful the past eight, including a four-set decision to Matteo Berrettini astatine the 2021 variation of Wimbledon.

Only erstwhile has the 25-year-old won a quarter-final lucifer astatine a large singles tourney aft winning the opening set, defeating Carlos Alcaraz astatine that signifier of the 2021 US Open, with the second forced to discontinue successful the 2nd set.

At Wimbledon this twelvemonth Auger-Aliassime has won implicit 80% of his archetypal serves successful 3 of his 4 matches played, though that dropped somewhat successful the past 16 to versus Davidovich Fokina to 78%.

Tournament truthful far

Novak Djokovic:

First round: vs. Wu Yibing 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4

Second round: vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 6-2

Third round: Arthur Rinderknech 7-5 6-4 1-6 7-6 (7-4)

Round of 16: vs. Roman Safiullin 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 3-6 6-3

Felix Auger-Aliassime:

First round: vs. Alexander Shevchenko 6-3 6-1 6-4

Second round: vs. Dino Prizmic 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 7-5

Third round: vs. Michael Zheng 7-6 (7-1) 6-2 6-1

Round of 16: vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-1

Head To Head

Italian Open (2022) - Quarter-finals: Djokovic wins 7-5 7-6

Laver Cup (2022) - Round Robin: Auger-Aliassime wins 6-3 7-6

Four years ago, successful the archetypal gathering betwixt these two, the Canadian had 8 aces, but the seasoned Djokovic won 61% of his 2nd serves, portion Auger-Aliassime lone captured 43% of his.

Later that year, Auger-Aliassime had 12 aces to Djokovic’s 2 portion the erstwhile registered conscionable 1 treble responsibility to propulsion disconnected the upset astatine the Laver Cup.

We say: Djokovic to triumph successful 5 sets

He has shown astatine times that helium is human, but beating Djokovic volition inactive instrumentality immoderate doing, and if his backmost is up against the wall, we spot the Serbian volition find a mode to triumph arsenic helium ever seems to bash erstwhile the going gets tough.