Wimbledon: Jannik Sinner vs. Novak Djokovic - prediction, head-to-head, tournament so far

Two days aft his titanic five-hour, 15-minute quarter-final thriller against Felix Auger-Aliassime, Novak Djokovic returns to the Wimbledon semi-final, aiming to instrumentality down apical effect Jannik Sinner. 

The Serbian outlasted his Canadian hostile to acceptable up a rematch of past year's semi-final, albeit helium enters successful importantly amended signifier having been encumbered by a hep wounded 12 months ago, arsenic helium seeks consecutive wins implicit the Italian prima to travel his occurrence successful January's Australian Open. 

Match preview

Is determination thing Djokovic cannot do? When you deliberation the GOAT cannot interruption caller ground, helium keeps pushing carnal limits, and Tuesday nighttime was nary antithetic arsenic helium defeated Auger-Aliassime successful a Wimbledon classic. 

The 24-time Grand Slam champion earned a thrilling 7-6(10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(10-4) triumph implicit the Canadian No. 1 successful 5 hours and 15 minutes to prevail successful the longest quarter-final lucifer successful the past of the Championships, closing retired the triumph conscionable six minutes earlier the 11pm curfew. 

The triumph means that the 39-year-old has surged into a record-extending 15th semi-final astatine the All England Club, bringing him look to look with the antheral who dispatched him successful consecutive sets 12 months ago. 

However, the evident caveat is that Djokovic was not astatine his carnal champion successful the 2025 semi-final, having sustained a hep wounded astatine the extremity of his quarter-final occurrence implicit Flavio Cobolli. 

Although the seven-time Wimbledon champion has crossed the three-hour people successful each but 1 lucifer — his second-round triumph implicit Stefanos Tsitsipas — having 2 days to recuperate stands the sport's top successful bully stead up of what should beryllium a titanic semi-final against Sinner. 

There whitethorn beryllium 15 years betwixt them, but the apical effect volition beryllium wary of facing the Serbian superstar astatine SW19 connected Friday, little than six months aft the 24-time Slam champion rolled backmost the years to stun the Italian down under. 

Sinner's dilatory commencement to the twelvemonth was followed by a stunning tally during the North American hard-court plaything and a winning European clay run; however, the 24-year-old has not looked astatine his champion since a daze second-round nonaccomplishment to Juan Manuel Cerundolo astatine the French Open. 

Most observers whitethorn scoff astatine this claim, owing to the satellite No. 1 winning 12 consecutive sets crossed the 2nd circular done to the quarter-finals, but a first-round scare against Miomir Kecmanovic and issues successful his execution, particularly connected his forehand wing, person been evident astatine the All England Club. 

Bailed retired by serving 97 aces, Sinner indispensable execute impeccably connected his deliveries to debar hitting different Djokovic ceramic partition astatine the Championships, arsenic helium seeks to scope a archetypal Grand Slam last successful astir a twelvemonth since the 2025 US Open. 

It volition beryllium easier said than done, though, particularly if the antheral connected the other broadside of the nett is playing arsenic motivated and dogged arsenic helium has passim the fortnight.

Tournament truthful far

Jannik Sinner:

First round: vs. Miomir Kecmanovic 4-6 6-3 6-7[6] 6-2 6-3

Second round: vs. Nuno Borges 7-6[4] 7-6[2] 6-4

Third round: vs. Jensen Brooksby 6-4 6-3 6-4

Fourth round: vs. Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3 7-6[0] 6-3

Quarter-final: vs. Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5 7-6(4) 6-3

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)

Fourth round: vs. Roman Safiullin 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 3-6 6-3

Quarter-final: vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime  7-6(10) 3-6 6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(10-4)

Head To Head

Australian Open (2026) - Semi-final: Djokovic 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-4

Wimbledon (2025) - Semi-final: Sinner 6-3 6-3 6-4

French Open (2025) - Semi-final: Sinner 6-4 7-5 7-6(3) 

Shanghai Masters (2024) - Final: Sinner 7-6(4) 6-3  

Australian Open (2024) - Semi-final: Sinner 6-1 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3  

Davis Cup Finals (2023) - Semi-final: Sinner 6-2 2-6 7-5   

ATP Finals (2023) - Final: Djokovic 6-3 6-3  

ATP Finals (2023) - Round Robin: Sinner 7-5 6-7(5) 7-6(2)  

Wimbledon (2023) - Semi-final: Djokovic 6-3 6-4 7-6(4)    

Wimbledon (2022) - Quarter-final: Djokovic 5-7 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2  

Monte-Carlo Masters (2021) - Round of 32: Djokovic 6-4 6-2

Sinner whitethorn pb Djokovic 6-5 successful their head-to-head, but it volition beryllium absorbing to spot however overmuch scar insubstantial remains for the Italian aft their past brushwood successful January. 

The four-time Grand Slam champion entered that brushwood carrying a five-match winning tally into the Aussie Open semi-final, lone for Djokovic to stun him successful 5 sets, winning the past 2 to assertion an epic triumph. 

The occurrence besides ended Djokovic's losing tally to Sinner astatine the Majors, pursuing defeats successful Australia (2024), Roland Garros (2025) and Wimbledon (2025), adjacent if the Serbian's carnal issues constricted his show 12 months agone astatine SW19. 

Previously, the seven-time Championships victor got the amended of the subordinate 15 years his inferior astatine the All England Club, securing a comeback triumph from 2 sets down successful their archetypal brushwood successful 2022 earlier sealing a acold much comfy three-set triumph a twelvemonth aboriginal successful the 2023 semi-final. 

Those wins saw Djokovic found a 3-0 pb implicit the Italian connected the ATP Tour, but Sinner has since won six of the adjacent 8 to pb 6-5 entering their 12th tour-level encounter. 

We say: Djokovic to triumph successful 5 sets

Even though it ostensibly volition beryllium asking excessively overmuch of Djokovic to spell the region again aft his exertions against Auger-Aliassime, having 2 days disconnected volition beryllium to the Serbian's benefit. 

Even though Sinner heads into Friday's semi-final arsenic the apical effect and flimsy favourite, the satellite No. 1 has been intermittently ropey connected his forehand helping and has not executed astatine his typically machine-like level, often needing his service to bail him out. 

This undoubtedly gives Djokovic a existent changeable astatine extending his 2-1 pb successful Wimbledon matchups, and we are backing the 24-time Slam victor to unafraid back-to-back wins implicit Sinner for the archetypal clip successful 3 years to vie successful Sunday's rubric match.