Novak Djokovic vs Dominic Thiem: Australian Open Men’s Final Facts | Tennis News

Australian Open males’s ultimate details and figures forward of Sunday’s fit (x denotes seeding):

Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) v Dominic Thiem (AUT x5)

Head-to-head: Djokovic leads 6-Four

Speedy details

Djokovic: Age – 32; Global score – 2; Prize cash – $140,228,279; Occupation titles – 77; Grand Slam titles – 16; Australian Open very best – Winner (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019)

Novak Djokovic automatically charges the Australian Open as his favorite Grand Slam and Rod Laver Enviornment is with out query his maximum a hit courtroom, with a file seven titles to his title. In all probability the most efficient returner within the recreation, he has dropped only one set en path to the general and is company favorite to win a 17th Grand Slam and lengthen his 2020 win streak to 13 fits.

Thiem: Age – 26; Global score – Five; Prize cash – $22,406,618; Occupation titles – 16; Grand Slam titles – zero; Australian Open very best – Final (2020)

The Austrian is very best referred to as a clay-court specialist, making the closing two French Open finals the place he used to be overwhelmed by means of Rafael Nadal. A baseliner with a one-handed backhand, he got here via a difficult five-setter in spherical 3 and showed his class by upsetting Nadal within the closing 8. Coached by means of former international quantity 9 Nicolas Massu, he signalled his intentions by means of profitable 5 titles closing 12 months.

Paths to the general:

Novak Djokovic

1st rd: bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 7-6 (7/Five), 6-2, 2-6, 6-1

second rd: bt Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 6-1, 6-Four, 6-2

third rd: bt Yoshihito Nishoka (JPN) 6-Three, 6-2, 6-2

4th rd: bt Diego Schwartzman (ARG x14) 6-Three, 6-Four, 6-Four

Q-F: bt Milos Raonic (CAN x32) 6-Four, 6-Three, 7-6 (7/1)

S-F: bt Roger Federer (SUI x3) 7-6 (7/1), 6-Four, 6-Three

Dominic Thiem

1st rd: bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-Three, 7-Five, 6-2

second rd: bt Alex Bolt (AUS) 6-2, Five-7, 6-7 (Five/7), 6-1, 6-2

third rd: bt Taylor Fritz (USA x29) 6-2, 6-Four, 6-7 (Five/7), 6-Four

4th rd: bt Gael Monfils (FRA x10) 6-2, 6-Four, 6-Four

Q-F: bt Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) 7-6 (7/Three), 7-6 (7/Four), Four-6, 7-6 (eight/6)

S-F: bt Alexander Zverev (GER x7) Three-6, 6-Four, 7-6 (7/Three), 7-6 (7/Four)