For the second year in a row at the All England Club, tennis fans witnessed the Wimbledon men's singles final between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. Last year, Alcaraz won after 5 dramatic sets to win the first Wimbledon title of his career.
Before watching the final at 8:00 p.m. on July 14 (Vietnam time), let's review the confrontation history and related parameters of the two players at Wimbledon 2024.
Confrontation
Semi-finals of Madrid 2022: Alcaraz 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(5)
French Open 2023 Semifinals: Djokovic 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
Wimbledon 2023 Final: Alcaraz 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Cincinnati 2023 Final: Djokovic 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6(4)
Semi-finals of Nitto ATP Finals 2023: Djokovic 6-3, 6-2
Alcaraz's road to the Wimbledon final
Round 1: Mark Lajal 7-6(3), 7-5, 6-2
Round 2: Aleksandar Vukic 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-2
Round 3: Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2
Round 4: Ugo Humbert 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
Quarterfinals: Tommy Paul 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Semifinals: Daniil Medvedev 6-7(1), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Djokovic's road to the Wimbledon final
Round 1: Vit Kopriva 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Round 2: Jake Fearnley 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
Round 3: Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3)
Round 4: Holger Rune 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Quarterfinals: Alex de Minaur (withdrew)
Semifinals: Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-4
Statistics of Alcaraz and Djokovic at Wimbledon
Serve to score directly: Alcaraz 58, Djokovic 54
Double fault: Alcaraz 21, Djokovic 14
Breaking serve: Alcaraz 36, Djokovic 20
First serve ratio: Alcaraz 64, Djokovic 67
First serve points: Alcaraz 74%, Djokovic 82%
Second serve points: Alcaraz 57%, Djokovic 60%.
Other statistics
Djokovic, 37, will make his 37th Grand Slam final. His record in the previous 36 matches was 24-12, of which, at Wimbledon, it was 7-2.
Djokovic won 97 matches (lost 11) at Wimbledon, reaching a rate of 89.8%.
Alcaraz has only lost 2 matches at SW19 - to Medvedev in round 2 of 2021 and Jannik Sinner in round 4 of 2022.
Alcaraz's results at Wimbledon up to this point are 17-2 (89.4% win rate), including a series of 13 consecutive wins.
This is Alcaraz's fourth Grand Slam final, his second at Wimbledon. The 21-year-old tennis player has a 100% win rate in Grand Slam finals (winning the US Open, Wimbledon and Roland Garros).
At Wimbledon 2024, Djokovic's total time on the court is 12 hours and 58 minutes, benefiting a lot from De Minaur's withdrawal in the quarterfinals. For Alcaraz it is 17 hours 11 minutes.