Novak Djokovic vs Francisco Cerundolo Prediction 6-3-24 Picks

Novak Djokovic and Francisco Cerundolo meet Monday in the 2024 French Open tennis fourth round. Here’s a Novak Djokovic vs Francisco Cerundolo Prediction.

Novak Djokovic Betting Preview

Novak Djokovic is coming off a 5 set win over Lorenzo Musetti that took 48 games to decide. In the victory, Djokovic won 69 percent of his first serve points and 49 percent of his second serve points. Djokovic won 62 percent of his total service points and converted on 9 of his 15 break points. Djokovic got 65 percent of his first serves in play and didn’t save any of his 5 break points. Djokovic survived a four and a half hour match, and that includes winning 12 of the last 15 games. It was Djokovic’s first 5 set match since the third round of last year’s US Open. Djokovic hasn’t lost before the quarterfinals of the French Open since 2009. Djokovic hasn’t lost before the quarterfinals of a grand slam overall since the 2020 US Open. Djokovic has won 5 of his last 6 matches on clay court.

Francisco Cerundolo Betting Preview

Francisco Cerundolo is coming off a 4 set win over Tommy Paul that took 35 games to decide. In the victory, Cerundolo won 66 percent of his first serve points and 38 percent of his second serve points. Cerundolo won 58 percent of his total service points and converted on 9 of his 19 break points. Cerundolo got 73 percent of his first serves in play and saved 5 of 10 break points. Cerundolo has played just 10 sets of tennis to get to this point, and has quietly won 7 of his last 10 matches overall. Cerundolo has a chance to make his first ever grand slam quarterfinal, as he’s 0-1 in previous grand slam fourth round matches. Cerundolo has 8 career wins over top-10 players, with one coming this year against Alexander Zverev in Madrid. Cerundolo has won 7 of his last 10 matches on clay court.

Novak Djokovic vs Francisco Cerundolo H2H

There’s no match history between Djokovic and Cerundolo.

Novak Djokovic vs Francisco Cerundolo Prediction

Cerundolo will be able to make things competitive if he continues to get a high number of first serves in play, and he’s been terrific on clay this year. It’s going to be interesting to see how Djokovic responds after playing so late and a long, physical match in the third round. We can’t forget Djokovic is now 37 years old. With all that said, Djokovic just showed he’s still capable of digging deep and finding a way to win even if he’s not at his best. There’s also a Grand Canyon size gap in experience on these stages. Cerundolo has only made it this far once in grand slam play, and we’ve seen Djokovic chew up and spit out inexperienced players like this for the last two decades.

I’ll take Djokovic in straight sets to shave down the juice.