(COMBO) This combination photo created on January 27, 2023 shows Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas (L) reacting after a point at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 24, 2023, and Serbia's Novak Djokovic (R) reacting at the same tournament on January 25, 2023. (Photos by WILLIAM WEST and ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Facts and figures ahead of Sunday’s Australian Open men’s final (x denotes seeding):
Novak Djokovic (SRB x4) v Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x3)
Head-to-head: Djokovic leads 10-2
Fast facts
Novak Djokovic
Age: 35
World ranking: 5
Prize money: $164,786,653
Career titles: 92
Grand Slam titles: 21
Australian Open best: Champion (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Coach: Goran Ivanisevic
Path to the final:
1st rd: bt Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
2nd rd: bt Enzo Couacaud (FRA) 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-0
3rd rd: bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x27) 7-6 (9/7), 6-3, 6-4,
4th rd: bt Alex de Minaur (AUS x22) 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
Quarter-final: bt Andrey Rublev (RUS x5) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
Semi-final: bt Tommy Paul (USA) 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Age: 24
World ranking: 4
Prize money: $23,655,204
Career titles: 9
Grand Slam titles: 0
Australian Open best: Final (2023)
Coach: Apostolos Tsitsipas
Path to the final:
1st rd: bt Quentin Halys (FRA) 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (8/6)
2nd rd: bt Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
3rd rd: bt Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3
4th rd: bt Jannik Sinner (ITA x15) 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3
Quarter-final: bt Jiri Lehecka (CZE) 6-3, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4
Semi-final: bt Karen Khachanov (RUS x18) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3
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