Flavio Cobolli vs Novak Djokovic Predictions - Cobolli to offer Djokovic a challenge

John Eastwood

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Last updated: 08 Jul 2025

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John Eastwood 08 Jul 2025

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Novak Djokovic outperformed Flavio Cobolli in their previous encounter in 2024.
Djokovic is aiming for his 8th Wimbledon title, with a recent focus on major events.
Flavio Cobolli has demonstrated strong performance recently and seeks to challenge Djokovic.

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Novak Djokovic beat Flavio Cobolli at the 2024 Shanghai Masters (Getty)

Flavio Cobolli vs Novak Djokovic Predictions

Novak Djokovic wiped Cobolli aside in their only previous meeting back in 2024, however, Cobolli's form has been incredible, and could find himself in the top 20 soon.

Flavio Cobolli vs Novak Djokovic Predictions
Head to Head
Flavio Cobolli Form
Novak Djokovic Form

Djokovic has been strong at Wimbledon thus far but Cobolli could offer up different challenges. This match is backed to go four sets in the seven-time Wimbledon champions favour.

Flavio Cobolli has won 13 of his last 16 matches.
Flavio Cobolli is 1-11 against Top 10 players.
Novak Djokovic has won 13 of his last 14 matches.
Novak Djokovic has won 43 of his last 45 matches at Wimbledon.

Head to Head

These two have only met once, at the Shanghai Masters in 2024. Djokovic won that match 61-6-2.

Flavio Cobolli Form

Flavio Cobolli has shown some class and improvement on grass court this year. However, it must be noted, he had a relatively easy run to the round of 16.

Cobolli cruised past Beibit Zhukayev, Jack Pinnington Jones and 15th seed Jakub Mensik 6-2 6-4 6-2 in straight sets. In the round of 16, the Italian faced a tough competitive in Marin Cilic.

After claiming the first two sets 6-4, Cobolli lost the third on a tiebreak. Momentum seemingly swung but the Italian managed to take the fourth to a tiebreak, where he eventually won.

Novak Djokovic Form

Novak Djokovic has had an acceptable year when you consider his focus points have changed. He is largely focused on the slams and other major events, thus the drop to No. 6 in the world.

However, he reached the semis of the Australian Open and the final of the Miami Masters. The Serb did well at Roland Garros as well, dropping one set in the lead up to the semi-final where he lost in straight sets to Sinner.

The seven-time Wimbledon champion cruised to the round of 16, despite taking four sets to get past Alexandre Muller in round one. Daniel Evans and Miormir Kecmanovic hardly featured such was Djokovic's dominance.

However, in the round of 16, Djokovic ran into an inspired Alex de Minaur. The Australin breezed to a one-set lead with a 6-1 win. Djokovic never quite looked comfortable throughout the match but he showed why he is such a champion, winnng sets two, three and four 6-4.

Verdict

Flavio Cobolli v Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is chasing an eighth Wimbledon title. He is likely to face a tough challenge from Flavio Cobolli, but his experience should make the difference in the quarter-finals.

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