Novak Djokovic def. Roman Safiullin — Round of 16, Wimbledon 2026
Grand SlamGrassLondon, Great Britain29 Jun – 12 Jul
🇷🇸7 seedWon
Novak Djokovic7636
🇷🇺
Roman Safiullin66363
Points earned
+430
Djokovic · Safiullin banks 240
Around this match
Title defence
J. Sinner still in — won it in 2025
Seeds left
10 of 31 — nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7…
Both roads here
from the draw this page already loads
Yibing Wu
6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4
Andrey Rublev🇷🇺
6-4 6-7(6) 3-6 6-3 7-6(12)
🇬🇷Stefanos Tsitsipas
6-3 6-4 6-2
Botic Van De Zandschulp🇳🇱
6-0 4-6 6-3 3-6 7-6(5)
🇫🇷Arthur Rinderknech
7-5 6-4 1-6 7-6(4)
Joao Fonseca🇧🇷
6-3 6-3 6-3
Novak Djokovic and Roman Safiullin reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 128: Novak Djokovic beat Yibing Wu; Roman Safiullin beat Andrey Rublev. Round of 64: Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas; Roman Safiullin beat Botic Van De Zandschulp. Round of 32: Novak Djokovic beat Arthur Rinderknech; Roman Safiullin beat Joao Fonseca
How they arrived
derived from those scorelines
9–2
Sets won
9–4
56%
Games won
56%
1–0
Tiebreaks
2–1
0
Deciding sets
2
Novak Djokovic left, Roman Safiullinright. Longer isn't always better — a deciding set is a harder week, not a worse player.