Head to head
Rivalry summary
Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro met 20 times on the ATP tour between 2007 and 2019. Novak Djokovic leads the head-to-head 16–4 against Juan Martin del Potro. By surface, Djokovic leads 11–3 on hard; Djokovic leads 4–0 on clay; they are level 1–1 on grass. They contested 2 finals, including 1 Grand Slam finals, with Djokovic winning 2 of them.
Novak Djokovic's wins on the left · Juan Martin del Potro's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (20)
| 2019 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Novak Djokovic | 4-6 7-6(6) 6-4 |
| 2018 | US Open | Hard | F | Novak Djokovic | 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 |
| 2017 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Novak Djokovic | 6-1 6-4 |
| 2017 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R32 | Novak Djokovic | 7-5 4-6 6-1 |
| 2017 | Acapulco | Hard | R16 | Novak Djokovic | 4-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 2016 | Rio Olympics | Hard | R64 | Juan Martin del Potro | 7-6(4) 7-6(2) |
| 2013 | Tour Finals | Hard | RR | Novak Djokovic | 6-3 3-6 6-3 |
| 2013 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | F | Novak Djokovic | 6-1 3-6 7-6(3) |
| 2013 | Wimbledon | Grass | SF | Novak Djokovic | 7-5 4-6 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-3 |
| 2013 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | SF | Juan Martin del Potro | 4-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 2013 | Dubai | Hard | SF | Novak Djokovic | 6-3 7-6(4) |
| 2012 | Tour Finals | Hard | SF | Novak Djokovic | 4-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 2012 | US Open | Hard | QF | Novak Djokovic | 6-2 7-6(3) 6-4 |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | SF | Novak Djokovic | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2012 | London Olympics | Grass | BR | Juan Martin del Potro | 7-5 6-4 |
| 2011 | Davis Cup WG SF: SRB vs ARG | Hard | RR | Juan Martin del Potro | 7-6(5) 3-0 RET |
| 2011 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Novak Djokovic | 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 2009 | Rome Masters | Clay | QF | Novak Djokovic | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2008 | Masters Cup | Hard | RR | Novak Djokovic | 7-5 6-3 |
| 2007 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Novak Djokovic | 6-1 6-3 6-4 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.