Head to head
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Hard
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Denis Istomin's wins on the left · Novak Djokovic's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | R64 | Denis Istomin | 7-6(8) 5-7 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 |
| 2014 | Dubai | Hard | R32 | Novak Djokovic | 6-3 6-3 |
| 2014 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | Novak Djokovic | 6-3 6-3 7-5 |
| 2013 | Canada Masters | Hard | R16 | Novak Djokovic | 2-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 2011 | Miami Masters | Hard | R64 | Novak Djokovic | 6-0 6-1 |
| 2010 | Australian Open | Hard | R32 | Novak Djokovic | 6-1 6-1 6-2 |
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.