French Open 2015 Men’s Final: Career Stats for Novak Djokovic vs. Stan Wawrinka

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Published: June 6, 2015

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Novak Djokovic overcame the challenge of Andy Murray to book his place opposite Stanislas Wawrinka in Sunday's 2015 French Open final.

It will be the second time this year the pair have faced off, after Djokovic prevented Wawrinka from defending his Australia Open title in January before claiming the 2015 championship as his own.



As such, Sunday puts the Swiss on a collision course with an opponent against whom he'll very much be looking to earn some redemption, but the odds are stacked against him.

Since their first professional encounter in 2004, Wawrinka and Djokovic have faced one another on 22 occasions, according to SteveGTennis.com, with the latter triumphing in 19 of those meetings.



World No. 9 Wawrinka may not have the glossiest win ratio against his Serbian foe, with 14 percent, but it was a gutsy performance in the quarter-final of last year's Australian Open that saw him win 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7.

Getting the better of Djokovic on this occasion will require an upset of equal or greater proportions, though, when one considers the Serbian's current win streak of 28 matches in a row, per Bet365:



The world No. 1 is hardly lacking in motivation as he goes in search of the elusive Coupe des Mousquetaires, the French Open currently sitting as the only Grand Slam Djokovic has yet to add to his collection.



Despite their long history stretching back more than a decade, Wawrinka and Djokovic have never before met at Roland Garros, meaning a first French Open final could be that much more special for the former in particular.

The last four years have seen Djokovic enter a new era of prosperity in his career, but there was a time when Wawrinka was always running second best, losing 14 successive matches to the 28-year-old between 2007 and 2014.

Sunday's showdown will see a fairly erratic and at tim...
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