Alex De Minaur and Mariano Navone will square off in the 1st round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on LOTUS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.166
Mariano Navone -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Mariano Navone
This will be the 2nd time that Alex De Minaur and Mariano Navone clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, De Minaur won 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2024.
Alex De Minaur
36 - 18win/loss
9
5
LWWWWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-19 | 19-10 | 7-6 | 6-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 56-24 | 30-11 | 10-5 | 13-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-21 | 19-6 | 10-5 | 11-9 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 26-12 | 4-5 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-25 | 19-10 | 9-6 | 12-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10,he will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he beat 2-6 7-6(5) 11-9 to Zverev in the round robin on the 26th of September.
Alex has an overall 36-18 win-loss record in 2026, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Rotterdam where he beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final 6-3 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 457-250 record. He has a positive 216-106 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See his history.
Mariano Navone
28 - 22win/loss
47
29
LLWWLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-23 | 11-10 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-31 | 5-12 | 30-16 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-28 | 2-7 | 27-14 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 40-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 0-1 | 44-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, Mariano will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-4 6-4 6-3 to Etcheverry in the 3rd round on the 4th of September.
Navone has an overall 28-22 win-loss record in 2026, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Cap Cana Challenger where he beat Mattia Bellucci in the final 7-5 6-4 and in Bucharest where he defeated Daniel Merida Aguilar in the final 6-2 4-6 7-5.
In terms of his career, Mariano has an overall 286-185 record. He has a negative 22-32 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
Navone has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Arthur GeaGea – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-2 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Mariano NavoneNavone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
