Simona Halep and Alison Riske will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.177
Alison Riske -> 5.2

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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Alison Riske

This will be the 4th time that Simona Halep and Alison Riske fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Halep won 2-6 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2018.

Simona Halep

Simona Halep

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Rank
859
High
1
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 1-4 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 39-11 23-6 5-3 0-0 11-2 0-0
2021 24-10 12-5 4-3 8-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 22, Halep will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-4 3-6 6-4 to Cornet in the 4th round on the 24th of January.

The Romanian has a compiled 8-1 win-loss record in 2022, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-3.

Talking about her overall career, Halep has an overall 558-230 record. She has a positive 250-110 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2015 and 2020. See her history.

Dubai
Halep's Record

Alison Riske

Alison Riske

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Rank
659
High
18
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 1-11 1-7 0-1 0-0 0-3 0-0
2022 24-21 15-14 2-3 1-0 6-4 0-0
2021 16-16 7-9 0-2 7-2 2-3 0-0
2020 6-8 6-6 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2019 36-24 22-18 0-4 0-0 14-2 0-0

Ranked no. 55, Riske will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 4-6 6-2 6-4 to Ostapenko in the 2nd round on the 19th of January.

Riske has an aggregate 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Alison’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Adelaide.

In terms of her career, The American has an overall 375-305 record. She has a positive 188-173 record on hard.

Dubai
Riske's Record

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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