Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti will play each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 8:30 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 Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.074
Lorenzo Musetti -> 9
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Djokovic won 6-7(7) 6-7(2) 6-1 6-0 4-0 ret. in the 4th round in at the French Open back in 2021.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Lorenzo Musetti – French Open 07-June-2021
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-11 | 21-7 | 9-3 | 4-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-9 | 15-5 | 16-3 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1he will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in 1 where he beat 6-4 6-2 to Cilic in the Rubber 2 on the 3rd of December.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about his overall career, Djokovic has an overall 1090-225 record. He has a positive 497-81 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, he won this tournament 5 times in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2020. See his history.
Lorenzo Musetti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-22 | 18-11 | 19-4 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-30 | 13-12 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 10-10 | 16-11 | 0-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-30 | 11-10 | 21-7 | 12-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-31 | 9-8 | 17-12 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 57 (career-high), the Italian will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 6-3 1-6 7-5 to Lehecka in the quarter on the 11th of February.
Musetti has a compiled 3-4 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 101-76 record. He has a flat 17-17 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Richard BerankisBerankis – Pavel KotovKotov (7-66 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Yuki BhambriBhambri (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-64 6-76 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-2) – See score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Pavel KotovKotov (7-6(6) 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Yuki BhambriBhambri (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Andrey RublevRublev (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Malek JaziriJaziri (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexander BublikBublik (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (3-0) – H2H and prediction
