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

Novak Djokovic

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Rank
4
High
1
WWWWLWWWWL
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.

Dubai
Djokovic's Record

Lorenzo Musetti

Lorenzo Musetti

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Rank
8
High
6
LWLLWWWLLW
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)

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In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 101-76 record. He has a flat 17-17 record on hard.

Dubai
Musetti's Record

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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