Roberto Bautista Agut and Jiri Vesely will play each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Roberto Bautista Agut who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Bautista Agut is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 1.192
Jiri Vesely -> 4.95
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Jiri Vesely
This will be the 5th time that Roberto Bautista Agut and Jiri Vesely face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Bautista-Agut (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Bautista-Agut won 7-6(1) 6-2 in the quarter in Auckland back in 2018.
Roberto Bautista Agut
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-28 | 11-13 | 10-7 | 9-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 9-7 | 8-8 | 2-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 17-9 | 7-3 | 9-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 14-10 | 7-7 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (6-3 6-4). During the match, Bautista-Agut scored 56 points vs Rinderknech’s 44. Roberto was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bautista-Agut bagged 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Roberto Bautista Agut was very effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Roberto was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rinderknech twice.
Bautista-Agut has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (350-199). 11-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bautista-Agut has an aggregate 166-84 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Doha where he overcame Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Spaniard has a compiled 12-3 win-loss record in 2022, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Jiri Vesely
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-27 | 6-8 | 7-12 | 6-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-15 | 5-3 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 20-19 | 12-10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-27 | 4-5 | 8-12 | 9-5 | 2-3 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 9-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, the Czech reached the 2nd round after defeating Hady Habib 6-1 5-7 6-3, Alexei Popyrin 7-64 6-76 6-2 and Marin Cilic 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Cilic (6-4 7-63). During the match Vesely scored 77 points vs Cilic’s 67. Vesely was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Vesely recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jiri Vesely was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (35/41) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vesely broke Cilic twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).
Vesely has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2022, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2017 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bautista-Agut | Vesely |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 85 |
| Pts | 56-44 | 274-228 |
| Total Points | 100 | 502 |
| Winners | 29 | 128 |
| %Winners | 52% | 47% |
Bautista-Agut played 1 match while Vesely competed in 3 matches. Vesely started his run from the qualifications while Bautista-Agut had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jiri Vesely lost 2 sets while Roberto Bautista Agut hasn’t lost a set so far. Bautista-Agut has played 6 set(s) less than Vesely (2 vs 8). Therefore, Bautista-Agut played 66 games less than Vesely. Bautista-Agut scored 29 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Vesely bagged 128 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bautista-Agut | Vesely |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 46 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 15.3 |
| 1st in | 35/51 | 147/229 |
| %1st in | 69% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 128/147 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 43/82 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 52% |
Bautista-Agut blasted 4 aces . Vesely fired 46 aces (15.3 per match). Bautista-Agut won 83% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Vesely won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bautista-Agut | Vesely |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 9 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 9/33 |
| % Converted | 100% | 27% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Roberto very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Vesely broke his opponents 9 times with a 27% conversion rate. Jiri conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bautista-Agut | |||
| R1 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 56-44 | 56-44 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Vesely | |||||
| Q1 Habib |
Q3 Popyrin |
R1 Cilic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-3 | 7-64 6-76 6-2 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 34 | 23 | 85 | |
| pts | 92-63 | 105-98 | 77-67 | 274-228 | |
| Total points | 155 | 203 | 144 | 502 | |
| Winners | 42 | 51 | 35 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 24 | 15 | 7 | 46 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 10 | 2 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 44/65 | 62/97 | 41/67 | 147/229 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 64% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 42/44 | 51/62 | 35/41 | 128/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 82% | 85% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 17/35 | 14/26 | 43/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 49% | 54% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/12 | 2/12 | 9/33 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 25% | 17% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/1 | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-71 7-5) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-6 7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-74 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-74 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
