Botic Van De Zandschulp and Alexandre Muller will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on Grandstand 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 Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.32
Alexandre Muller -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Alexandre Muller
There is no head to head record between Botic Van De Zandschulp and Alexandre Muller since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Botic Van De Zandschulp
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-33 | 9-11 | 16-12 | 7-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 10-9 | 4-6 | 12-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-29 | 14-11 | 11-7 | 7-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 17-5 | 24-10 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 34, Botic got to the 2nd round after defeating Ilya Ivashka 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Van De Zandschulp had a good straight sets win against Ivashka (6-2 7-5). During the match, Van De Zandschulp scored 71 points vs Ivashka’s 58. Van De Zandschulp was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van De Zandschulp made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Botic Van De Zandschulp lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Van De Zandschulp put 68% of his first serves in, winning 71% (35/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (8/23) on the 2nd serve. Botic broke Ivashka 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Van De Zandschulp has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (291-152). 4-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Van De Zandschulp has a composed46-25 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Van De Zandschulp’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Pune.
Botic has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-32 | 11-14 | 20-12 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 170, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Zhizhen Zhang 4-6 7-65 6-0, Tomas Machac 4-6 7-67 6-1 and Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-63 6-78 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alexandre defeated Basilashvili (7-63 6-78 6-4). During the match Muller scored 128 points vs Basilashvili’s 112. Alexandre was quite aggressive to blast 56 winners.
About the serving games, Muller scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexandre Muller lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (56/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Alexandre broke Basilashvili 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
The French player has a composed 11-6 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van De Zandschulp | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 95 |
| Pts | 71-58 | 323-286 |
| Total Points | 129 | 609 |
| Winners | 35 | 160 |
| %Winners | 49% | 50% |
Van De Zandschulp played 1 match while Muller competed in 3 matches. Muller started his run from the qualifications while Van De Zandschulp had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexandre Muller dropped 3 sets while Botic Van De Zandschulp hasn’t dropped a set so far. Van De Zandschulp has played 7 set(s) less than Muller (2 vs 9). Therefore, Van De Zandschulp played 75 games less than Muller. Botic scored 35 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 160 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van De Zandschulp | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 49/72 | 216/300 |
| %1st in | 68% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 160/216 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 8/23 | 36/84 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 43% |
Van De Zandschulp fired 5 aces . Muller recorded 11 aces (3.7 per match). Van De Zandschulp won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Muller won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van De Zandschulp | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 13 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 13/30 |
| % Converted | 56% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 22 |
| Saved | 4 | 13 |
| % Saved | 67% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 9 |
Botic broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Botic surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alexandre conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van De Zandschulp | |||
| R1 Ivashka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/72 | 49/72 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 35/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/23 | 8/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Muller | |||||
| Q1 Zhang |
Q3 Machac |
R1 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-0 | 4-6 7-67 6-1 | 7-63 6-78 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 30 | 36 | 95 | |
| pts | 96-85 | 99-89 | 128-112 | 323-286 | |
| Total points | 181 | 188 | 240 | 609 | |
| Winners | 47 | 57 | 56 | 160 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 58% | 44% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 65/95 | 71/92 | 80/113 | 216/300 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 77% | 71% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 47/65 | 57/71 | 56/80 | 160/216 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 80% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 6/21 | 14/33 | 36/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 29% | 42% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/8 | 6/14 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 5/7 | 2/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 71% | 29% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWLWWL Tennis Scores in Doha
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Daniel EvansEvans (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (7-63 6-78 6-4) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Quentin HalysHalys (7-64 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-67 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Tallon Griekspoor/Bart StevensGriekspoor/Bart Stevens – Jason Murray Kubler/John PeersMurray Kubler/John Peers (6-4 5-7 10-7) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden – Liam Broady/Alexander ZverevBroady/Alexander Zverev (5-7 6-1 10-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-1 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-64 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Emil RuusuvuoriNiklas-Salminen/Emil Ruusuvuori – Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (4-6 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Hugo Nys/Jan ZielinskiNys/Jan Zielinski – Roman Jebavy/Adam PavlasekJebavy/Adam Pavlasek (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-0 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-6(7) 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Andy MurrayMurray (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-2) – H2H and prediction
