Novak Djokovic and Tomas Machac will face off in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday 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 Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.079
Tomas Machac -> 8
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Tomas Machac since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 1 Novak will start his run in Dubai after he won the title at the Australian Open after beating 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5) Tsitsipas in the final.
The Serbian has a composed 12-0 win-loss record in 2023, 12-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Adelaide where he defeated Sebastian Korda in the final 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-4 and at the Australian Open where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5).
Talking about his overall career, The Serbian has an overall 1144-232 record. He has a positive 511-82 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, he won this tournament 5 times in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2020. See his history.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-24 | 22-11 | 9-5 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
Ranked no. 130, Tomas got to the 1st round after defeating Marton Fucsovics 4-6 6-2 6-4 and Matteo Arnaldi 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, Tomas had a good straight sets win against Arnaldi (6-0 6-1). During the match Machac scored 55 points vs Arnaldi’s 30. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Machac scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tomas Machac was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (18/23) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Machac broke Arnaldi 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Czech has an aggregate 8-6 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
LWW
LWWL Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 7-69) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaAlejandro – Malek JaziriMalek (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Borna CoricCoric (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Andrey RublevRublev (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
