Daniil Medvedev and Matteo Arnaldi 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 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.032
Matteo Arnaldi -> 12

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Matteo Arnaldi

There is no head to head record between Daniil Medvedev and Matteo Arnaldi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev

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Rank
13
High
1
LWWLWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-23 20-12 6-4 10-4 5-3 0-0
2024 46-21 28-9 11-5 1-5 6-2 0-0
2023 66-18 38-8 10-3 11-4 7-3 0-0
2022 45-19 26-8 3-2 8-6 8-3 0-0
2021 63-13 33-5 5-3 18-3 7-2 0-0

Ranked no. 7, Daniil will start his run in Dubai after he won the title in Doha after beating 6-4 6-4 Murray in the final.

Daniil has a compiled 14-2 win-loss record in 2023, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title in Rotterdam where he overcame Jannik Sinner in the final 5-7 6-2 6-2 and in Doha where he overcame Andy Murray in the final 6-4 6-4.

Medvedev won his last 9 matches.

Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 438-182 record. He has a positive 190-64 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.

Dubai
Medvedev's Record

Matteo Arnaldi

Matteo Arnaldi

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Rank
63
High
30
LLWWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-26 11-14 7-6 5-4 0-2 0-0
2024 29-26 17-13 10-9 1-2 1-2 0-0
2023 51-26 21-15 23-7 4-3 3-1 0-0
2022 50-35 9-3 37-20 4-11 0-1 0-0
2021 56-24 2-1 51-18 3-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 111, Matteo got to the 1st round after defeating Simon Carr 7-5 6-4.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he beat Raul Brancaccio in the final 6-1 6-2.

Matteo has a composed 9-6 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Dubai
Arnaldi's Record

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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