Botic Van De Zandschulp and Mikael Ymer will play each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 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 Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 3 sets.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.85
Mikael Ymer -> 1.952
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Prediction and head to head Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Mikael Ymer
This will be the 3rd time that Botic Van De Zandschulp and Mikael Ymer clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ymer won 6-4 2-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Tampere Challenger back in 2019.
Botic Van De Zandschulp
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-32 | 13-11 | 11-10 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 33, the Dutch reached the 2nd round after defeating Karen Khachanov 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (7-5 6-2). During the match, Van De Zandschulp scored 71 points vs Khachanov’s 60. Van De Zandschulp was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van De Zandschulp blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Botic Van De Zandschulp was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Van De Zandschulp broke Khachanov 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Van De Zandschulp has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (292-153). 5-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van De Zandschulp has an overall47-26 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Van De Zandschulp’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Pune.
Botic has an overall 6-4 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Botic has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikael Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-10 | 0-1 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-18 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 9-6 | 3-8 | 17-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 9-5 | 10-7 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 59 (career-high), Mikael reached the 2nd round after defeating Francesco Passaro 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Swede had a good straight sets win against Passaro (6-2 6-3). During the match Ymer scored 56 points vs Passaro’s 40. The Swede was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Ymer was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mikael Ymer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swede broke Passaro 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Swede’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Neuve Challenger.
Mikael has a composed 16-7 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van De Zandschulp | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 |
| Pts | 71-60 | 56-40 |
| Total Points | 131 | 96 |
| Winners | 30 | 23 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Van De Zandschulp and Ymer played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Van De Zandschulp and Ymer have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Van De Zandschulp played 3 games more than Ymer. The Dutch scored 30 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Mikael scored 23 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van De Zandschulp | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 0 |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 30/43 |
| %1st in | 63% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 23/30 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 9/13 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 69% |
Van De Zandschulp fired 7 aces . Ymer didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Van De Zandschulp won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van De Zandschulp | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 31% | 57% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Van De Zandschulp broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Van De Zandschulp surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Ymer broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Mikael was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Van De Zandschulp | |||
| R1 Khachanov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-60 | 71-60 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 40/63 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ymer | |||
| R1 Passaro | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-40 | 56-40 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Maxime CressyCressy (7-64 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Daniel EvansEvans (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 3-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 5-7 7-63) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 3-6 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Daniel EvansEvans (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Maxime CressyCressy (7-6(4) 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Borna CoricCoric (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander BublikBublik (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Mikael YmerYmer (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction