Alexei Popyrin and Abedallah Shelbayh will square off in the 1st round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 8:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 2 sets.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.363
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Abedallah Shelbayh
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-24 | 7-10 | 9-6 | 0-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, Alexei will start his run in Doha after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3 to Djokovic in the 2nd round on the 17th of January.
Alexei has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 245-193 record. He has a positive 121-93 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
Abedallah Shelbayh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-29 | 24-13 | 0-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-35 | 18-13 | 12-13 | 8-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-7 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, the will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in the Manama Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Kukushkin in the quarter on the 15th of February.
The has an aggregate 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.In terms of his career, The has an overall 89-57 record. He has a positive 56-30 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction