Arthur Cazaux and Giulio Zeppieri will play each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Cazaux who should win in 2 sets.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.32
Giulio Zeppieri -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Cazaux vs. Giulio Zeppieri
This will be the 3rd time that Arthur Cazaux and Giulio Zeppieri clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Zeppieri (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Zeppieri won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2023.
Arthur Cazaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-24 | 18-13 | 8-5 | 3-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-24 | 25-15 | 0-2 | 5-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-29 | 31-13 | 11-9 | 3-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-14 | 14-3 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 16-4 | 22-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 83, the French player reached the qualifications after defeating Damir Dzumhur 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-3 6-3). During the match, Cazaux scored 62 points vs Dzumhur’s 52. Cazaux was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cazaux fired 8 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Arthur Cazaux was very effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cazaux broke Dzumhur 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Cazaux has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (150-80). 9-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cazaux has an aggregate84-26 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he overcame Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-1 6-1.
Cazaux has a compiled 10-2 win-loss record in 2024, 9-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Arthur has never competed in this tournament before.
Giulio Zeppieri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-25 | 17-9 | 13-11 | 9-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-18 | 8-4 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-26 | 7-5 | 19-13 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 1-2 | 25-22 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 0-0 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 133, Zeppieri reached the qualifications after defeating Alexandre Muller 1-6 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Muller, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-2).During the match Zeppieri scored less points (3) than Muller. In fact, the world no. 83 won 67 points vs Muller’s. That means that Zeppieri was more focused during the important points. Giulio was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Zeppieri bagged 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Giulio Zeppieri lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zeppieri put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Giulio broke Muller 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Giulio has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cazaux | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 |
| Pts | 62-52 | 67-70 |
| Total Points | 114 | 137 |
| Winners | 27 | 35 |
| %Winners | 44% | 52% |
Both Cazaux and Zeppieri played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Giulio Zeppieri lost 1 set while Arthur Cazaux hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cazaux has played 1 set(s) less than Zeppieri (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cazaux played 7 games less than Zeppieri. The French player scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Giulio recorded 35 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cazaux | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 12 |
| 1st in | 36/63 | 46/78 |
| %1st in | 57% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 35/46 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 13/32 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 41% |
Cazaux blasted 8 aces . Zeppieri fired 12 aces . Cazaux won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cazaux | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The French player very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Zeppieri broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cazaux | |||
| Q1 Dzumhur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 62-52 | 62-52 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/63 | 36/63 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 27/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeppieri | |||
| Q1 Muller | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 67-70 | 67-70 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/78 | 46/78 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 13/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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