
Andrey Rublev and Zhizhen Zhang will face off in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:00 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 Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.14
Zhizhen Zhang -> 5.75
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Andrey Rublev and Zhizhen Zhang square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Rublev won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Nur sultan back in 2022.
Andrey Rublev
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 23-17 | 7-7 | 8-6 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
2024 | 43-26 | 26-11 | 11-6 | 6-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 56-26 | 23-12 | 19-5 | 6-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 51-20 | 19-7 | 14-6 | 18-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 53-23 | 25-10 | 9-5 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5 (career-high), Rublev will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-4 7-6(6) to Mensik in the quarter on the 22nd of February.
The Russian has an overall 11-3 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Hong Kong where he defeated Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 6-4 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Andrey has an overall 446-239 record. He has a positive 174-88 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2022. See his history.
Zhizhen Zhang
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 3-9 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 24-28 | 9-12 | 9-7 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 48, Zhizhen will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 4-6 7-5 7-6(2) to Monfils in the 2nd round on the 21st of February.
Zhang has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Zhizhen has an overall 280-222 record. He has a positive 146-122 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020 and 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head



Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Richard GasquetGasquet (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-75 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-7(5) 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Richard GasquetGasquet (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Andy MurrayMurray (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction