Emma Navarro and Belinda Bencic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.59
Emma Navarro -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Emma Navarro vs. Belinda Bencic

There is no head to head record between Emma Navarro and Belinda Bencic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Emma Navarro

Emma Navarro

5 - 4win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
0-0
Rank
15
High
8
LLWWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-25 17-14 6-6 2-1 7-4 0-0
2024 54-24 33-14 14-7 0-0 7-3 0-0
2023 64-24 17-9 37-11 3-1 7-3 0-0
2022 31-18 8-8 23-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 19-13 6-6 13-7 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 9, Emma will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Annie in the 2nd round on the 10th of February.

The American has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Emma has an overall 208-115 record. She has a positive 76-54 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.

Dubai
Navarro's Record

Belinda Bencic

Belinda Bencic

13 - 3win/loss

Hard
13-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
11
High
4
WWWWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-17 31-12 3-3 0-0 5-2 0-0
2024 8-2 0-0 0-0 8-2 0-0 0-0
2023 31-13 24-10 4-2 0-0 3-1 0-0
2022 42-18 13-9 13-4 10-2 6-3 0-0
2021 37-20 22-9 5-5 5-3 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 66, Bencic got to the 2nd round after defeating Aoi Ito 6-0 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Ito (6-0 6-2). During the match Bencic scored 57 points vs Ito’s 35. Bencic was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Bencic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Belinda Bencic conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 66% of her first serves in, win 81% (22/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Belinda broke Ito 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Abu Dhabi where she defeated Ashlyn Krueger in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.

Bencic has a composed 13-3 win-loss record in 2025, 13-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.

Dubai
Bencic's Record

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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