Novak Djokovic and Matteo Berrettini will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on CENTER 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 Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.14
Matteo Berrettini -> 5.7

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Matteo Berrettini

This will be the 5th time that Novak Djokovic and Matteo Berrettini face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Djokovic won 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in at the U.S. Open back in 2021.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Matteo Berrettini – U.S. Open 08-September-2021

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

7 - 2win/loss

Hard
7-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
5
High
1
LLWWWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-6 12-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 37-9 15-5 16-3 1-0 5-1 0-0
2023 56-7 27-1 12-3 11-2 6-1 0-0
2022 42-7 2-1 14-4 19-2 7-0 0-0
2021 55-7 19-3 18-3 11-1 7-0 0-0

Ranked no. 7, Djokovic will start his run in Doha after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 7-6(5) ret. to Zverev in the semifinal on the 24th of January.

Novak has a compiled 7-2 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Novak’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open .

Talking about his overall career, Novak has an overall 1232-250 record. He has a positive 548-90 record on hard.

Previously in Doha

Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2017. See his history.

Doha
Djokovic's Record

Matteo Berrettini

Matteo Berrettini

1 - 3win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-1
Rank
31
High
6
LWWLWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-8 9-6 2-1 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 36-13 7-6 15-1 8-3 6-3 0-0
2023 14-12 9-10 2-0 0-0 3-2 0-0
2022 32-12 15-9 4-2 4-1 9-0 0-0
2021 41-12 14-5 13-4 3-2 11-1 0-0

Ranked no. 35, Matteo will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(4)

to Griekspoor
in the 1st round on the 5th of February.

Matteo has an aggregate 1-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 331-164 record. He has a positive 138-77 record on hard.

Doha
Berrettini's Record

Tennis Scores in Doha

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