Botic Van De Zandschulp and Abedallah Shelbayh will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 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 Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.36
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 3.14

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Prediction and head to head Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Abedallah Shelbayh

There is no head to head record between Botic Van De Zandschulp and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Botic Van De Zandschulp

2 - 5win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
0-3
Rank
92
High
22
LWWLWLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-18 7-6 5-7 0-3 1-2 0-0
2024 33-33 9-11 16-12 7-8 1-2 0-0
2023 27-25 10-9 4-6 12-7 1-3 0-0
2022 38-29 14-11 11-7 7-7 6-4 0-0
2021 53-23 17-5 24-10 9-5 3-3 0-0

Ranked no. 87, Botic got to the 1st round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-1 2-1 ret. and Otto Virtanen 6-1 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Virtanen (6-1 6-4). During the match, Van De Zandschulp scored 53 points vs Virtanen’s 28. Botic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Van De Zandschulp fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Botic Van De Zandschulp was exceptionally effective on serve to win 93% (28/30) of his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Van De Zandschulp was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Virtanen 3 times.

Van De Zandschulp has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (325-201). 2-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Van De Zandschulp has a compiled 63-45 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Dutch has an aggregate 2-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Doha
Van De Zandschulp's Record

Abedallah Shelbayh

Abedallah Shelbayh

6 - 6win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
2-4
Rank
340
High
181
WLLLLLLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-18 5-3 0-11 2-4 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. 267, Abedallah will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he lost 6-2 2-1 ret. to Carreno-Busta in the quarter on the 14th of February.

Abedallah has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Shelbayh has an overall 125-92 record. He has a positive 73-41 record on hard.

Previously in Doha

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Doha
Shelbayh's Record

Tennis Scores in Doha

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