Alex De Minaur and Botic Van De Zandschulp will face off in the 2^nd round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.11
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 6.55

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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp

This will be the 3^rd time that Alex De Minaur and Botic Van De Zandschulp face off. The head to head is 2-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, De Minaur won 6-1 7-5 6-4 in the 1^st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2025.

Highlights Alex De Minaur vs Botic Van De Zandschulp – Australian Open 14-January-2025

Alex De Minaur

Ranked no. 8, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Roman Safiullin 6-1 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (6-1 7-5). During the match, De Minaur scored 72 points vs Safiullin’s 59. Alex was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, De Minaur recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex De Minaur lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, De Minaur put 56% of his first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Safiullin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

De Minaur has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (371-207). 7-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, De Minaur has a compiled 178-87 match record in the last years on hard.

Alex’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Rotterdam.

Alex has an overall 12-2 win-loss record in 2025, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Alex has never competed in this tournament before.

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Ranked no. 87, Van De Zandschulp got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-1 2-1 ret.

, Otto Virtanen 6-1 6-4 and Abedallah Shelbayh 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Shelbayh (7-5 6-3). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 71 points vs Shelbayh’s 53. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Van De Zandschulp struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Botic Van De Zandschulp was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Van De Zandschulp broke Shelbayh 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Van De Zandschulp has an overall 3-5 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	De Minaur	Van De Zandschulp
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	19	48
Pts	72-59	162-101
Total Points	131	263
Winners	29	73
%Winners	40%	45%

De Minaur played 1 match while Van De Zandschulp competed in 3 matches. Van De Zandschulp started his run from the qualifications while De Minaur had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. De Minaur has played 5 set(s) less than Van De Zandschulp (2 vs 7). Therefore, De Minaur played 29 games less than Van De Zandschulp. The Australian scored 29 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch made 73 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	De Minaur	Van De Zandschulp
Aces	3	13
Avg per match	3	4.3
1st in	38/68	88/128
%1st in	56%	69%
1st pts	29/38	73/88
%1st pts	76%	83%
2nd pts	15/30	26/40
%2nd pts	50%	65%

De Minaur bagged 3 aces . Van De Zandschulp bagged 13 aces (4.3 per match). De Minaur won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	De Minaur	Van De Zandschulp
Won	4	10
Converted	4/8	10/19
% Converted	50%	53%
Conceded	5	4
Saved	4	2
% Saved	80%	50%
Times Broken	1	2

The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. De Minaur lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Van De Zandschulp broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Botic conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

De Minaur
	R1 Safiullin	Total
Score	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	72-59	72-59
Total points	131	131
Winners	29	29
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	38/68	38/68
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	29/38	29/38
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	15/30	15/30
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Van De Zandschulp
	Q1 Kirkin	Q3 Virtanen	R1 Shelbayh	Total
Score	6-1 2-1 ret.	6-1 6-4	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	10	17	21	48
pts	38-20	53-28	71-53	162-101
Total points	58	81	124	263
Winners	13	28	32	73
%Winners	34%	53%	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	6	3	13
Double Faults	2	1	2	5
1st in	15/28	30/40	43/60	88/128
% 1st in	54%	75%	72%	69%
1st pts	13/15	28/30	32/43	73/88
% 1st pts	87%	93%	74%	83%
2nd pts	9/13	8/10	9/17	26/40
% 2nd pts	69%	80%	53%	65%
Breaks
Won	3	3	4	10
Converted	3/6	3/3	4/10	10/19
Converted %	50%	100%	40%	53%
Conceded	0	0	4	4
Saved	0/0	0/0	2/4	2
Saved %	–	–	50%	50%
Times Broken	0	0	2	2

Tennis Scores in Doha

• Zizou BergsBergs – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Quentin HalysHalys (4-6 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-6⁵ 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Joe Salisbury/Neal SkupskiSalisbury/Neal Skupski – Matthew Ebden/Joran VliegenEbden/Joran Vliegen (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Jack DraperDraper – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Hady HabibHabib (7-6⁷ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Aziz DougazDougaz (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Harri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten – Tallon Griekspoor/Adam PavlasekGriekspoor/Adam Pavlasek (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-6(5) 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Quentin HalysHalys (4-6 6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jack DraperDraper (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction