Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Zhizhen Zhang will play each other in the 1^st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 9:00 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 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 1.79
Zhizhen Zhang -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Zhizhen Zhang

This will be the 2^nd time that Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Zhizhen Zhang play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Zhang won 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1^st round in Cincinnati back in 2024.

Highlights Zhizhen Zhang vs Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard – Cincinnati 13-August-2024

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Ranked no. 30 (career-high), he will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in 0 where he defeated 6-4 6-4 to Pucinelli De Almeida in the Rubber 4 on the 2^nd of February.

The French player has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Giovanni’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.

Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 150-112 record. He has a positive 44-29 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Giovanni has never competed in this tournament before.

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 49, the Chinese will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-4 6-3

to Nardi in the 1^st round on the 18^th of February.

Zhang has a compiled 3-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Zhizhen has an overall 302-251 record. He has a positive 153-135 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st

round in 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Luca NardiNardi (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Luca NardiNardi (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel EvansEvans – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (5-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (8-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Pavel KotovKotov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Zizou BergsBergs (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hady HabibHabib (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction