The 2025 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships promises to be an exhilarating event, with a star-studded lineup and a draw that has set the stage for some thrilling matches. The tournament, which runs from February 24th to March 1st, features top players such as Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Alex de Minaur, Grigor Dimitrov, and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Daniil Medvedev, the top seed, will face Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round. Medvedev, who had to withdraw from his quarter-final match against Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Qatar Open, will be looking to regain his form in Dubai.
The second seed, Alex de Minaur, has a challenging first-round match against Marin Cilic, who is making a comeback using his protected ranking.
Andrey Rublev, fresh off his title win in Doha, will start his campaign against one of the qualifiers (Halys). If Rublev and Jack Draper both win their first two matches, they could meet again in the quarter-finals. Grigor Dimitrov, another top contender, will also face a qualifier in the first round.
The fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas has a tough draw, with a first-round match against Lorenzo Sonego. Other exciting first-round matches include Daniel Evans versus Karen Khachanov and Gael Monfils against Matteo Berrettini. Alexander Bublik will take on Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Fabian Marozsan will face Roberto Bautista Agut.
Here is the full draw with the qualifiers.
Daniil Medvedev in 2025
Now the world no.
6, the Russian played his last match on the 20th of February when he had to retire when playing against world no.23 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarter and the scoreline was 6-3 .Presently, during this year Medvedev achieved an overall 6-4 win-loss record. Daniil Medvedev’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Marseille.
Daniil Medvedev will come up against the world no.340 Diego Schwartzman in the Round Robin on Sunday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Their actual head to head record is 6-0 for Medvedev.
The Russian won 21 titles in his career: 11 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 8 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)