Alexei Popyrin and Hady Habib will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 2 sets.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.31
Hady Habib -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Hady Habib
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Hady Habib since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-24 | 7-10 | 9-6 | 0-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, Popyrin will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-2 7-6(4) to Draper in the 1st round on the 17th of February.
Alexei has a composed 0-4 win-loss record in 2025, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 273-217 record. He has a positive 136-102 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
Hady Habib
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-26 | 9-12 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-35 | 21-11 | 25-21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-27 | 38-11 | 17-10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-25 | 21-14 | 9-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-13 | 31-10 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 166 (career-high), Hady will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 7-6(7) 7-6(3) to O in the 1st round on the 17th of February.
Habib has an overall 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Lebanese has an overall 308-171 record. He has a positive 190-88 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Pavel KotovKotov (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Luca NardiNardi (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Pavel KotovKotov (7-6(3) 7-5) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Luca NardiNardi (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- 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
- 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