Daniil Medvedev and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard will square off in the 2^nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 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 Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.25
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 3.94

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

There is no head to head record between Daniil Medvedev and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Daniil Medvedev

Ranked no. 6, Medvedev reached the 2^nd round after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round, Medvedev had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-4 7-6⁴). During the match, Medvedev scored 87 points vs Struff’s 78. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Medvedev bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniil Medvedev was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (31/39) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Daniil broke Struff once after converting 10% of his break points (1/10).

Medvedev has a great win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 71% of his matches (464-186). 4-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Medvedev has an aggregate 227-70 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Medvedev’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Marseille.

The Russian has an overall 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Ranked no. 29 (career-high), Giovanni got to the 2^nd round after beating Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 7-6(3).

In the 1^st round, Giovanni had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-3 7-6³). During the match Mpetshi scored 76 points vs Zhang’s 65. Giovanni was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Mpetshi blasted 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (42/49) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Zhang once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Mpetshi’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane.

Mpetshi has a compiled 5-2 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Medvedev	Mpetshi
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	22
Pts	87-78	76-65
Total Points	165	141
Winners	31	42
%Winners	36%	55%

Both Medvedev and Mpetshi played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Medvedev and Mpetshi have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Medvedev played 1 game more than Mpetshi. The Russian scored 31 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Mpetshi scored 42 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Medvedev	Mpetshi
Aces	7	13
Avg per match	7	13
1st in	39/71	49/71
%1st in	55%	69%
1st pts	31/39	42/49
%1st pts	79%	86%
2nd pts	20/32	12/22
%2nd pts	63%	55%

Medvedev fired 7 aces . Mpetshi managed to score 13 aces . Medvedev won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Mpetshi won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Medvedev	Mpetshi
Won	1	1
Converted	1/10	1/7
% Converted	10%	14%
Conceded	4	2
Saved	4	2
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

The Russian broke his opponent once with a 10% conversion rate. Medvedev had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Giovanni broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Giovanni was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Medvedev
	R1 Struff	Total
Score	6-4 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	87-78	87-78
Total points	165	165
Winners	31	31
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	39/71	39/71
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	31/39	31/39
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	20/32	20/32
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/10	1/10
Converted %	10%	10%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Mpetshi
	R1 Zhang	Total
Score	6-3 7-63
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	76-65	76-65
Total points	141	141
Winners	42	42
%Winners	55%	55%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	49/71	49/71
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	42/49	42/49
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	12/22	12/22
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/7	1/7
Converted %	14%	14%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Robin Haase/Hendrik JebensHaase/Hendrik Jebens – Pavlos Tsitsipas/Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas/Petros Tsitsipas (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Alexander Bublik
  Bublik (7-6⁷ 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-6⁴ 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Yuki Bhambri/Alexei PopyrinBhambri/Alexei Popyrin – Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic (4-6 7-6¹ 10-3) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Harri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten – Nikola Mektic/Michael VenusMektic/Michael Venus (6-7⁵ 7-6⁸ 10-6) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John Peers – Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthNedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hady HabibHabib (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniel EvansEvans (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Karen Khachanov/Andrey RublevKhachanov/Andrey Rublev (5-7 6-3 16-14) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Tallon Griekspoor/Adam PavlasekGriekspoor/Adam Pavlasek (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-6(7) 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Quentin HalysHalys (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (8-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Marin CilicCilic (1-1) – H2H and prediction