Daniil Medvedev and Tallon Griekspoor will square off in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 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 Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.31
Tallon Griekspoor -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Tallon Griekspoor
There is no head to head record between Daniil Medvedev and Tallon Griekspoor since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Daniil Medvedev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 6-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-21 | 28-9 | 11-5 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-18 | 38-8 | 10-3 | 11-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-19 | 26-8 | 3-2 | 8-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-13 | 33-5 | 5-3 | 18-3 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, Medvedev got to the quarter after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 7-6(4) and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4). During the match, Medvedev scored 69 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 53. Medvedev was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Medvedev made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Daniil Medvedev was extremely efficient on serve to win 96% (23/24) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Mpetshi Perricard twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Medvedev has a tremendous win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 71% of his matches (465-186). 5-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Medvedev has an aggregate 228-70 record in the last years on hard.
Medvedev’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Marseille.
The Russian has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Tallon Griekspoor
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-13 | 8-4 | 12-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-30 | 10-11 | 8-8 | 11-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 14-10 | 3-5 | 12-7 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-27 | 5-6 | 12-6 | 4-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-17 | 11-3 | 36-10 | 9-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 47, the Dutch reached the quarter after defeating Roman Safiullin 5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(1) and Ugo Humbert 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Humbert, Tallon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Griekspoor scored 89 points vs Humbert’s 80. Tallon was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Griekspoor fired 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Griekspoor put 67% of his first serves in, winning 76% (47/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Tallon broke Humbert 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tallon has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Dutch has a compiled 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Medvedev | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 65 |
| Pts | 156-131 | 211-203 |
| Total Points | 287 | 414 |
| Winners | 54 | 114 |
| %Winners | 35% | 54% |
Both Medvedev and Griekspoor played 2 matches. At the moment, Tallon Griekspoor lost 2 sets while Daniil Medvedev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Medvedev has played 2 set(s) less than Griekspoor (4 vs 6). Therefore, Medvedev played 22 games less than Griekspoor. Medvedev scored 54 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Tallon fired 114 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Medvedev | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 30 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 15 |
| 1st in | 63/119 | 154/223 |
| %1st in | 53% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 54/63 | 114/154 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 37/56 | 35/69 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 51% |
Medvedev fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Griekspoor recorded 30 aces (15 per match). Medvedev won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Griekspoor won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Medvedev | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/20 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 15% | 40% |
| Conceded | 4 | 19 |
| Saved | 4 | 16 |
| % Saved | 100% | 84% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Daniil broke his opponents 3 times with a 15% conversion rate. The Russian quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Dutch broke his opponents 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Griekspoor conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded.
| Medvedev | ||||
| R1 Struff |
R2 Mpetshi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| pts | 87-78 | 69-53 | 156-131 | |
| Total points | 165 | 122 | 287 | |
| Winners | 31 | 23 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/71 | 24/48 | 63/119 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 50% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 23/24 | 54/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 96% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 17/24 | 37/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 71% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Converted | 1/10 | 2/10 | 3/20 | |
| Converted % | 10% | 20% | 15% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Griekspoor | ||||
| R1 Safiullin |
R2 Humbert |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-64 7-61 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 27 | 65 | |
| pts | 122-123 | 89-80 | 211-203 | |
| Total points | 245 | 169 | 414 | |
| Winners | 67 | 47 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 53% | 54% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 17 | 13 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 92/130 | 62/93 | 154/223 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 67% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 67/92 | 47/62 | 114/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 76% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 15/31 | 35/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 48% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/7 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 43% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 6/7 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 86% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John Peers – Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
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