Quentin Halys and Luca Nardi will face off in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 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 Quentin Halys who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Quentin Halys is the pick to win this match.
Quentin Halys -> 1.63
Luca Nardi -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Quentin Halys vs. Luca Nardi

This will be the 2nd time that Quentin Halys and Luca Nardi clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halys (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Halys won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in the Ortisei Challenger back in 2021.

Quentin Halys

Quentin Halys

7 - 5win/loss

Hard
7-3
I Hard
0-2
Rank
52
High
46
LLLWLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-18 10-6 4-6 0-2 2-4 0-0
2024 47-27 6-6 14-10 22-10 5-1 0-0
2023 26-26 11-13 10-6 3-6 2-1 0-0
2022 57-26 5-7 9-4 32-10 6-5 5-0
2021 35-27 14-8 10-9 8-8 0-1 3-1

Ranked no. 77, Quentin got to the quarter after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 7-6(4), Pavel Kotov 7-6(3) 7-5, Andrey Rublev 3-6 6-4 7-6(5) and Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Bautista-Agut (7-65 6-4). During the match, Halys scored 74 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 68. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Halys blasted 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Quentin Halys lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Halys put 55% of his first serves in, winning 90% (36/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Quentin broke Bautista-Agut twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.

Halys has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (322-253). 7-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Halys has a compiled 88-82 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Quentin has an aggregate 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Dubai
Halys's Record

Luca Nardi

Luca Nardi

15 - 7win/loss

Hard
9-4
I Hard
6-3
Rank
95
High
67
LLLWWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-22 9-8 8-9 6-3 0-2 0-0
2024 32-27 14-14 8-5 9-4 1-4 0-0
2023 41-36 20-10 8-13 12-12 1-1 0-0
2022 33-20 5-2 11-10 17-8 0-0 0-0
2021 33-24 3-3 26-13 4-8 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 79, Luca reached the quarter after beating Lloyd Harris 6-3 7-5, Marton Fucsovics 7-6(5) 6-4, Marton Fucsovics 1-6 6-2 6-3 and Zizou Bergs 6-4 7-6(3).

In the 2nd round, Nardi had a good straight sets win against Bergs (6-4 7-63). During the match Nardi scored 74 points vs Bergs’s 63. Luca was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Nardi bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Luca Nardi was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bergs 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Luca’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Koblenz Challenger.

Luca has an overall 15-7 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Dubai
Nardi's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Q.Halys
L.Nardi
7h:23
7h:23
Time on court​
7h:36
7h:36
1h:39
1h:39
Last match​
1h:40
1h:40
4
4
Match played
4
4
102
102
Games Played​
91
91
9
9
Set played​​
9
9
335
335
Total points​
330
330
83.8
83.8
Avg point​
82.5
82.5
151
151
Winners
119
119
37.8
37.8
Avg Winners​
29.8
29.8
45%
45%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
51
51
Aces
14
14
!
12.8
12.8
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
16
16
Double Faults
17
17
4
4
Avg Double Faults
4.3
4.3
151/184
151/184
1st won total​
119/171
119/171
!
82%
82%
1st won %
70%
70%
78/145
78/145
2nd won total​
81/147
81/147
54%
54%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
7/22
7/22
BP won
12/27
12/27
1.8/5.5
1.8/5.5
Avg BP won
3/6.8
3/6.8
32%
32%
Won
44%
44%
24
24
Conceded
30
30
6
6
Avg Conceded
7.5
7.5
4
4
Broken
9
9
1
1
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
20
20
Saved
21
21

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Halys Nardi
Match played 4 3
Tot Set 9 7
Tot Games 102 68
Pts 335-307 242-211
Total Points 642 453
Winners 151 93
%Winners 45% 38%

Halys played 4 matches while Nardi competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Quentin Halys lost 1 set, while Luca Nardi lost 1 set. Halys has played 2 sets more than Nardi (9 vs 7). Therefore, Halys played 34 games more than Nardi. The French player scored 151 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Luca fired 93 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Halys Nardi
Aces 51 10
Avg per match 12.8 3.3
1st in 184/329 132/249
%1st in 56% 53%
1st pts 151/184 93/132
%1st pts 82% 70%
2nd pts 78/145 67/117
%2nd pts 54% 57%

Halys blasted 51 aces (12.8 per match). Nardi blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). Halys won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Nardi won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Halys Nardi
Won 7 9
Converted 7/22 9/12
% Converted 32% 75%
Conceded 24 24
Saved 20 19
% Saved 83% 79%
Times Broken 4 5

Halys broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. Quentin dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Luca conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Halys
Q1
Uchiyama
Q3
Kotov
R1
Rublev
R2
Bautista-Agut
Total
Score 6-3 7-64 7-63 7-5 3-6 6-4 7-65 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 3 2 9
Tot Games 22 25 32 23 102
pts 77-60 90-84 94-95 74-68 335-307
Total points 137 174 189 142 642
Winners 32 40 43 36 151
%Winners 42% 44% 46% 49% 45%
SERVE
Aces 7 11 18 15 51
Double Faults 4 3 6 3 16
1st in 37/66 53/92 54/98 40/73 184/329
% 1st in 56% 58% 55% 55% 56%
1st pts 32/37 40/53 43/54 36/40 151/184
% 1st pts 86% 75% 80% 90% 82%
2nd pts 17/29 20/39 25/44 16/33 78/145
% 2nd pts 59% 51% 57% 48% 54%
Breaks
Won 2 1 2 2 7
Converted 2/6 1/5 2/6 2/5 7/22
Converted % 33% 20% 33% 40% 32%
Conceded 3 3 12 6 24
Saved 2/3 3/3 10/12 5/6 20
Saved % 67% 100% 83% 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 0 2 1 4
Nardi
Q1
Lloyd
Q3
Fucsovics
R1
Fucsovics
R2
Bergs
Total
Score 6-3 7-5 7-65 6-4 1-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 7-63
Tot Set 2 2 3 2 9
Tot Games 21 23 24 23 91
pts 76-60 88-92 92-88 74-63 330-303
Total points 136 180 180 137 633
Winners 22 26 38 33 119
%Winners 29% 30% 41% 45% 36%
SERVE
Aces 3 4 2 5 14
Double Faults 3 6 6 2 17
1st in 31/65 39/69 56/111 45/73 171/318
% 1st in 48% 57% 50% 62% 54%
1st pts 22/31 26/39 38/56 33/45 119/171
% 1st pts 71% 67% 68% 73% 70%
2nd pts 27/34 14/30 25/55 15/28 81/147
% 2nd pts 79% 47% 45% 54% 55%
Breaks
Won 2 3 4 3 12
Converted 2/3 3/15 4/6 3/3 12/27
Converted % 67% 20% 67% 100% 44%
Conceded 2 6 15 7 30
Saved 2/2 2/6 12/15 5/7 21
Saved % 100% 33% 80% 71% 71%
Times Broken 0 4 3 2 9

Tennis Scores in Dubai

  • Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John PeersKevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings

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