Roman Safiullin and Alejandro Tabilo will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CHAMPIONS’ 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 Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.6
Alejandro Tabilo -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Alejandro Tabilo

This will be the 2nd time that Roman Safiullin and Alejandro Tabilo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Safiullin won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2024.

Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin

12 - 17win/loss

Hard
8-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-4
Grass
1-4
Rank
170
High
36
LWLLWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-20 9-12 3-4 0-0 1-4 0-0
2024 31-28 18-14 5-8 6-3 2-3 0-0
2023 41-25 13-12 8-4 11-5 9-4 0-0
2022 37-18 16-6 6-2 14-9 1-1 0-0
2021 18-21 7-5 5-7 5-8 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 82, the Russian will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Toronto where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Ruud in the 2nd round on the 29th of July.

Roman has an overall 11-17 win-loss record in 2025, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Roman’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 4 Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Roman has an overall 409-227 record. He has a positive 232-101 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Cincinnati
Safiullin's Record

Alejandro Tabilo

Alejandro Tabilo

8 - 13win/loss

Hard
2-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-7
Rank
81
High
19
LWLLLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-23 20-13 6-7 1-3 0-0 0-0
2024 38-27 13-8 15-10 3-7 7-2 0-0
2023 52-26 13-5 39-19 0-1 0-1 0-0
2022 33-22 7-6 23-11 0-1 3-4 0-0
2021 38-30 13-9 22-15 1-3 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 104, Alejandro will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in the Prostejov Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-1 to Hsin in the semifinal on the 6th of June.

Alejandro has an overall 8-12 win-loss record in 2025, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tabilo’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Prostejov Challenger.

In terms of his career, Tabilo has an overall 343-231 record. He has a positive 95-66 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Cincinnati
Tabilo's Record

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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