Zizou Bergs and Alejandro Tabilo will play each other in the 1^st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Alejandro Tabilo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alejandro Tabilo is the pick to win this match.
Alejandro Tabilo -> 1.74
Zizou Bergs -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Alejandro Tabilo

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

The last time that they squared off, Bergs won 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in at the French Open back in 2024.

Zizou Bergs

Ranked no. 45 (career-high), the Belgian will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 6-1 5-7 6-4 to Shang in the 1^st round on the 17^th of September.

Zizou has a composed 26-24 win-loss record in 2025, 15-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Belgian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Auckland and Hertogenbosch.

Talking about his overall career, The Belgian has an overall 327-204 record. He has a positive 93-61 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Bergs has never competed in this tournament before.

Alejandro Tabilo

Ranked no. 72, will start his run in Tokyo after he won the title in Chengdu after beating 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)

Musetti in the final.

The Chilean has an aggregate 21-17 win-loss record in 2025, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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His best result of the year was winning the title in Chengdu where he overcame Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-3 2-6 7-6(5).

The Chilean won his last 7 matches.

In terms of his career, Tabilo has an overall 356-236 record. He has a positive 108-71 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

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

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo Nys/Edouard Roger-VasselinNys/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Robert Cash/James TracyCash/James Tracy (7-6⁷ 4-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Sebastian BaezBaez (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-2) – H2H and prediction