Match Particulars
Fixture: (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Matteo Berrettini
Date: February 27, 2025
Event: Dubai Tennis Championships 2025
Spherical: Quarterfinal
Venue: Aviation Membership Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Class: ATP 500
Floor: Onerous
Prize Cash: $3,237,670
Dwell Telecast: US – Tennis Channel | UK – Sky Sports activities | Canada – TSN+
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Matteo Berrettini preview
Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas will play former top-10 participant Matteo Berrettini in one of many quarterfinals on the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships. Tsitsipas has not been in nice type in 2025. In Dubai, the Greek participant’s greatest outcome was on the ABN Amro Open, the place he reached the quarterfinal, dropping 4-6, 2-6 towards Mattia Bellucci.
The previous World No. 3 already had two first-round exits in 2025. On the Australian Open, Tsitsipas misplaced to Alex Michelsen within the first spherical. The same poor efficiency noticed him get knocked out within the first spherical of the Qatar Open towards Hamad Medjedovic, although the Serb was visibly injured.
Tsitsipas started his marketing campaign on the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win towards Lorenzo Sonego within the first spherical. He carried that momentum within the second spherical, successful 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4 towards Karen Khachanov.
Matteo Berrettini’s begin to the 2025 season was not an excellent one, because the Italian misplaced three out of his 4 matches within the season. This included first-round exits on the Brisbane Worldwide and the ABN Amro Open and a second-round exit on the Australian Open.
Coming into Dubai, the previous World No. 6 reached the quarterfinal in Doha, dropping 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 towards Jack Draper. The quarterfinal run included a primary profession win towards Novak Djokovic for the Italian participant. In Dubai, he started with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Gael Monfils after which adopted it up with a 7-6 (2), 6-2 win over Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Matteo Berrettini head-to-head
Tsitsipas has a 3-1 lead over Berrettini within the head-to-head. The final time these two gamers met, it was the Italian who received 7-6 (6), 7-5 on the 2024 Swiss Open.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Matteo Berrettini odds
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Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Matteo Berrettini prediction
Tsitsipas and Berrettini final contested in a hard-court match on the 2023 United Cup, which the Greek received 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4. He received 72 p.c of the service factors and 26 p.c of the return factors, whereas the Italian received 74 p.c of the service factors and 28 p.c of the return factors. Tsitsipas edged his opponent in second-service numbers each throughout serving and returning.
On arduous courts, the Greek participant has reached 15 finals, successful 5 titles, the final of which got here on the 2023 Los Cabos Open. In the meantime, Berrettini has reached just one hard-court ultimate on the 2022 Tennis Napoli Cup, dropping towards Lorenzo Musetti.
Berrettini’s solely win towards Tsitsipas got here on the clay court docket. Nonetheless, the upcoming match will likely be on a tough court docket, and with the head-to-head in his favor, Tsitsipas is the favourite to win.
Decide- Tsitsipas to win in three units
Edited by Tushhita Barua